Let us move ahead in this new year by learning something new daily. What would be better than learning a few new English words daily which will not only enhance our English Language Vocabulary but also would raise our confidence levels while having day-to-day conversations in the English Language? We will be coming up with this daily article on Oliveboard giving you a list of English Vocabulary Words taken from The Hindu Editorial, with their correct meanings, synonyms, antonyms and correct usage. This blog-post will aid you immensely in your competitive exams preparation if you are consistent in reading this article daily. So, read along the Daily Vocabulary Words 17 January 2020.
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The Hindu – Daily Vocabulary Words 17 January 2020
Words |
Meanings & Synonyms | Antonyms |
Usage |
Duality | The quality or condition of being dual.
Dualism, Duplexity, Ambivalence, Dichotomy |
Single, Oneness | His poems reveal the duality of his nature, the joy and hope, the fear and despair. |
Fervour | Intense and passionate feeling.
Ardour, Intensity, Zeal, Vehemence |
Apathy | The country was swept by patriotic fervour. |
Flawed | Having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection.
Unsound, Defective, Faulty, Distorted, Inaccurate, Incorrect |
Sound | Diamonds are still valuable, even when they are flawed. |
Internationalising | To make something international.
Bring a place or an issue under the protection or control of two or more nations. |
Centralise, Centralization, Centralize | Bob Marley internationalized reggae, making it known throughout the world. |
Morph | Change smoothly from one image to another by small gradual steps using computer animation techniques.
To gradually change, or change someone or something, from one thing to another. Deform, Wring, Distort, Contort |
Stay, Straighten, Unbend, Untwist, Undercharge. | He grew up watching his elder brother Joe morph from a difficult child to a drug addict. |
Multitude | A large number of people or things.
Cram, Crowd, Crush, Drove, Flock, Herd, Horde
|
The city has a multitude of problems, from homelessness to drugs and murder. | |
Overkill | Excessive use, treatment, or action.
Bellyful, Excess, Fat, Overabundance, Overage, Overflow |
Deficiency,
Deficit, Insufficiency, Undersupply |
Should I add an explanation, or would that be overkill? |
Overwhelming | Very great in amount.
Profuse, Enormous, Immense, Inordinate, Massive |
Small | She felt an overwhelming urge to tell someone about what had happened. |
Resounding | Unmistakable, Emphatic. | Faint | The evening was a resounding success. |
Unconstructive | Not having a useful or beneficial purpose; Negative. | Productive, Helpful, Handy, Useful | This approach was unconstructive as it gave no incentive to develop. |
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