15 Amazing Vocabulary Words

menace - threat. Eg : The horror movies entails menacing sounds and voices.

eyesore - very ugly. Eg : 1.Streets with garbage dumps is an eyesore and a health hazard to the public.2.The Government asks public to nominate India's worst buildings, the eyesores that they would like to see demolished.

apparently - evidently,seemingly. Eg : The thief killed a cop and five other people in a series of attacks, before apparently killing himself.

spate - large number. Eg : A spate of hoax bomb threat calls kept the city police on their toes.

dereliction - negligence of duty. Eg: A drunk driver who apparently hits four people was charged with serious dereliction of duty.

spurned - rejected,abandoned. Eg : A man splashed acid on her face when she spurned his love proposal.

ignominy - public shame. Eg : Congress faces the ignominy as it was not qualified even to lead the official opposition party in the parliament.

immolate -kill,destroy,offer as sacrifice. Eg :1.The trees were immolated as fire swept through the forest.2.Mostly animals were immolated in religious rituals.

sleuth - detective. Eg : The sleuths were on their toes on Wednesday after Central Railway Station received a bomb threat call.

pilferage - stealing small amounts and small articles. Eg : To stop pilferage,the company have decided to fit  GPS devices in trucks and fuel tankers to track their movements.

drubbing - hit/beating,defeating. Eg : Congress receives a drubbing in  Lok Sabha polls.

abysmal -  extremely bad,terrible,very deep. Eg : His death left her with abysmal and boundless misery.

thud - heavy sound. Eg :  The ladle fell to the ground with a thud.

air-borne - something is in the air and flying. Eg : The car goes air-borne for seconds and later landed with a thud on the floor.

scaffold
scaffolding - is a temporary structure of poles/planks used by the workmen to stand on while building houses. Eg : Scaffold collapsed and many workers got injured.