{"id":3421,"date":"2025-12-03T14:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:39:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:09:21","slug":"lesson-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/lesson-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>1. <strong>Crest <\/strong>\u2013 The top or highest point of something<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Example Sentence:<\/em> She stood on the crest of the hill and watched the sunrise spread across the valley.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. <strong>Blunder<\/strong> \u2013 A careless mistake<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Example Sentence:<\/em> Realizing his blunder, he quickly corrected the report before anyone noticed.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Inflict<\/strong> \u2013 To cause something unpleasant or harmful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Example Sentence:<\/em> The storm threatened to inflict heavy damage on the coastal towns.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. <strong>Menace <\/strong>\u2013 A person or thing that is dangerous or threatening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Example Sentence:<\/em> The stray dog looked harmless, but its low growl made it feel like a menace.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. <strong>Ponder<\/strong> \u2013 To think about something carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Example Sentence:<\/em> He needed time to ponder the decision before giving an answer.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. <strong>Salve<\/strong> \u2013 Something that soothes or heals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Example Sentence<\/em>: Her grandmother\u2019s stories were a salve to her anxious mind.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. <strong>Quintessential <\/strong>\u2013 Representing the most perfect or typical example of something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Example Sentence: <\/em>The quiet caf\u00e9 was the quintessential place to read on a rainy afternoon.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. <strong>Ambidextrous <\/strong>\u2013 Able to use both hands equally well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Example Sentence:<\/em> Being ambidextrous helped him play certain musical instruments with ease.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. <strong>Devastated<\/strong> \u2013 Deeply shocked or upset; emotionally ruined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Example Sentence: <\/em>She was devastated when she heard the news about her friend.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. <strong>Thesis <\/strong>\u2013 A statement or main idea that a piece of writing or argument is built around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Example Sentence: <\/em>His thesis argued that&nbsp;small habits can create lasting change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Crest \u2013 The top or highest point of something Example Sentence: She stood on the crest of the hill and watched the sunrise spread across the valley. 2. Blunder \u2013 A careless mistake Example Sentence: Realizing his blunder, he quickly corrected the report before anyone noticed. 3. Inflict \u2013 To cause something unpleasant or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-improve-your-vocabulary","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3427,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions\/3427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}