Communication skills give students and professionals an edge over their peers. To score well in exams or to climb up the career ladder, it always helps to have strong language skills. Here's a way to improve your vocabulary and communication skills.
Check out the words for the day and a small quiz to push yourself to improve your word power and language skills. Tawdry (Adjective) Meaning: showy but cheap and of poor quality Example: They were once looked down upon as the tawdry poor relations of the fashion industry Terse (Adjective) Meaning: sparing in the use of words; abrupt Example: The author favours short, spare sentences and a terse descriptive style Also Read: Vocabulary Made Easy series: Improve your word skills to score well in exams Tenuous (Adjective) Meaning: very weak or slight Example: The tenuous link between interest rates and investment Tangential (Adjective) Meaning: diverging from a previous course or line; erratic Example: The reforms were tangential to efforts to maintain a basic standard of life Stint (Verb) Meaning: supply a very ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something) Example: She's finishing her stint with accounts Sycophant (Noun) Meaning: a person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage Example: Because he is high-ranking, he's surrounded by sycophants Also Read: Vocabulary Made Easy series: Improve your word skills to score well in exams Surreptitious (Adjective) Meaning: kept secret, especially because it.
