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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 13 December 2019
| Words | Meanings & Synonyms | Antonyms | Usage |
| Absolve | Declare someone free from guilt, obligation, or punishment;
Exonerate, Discharge, Acquit, Exculpate, Vindicate, Release |
Blame, Condemn, Punish
|
The report absolved her from all blame for the accident. |
| Carnage | The killing of a large number of people;
Slaughter, Massacre, Mass murder, Mass destruction, Butchery |
Peace
|
The bombing was timed to cause as much carnage as possible. |
| Exonerate | Absolve someone from blame for a fault or wrongdoing;
Absolve, Clear, Acquit, declare innocent, Find innocent |
Charge, Convict
|
The results of the DNA fingerprinting finally exonerated the man, but only after he had wasted 10 years of his life in prison. |
| Grim | Very serious or gloomy;
Stern, Forbidding, Uninviting, Unapproachable, Aloof, Distant |
Amiable, Pleasant
|
I divined from his grim expression that the news was not good. |
| Orchestrate | Plan or coordinate the elements of a situation to produce a desired effect, especially surreptitiously;
Organize, Arrange, put together, Plan, Set up |
Confuse,
Derange, Disarray, Discompose, Dishevel
|
Their victory was largely a result of their brilliantly orchestrated election campaign. |
| Rattle | Make someone nervous, worried, or irritated;
Unnerve, Disconcert, Disturb, Fluster, Shake, Perturb |
Calm,
Hush, Lull Quietude,
|
The creaking upstairs was starting to rattle me. |
| Soar | Increase rapidly above the usual level;
Increase rapidly, shoot up, Rise rapidly, Escalate, Spiral upwards |
Plummet | Share prices have soared to a new all-time high in a day of frantic trading on the stock market. |
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