The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster – 15 October 2019

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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 15 October 2019” below.

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 15 October 2019

Words Meanings & Synonyms Antonyms Usage
Acrimonious Angry and bitter speech or discussion;

Bitter, Rancorous, Caustic, Acerbic, Scathing, Sarcastic

 Caring, Forgiving, Gentle, Kind, Kind-hearted, Loving, Sweet Their marriage ended eight years ago in an acrimonious divorce.
Arduous Involving or requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring;

Onerous, Taxing, Difficult, Hard, Heavy, Laborious

 Easy, Effortless, Facile, Light, Mindless, Simple, Soft, Undemanding The arduous journey into the centre of the great desert began.
Cloak and Dagger Involving or characterized by mystery, intrigue, or espionage;

Clandestine, Hush-Hush, Secret, Surreptitious, Undercover, Underground

 Above-board I’m tired of all these cloak-and-dagger meetings – let’s discuss the issues openly.
Gobbledygook Language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of technical terms;

Jargon, Unintelligible language, Obscure language, Gibberish, Claptrap

 Sense, Truth The report is just a bunch of gobbledygook.
Obfuscate Make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible;

Confuse, Blur, Muddle, Jumble

 Clarify She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue.
Quell Subdue or silence someone, Suppress a feeling;

Crush, put down, Check, Crackdown on, Curb

 Bring about, Prompt, Succumb to Police in riot gear were called in to quell the disturbances
Relinquish Voluntarily cease to keep or claim;

Give up;

Renounce, give up, Part with, give away, Hand over, turn over, Lay down

 Keep, Retain, Continue

 

 He has relinquished his claim to the throne.
Riposte A quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism;

Retort, Counter, Rejoinder, Sally, Return, Retaliation

 Question, Request

 

 She made a sharp and witty riposte.
Tweak To change something slightly, especially in order to make it more correct, effective, or suitable;

Fine-tune

 Impair, Deteriorate, Ruin, Diminish

 

 The software is pretty much there – it just needs a little tweaking.
Unassailable Unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated;

Impregnable, Invulnerable, Impenetrable, Inviolable, Invincible

 Assailable, Defenceless

 

 This win has given the team an unassailable lead.
Yanked Pull with a jerk;

Jerk, Pull, Tug, Wrench, Heave, Haul, Drag, Tweak

 Heave, Shove, Thrust She yanked open the cupboard door and everything fell out.

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