Vocab Words Day-21

[keerthi]

Hi friends,

Todays 5 words are.

2. ADULATION (noun):Flattery,Fawning
   
3. CRYPTIC (adj):Secret,Hidden,Obscure
   
4. INQUEST (noun):Research,inquiry
   
5. LEEWAY (noun):the amount of freedom to move or act that is available.
   
6. PURVEY (verb):Provide

Please post other possible meanings for these words,and secondary meanings .Altleast post one synonym and secondary meaning for each one

[bala_07]

1) Adulation :- Insincere or excessive praise , flattery


2) Cryptic :- concise , incomprehensible , inexplicable , mysterious


3) Inquest :- enquiry


4) Leeway :- Allowance , margin , tolerance


5) Purvey :- Provision , render , supply

[Spoorthi]

ADULATION :

Excessive flattery or admiration.

servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise



CRYPTIC :

1. Having hidden meaning; mystifying.
   
2. Secret or occult.
3. Using code or cipher.
4. Hidden or concealed.
5. Tending to conceal or camouflage, as the coloring of an animal.

syn:cryptical,deep,inscrutable,mysterious,mystifying.



INQUEST :

1. Law.
   2. A judicial inquiry into a matter usually held before a jury, especially an inquiry into the cause of a death.
   3. A jury making such an inquiry.
   4. The finding based on such an inquiry.
2. An investigation or inquiry.
3. A legal inquiry into the cause of violent or mysterious death.
4. The finding based
   on such an inquiry.
5. an inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death

syn:inquiry



LEEWAY :

1. The drift of a ship or an aircraft to leeward of the course being steered.
2. A margin of freedom or variation, as of activity, time, or expenditure; latitude.

syn:room,allowance,margin,tolerance.



PURVEY :

1. To supply (food, for example); furnish.
2. To advertise or circulate.
3. supply with provisions

syn:provision.

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