The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster – 23 December 2019

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 23 December 2019

Words Meanings & Synonyms Antonyms Usage
Conglomerate Relating to a conglomerate, especially a large corporation;

Aggregate, Agglomerate, Amassed, Gathered, Clustered, Combined

   This conglomerate company also sells large-scale water processing units, emergency messaging and notification systems, aeroplane cockpit electronics, and small- and large-scale dehumidifiers.
Dispassionate Not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial;

Unemotional, Unsentimental, Emotionless

 Emotional, Biased

 

 She dealt with life’s disasters in a calm, dispassionate way.
Dispel Make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear;

Banish, Eliminate, Dismiss, Chase away, drive away, drive off, Get rid of

 Engender

 

 I’d like to start the speech by dispelling a few rumours that have been spreading recently.
Misdemeanours A minor wrongdoing;

Wrongdoing, Evil deed, Crime, Felony, Criminal act, Misdeed

 Blamelessness, Faultlessness, 

Guiltlessness, 

Impeccability

 Every week, as children, we were beaten for some minor misdemeanour.
Ouster Ejection from a property, especially wrongful ejection; deprivation of an inheritance;

Reject, Eject, Dismiss, Banish, Exclude

 Shelter, Harbour, Accept The committee’s chairperson is facing a possible ouster.
Prejudicial Harmful to someone or something;

Detrimental;

Damaging, Injurious, Harmful, Disadvantageous, Unfavourable

 Beneficial, Advantageous

 

 The proposals were considered prejudicial to the city centre.
Quell Subdue or silence someone;

Clampdown (on), Crackdown (on), Crush, Put down

 Bring About, Prompt

 

 The National Guard was called in to help quell the late-night disturbances downtown
Reinstatement The action of giving someone back a position they have lost;

Restoration, return to a former position, return to power, Bringing back

 Abate, Abolish, Abrogate, Annihilate, Annul, Destroy The school board voted to reinstate the school’s uniform policy.
Strident Loud and harsh; Grating;

Presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way;

Harsh, Raucous, Rough, Grating, Rasping

 Soft, Dulcet

 

 People are put off by his strident voice.
Unsubstantiated Not proven to be true;

Baseless, 

Foundation less, 

Groundless, 

Invalid

 Justified, 

Reasonable, 

Reasoned, 

Substantiated, Valid

 

 As yet these claims are unsubstantiated.

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