{"id":47126,"date":"2019-10-16T10:13:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T04:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/?p=47126"},"modified":"2025-06-06T17:32:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:02:19","slug":"daily-vocabulary-16-october-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliveboard.in\/blog\/daily-vocabulary-16-october-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster – 16 October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newspaper gives us information about the latest happenings in our country and the world. Reading it daily has manifold benefits. One of the benefits would be improving our English Vocabulary. Let us start with a dose of difficult\u00a0words<\/strong>, their meanings<\/strong>, synonyms<\/strong>, antonyms<\/strong> & correct usage<\/strong>.\u00a0Read the blog “Daily Vocabulary 16 October 2019” below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 16 October 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Words<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nMeanings & Synonyms<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nAntonyms<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nUsage<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Affirm<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nstate emphatically or publicly;<\/span><\/p>\n

Declare, State, Assert, Proclaim, Pronounce, Attest<\/span><\/td>\n

Deny, Gainsay<\/span><\/td>\nThe government has <\/span>affirmed<\/b> its commitment to equal rights.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ascribe<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nRegard something as being due to a cause;<\/span><\/p>\n

Attribute, Assign, put down, set down, Accredit, Credit<\/span><\/td>\n

Deny, Disconnect, Dissociate, Separate, Sever<\/span><\/td>\nThey <\/span>ascribe<\/b> most of their success to good timing and good luck.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Disarray<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nA state of disorganization or untidiness;<\/span><\/p>\n

Disorder, Confusion, Chaos, Untidiness, Dishevelment, Mess<\/span><\/td>\n

Order, Orderliness<\/span><\/td>\nThe company has fallen into complete <\/span>disarray<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exacerbate<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nMake a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse;<\/span><\/p>\n

Aggravate, make worse, Worsen, Inflame, Compound, Intensify<\/span><\/td>\n

Calm, Reduce<\/span><\/p>\n

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This attack will <\/span>exacerbate<\/b> the already tense relations between the two communities.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Infirmity<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nPhysical or mental weakness;<\/span><\/p>\n

Frailty, Weakness, Feebleness, Enfeeblement, Delicacy, Fragility<\/span><\/td>\n

Strength, Good health, Certainty<\/span><\/p>\n

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She suffered from a long list of <\/span>infirmities<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malady<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nA disease or ailment;<\/span><\/p>\n

Illness, Sickness, Ailment, Disorder, Complaint, Disease<\/span><\/td>\n

Health, Wellness<\/span><\/td>\nAll the rose bushes seem to be suffering from the same mysterious <\/span>malady<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malaise<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nA general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease whose exact cause is difficult to identify;<\/span><\/p>\n

Unhappiness, Restlessness, Uneasiness, Unease, Melancholy<\/span><\/td>\n

Comfort, Well-being<\/span><\/p>\n

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We were discussing the roots of the current economic <\/span>malaise<\/b>.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mandarins<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nA person who has a very important job in the government, and who is sometimes considered to be too powerful;<\/span><\/p>\n

Bureaucrat, Civil servant, Functionary, Public servant<\/span><\/td>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nIt often seems that true power lies with the Civil Service <\/span>mandarins<\/b>, rather than MPs and cabinet ministers.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peremptory<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nInsisting on immediate attention or obedience, especially in a brusquely imperious way;<\/span><\/p>\n

Imperious, High-handed<\/span><\/td>\n

Beseeching, Submissive, Indecisive, Imploring, Pleading<\/span><\/td>\nShe was highly critical of the insensitive and <\/span>peremptory<\/b> way in which the cases had been handled.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reinvigorate<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nGive new energy or strength to;<\/span><\/p>\n

To make someone feel healthier, and more energetic again;<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tired, Weary<\/span><\/p>\n

Dampened, Deadened<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lower interest rates could <\/span>reinvigorate<\/b> consumer spending and the struggling housing market.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welter<\/b><\/span><\/td>\nA large number of items in no order;<\/span><\/p>\n

A confused mass;<\/span><\/p>\n

Confusion, Jumble, Tangle, Clutter, Mess, Hotchpotch<\/span><\/td>\n

Method, Pattern, Plan, System<\/span><\/td>\nWe are reducing the company’s <\/span>welter<\/b> of development projects and will streamline sales and marketing.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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