The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 16 September 2019

Here we are with our daily Vocabulary blog for your English Vocabulary building. Go on and read the Hindu Editorial here and then go through the list of difficult words, their meanings, synonyms, antonyms & correct usage of the words taken from the Editorial. Here is your Daily Vocabulary 16 September 2019 blog.

The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 16 September 2019

Words	Meanings & Synonyms	Antonyms	Usage
Accountability	The fact or condition of being accountable; Responsibility, Responsibility, Liability, Answerability	Unaccountability	There were furious demands for greater police accountability.
Bottleneck	Someone or something that retards or halts free movement and progress; Barrier, Blockage, Congestion, Hindrance, Impediment	Aid, Assistance, Help, Opening	All decisions must be approved by the committee, and this is where the company runs into bottlenecks.
Emulation	Effort to match or surpass a person or achievement, typically by imitation; Ape, Bio-mimicry, Blueprint, Bootleg, Carbon Copy	Neglect, Be original	They hope to emulate the success of other software companies.
Expeditious	With speed and efficiency; Fast, Rapid, Swift, Fleet, Quick, Speedy, Hasty	Slow	The company is well-regarded for its expeditious handling of any request or complaint by the customers.
Flailing	Beset by difficulties; Ineffectual	Steady	He phoned a friend to vent about his flailing marriage.
Ground-breaking	If something is ground-breaking, it is very new and a big change from other things of its type; Innovative, Pioneering	Unoriginal, Regular	His latest movie is interesting, but not ground-breaking.
Incentive	A thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something; Inducement, Motivation, Motive, Reason, Stimulus, Stimulant, Spur, Impetus, Encouragement, Impulse	Deterrent, Disincentive	Tax incentives have been offered to attract industry to the region.
Laudable	Deserving praise and commendation; Praiseworthy, Commendable, Admirable, Meritorious, Worthy, Deserving, Creditable	Blameworthy, Shameful	The recycling programme is laudable, but does it save much money?
Piecemeal	Characterized by unsystematic partial measures taken over a period of time; A Little at a time, Piece by piece, Bit by bit, Gradually, Slowly	Sudden, Steep	The village is slowly being killed off by piecemeal development.
Resuscitate	Revive someone from unconsciousness or apparent death; Make something active or vigorous again; Revive, Resurrect, Restore, Regenerate, Revitalize	Extinguish, Kill, Quench, Suppress	The patient stopped breathing but doctors were able to resuscitate him.
Spooked	Frighten, Unnerve; Souls, spirits & ghosts		The film was dreadful – all spooks and vampires.
Stimulus	A thing that arouses activity or energy in someone or something; A spur or incentive; Stimulant, Encouragement, Impetus, Boost, Prompt, Prod, Incentive, Inducement	Counter-incentive, Disincentive	Foreign investment has been a stimulus to the industry.
Transparency	The condition of being Transparent; Translucency, Lucidity, Pellucidity, Limpidness, Limpidity, Glassiness, Liquidity	Opacity, Cloudiness, Obscurity, Ambiguity, Secrecy	We need to strike a balance between the need for transparency and respect for individual privacy.
Unhampered	Not impeded or encumbered; Unbounded, Unbridled, Unchecked, Uncontrolled, Unhindered, Unrestrained	Bridled, Checked, Constrained, Controlled, Curbed, Governed, Hampered	A midday picnic for the school’s seniors across the street also continued unhampered.
Yearning	A feeling of intense longing for something; Longing, Pining, Craving, Desire, Want, Wish, Hankering, Urge, Need, Hunger	Apathy, Indifference, Insouciance, Nonchalance, Unconcern	I suppose it’s because I live in a city that I have this yearning for open spaces.