Word of the day: Flustered
Meaning: upset and confused
Sentence:
1. The interviewer asked me a question. I was flustered and could not respond.
2. Rina seemed flustered. The boss might have given her too many tasks.
Word of the day: Fragile
Pronunciation: Fra-Jul (USA)
Fra-JI-ul (UK)
Meaning: Vulnerable/delicate, easily broken or damaged
Sentence:
1. Handle the vase with care, it’s fragile.
2. Don’t scold her; she is fragile amd might start crying
Trendy word of the day: Flimsy
Pronunciation: flim-zee
Meaning: 1. weak, not effective
2. thin, lacking strength or easily destroyed
Sentence:
1. The Thugs of Hindustan was a movie with flimsy plot.
2. The building did not even last 10 years due to its flimsy construction.
3. He went out with a flimsy excuse of buying beer, but his wife knew he was going to meet his girlfriend.
4. Paper napkins are flimsy.
Trendy word of the day: Fiery
Pronunciation: Fire-ee
Meaning: 1. red like fire 2. Burning like fire 3. easily made angry 4. passionate, having strong feeling
Sentence:
1. Some studies believe that eating fiery food moderately is good for health.
2. David is afraid that his sins will take him to fiery pit (hell).
3. His fiery temper irritates everyone around him.
4. Modi’s fiery speech resonated with everyone in the crowd.
Trendy word of the day: Famished
Pronunciation: fa-misht
Meaning: very hungry
Sentence:
1. I am famished. I could not eat all day due to the meetings.
2. I am famished. Is the dinner ready?
Trendy word of the day: Falter
Pronunciation: fol-tu
Meaning: 1. stumble 2. stammer 3. Weaken or lose strength
Sentence:
1. Radhika faltered and fell on her knees.
2. Her voice faltered when she was questioned by the police.
3. Although Riya has seen many ups and downs, her faith in God has never faltered.
Trendy word of the day: Filial
Pronunciation: fi-lee-ul
Meaning: You can use filial to describe the duties, feelings, or relationships which exist between a son or daughter and his or her parents.
Sentence:
1. Shravan was a filial son who took his parents on vacation.
2. Rama never shirked away from his filial duties.
Trendy word of the day: Frenzy
Pronunciation: fren-zee
Meaning: uncontrolled and excited behaviour or emotion that is sometimes violent, temporary madness
Sentence:
1. The news that Pawan Kalyan will star in the Telugu remake of Bollywood’s “Pink” has started a Twitter frenzy.
2. Virat Kohli’s ‘Tiger Act’ sends social media in frenzy.
Word of the day : Flabbergasted
Pronunciation: ‘fla-bu-gaas-tid
Meaning: extremely surprised,
Stunned
Sentence : I was flabbergasted to see Revanth coming office in his old school uniform.
Trendy word of the day: Feisty
Usage: informal
Pronunciation: fy-stee
Meaning: strong, determined, quarrelsome
Sentence:
1. Rebecca gets feisty if anyone says anything bad about her country.
2. The feisty old lady is a role model to many in her neighbourhood. Despite being alone, she still lives independently, managing her own business.
3. Kailer Yamamoto is very feisty and hard to play against.
Trendy word of the day: Fanatic
Pronunciation: fu’na-tik
Meaning: Extreme enthusiasm or devotion for something
Sentence:
1. The Bollywood star Salman Khan is a gym fanatic. Many people are inspired by his fitness mantra.
2. James grew up as a Marvel fanatic, every movie of Spider Man left a deep impact on him.
3. Apoorva is fanatic about her morning black coffee and doesn’t skip it even for a single day.
Synonym: aficionado, addict, extremist
Antonym: non-revolutionary, non-militant, moderate
Trendy word of the day: Formidable
Pronunciation: for-mi-du-bul
Meaning: Someone or something which is strong, powerful, or difficult to deal with, inspiring awe/ fear/ respect
Sentence:
1. Reliance Jio has become a formidable competitor to the mobile network operators in India.
2. Rafael Nadal is a formidable opponent to any tennis player in the clay court.
Synonym: dreadful, fearful, challenging
Antonym: comforting, acheivable
Word of the day: façade
Pronunciation: fu-saad
Meaning: the front of a building, or the fake outward appearance of a being
Sentence:
1. The façade of the Taj Mahal is made of ivory white marble
2. She hid her anger behind her friendly façade.
3. They need to maintain the façade of politeness to seal the deal.