Daily Vocab List 29-September-2017

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1.Banal

Meaning: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.

Synonym: trite, hackneyed, clichéd,

Antonym: original

Sentence:"songs with banal, repeated words"

2.Pilfer

Meaning: steal (things of little value).

Synonym: snatch,embezzle

Sentence: "she produced the handful of coins she had managed to pilfer"

3.Maraud

Meaning: go about in search of things to steal or people to attack., raid and plunder (a place).

Synonym: plunder, go looting

Antonym: Guard, protect

Sentence: "bands of robbers crossed the river to maraud

4.Reverberate

Meaning: (of a loud noise) be repeated several times as an echo.

Synonym: resound, echo,  repeat, resonate, pulsate, vibrate,

Antonym: dampen, deaden, dull, quiet

Sentence: "her deep booming laugh reverberated around the room"

5.Revulsion

Meaning: a sense of disgust and loathing.

Synonym: disgust, repulsion, abhorrence,

Sentence:"news of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion"

6.Badinage

Meaning: humorous or witty conversation

Synonym: repartee

Sentence: "he developed a nice line in badinage with the Labour leader"

7.Banter

Meaning: the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks.

Synonym: wisecracks, crosstalk, wordplay; More

Sentence:"there was much good-natured banter"

8. Sobriquet

Meaning: a person's nickname.

Synonym: alias, byname, cognomen, epithet

Sentence: "she was a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet ‘Duchesse’"

9.Skulduggery

Meaning: underhand, unscrupulous, or dishonest behaviour or activities.

Synonym: trickery, swindling, fraudulence

Sentence: "a firm that investigates commercial skulduggery"

10. Sinister

Meaning: giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.

Synonym: menacing, threatening, ominous

Antonym: auspicious, benign, bright, encouraging, favorable

Sentence: "there was something sinister about that murmuring voice"

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