The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 20 August 2019

Reading the daily Editorial be it of any newspaper, is very beneficial not only for Vocabulary building but also gives you useful insights on the day to day happenings in the world. So, here we are with the today’s dose of daily vocabulary from the Editorial section of the Hindu Newspaper. You can read the Editorial here. In this blog “Daily Vocabulary 20 August 2019″, we have taken difficult words, explained their meanings with synonyms, antonyms and correct usage. Go through them below.

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 20 August 2019

Words	Meanings & Synonyms	Antonyms	Usage
Abrogation	The repeal or abolition of a law, right, or agreement; Repudiation, Revocation, Repeal, Rescinding, Overturning, Overruling, Overriding, Annulment, Cancellation	Institution, Introduction	This is an abrogation of the agreement, and I am very sad about it.
Adjunct	A thing added to something else as a supplementary rather than an essential part; Supplement, Addition, Accompaniment, Complement, Companion, extra, Add-on	Essential, Necessity, Requirement, Requisite	I hoped I would find the computer course a useful adjunct to my other studies.
Affirm	State emphatically or publicly; Declare, State, Assert, aver, Proclaim, Pronounce, Attest,	Deny	She affirmed her intention to apply for the post.
Entrenched	Of an attitude, habit, or belief firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; Ingrained,	Dislodge, Superficial	It’s very difficult to change attitudes that have become so deeply entrenched over the years.
Exemplary	Serving as a desirable model; Very good, Perfect, Ideal, Model, Faultless	Deplorable, Unworthy	His tact was exemplary, especially considering the circumstances.
Flinched	Make a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise; Wince, Start, Shy away, Recoil, Shrink, Pull back, Back away	Confront, Defy, Face	Now I’m going to move the eyepiece right up against your eye for a second – try not to flinch.
Seamless	Smooth and continuous, with no apparent gaps or spaces between one part and the next; Absolute, Faultless, Flawless, Ideal, Immaculate, Impeccable	Deficient, Inadequate, Incomplete, Insufficient, Wanting	The department hopes this will be a seamless transition from one computer system to another.
Squabble	Quarrel noisily over a trivial matter; Quarrel, Row, Argument, Fight, Contretemps, Disagreement	Get along accept, Agree, Assent, Concur	Often relationships between family members are so strained that squabbles break out.
Transpire	Come to be known; Be revealed; Break, Develop, rise, Shape up, Arise, Come up, Crop	Vanish, Stop	As it later transpired, she had known him at school.
Unequivocal	Leaving no doubt; Unambiguous, Unmistakable, Indisputable, Incontrovertible, Indubitable	Equivocal, Ambiguous, Vague	Temperature records have unequivocally confirmed the existence of global warming.

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