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 11 October 2019” below.
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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 11 October 2019
Words |
Meanings & Synonyms |
Antonyms |
Usage |
| Restore | To return something or someone to an earlier good condition or position;
Renew, Restore, Refresh, Renovate, Rejuvenate |
Abolish, Neglect | The badly neglected paintings have all been carefully restored. |
| Bonhomie | Cheerful friendliness;
Geniality, Congeniality, Conviviality, Cordiality, Affability |
Coldness
|
There was a lot of cheerful bonhomie amongst the people on the trip. |
| Ebb and Flow | A recurrent pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth;
A frequently changing situation |
You have to accept the ebb and flow of love in a relationship. | |
| 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. |
| Bifurcation | Roads, rivers, branches, etc to divide into two parts;
Bisect, Cleave, Dichotomize, Dissect, Fractionalize, Fractionate |
Assemble, Associate, Blend, Combine, Mingle, Mix | A sample of water was taken from the point where the river bifurcates. |
| Alienate | Make someone feel isolated or estranged;
Turn away, set apart, drive apart, Isolate, Detach |
Unite | All these changes to the newspaper have alienated its traditional readers. |
| Assuage | Make an unpleasant feeling less intense;
Relieve, Ease, Alleviate, Soothe, Mitigate, Dampen, Allay |
Aggravate, Intensify
|
The government has tried to assuage the public’s fears.
|
| Resuscitate | To revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness;
Revitalize |
Extinguish, Lay, Prostrate, Quench | The patient stopped breathing, but doctors were able to resuscitate him. |
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