Daily Vocabulary




✅ 06.05.2024


1. COROLLARY (NOUN): consequence
Synonyms: result, upshot
Antonyms: cause
Example Sentence:The huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts.


2. FRIVOLOUS (ADJECTIVE):  flippant
Synonyms: glib, waggish
Antonyms: serious
Example Sentence:At bottom the man was frivolous, selfish and unstable.


3. CONTEMPT (NOUN): disrespect
Synonyms: disregard, slighting
Antonyms: respect
Example Sentence:This action displays an arrogant contempt for the wishes of the majority.


4. DRENCH (VERB): soak
Synonyms: saturate, wet through
Antonyms: dry
Example Sentence:I fell in the stream and was drenched.


5. PROPRIETY (NOUN): decorum
Synonyms: respectability decency
Antonyms: impropriety
Example Sentence: She always behaves with the utmost propriety.


6. REFUTE (VERB): disprove
Synonyms: rebut, confute
Antonyms: confirm
Example Sentence:These claims have not been refuted at all.


7. COLLOQUIAL (ADJECTIVE) : informal
Synonyms: conversational, everyday
Antonyms: literary
Example Sentence:His colloquial talents were indeed of the highest order.


8. BEWILDER (VERB): baffle
Synonyms: mystify, bemuse
Antonyms: enlighten
Example Sentence:She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood.


9. HAPLESS (ADJECTIVE): unfortunate
Synonyms: unlucky, luckless
Antonyms: lucky
Example Sentence:I met the hapless victims of the disaster.


10. INHIBIT (VERB): impede
Synonyms: hinder hamper
Antonyms: assist
Example Sentence:Too much cold inhibits plant growth.

27.04.2024

1.PRESTIGIOUS (ADJECTIVE):reputable

Synonyms: distinguished, respected

Antonyms: disreputable

Example Sentence:

He works at a much more prestigious academic post.


2. ENSUING (ADJECTIVE): subsequent

Synonyms: following, succeeding

Antonyms: previous

Example Sentence:

The theory was developed subsequent to the earthquake of 1906.


3.RECOMMENDATION (NOUN): advice

Synonyms: counsel, guidance

Antonyms: Criticism

Example Sentence:

The committee put forward forty recommendations for change.


4.REVEL (VERB): celebrate

Synonyms: make merry, party

Antonyms: mourn

Example Sentence:

They spent the evening revelling with their guests.


5.OUTBREAK (NOUN): eruption

Synonyms: flare-up, upsurge

Antonyms: pacification

Example Sentence:

The origin of the outbreak is uncertain.


6.WITHOLD (VERB): hold back

Synonyms: keep back, conceal

Antonyms: reveal

Example Sentence:

The name of the dead man is being withheld.


7. DISSENSION (NOUN): disagreement

Synonyms: difference of opinion, dispute

Antonyms: agreement, accord

Example Sentence:

These issues caused bitter dissension in the party.


8. GENEROSITY (NOUN): liberality

Synonyms: magnanimity

Antonyms: meanness

Example Sentence:

I was overwhelmed by the generosity of friends and neighbours.





✅ 26.04.2024

1. BRINK (NOUN): edge

Synonyms: verge, margin

Antonyms: middle

Example Sentence:

This woman could bring me to the brink of insanity.



2. SPUR (NOUN): stimulus

Synonyms: incentive, encouragement

Antonyms: disincentive

Example Sentence:

Wars act as a spur to practical invention. 



3. UNRELENTING (ADJECTIVE): continual

Synonyms: constant, continuous

Antonyms: intermittent

Example Sentence:

He continued to pursue acting with unrelenting hostility.



4. BLEAK (ADJECTIVE):  unpromising

Synonyms: unfavourable , unpropitious

Antonyms: promising

Example Sentence:

He paints a bleak picture of a company that has lost its way.



5. SLACKEN (VERB):slow

Synonyms: slow down, decelerate

Antonyms: speed up

Example Sentence:

The pace of trade never slackens.



6. BENEVOLENT (ADJECTIVE):  kind

Synonyms: kindly, kind-hearted

Antonyms: unkind

Example Sentence:

He was something of a benevolent despot.



7. TACIT (ADJECTIVE): implicit

Synonyms: understood, implied

Antonyms: explicit

Example Sentence:

Your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement.



8. AGILE (ADJECTIVE): nimble

Synonyms: lithe, spry

Antonyms: clumsy

Example Sentence:

I am as agile as a monkey.



9. PERIL (NOUN): danger

Synonyms: jeopardy, risk

Antonyms: safety

Example Sentence:

The hour of peril for the Latin kingdom had now at last struck.



10. AMASS (VERB): gather

Synonyms: collect, assemble

Antonyms: dissipate

Example Sentence:

He amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds.

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