1. Flamboyant (adjective)
Meaning: flamelike or brilliant in form or color, too showy or ornate; florid, extravagant, etc.
Note: This word can be used in neutral sense, doesnot always convey a negative meaning.
Usage: They were all very flamboyant women, very well dressed with lots of jewelry.
2. ostentatious (adjective)
Meaning: intended to attract notice and impress others, intended to attract notice and impress others etc
Note: This word usually signifies a negative connotation.
Usage: Devotion to god is best expressed in silence. Performing
ostentatious rituals is not necessary.
3. spectacle (noun)
Meaning:something to look at, esp. some strange or remarkable sight; unusual display,a public show or exhibition on a grand scale or (Old-fashioned) a pair of eyeglasses
Note: This word can be used in a neutral way, and usually, it has a positive usage.
Usage: The Olympic Games is the biggest sporting spectacle in the world.
Sentence correction:
1. Among all the colours, pink is best.
2. Ramesh is good than shiela.
Right Answers for yesterday:
1. The baby is playing with its toys.
2, One should be confident of one's abilities
The right answers for sentence correction shall be published in tomorrow's post.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
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