Daily Vocab List 17-07-2017

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1.Cenotaph

Meaning: a monument to someone buried elsewhere, especially one commemorating people who died in a war

Sentence: The town of Chhatarpur, which is named after Chhatar Sal, and contains his cenotaph, is 70 m.

2.Sinecure

Meaning- a job or position in which someone is paid to do little or no work

Synonym-benefice, ecclesiastical benefice

Sentence-A prebend is practically a sinecure, and the holder has no cure of souls as such.

3.Prestige

Meaning: widespread respect and admiration felt for someone or something on the basis of a perception of their achievements or quality.

Synonym: status, standing, stature,

Antonym: Disrespect, humility

Sentence: "the firm has recently gained considerable prestige"

4.Impoverish

Meaning: make (a person or area) poor, exhaust the strength or vitality of.

Synonym: weaken, sap, exhaust, drain

Antonym: strengthen, enrich, rich, fertile

Sentence: the wars had impoverished him"

5.Abbot

Meaning: a man who is the head of an abbey of monks

Sentence: In August 1177 we know that he was abbot of the monastery of Corazzo, near Martirano.

6.Abdicate

Meaning- to leave the position of being a king or queen

Synonym- give up, resign,relinquish,

Antonym -adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim,

Sentence-The king was forced to abdicate.

7. Labyrinth

Meaning: a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze

Synonym: maze, rabbit warren, warren

Sentence: a complex labyrinth of tunnels and chambers

8.licentious

Meaning- sexually immoral or offensive

Synonym-dissolute, debauched, profligate,lewd. 

Antonym -chaste

Sentence-a moralist who decried what she regarded as the licentious and corrupt culture of the entertainment industry

9.Pernicious

Meaning: having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

Synonym: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious

Antonym: beneficial, benign, favourable

Sentence: "the pernicious influences of the mass media"

10.Punctilious

Meaning: showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour.

Synonym: meticulous, conscientious, careful, diligent, attentive,

Antonym: careless, easy-going, slapdash

Sentence: "he was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests"

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