The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster – 30 October 2019

Published on 30 October 2019 by
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Newspaper gives us information about the latest happenings in our country and the world. Reading it daily has manifold benefits. One of the benefits would be improving our English Vocabulary. Let us start with a dose of difficult words, their meanings, synonyms, antonyms & correct usage. Read the blog “Daily Vocabulary 30 October 2019” below.

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 30 October 2019

Words Meanings & Synonyms Antonyms Usage
Brinkmanship The activity, especially in politics, of trying to get what you want by saying that if you do not get it, you will do something dangerous Non-interference The talks have collapsed and both sides have resorted to brinkmanship.
Caustic Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way;

Cutting, Biting, Mordant, Stinging, Sharp, Bitter

 Kind The players were making caustic comments about the refereeing.
Dismissive Feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration;

Contemptuous, Disdainful, Scornful, Sneering, Snide, Scathing

 Admiring, Interested

 

 Monetarist theory is dismissive of the need to control local spending.
Irony The expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect;

Cynicism, Mockery, Satire, Ridicule

 Sincerity The irony of it is that the new tax system will burden those it was intended to help.
Reprieve Cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially someone condemned to death;

Grant a stay of execution to, Pardon, Spare, Acquit

 Charge, Punish

 

 He accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a reprieve.
Stark Severe or bare in appearance or outline;

Sharply delineated, Sharp, sharply defined, Well focused, Crisp

 Fuzzy, Indistinct, Pleasant, Comfortable, Ornate

 

 It was a stark room with a bed and chair as the only furniture.
Strident Loud and harsh; Grating;

Presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way

 Soft, Dulcet

 

 Public pronouncements on the crisis became less strident.

 

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