The Hindu - Daily Vocabulary Words 24 January 2020

Let us move ahead in this new year by learning something new daily. What would be better than learning a few new English words daily which will not only enhance our English Language Vocabulary but also would raise our confidence levels while having day-to-day conversations in the English Language? We will be coming up with this daily article on Oliveboard giving you a list of English Vocabulary Words taken from The Hindu Editorial, with their correct meanings, synonyms, antonyms and correct usage. This blog-post will aid you immensely in your competitive exams preparation if you are consistent in reading this article daily. So, read along the Daily Vocabulary Words 24 January 2020.

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The Hindu – Daily Vocabulary Words 24 January 2020

Words	Meanings & Synonyms	Antonyms	Usage
Clemency	Mercy, Lenience.	Ruthlessness, Strictness	The President has granted clemency to several people this month.
Condemn	Express complete disapproval of; Censure, Criticize, Castigate, Attack, Denounce, Deplore	Praise, Commend	The terrorist action has been condemned as an act of barbarism and cowardice.
Curative	Able to cure disease. Healing, Therapeutic, Medicinal, Remedial, Curing, Corrective. Law: serving to correct or negate	Damaging, Harmful, Hurtful, Injurious, Hurting, Painful	Do you believe in the curative powers of the local mineral water?
Dilatory	Slow to act. Unhurried, Tardy, Unpunctual, Lax, Slack, Sluggish	Fast, Prompt	They resorted to dilatory tactics, forcing a postponement of peace talks.
Punitive	Inflicting or intended as punishment. Penal, Disciplinary, Corrective, Correctional, Retributive	Non-punitive	Lobbyists complain that the bill would impose punitive taxes on the industry.
Quarantining	A strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease. To exclude, detain, or isolate for political, social, or hygienic reasons.	Assimilate, Associate, Connect, Join, Link, Unite	The hospital quarantined infected patients.
Remedy	Something that corrects or counteracts. Cure, Drug, Medicament, Medication, Medicinal	Damage, Harm, Hurt, Injury, Stop, Disease, Pain	The problem was beyond remedy.
Unequivocal	Leaving no doubt; Unambiguous, Indisputable, Incontrovertible	Equivocal, Ambiguous, Vague	Her answer was an unequivocal yes.
Unprecedented	Never done or known before. Unparalleled, Unequalled, Unmatched, Unrivalled	Normal, Common	The government took the unprecedented step of releasing confidential correspondence.

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