Daily Vocab List 21-MARCH-2018

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1.Lecherous

Meaning: having or showing excessive or offensive sexual desire.

Synonym: lustful, licentious, lascivious,

Antonym: chaste, pure

Sentence: "she ignored his lecherous gaze"

2.Catharsis

Meaning: the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.

Synonym: purging, purgation, purification, cleansing,

Sentence: "music is a means of catharsis for them"

3.Vernacular

Meaning: the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region.

Synonym: everyday language, spoken language, colloquial speech, slang

Sentence: "he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience"

4.Cynosure

Meaning: a person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration.

Synonym: central, core, center, epicenter, eye, focus

Sentence: "Kirk was the cynosure of all eyes

5.malefactor

Meaning: a person who commits a crime or some other wrong.

Synonym: criminal, culprit, wrongdoer, offender, villain, lawbreaker, felon,

Sentence: Dean tried hard to exclude Jennifer Radisson from consideration as a malefactor, although he reluctantly admitted his sole reason to pass on her as a suspect was his belief in her story.

6.apposite

Meaning: apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.

Synonym: appropriate, suitable, fitting, apt, befitting;

Antonym: inappropriate

Sentence:" an apposite quotation"

7.acerbic

Meaning: especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright., tasting sour or bitter.

Synonym: sharp, sarcastic, sardonic

Antonym: mild, kind

Sentence: "his acerbic wit"

8.risqué

Meaning: slightly indecent and liable to shock, especially by being sexually suggestive.

Synonym: bawdy, indecent, ribald, rude,

Sentence: "his risqué humour"

9.ruminate

Meaning: think deeply about something

Synonym: think about, contemplate, consider

Antonym: ignore, neglect, discard, disregard

Sentence: "we sat ruminating on the nature of existence"

10.sacrilege

Meaning: violation or misuse of what is regarded as sacred.

Synonym: desecration, profanity,

Antonym: piety, respectfulness

Sentence: "putting ecclesiastical vestments to secular use was considered sacrilege"

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