Akshay DineshWe’re back for another month of expanding your vocabulary. By now, you probably know the routine: one new word each day, and with a little effort, you’ll see great progress in enhancing your language skills. Let’s jump into the words for May.
1 May– Equanimity
Type: Noun
Origin: Latin
Definition: Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.
2 May – Assiduous
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Showing great care, attention, and perseverance.
3 May – Puerile
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Childishly silly and immature.
4 May – Truculent
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.
5 May – Prevaricate
Type: Verb
Origin: Latin
Definition: To speak or act in an evasive way.
6 May – Implacable
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Unable to be placated or soothed.
7 May – Reticent
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.
8 May – Sagacious
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; wise.
9 May – Apocryphal
Type: Adjective
Origin: Greek
Definition: Of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.
10 May – Proclivity
Type: Noun
Origin: Latin
Definition: A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination toward a particular thing.
11 May – Laconic
Type: Adjective
Origin: Greek
Definition: Using very few words.
12 May – Ebullient
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; cheerful.
13 May – Perfidious
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Deceitful and untrustworthy.
14 May – Inundate
Type: Verb
Origin: Latin
Definition: Overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with; flood.
15 May – Expunge
Type: Verb
Origin: Latin
Definition: Erase or remove completely.
16 May – Intractable
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Hard to control or deal with.
17 May – Obviate
Type: Verb
Origin: Latin
Definition: Remove (a need or difficulty); avoid or prevent.
18 May – Ignominious
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
19 May – Terse
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Sparing in the use of words; abrupt.
20 May – Nonchalant
Type: Adjective
Origin: French
Definition: Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety.
21 May – Pithy
Type: Adjective
Origin: Old English
Definition: Concise and forcefully expressive.
22 May – Squalid
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.
23 May– Uxorious
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Excessively fond of or submissive to one’s wife.
24 May – Profligate
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.
25 May– Amorphous
Type: Adjective
Origin: Greek
Definition: Without a clearly defined shape or form.
26 May – Magnanimous
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Very generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or someone less powerful.
27 May – Cacophony
Type: Noun
Origin: Greek
Definition: A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
28 May – Egregious
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Outstandingly bad; shocking.
29 May – Venerate
Type: Verb
Origin: Latin
Definition: Regard with great respect; revere.
30 May– Contrite
Type: Adjective
Origin: Latin
Definition: Feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt.
31 May – Overt
Type: Adjective
Origin: Old French
Definition: Done or shown openly; not hidden or secret.
Rishay Dinesh
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