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Decorum <\/strong>\u2013 proper and polite behaviour, especially in formal situations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example Sentence<\/em> \u2013 The teacher reminded the class to maintain decorum during the assembly.
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Goofy <\/strong>\u2013 silly or playful in a way that makes people laugh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example Sentence<\/em> \u2013 His goofy dance moves made everyone at the party smile.
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Blemish <\/strong>\u2013 a small mark or flaw that spoils something\u2019s appearance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example Sentence<\/em> \u2013 The scratch was a minor blemish on an otherwise perfect phone screen.
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Reverence <\/strong>\u2013 deep respect or admiration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example Sentence<\/em> \u2013 The students spoke with reverence about their favourite coach.
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Pontificate <\/strong>\u2013 to speak in a long, confident way as if you are always right<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example Sentence \u2013 He began to pontificate about politics, even though no one had asked.
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Meander <\/strong>\u2013 to move or talk in a slow, wandering way without a clear direction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example Sentence<\/em> \u2013 The river meanders through the countryside.
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Cliffhanger <\/strong>\u2013 a tense ending that leaves the audience eager to know what happens next<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example Sentence<\/em> \u2013 The episode ended on a cliffhanger, so I had to watch the next one.
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Altruism <\/strong>\u2013 selfless concern for the well-being of others<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example Sentence<\/em> \u2013 Donating anonymously showed her true altruism.
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Withdraw <\/strong>\u2013 to pull back or remove oneself from a situation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example Sentence<\/em> \u2013 He decided to withdraw from the competition due to an injury.
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Shoal <\/strong>\u2013 a shallow area of water or a large group of fish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example Sentence<\/em> \u2013 A shoal of fish swam past the coral reef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Decorum \u2013 proper and polite behaviour, especially in formal situations Example Sentence \u2013 The teacher reminded the class to maintain decorum during the assembly. Goofy \u2013 silly or playful in a way that makes people laugh Example Sentence \u2013 His goofy dance moves made everyone at the party smile. Blemish \u2013 a small mark or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3528","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\/3528","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=3528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3530,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3528\/revisions\/3530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.navhindtimes.in\/kuriocity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}