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 24 January 2020.
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The Hindu – Daily Vocabulary Words 24 January 2020
Words |
Meanings & Synonyms | Antonyms |
Usage |
Clemency | Mercy, Lenience. | Ruthlessness, Strictness
|
The President has granted clemency to several people this month. |
Condemn | Express complete disapproval of;
Censure, Criticize, Castigate, Attack, Denounce, Deplore |
Praise, Commend
|
The terrorist action has been condemned as an act of barbarism and cowardice. |
Curative | Able to cure disease.
Healing, Therapeutic, Medicinal, Remedial, Curing, Corrective. Law: serving to correct or negate |
Damaging, Harmful, Hurtful, Injurious, Hurting, Painful | Do you believe in the curative powers of the local mineral water? |
Dilatory | Slow to act.
Unhurried, Tardy, Unpunctual, Lax, Slack, Sluggish |
Fast, Prompt | They resorted to dilatory tactics, forcing a postponement of peace talks. |
Punitive | Inflicting or intended as punishment.
Penal, Disciplinary, Corrective, Correctional, Retributive |
Non-punitive | Lobbyists complain that the bill would impose punitive taxes on the industry. |
Quarantining | A strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
To exclude, detain, or isolate for political, social, or hygienic reasons. |
Assimilate, Associate, Connect, Join, Link, Unite
|
The hospital quarantined infected patients. |
Remedy | Something that corrects or counteracts.
Cure, Drug, Medicament, Medication, Medicinal |
Damage, Harm, Hurt, Injury, Stop, Disease, Pain | The problem was beyond remedy. |
Unequivocal | Leaving no doubt; Unambiguous, Indisputable, Incontrovertible | Equivocal, Ambiguous, Vague | Her answer was an unequivocal yes. |
Unprecedented | Never done or known before.
Unparalleled, Unequalled, Unmatched, Unrivalled |
Normal, Common
|
The government took the unprecedented step of releasing confidential correspondence. |
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