Newspaper gives us information about the latest happenings in our country and the world. Reading it daily has manifold benefits. One of the benefits would be improving our English Vocabulary. Let us start with a dose of difficult words, their meanings, synonyms, antonyms & correct usage. Read the blog “Daily Vocabulary 15 October 2019” below.
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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 15 October 2019
Words | Meanings & Synonyms | Antonyms | Usage |
Acrimonious | Angry and bitter speech or discussion;
Bitter, Rancorous, Caustic, Acerbic, Scathing, Sarcastic |
Caring, Forgiving, Gentle, Kind, Kind-hearted, Loving, Sweet | Their marriage ended eight years ago in an acrimonious divorce. |
Arduous | Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring;
Onerous, Taxing, Difficult, Hard, Heavy, Laborious |
Easy, Effortless, Facile, Light, Mindless, Simple, Soft, Undemanding | The arduous journey into the centre of the great desert began. |
Cloak and Dagger | Involving or characterized by mystery, intrigue, or espionage;
Clandestine, Hush-Hush, Secret, Surreptitious, Undercover, Underground |
Above-board | I’m tired of all these cloak-and-dagger meetings – let’s discuss the issues openly. |
Gobbledygook | Language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of technical terms;
Jargon, Unintelligible language, Obscure language, Gibberish, Claptrap |
Sense, Truth | The report is just a bunch of gobbledygook. |
Obfuscate | Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible;
Confuse, Blur, Muddle, Jumble |
Clarify | She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue. |
Quell | Subdue or silence someone, Suppress a feeling;
Crush, put down, Check, Crackdown on, Curb |
Bring about, Prompt, Succumb to | Police in riot gear were called in to quell the disturbances |
Relinquish | Voluntarily cease to keep or claim;
Give up; Renounce, give up, Part with, give away, Hand over, turn over, Lay down |
Keep, Retain, Continue
|
He has relinquished his claim to the throne. |
Riposte | A quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism;
Retort, Counter, Rejoinder, Sally, Return, Retaliation |
Question, Request
|
She made a sharp and witty riposte. |
Tweak | To change something slightly, especially in order to make it more correct, effective, or suitable;
Fine-tune |
Impair, Deteriorate, Ruin, Diminish
|
The software is pretty much there – it just needs a little tweaking. |
Unassailable | Unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated;
Impregnable, Invulnerable, Impenetrable, Inviolable, Invincible |
Assailable, Defenceless
|
This win has given the team an unassailable lead. |
Yanked | Pull with a jerk;
Jerk, Pull, Tug, Wrench, Heave, Haul, Drag, Tweak |
Heave, Shove, Thrust | She yanked open the cupboard door and everything fell out. |
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