Read today’s Dose of Vocabulary Builder with the list of difficult words, their meanings, synonyms, antonyms and correct usage. These words are taken from the Editorial section of the Hindu Newspaper. Reading the Editorial section daily provides us with information on the latest and most important happenings in India & the World. It also gives us the Editors’s insights on the news as well as helps us read better and at the same time enhances our English Vocabulary. Read Daily Vocabulary 26 September 2019 below.
The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 26 September 2019
Words | Meanings & Synonyms | Antonyms | Usage |
Bonhomie | Cheerful friendliness;
Geniality, Congeniality, Conviviality, Cordiality, Affability
|
Coldness | We witnessed the bonhomie of strangers singing together around a campfire. |
Bulldoze | To force someone to do something, although they might not want to;
Bully, Hector, Browbeat, Intimidate, Coerce, Steamroller; Destroying, Demolishing |
Cheer, Comfort, Console, Reassure, Solace, Soothe | She bulldozed her daughter into buying a new dress. |
Detrimental | Tending to cause harm;
Harmful, Damaging, Injurious, Hurtful, Inimical, Deleterious |
Anodyne, Benign, Harmless, Hurtless, Innocent, Innocuous, Inoffensive, Safe | These chemicals have a detrimental impact on the environment. |
Prorogation | The action of discontinuing a session of a parliament or other legislative assembly without dissolving it | The government’s loss of control necessitated the prorogation of parliament. | |
Rebuff | Reject someone or something in an abrupt or ungracious manner;
Reject, Turn Down, Spurn, Refuse, Decline, Repudiate |
Accept, Welcome
|
Her desperate request for help was met with a rebuff. |
Retaliate | Attack in return for a similar attack;
Fight Back, Strike Back, Hit Back, Respond, React, Reply |
Turn the other cheek;
Forgive |
The terrorists retaliated against the government with a bomb attack. |
Take it on the chin | To endure some hardship, difficulty, setback, or defeat, especially with stoic courage or poise;
To receive or suffer the full brunt of a defeat, setback, or hardship |
Refuse, Reject, Run Away, Avoid, Misconceive | He just took the criticism on the chin and kept working on his art. |
Ticklish | A situation or problem difficult or tricky and requiring careful handling;
Problematic, Tricky, Delicate, Sensitive, Controversial |
Straightforward, Unproblematic | This leaves me with the ticklish job of explaining to Debbie that she is not invited. |
Tumultuous | Making an uproar or loud, confused noise;
Deafening, Thunderous, Thundering, Ear-Shattering Excited, confused, or disorderly; Tempestuous, Stormy, Turbulent, In Turmoil, Passionate |
Peaceful, Uneventful, Orderly
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This year, however, has been especially tumultuous. |
Untenable | A position or view not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection;
Indefensible, Undefendable, Unarguable, Insupportable, Refutable |
Tenable, Defensible
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If three people in four no longer support the government, isn’t this an untenable situation? |
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