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 18 October 2019” below.
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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 18 October 2019
Words | Meanings & Synonyms | Antonyms | Usage |
Acrimonious | Angry and bitter speech or discussion;
Rancorous, Caustic, Acerbic, Scathing, Sarcastic |
Caring, Forgiving, Gentle, Kind, Kind-hearted, Loving | Their marriage ended eight years ago in an acrimonious divorce. |
Catapult | Hurl or launch something with or as if with a catapult;
Propel, Launch, Hurl, Hurtle, Fling |
Take back | The award for best actress meant that almost overnight she was catapulted into the limelight. |
Egregious | Outstandingly bad; Shocking, Appalling, Horrific, Horrifying, Horrible, Terrible | Marvellous | It was an egregious error for a statesman to show such ignorance. |
Execrable | Extremely bad or unpleasant;
Appalling, Awful, Dreadful, Terrible, Frightful, Atrocious |
Good, Admirable
|
She has always had execrable taste in men. |
Impassioned | Filled with or showing great emotion;
Emotional, Heartfelt, Wholehearted, Full-Hearted, From the heart |
Cold, Cool, Dispassionate, Emotionless, Impassive, Unemotional | Her lawyer made an impassioned argument in her defence. |
Intractable | Hard to control or deal with;
Unmanageable, Uncontrollable, Ungovernable, Out of control |
Amenable, Biddable, Compliant, Conformable, Docile, Obedient, Submissive, Tractable | We are facing an intractable problem. |
Litigation | The process of taking legal action;
Legal proceedings, Legal action, Lawsuit, Legal dispute, Legal case |
The company has consistently denied responsibility, but it agreed to the settlement to avoid the expense of lengthy litigation. | |
Mediation | Intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it;
Arbitration, Conciliation, Reconciliation, Intervention, Intercession
|
Argument, Contention, Disagreement, Fight
|
Many cases are settled out of court through mediation or other means. |
Revanchism | A policy of seeking
to retaliate, especially to recover lost territory |
Past grievances are usually involved and can cause revanchism. | |
Stoke | Encourage or incite a strong emotion or tendency;
Accelerate, Add, Aggrandize, Amplify, Augment, Boost |
Abate, Decrease, De-Escalate, Diminish, Downsize, Dwindle | He’s been accused of stoking up racial hatred in the region. |
Surreptitious | Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of;
Secret, Stealthy, Clandestine, Secretive, Sneaky, Sly, Furtive |
Blatant, Open, Honest
|
She seemed to be listening to what I was saying, but I couldn’t help noticing her surreptitious glances at the clock. |
Torrential | Falling rapidly and in copious quantities;
Copious, Severe, Heavy, Rapid, Relentless, Violent, Soaking |
Controlled, Scarce | Torrential rains caused a series of landslips, carrying away houses and breaking up the hill railway. |
Transmogrified | Transform in a surprising or magical manner;
|
Keep, leave alone, Preserve
|
Almost overnight, that sweet, little child had transmogrified into an antisocial monster. |
Voluminous | Very lengthy and detailed;
Capacious, Commodious, Roomy, Spacious, Ample, Full |
Tiny
, Tight-fitting
|
Have you read McClelland’s voluminous account of his life? |
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