Vocabulary Made Easy series: Build up your effort to crack competitive exams

Candidates preparing for competitive exams ought to also prepare for the verbal sections as these questions can be detrimental to scoring better marks.
Aspirants can improve their vocabulary and word power with constant effort and by using proper strategies. Practicing mock tests can also be useful for the candidates with their preparation.
Here’s a way to improve your vocabulary. Check out the words for the day and a small quiz to push yourself to improve your word power.

Overwrought (Adjective)
Meaning: in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety
Example: Supposedly laying ones neurotic soul bare through primal, overwrought wailing has become a commodity

Overweening (Adjective)
Meaning: showing excessive confidence or pride
Example: His best qualification for the job was his overweening ambition, nothing else

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Overture (Noun)
Meaning: an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, play, etc
Example: He composed the overture to the oratorio while he was in Vienna

Overhaul (Verb)
Meaning: take apart (a piece of machinery or equipment) in order to examine it and repair it if necessary
Example: Phelps aims to overhaul Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals

Put your thinking cap on and try to answer the following questions to understand how much you have grasped.
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(Definitions and examples are from Oxford Languages)