The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 22 July 2019

Here is your dose of Vocabulary for today that is for 22 July 2019. The words in Vocabulary Booster 22 July 2019 are taken from Editorial section of the Hindu Newspaper. Here you will find difficult words with their meanings, synonyms, antonyms and correct usage. This will definitely prove to be good source for building your English Vocabulary if you read and learn the words regularly. So read along the Vocabulary Booster 22 July 2019.

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The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Booster 22 July 2019

Words	Meanings & Synonyms	Antonyms	Usage
Amass	Gather together or accumulate a large amount or number of material or things over a period of time; Collect, Assemble	Dissipate	She has amassed a huge fortune from her novels.
Autonomy	The right or condition of self-government	Dependence	The universities want to preserve their autonomy from central government.
Budge	Make or cause to make the slightest movement; Move, Shift, change position, Stir	Resist, Freeze, Still	I’ve tried moving the desk but I can’t budge it.
Confiscate	Take or seize someone’s property with authority; Impound, Seize, Appropriate, Expropriate, take possession of, Sequester, take away, take over, Take, Annex	Return	The courts can confiscate assets from people who have committed offences.
Confrontational	Tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; Hostile or argumentative	Non-aggressive, Non-belligerent, Pacific, Peaceable, Peaceful	He distanced himself from the confrontational approach adopted by his predecessor.
Credibility	The quality of being trusted and believed in; Trustworthiness, Reliability, Dependability, Integrity, Character	Implausibility, Incredibility	His arrest for lewd behaviour seriously damaged his credibility as a religious leader.
Distrust	The feeling that someone or something cannot be relied upon; Mistrust, Suspicion, Wariness	Trust	Many politicians are deeply distrusted by the electorate.
Prima Facie	Based on the first impression; Accepted as correct until proved otherwise	Arguable, Contestable, Debatable, Disputable	There is prima facie evidence that he was involved in the fraud.
Rationale	A set of reasons or a logical basis for a course of action or belief; Reason, Reasoning, Thinking, Basis, Logic, Grounds	Irrational, Non-rational, Unintelligent, Unreasonable,	He tried to explain the scientific rationale behind his work.
Strip	If you strip someone of something, you remove it from that person	Dress, Cover	Because of the pollution, the trees are almost completely stripped of bark.

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