Tuesday, September 7, 2010

[Word Powers] Today's Words

Candor (kan-der) (Noun):

1)            The state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness

The candor of the speech impressed the audience.

2)            Freedom from bias; fairness; impartiality

The supreme court seems to have considered the issue of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy with candor and this is evident in reopening of the case.

Vitiate (vish-ee-eyt) (Verb):

1)            To impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil; debase; corrupt

Adding water is one of the easiest techniques employed by milk vendors to vitiate milk with an intention of increasing their sales.

2)            To impair or weaken the effectiveness of; to invalidate (esp. legally)

The young lawyer’s sound defense vitiated the claim of the accuser.

 



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