Here we are again with yet another set of words for you with their
meanings:
1. PARSIMONY (ADJ)
● Meaning ➩ extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources.
● Synonyms ➩ miserliness, frugality, cheapness, niggardliness
2. INSIPID (ADJ)
● Meaning ➩ lacking flavour; weak or tasteless.
● Synonyms ➩ tasteless, flavourless, bland, uninteresting, boring
3. PROXIMITY (NOUN)
● Meaning ➩ nearness in space, time, or relationship.
● Synonyms ➩ closeness, nearness, propinquity, vicinity, juxtaposition
4. DEEPEN (VERB)
● Meaning ➩ make or become deep or deeper.
● Synonyms ➩ Intensify, increase, enhance, grow, aggravate, augment
5. DETAIN (DETAIN)
● Meaning ➩ to stop somebody from leaving a place; to delay somebody
● Synonyms ➩ delay, hold up, retard, hinder, hamper, impede
6. ENGULF (VERB)
● Meaning ➩ to cover or surround somebody/something completely
● Synonyms ➩ inundate, flood, deluge, immerse, swamp
7. MISSIVE (NOUN)
● Meaning ➩ a letter, especially a long or official one.
● Synonyms ➩ message, letter, communication
8. STOICAL (ADJ)
● Meaning ➩ enduring pain and hardship without showing one’s feelings or
complaining.
● Synonyms ➩ patient, uncomplaining, forbearing, unemotional
9. IMPOVERISHED (ADJ)
● Meaning ➩ made poor or with diminished quality of life.
● Synonyms ➩ poor, penniless, destitute, indigent, pauperized
10. COGENT (ADJ)
● Meaning ➩ (of an argument or case) clear, logical, and convincing.
● Synonyms ➩ potent, convincing, effective, forceful, compelling
11. OBSESSION (NOUN)
● Meaning ➩ The state of being obsessed with someone or something
● Synonyms ➩ fetish, fixation, mania, preoccupation, prepossession
12. IMPERIOUS (ADJ)
● Meaning ➩ Arrogant and domineering
● Synonyms ➩ authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, bossy, despotic
13. ABATEMENT (NOUN)
● Meaning ➩ The reduction or removal of a nuisance, lessening
● Synonyms ➩ deduction, discount, reduction
14. PERTURB (VERB)
● Meaning ➩ Make (someone) anxious or unsettled
● Synonyms ➩ agitate, ail, alarm (also alarum), bother, concern, derail,
discomfort
15. CONVENE (VERB)
● Meaning ➩ Come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble
● Synonyms ➩ assemble, call, convoke, muster, summon