1.persona non grata
Meaning: an unacceptable or unwelcome person.
Sentence: “Nabokov was persona non grata with the regime”
Meaning: an unacceptable or unwelcome person.
Sentence: “Nabokov was persona non grata with the regime”
2.perspicacious
Meaning: having a ready insight into and understanding of things
Sentence: “it offers quite a few facts to the perspicacious reporter”
Meaning: having a ready insight into and understanding of things
Sentence: “it offers quite a few facts to the perspicacious reporter”
3.perturb
Meaning: make (someone) anxious or unsettled.
Synonym: worry, upset, unsettle, disturb, concern, trouble
Antonym: reassure, unperturbed, calm, composed
Sentence: “they were perturbed by her capricious behaviour”
Meaning: make (someone) anxious or unsettled.
Synonym: worry, upset, unsettle, disturb, concern, trouble
Antonym: reassure, unperturbed, calm, composed
Sentence: “they were perturbed by her capricious behaviour”
4.pretentious
Meaning : attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.
Synonym : affected, ostentatious,
Antonym : natural, unaffected
Sentence: “pretentious art films”
Meaning : attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.
Synonym : affected, ostentatious,
Antonym : natural, unaffected
Sentence: “pretentious art films”
5.prognostication
Meaning : the action of prophesying future events.
Synonym : prediction, forecast, prophecy, divination
Sentence:”an unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication”
Meaning : the action of prophesying future events.
Synonym : prediction, forecast, prophecy, divination
Sentence:”an unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication”