The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 21 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 21 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 21 August 2019

Words	Meanings & Synonyms	Antonyms	Usage
Disentangle	Free something or someone from something that they are entangled with; Extricate, Extract, Free, Remove, Disengage, Untwine, Disentwine, Release, Liberate, Loosen	Embroil, Entangle	It’s difficult to disentangle hard fact from myth, or truth from lies.
Dismissive	Feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration; Contemptuous, Disdainful, Scornful, Sneering, Snide, Scathing, Disparaging	Admiring, Interested	He’s so dismissive of anybody else’s suggestions.
Elusive	Difficult to find, catch, or achieve; Difficult to catch/find, Difficult to track down;  Evasive, Slippery, Shifty	Accessible, Approachable, Attainable, Available, Convenient, Obtainable, Reachable	The answers to these questions remain as elusive as ever.
Perilous	Full of danger or risk; Dangerous, Fraught with danger, Hazardous, Risky, Unsafe, Treacherous	Safe, Secure	The country roads are quite perilous.
Polytheistic	Relating to or characterized by belief in or worship of more than one god; Belief in multiple Gods	Monotheism	Most anthropologists consider religion to be polytheistic because it has many deities.
Proclivity	A tendency to choose or do something regularly; An inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing; Liking, Inclination, Tendency, Leaning, Disposition, Propensity, Bent, Bias, Penchant	Disinclination, Dislike	Anna was very worried about her son going to kindergarten because he has a proclivity to misbehave.
Puritanical	Having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence or sex; Moralistic, Pietistic, Strait-laced, Tight-laced, Stuffy	Permissive, Broad-minded	His puritanical parents saw any kind of pleasure as the road to damnation.
Purported	Appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; Alleged	Deny, Gainsay	The study purports to show an increase in the incidence of the disease.
Semblance	The outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different; Appearance, Outward appearance, Approximation, Similarity	Difference, Concrete, Dissimilarity, Unlikeness	The city has now returned to some semblance of normality after last night’s celebrations.
Transnational	Extending or operating across national boundaries; Foreign, International, Multinational	Domestic, Internal, National	Global warming is a transnational problem that requires a transnational solution.

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