The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 8 August 2019

Read today’s dose of Daily Vocabulary 8 August 2019. The words explained here are taken from the Editorial section of the Hindu Newspaper. It is advisable to read the Editorial articles thoroughly and then go through this Vocabulary blog. This would be quite beneficial as it would enhance your reading and comprehension skills as well add to your English Vocabulary. This blog Daily Vocabulary 8 August 2019 would help you answer Vocabulary (Synonyms & Antonyms) questions in Bank, SSC, Insurance, Railways and Other Government Exams as well it will aid you in Descriptive Writing.

Oliveboard’s Subscription Platform for Unlimited Access to Online Classes

Oliveboard EDGE - Subscribe

The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 8 August 2019

Sr. No.

Words

Meaning & Synonyms

Antonyms

Usage
1.     Annul Declare invalid an official agreement, decision, or result;

Nullify, Invalidate, Void

 Restore, Enact Unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favours he does for people
2.     Benign Gentle and kind;

Warm-hearted, Good-natured, Friendly;

Anodyne, Harmless, 

Hurtless, Innocent, 

Innocuous, Inoffensive

 Harsh, Unkind, Rough;

Adverse, Bad, 

Baleful, Baneful, Damaging

 His humour was benign, never cruel or hurtful.
3.     Cavalier Showing a lack of proper concern; Offhand, Indifferent, Casual, Dismissive, Insouciant,

Uninterested, Unconcerned

 Thoughtful He has a cavalier disregard for the rights of others.
4.     Consequential Following as a result or effect;

Resulting, Resultant, 

Ensuing, Consequent

Important;

Significant

 Causal, Unrelated;

Insignificant, Minor

 There have been several consequential innovations in their computer software.
5.     Corollary Something that results from something else; 

Inference, Deduction

 Antecedent, Causation, Cause, Occasion Unfortunately, violence is the inevitable corollary of such a  revolutionary change in society.
6.     Dissent The holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held;

Disagreement, Lack of agreement, 

Difference of opinion, Argument, 

Dispute, Demur

 Agreement, Acceptance When the time came to approve the  proposal, there were one or two voices of dissent.
7.     Foregone Precede in place or time; 

Previous, Past

 Keep, Follow, Postdate, Succeed

 

 The result of the election seems to be a foregone conclusion.
8.     Goldilocks Used to describe a situation in which something is or has to be exactly right; 

Suitable, Perfect, Well-chosen

 Unsuitable, Inappropriate, Inconvenient, Improper

 

 Its nickname is the Goldilocks Bird, because it nests only when water levels are “just right”.
9.     Incentivise To make someone want to do something; 

Encourage, Motivate, Boost, Stimulate

 Deter, Disincentivise, Discourage

 

 We need to incentivise our sales managers to achieve these targets.
10.     Incomprehensible Not able to be understood;

Not intelligible;

Unintelligible, Indecipherable

 Intelligible, Comprehensible, 

Understandable, Clear

 It’s incomprehensible to me why he would want to kill himself.
11.     Inhibit Hinder, restrain, or prevent an action or process;

Impede

 Aid, Assist, Facilitate, Help You shouldn’t allow fear of failure to inhibit you.
12.     Ironically Used in reference to a paradoxical, unexpected, or coincidental situation;

Interesting, Strange, or funny because of being very different from what you would usually expect;

Showing that you really mean the opposite of what you are saying

 Sincere, Genuine He was a life insurance broker who ironically died with no life insurance, leaving his bookkeeper, our mother, unemployed.
13.     Muzzling Prevent a person or group from expressing their opinions freely;

Gag, Silence, Censor, Suppress, Stifle, Inhibit, Restrain, Check, Curb, Fetter

 Support, Amplify, Broadcast, Disseminate, Encourage

 

 The new Secrecy Act will muzzle the media and the opposition.
14.     Suffice Be enough or adequate

 

 Fall short The problems were of global importance, and only an international effort would suffice to deal with them.
15.     Throttle To prevent something from succeeding; Restore, Resuscitate, Revive The reduction in funds is throttling the development of new programmes.
16.     Treacherous Guilty of or involving betrayal or deception; 

Traitorous, Disloyal, Perfidious, Faithless, Unfaithful, Duplicitous

 Loyal, Faithful;

Safe, Reliable

 The President spoke of the treacherous intentions of the enemy.

Oliveboard’s Subscription Platform for Unlimited Access to Online Classes

We hope that you find the blog “Daily Vocabulary 8 August 2019“ and its contents beneficial. Stay-tuned to Oliveboard for more such articles. 

Also Check Out -:

Register for IBPS Cracker Course only for Rs 999

IBPS-PO-Cracker-banner

  Oliveboard Live Courses & Mock Test Series


Leave a comment