Learn English : Vocabulary Day 6

1. Learn English : Vocabulary
Day 6
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2. 1. Foment
Foment means stirring up
something undesirable, such as
trouble.
Example :
Stand outside the school
cafeteria passing out flyers
with nutritional details on
school food, and you may
foment a revolution.
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3. 2. Castigation
To criticize someone or something
severely.
Example :
We cannot castigate our students
and blame them for their poor
grades when we do not give them
the resources they need to be
successful.
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4. 3. Disparage
It means to belittle or
degrade a person or idea.
Example :
Voters don't like political
advertisements in which
opponents disparage one
another.
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5. 4. Futile
When something fails to deliver a useful
result, you can call it futile. Hopefully all
the time you're spending studying
vocabulary won't turn out to be futile!
Example :
It appears that filling out job applications
in this troubled economy is a futile
exercise.
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6. 5. Rescind
If you get a call saying a
company has decided to
rescind your job offer, it's back
to the classifieds for you.
Rescind is an official reversal.
Example :
As a preliminary to negotiation, the government was required
to rescind all the obnoxious measures.
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