The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 25 June 2019

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 25 June 2019

Words	Meanings & Synonyms	Antonyms	Usage
Contentious	Causing or likely to cause an argument; Controversial, Involving heated argument; Fierce, Violent, Intense	Uncontroversial, Calm	She has some very contentious views on education system.
Crisis	A time of intense difficulty or danger; Catastrophe, Calamity, Cataclysm, Emergency, Disaster	Good fortune, Peace	Greece was in the grip of an economic crisis.
Defection	The desertion of one’s country or cause in favour of an opposing one; Desertion, Absconding, Decamping, Flight	Faithfulness, Harmony, Loyalty	Recent changes in policy have resulted in large-scale defection from the party.
Devoid	Entirely lacking or free from; Lacking, Without	Existing	Their apartment is devoid of all comforts.
Dismal	Causing a mood of gloom or depression; Pitifully or disgracefully bad; Bad, Poor, Dreadful, Awful, Terrible	Bright, Cheerful	The main part of the hospital is pretty dismal, but the children’s ward is really lively.
Erroneous	Wrong; Incorrect, Untrue, False, Fallacious	Right, Correct	The report was based on an erroneous assumption.
Flamboyant	Tending to attract attention because of their exuberance, confidence, and stylishness; Ostentatious, Exuberant, Confident, Lively, Buoyant, Animated, Energetic	Modest, Restrained	The writer’s flamboyant lifestyle was well known.
Opportunism	Taking of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle; Expediency, Exploitation, Taking advantage	Altruism	The president insisted that he was acting out of compassion, not opportunism.
Whittle	Reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps; Erode, wear away, eat away, Consume, use up, Reduce	Increase, Augment	The shortlist of fifteen players was whittled down to five.
Xenophobic	Having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries; Racist, Racialist, Ethnocentric, Ethnocentrism	Internationalism	In an atmosphere of growing xenophobia many foreigners were deported or even imprisoned.

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