Monday 28 August 2017

Daily Vocab List 29 -08-2017


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1.Holocaust
Meaning: destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.
Synonyms: cataclysm, catastrophe
Sentence: “There were fears of a nuclear holocaust.”

2.Concur
Meaning: be of the same opinion
Synonyms: be in accord, agree
Sentence: “ I concur with your assessment of the political situation”

3.Pacify
Meaning: quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of.
Synonyms: tranquilize, quieten
Sentence: "he had to pacify angry spectators"

4.Motif
Meaning: a dominant or recurring idea in an artistic work.
Synonyms: theme , idea
Sentence: "superstition is a recurring motif in the book"

5.Obtuse
Meaning: annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.
Synonyms: not sharp, blunt
Sentence: "he wondered if the doctor was being deliberately obtuse"

6.Plagiarise
Meaning: take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own
Synonyms: copy, pirate
Sentence: "he was fined $6,000 for having plagiarized the song"

7.Distasteful
Meaning: causing dislike or aversion
Synonyms: disagreeable or unpleasant.
Sentence: "he found such cynicism distasteful"

8.Paucity
Meaning: the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.
Synonyms: fewness, bleak
Sentence: "a paucity of information"

9.Dearth
Meaning: a scarcity or lack of something.
Synonyms: famine, meagerness
Sentence: "there is a dearth of evidence"

10.Sedentary
Meaning: tending to spend much time seated; somewhat inactive.
Synonyms: desk-bound
Sentence: “He became sedentary later on in his life.”

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