The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster – 13 December 2019

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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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