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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 23 December 2019
| Words | Meanings & Synonyms | Antonyms | Usage |
| Conglomerate | Relating to a conglomerate, especially a large corporation;
Aggregate, Agglomerate, Amassed, Gathered, Clustered, Combined |
This conglomerate company also sells large-scale water processing units, emergency messaging and notification systems, aeroplane cockpit electronics, and small- and large-scale dehumidifiers. | |
| Dispassionate | Not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial;
Unemotional, Unsentimental, Emotionless |
Emotional, Biased
|
She dealt with life’s disasters in a calm, dispassionate way. |
| Dispel | Make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear;
Banish, Eliminate, Dismiss, Chase away, drive away, drive off, Get rid of |
Engender
|
I’d like to start the speech by dispelling a few rumours that have been spreading recently. |
| Misdemeanours | A minor wrongdoing;
Wrongdoing, Evil deed, Crime, Felony, Criminal act, Misdeed |
Blamelessness, Faultlessness,
Guiltlessness, Impeccability |
Every week, as children, we were beaten for some minor misdemeanour. |
| Ouster | Ejection from a property, especially wrongful ejection; deprivation of an inheritance;
Reject, Eject, Dismiss, Banish, Exclude |
Shelter, Harbour, Accept | The committee’s chairperson is facing a possible ouster. |
| Prejudicial | Harmful to someone or something;
Detrimental; Damaging, Injurious, Harmful, Disadvantageous, Unfavourable |
Beneficial, Advantageous
|
The proposals were considered prejudicial to the city centre. |
| Quell | Subdue or silence someone;
Clampdown (on), Crackdown (on), Crush, Put down |
Bring About, Prompt
|
The National Guard was called in to help quell the late-night disturbances downtown |
| Reinstatement | The action of giving someone back a position they have lost;
Restoration, return to a former position, return to power, Bringing back |
Abate, Abolish, Abrogate, Annihilate, Annul, Destroy | The school board voted to reinstate the school’s uniform policy. |
| Strident | Loud and harsh; Grating;
Presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way; Harsh, Raucous, Rough, Grating, Rasping |
Soft, Dulcet
|
People are put off by his strident voice. |
| Unsubstantiated | Not proven to be true;
Baseless, Foundation less, Groundless, Invalid |
Justified,
Reasonable, Reasoned, Substantiated, Valid
|
As yet these claims are unsubstantiated. |
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