Vocabulary Made Easy series: Guide to upskill and climb up the career ladder

Professionals always need to upskill themselves to stay ahead in the race to climb up the career ladder. A key to winning over your peers would be to enhance your vocabulary and communication skills.
Here’s a way to improve your vocabulary and communication skills. Check out the words for the day and a small quiz to push yourself to improve your word power and language skills.
Grouse (Verb)
Meaning: complain about something trivial; grumble / a medium to large game bird with a plump body and feathered legs
Example: The grouse had been hung too long and cooked too long

Gainsay (Verb)
Meaning: deny or contradict (a fact or statement)
Example: These revisionists could not of course ultimately gainsay the fact that France was defeated

Hyperbole (Noun)
Meaning: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
Example: He’s using exaggeration and hyperbole to be entertaining – lots of writers do that
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Imbue (Verb)
Meaning: inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)
Example: They are qualities the current squad is imbued with, given their performances under pressure

Harangue (Noun)
Meaning: a lengthy and aggressive speech
Example: They were subjected to a ten-minute harangue by two border guards

Hew (Verb)
Meaning: chop or cut (something, especially wood or coal) with an axe, pick, or other tool
Example: Master carpenters would hew the logs with an axe

Inimical (Adjective)
Meaning: tending to obstruct or harm
Example: Drinking alcohol is inimical to thinking clearly
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Jargon (Noun)
Meaning: special words or expressions used by a profession or group that are difficult for others to understand
Example: Not everyone understands the technical jargon they use

Lampoon (Verb)
Meaning: publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm
Example: The actor was lampooned by the press

Latent (Adjective)
Meaning: (of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed
Example: Axillary buds or eyes in the leaf axils are latent growth buds
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Put your thinking cap on and try to answer the following questions to understand how much you have grasped.

Watch out for this space for your weekly update on improving word power.
(Definitions and examples are from Oxford Languages)