Daily Word List (English Vocabulary) – 28th August ’22

Fraught

Adjective
Meaning

• Full of, accompanied by, or involving something specified, usually something unpleasant
• Characterized by or causing tension or stress:

Startle

Verb
Meaning

• To disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
• To cause to start involuntarily, by or as by a sudden shock.

Profligate

Adjective
Meaning

• Utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
• recklessly prodigal or extravagant.

Ravenous

Adjective
Meaning

• Extremely hungry; famished; voracious.
• Extremely rapacious.
• Intensely eager for gratification or satisfaction

Acquiesce

Verb
Meaning

• To assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent:

Enfranchise

Verb
Meaning

• To grant a franchise to; admit to citizenship, especially to the right of voting.
• To endow (a city, constituency, etc.) with municipal or parliamentary rights.
• To set free; liberate, as from slavery.

Coercion

Noun
Meaning

• The act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
• Force or the power to use force in gaining compliance, as by a government or police force

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