The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 16 August 2019

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Read today’s dose of Daily Vocabulary 16 August 2019. The words explained here are taken from the Editorial section of the Hindu Newspaper. It is advisable to read the Editorial articles thoroughly and then go through this Vocabulary blog. This would be quite beneficial as it would enhance your reading and comprehension skills as well add to your English Vocabulary. This blog Daily Vocabulary 16 August 2019 would help you answer Vocabulary (Synonyms & Antonyms) questions in Bank, SSC, Insurance, Railways and Other Government Exams as well it will aid you in Descriptive Writing.

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 16 August 2019

Words

Meanings & Synonyms

Antonyms

Usage

Apprehensive

 Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen;

Anxious, Alarmed, Worried, Uneasy, Nervous, Concerned, Agitated, Restless, Edgy

 Unafraid, Fearless I’m very apprehensive about tomorrow’s meeting.
Camouflage The disguising of military personnel, equipment, and installations by painting or covering them to make them blend in with their surroundings;

Disguise, Concealment;

Something that is meant to hide something, or behaviour that is intended to hide the truth

 Unmask The lizard’s light brown skin acts as camouflage in the desert sand.
Crippling To cause serious damage to someone or something, making him, her, or it weak and not effective;

To make something much less effective; 

Damage

 Heal, Help, Rectify, Rehabilitate, Remedy Economic sanctions by the US have crippled the country’s economy.
Grandstanding To conduct oneself or perform showily or ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers;

Prance, Strut, Swagger, Parade, Showboat

 Ordinariness, Simplicity, Modesty, Plainness The outfielder made a grandstand play out of what should have been a routine catch.
Indiscriminate Done at random or without careful judgement;

Non-selective, Unselective, Undiscriminating, Uncritical, Aimless

 Selective, Discriminating, Systematic They participated in the indiscriminate slaughter of countless innocent victims.
Mitigatory To cause to become less harsh or hostile;

To make less severe or painful;

Allay, Alleviate, Assuage, Ease, Help, Mollify, Palliate, Relieve, Soothe

 Aggravate, Exacerbate Morphine may be given hypodermically to mitigate the pain.

 
Retaliatory Of an action characterized by a desire for revenge;

Payback, Reprisal, Requital, Retribution, Revenge, Vengeance

 Clemency, Grace, Leniency, Lenity, Mercy, Forgiveness, Pardon, Remission

 

 He urged people not to resort to retaliatory violence.
Rhetoric The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing;

Oratory, Eloquence, Power of speech, Command of language, Expression

 Inarticulateness What is required is immediate action, not rhetoric.
Unfair Not based on or behaving according to the principles of equality and justice;

Unjust, Inequitable, Prejudiced, Biased, Discriminatory

 Fair, Just It’s unfair to take advantage of other people’s misfortunes.

 
War-Footing The condition of being prepared to undertake or maintain war;

War path

   The president placed the republic on a war footing.

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