Words from Todays Newspaper: Word#2 of the day: VERTIGINOUS While the traditional feudal class has largely faded out, post-Independence, especially in the last decade, real estate prices have soared to vertiginous heights, bringing realty back to the centre stage of the Indian economy. [The sentence given above has been taken from todays newspaper (dated: Jan 26, 2014)]. Vertiginous is an adjective for something that is extremely high or steep. This word can also be used to denote something that causes vertigo i.e. dizziness caused due to great heights. Vertigo is also the name of a medical issue in which the patient suffers from dizziness due to a dysfunction of the vestibular system that is responsible for the sense of balance in mammals.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 06:51:01 +0000
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