Question

Write the meaning and part of speech of the following words below.
Meagre.
Optimum.
Tranquil.
Obvious.
Oblivious.
Malady.
Acquit.
Couture.
Convict.
Twilight.

Answer 1

Here are the meanings and parts of speech for each of the words you've listed:

1. **Meagre**
- **Meaning**: Lacking in quantity or quality; thin or scrawny.
- **Part of Speech**: Adjective

2. **Optimum**
- **Meaning**: The most favorable condition or level for growth, reproduction, or success; the best or most effective.
- **Part of Speech**: Adjective (can also be used as a noun)

3. **Tranquil**
- **Meaning**: Free from disturbance; calm and peaceful.
- **Part of Speech**: Adjective

4. **Obvious**
- **Meaning**: Easily perceived or understood; clear, self-evident, or apparent.
- **Part of Speech**: Adjective

5. **Oblivious**
- **Meaning**: Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one; forgetful.
- **Part of Speech**: Adjective

6. **Malady**
- **Meaning**: A disease or ailment; an unwholesome condition.
- **Part of Speech**: Noun

7. **Acquit**
- **Meaning**: To free someone from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty; to conduct oneself in a specified way.
- **Part of Speech**: Verb

8. **Couture**
- **Meaning**: The design and manufacture of fashionable clothes to a client's specific requirements; high fashion.
- **Part of Speech**: Noun

9. **Convict**
- **Meaning**: A person found guilty of a criminal offense and serving a sentence of imprisonment; to declare someone guilty of a crime.
- **Part of Speech**: Noun (also a verb)

10. **Twilight**
- **Meaning**: The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, typically occurring both just before night and just after sunset; a state of ambiguity or gradual decline.
- **Part of Speech**: Noun

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