{"id":2154,"date":"2017-04-29T11:05:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T11:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2017-04-29T11:05:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T11:05:45","slug":"improve-your-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/improve-your-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve your vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Dismal (adjective)<\/h3>\n<p>Dismal means dejected, cheerless, gloomy, despondent, awful, terrible etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The show was dismal and a waste of time.<\/li>\n<li>She works in a dismal little room in the attic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Crestfallen (adjective)<\/h3>\n<p>Crestfallen means dejected, depressed, disappointed, disheartened etc.<\/p>\n<p>The team was crestfallen after losing the game.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Trudge<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To trudge is to walk wearily, plod, drag etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The losing team trudged wearily off the field.<\/li>\n<li>Rip Van Winkle was so frightened of the stranger that he began to trudge up the hill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Implore<\/h3>\n<p>To implore is to beg or plead with.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The prisoner implored the king for mercy.<\/li>\n<li>The child implored his kidnappers to let him go but they wouldn\u2019t listen to him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scramble<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To scramble is to move quickly and awkwardly using both the hands and the feet. It can also mean rush, race or run.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We scrambled for cover against the sudden rain.<\/li>\n<li>The cat quickly scrambled up a mango tree to escape from the wild dogs that were chasing it.<\/li>\n<li>The girl scraped her knee rather painfully against the step of the carriage as she was scrambling in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ardent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ardent is an adjective meaning passionate, zealous, enthusiastic, earnest, feverish etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bhagat Singh was an ardent patriot.<\/li>\n<li>Shakespeare\u2019s Romeo was an ardent lover.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Antonyms of ardent: dispassionate, unenthusiastic, apathetic, impassive, detached, cold, frigid etc.<\/p>\n<h3>Savour<\/h3>\n<p>As a noun savour means taste, aroma or flavour.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The cake had the savour of nutmeg.<\/li>\n<li>The sauce had the savour of garlic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To savour something is to enjoy, relish or like it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We ate the stew slowly, savouring it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Savoury<\/h3>\n<p>Savoury can mean tasty, appetizing, aromatic or delicious.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We munched the savoury cake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Savoury can also mean reputable, respectable, honest or attractive.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He wasn\u2019t a very savoury character.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dismal (adjective) Dismal means dejected, cheerless, gloomy, despondent, awful, terrible etc. The show was dismal and a waste of time. She works in a dismal little room in the attic. Crestfallen (adjective) Crestfallen means&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[455],"class_list":["post-2154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-vocabulary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions\/2155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}