Vocabulary Made Easy series: Polish your language skills to score better

Having good language and communication skills is very important to score easily in exams which can help students go a long way. Hence, along with preparing important topics for competitive exams, do not forget to polish your language skills as well.
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.
Meaning: wrong; incorrect
Example: The test remains rooted in an erroneous approach which starts from the wrong standpoint

Meaning: remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account)
Example: Editors heavily expurgated the novel before its initial publication

Meaning: the substance or general meaning of a speech or text
Example: She spoke quickly but I got the gist of what she was saying
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Meaning: a noisy disturbance or quarrel
Example: He got drunk and caused a fracas because they wouldn’t let him in

Meaning: a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock
Example: If the impasse continues, the jockeys could take the matter to court

Meaning: engaged in the pursuit of pleasure; sensually self-indulgent
Example: Yet they help put the hedonistic excesses of the decade into proper perspective
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Meaning: lacking the ability or strength to move
Example: Normally it is said that gold has no biochemical purpose, because it is chemically inert

Meaning: fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful
Example: Her comments were intended to be taken in a light-hearted and jocular fashion

Meaning: set (something) on fire/ arouse or inspire (an emotion or feeling)
Example: I managed to kindle a fire in the grate

Put your thinking cap on and try to answer the following questions to understand how much you have grasped.
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(Definitions and examples are from Oxford Languages)