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Shampa Iftakhar:
Effrontery : impudence, shameless, boldness, sheer nerve, presumptuousness,sass,audacity,chutzpah
Antonyms: modesty, politeness, care. carefulness, humility
Used in sentence:
When the defendant put his feet up on the table, the judge scolded him for his effrontery.
My cheating husband has the effrontery to accuse me of being disloyal to him.
Although I have an advanced degree in business, my boss still had the effrontery to ask me to bring him coffee.
William’s wife had the effrontery to bring her lover to the family Christmas party.
After eating two steak dinners, Charles had the effrontery to tell the waitress he was broke.
Shampa Iftakhar:
Flout:
Synonyms: scorn, ridicule, mock, reject, sneer, taunt,thumb nose at, outrage,repudiate
antonyms: compliment, honor, approve, please, commend, respect
Used in sentence:
People find themselves in trouble because they think they’re clever enough to flout the law without getting caught.
Once you flout the regulations of the IRS, you will likely spend a long time trying to get out of the hole you dug for yourself.
If you’re a person who likes to flout authority, you could land in jail, but you could also end up being very successful.
Safety guidelines exist for a reason, and if you flout them, there could be serious consequences.
Constance decided to flout her family’s tradition of following a medical profession and became a best-selling romance writer instead.
Many people believe that there should be a crackdown on the people who flout the welfare system.
Shampa Iftakhar:
Paucity :
Synonyms:
crunch, dearth, deficit, drought (also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, lacuna, deficiency, pinch, poverty, scantiness
Antonyms
sufficiency abundance enough plenty affluence
Used in sentence:
Because of the paucity of our oil supply, we need to seek out other fuel resources.
I did not have enough to drink because Sally left only a paucity of soda in the bottle.
Even though the school claims to be a major university, it has merely a paucity of courses for students to take.
It will be difficult for me to construct the project with such a paucity of tools.
Although the government claims the unemployment rate is decreasing, there is still a paucity of jobs available.
Fortunately, when it comes to protecting our environment, we have more than a paucity of options for going green.
Arfuna Khatun:
nice
Shampa Iftakhar:
Casanova: A smooth-talking charmer who has mastered the art of finding, meeting, attracting and seducing beautiful women into the bedroom. One he accomplishes his goal, he leaves the woman in fear of having a relationship and proceeds to find his next conquest.
Synonyms: ladies' man
admirer, cad , Lothario, lover, paramour, Romeo, wolf, womanizer, Don Juan
Antonym: Enemy
Used in Sentence: Beware of casanova!!
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