Daily Vocab List 16-JANUARY-2018

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1.Fastidious

Meaning: very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.

Synonyms: scrupulous, painstaking

Sentence: "she dressed with fastidious care"

2.Purge

Meaning: rid (someone) of an unwanted feeling, memory, or condition.

Synonyms: cleanse, sanctify

Sentence: “Bob had helped Martha of the terrible guilt that had haunted her"

3.Innuendo

Meaning: an allusive or oblique remark or hint, typically a suggestive or disparaging one.

Synonyms: insinuation, suggestion

Sentence: “His reputation has been damaged by innuendo.”

4.Rhetoric

Meaning: the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

Synonyms: oratory, eloquence

Sentence: “he was considered to excel in this form of rhetoric”

5.Vestige

Meaning: a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something

Synonyms: vanished, lost

Sentence: “There was not a vestige of doubt in the Jews’ minds”

6.Fete

Meaning: honor or entertain (someone) lavishly.

Synonyms: Binge, bash

Sentence: "she was an instant celebrity, feted by the media"

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.Fleeing

Meaning: to run away from danger

Synonyms:  evanesce

Sentence: “Many people fled the city to escape the fighting.”

10.Sidestepping

Meaning: a step taken sideways, typically to avoid someone or something.

Synonyms: escape

Sentence: “She wanted to free herself from the suspicion, so she preferred to take a sidestep.”

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The HINDU E-Paper 16-01-2018

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Daily Vocab List 15-JANUARY-2018

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1. Archaic [ahr-key-ik]-प्राचीन/पुरातन

Adjective: marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated.

Synonyms: ancient, antiquated, obsolete, old-fashioned, outmoded, primitive, antique, bygone, olden, out of date, passé, superannuated.

Antonyms: contemporary, current, in vogue, modern.

2. Intuitive [in-too-i-tiv, -tyoo-]-सहज ज्ञान युक्त

Adjective: perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought, as a person or the mind; perceived by, resulting from, or involving intuition; having or possessing intuition.

Synonyms: emotional, innate, perceptive, spontaneous, visceral, automatic, direct, habitual, immediate, inherent, instinctual, involuntary, natural, understood, unreflecting, untaught.

Antonyms: calculated, meditated, reasoned, taught.

3. Strike down [for a court]-एक सत्तारूढ़ या कानून को अमान्य करने के लिए

Phrasal verb: to invalidate a ruling or law.

4. Legitimate [adjective, noun li-jit-uh-mit; verb li-jit-uh-meyt]-वैध

Adjective: according to law; lawful; in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards; born in wedlock or of legally married parents; in accordance with the laws of reasoning; logically inferable; logical.

Synonyms: appropriate, certain, consistent, correct, fair, genuine, justifiable, lawful, logical, natural, normal, proper, real, reasonable, reliable, rightful, sensible, statutory, true, well-founded, accepted, accredited, acknowledged, authorized, received, recognized, sanctioned, sound, warranted, admissible, canonical, cogent, customary, innocent, just, licit.

Antonyms: abnormal, affected, counter, feit, deceptive.

5. Punitive [pyoo-ni-tiv]-दंडात्मक

Adjective: serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment.

Synonyms: disciplinary, penal, punishing, retaliatory, vindictive, punitory, castigating, correctional, in reprisal, in retaliation, retaliative, revengeful.

Antonyms: beneficial, rewarding.

6. Intrinsic in-trin-sik, -zik]

Adjective: belonging to a thing by its very nature.

Synonyms: deep-seated, elemental, inherent, innate, peculiar, underlying, built-in, central, congenital, connate, constitutional, constitutive, essential, fundamental, genuine, hereditary, inbred, indwelling, inmost, intimate.

Antonyms: acquired, extrinsic, learned, accidental.

7. Paternalism [puh-tur-nl-iz-uh m]- एक व्यवस्था, सिद्धांत जो व्यक्तियों, व्यवसायों, राष्ट्रों आदि को प्रबंधित करने या उनका संचालन करने का अभ्यास है

Noun: the system, principle, or practice of managing or governing individuals, businesses, nations, etc., in the manner of a father dealing benevolently and often intrusively with his children.

Synonyms: condescending, patronizing, dismissive, oppressive.

8. Pertinent [pur-tn-uh nt]-उचित

Adjective: pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant.

Synonyms: admissible, applicable, appropriate, germane, opportune, related, ad rem, apposite, apropos, apt, connected, fit, fitting, kosher, legit, material.

Antonyms: improper, inapplicable, inappropriate, irrelevant.

9. Ambivalent [am-biv-uh-luh nt]-द्वैधवृत्तिक/उभयभावी

Adjective: having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action.

Synonyms: contradictory, doubtful, equivocal, hesitant, mixed, uncertain, undecided, unsure, clashing, debatable, fluctuating, inconclusive, irresolute, opposed, unresolved, vacillating, warring, wavering.

Antonyms: certain, clear, decided, definite.

10. Scrutiny [skroot-n-ee]-संवीक्षा/छानबीन

Noun: a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry; surveillance; close and continuous watching or guarding; a close and searching look.

Synonyms: analysis, audit, inquiry, inspection, investigation, review, search, surveillance, exploration, perusal, scan, sifting, study, survey, tab, view, close-up, eagle eye, long hard look, perlustration, the eye.

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The HINDU E-Paper 13-01-2018

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Daily Vocab List 11-JANUARY-2018

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1. Grapple [grap-uh l]

Verb: to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple; to use a grapple; to seize another, or each other, in a firm grip, as in wrestling; clinch; to seize, hold, or fasten with or as with a grapple.

Noun: a hook or an iron instrument by which one thing, as a ship, fastens onto another; grapnel; a seizing or gripping.

Synonyms: confront, contend, cope, deal with, attack, battle, catch, clash, clasp, close, clutch, combat, encounter, engage, face, fasten, fight, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hug, nab, nail, scuffle, seize, snatch, struggle, tackle, take, tussle, do battle, take on.

Antonyms: agree, avoid, be immune, cancel.

2. Pace [peys]

Noun: a rate of movement, especially in stepping, walking, etc.; a rate of activity, progress, growth, performance, etc.; tempo.

Synonyms: clip, measure, step, footstep, gait, lick, stride, tread, walk, getalong.

3. Disrupt [dis-ruhpt]

Verb: to cause disorder or turmoil in; to destroy, usually temporarily, the normal continuance or unity of; interrupt; to break apart.

Synonyms: disturb, rattle, agitate, bollix, confuse, disarray, discombobulate, discompose, disorder, muddle, rummage, shake, spoil, throw, unsettle, mess up, mix up, muck up.

Antonyms: appease, soothe, calm, clear up.

4. Tweak [tweek]

Verb: to pinch and pull with a jerk and twist; to pull or pinch the nose of, especially gently; to make a minor adjustment to.

Noun: an act or instance of tweaking; a sharp, twisting pull or jerk.

Synonyms: tease, twist, jerk, pinch, pluck, pull.

5. Crunch [kruhnch]

Verb: to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise; to crush or grind noisily; to tighten or squeeze financially; order to combat inflation; to chew with a crushing sound; to produce, or proceed with, a crushing noise.

Noun: an act or sound of crunching; a shortage or reduction of something needed or wanted.

Synonyms: crisis, difficulty, trouble, crux, emergency, problem, test, critical point, hour of decision, moment of truth, trying time.

Antonyms: calm, contentment, peace, trivia.

6. Portfolio [pawrt-foh-lee-oh, pohrt-]

Noun: a flat, portable case for carrying loose papers, drawings, etc; such a case for carrying documents of a government department; the total holdings of the securities, commercial paper, etc., of a financial institution or private investor; the office or post of a minister of state or member of a cabinet.

Synonyms: bag, briefcase, case, container, envelope, folder, notebook, valise, attaché case, brief bag.

7. Ramp up: to increase.

8. Make inroads into something: to succeed in getting something done or at least , ted.

9. Monetize [mon-i-tahyz, muhn-]

Verb: to legalize as money; to coin into money; to give the character of money to; economics. To convert (a debt, especially the national debt) into currency, especially by issuing government securities or notes.

Synonyms: cast, construct, devise, fabricate, fashion, forge, invent, issue, make, mold, produce, provide, punch, stamp, strike, make up, think up.

Antonyms: break, demolish, destroy, dismantle.

10. Consolidation [kuh n-sol-i-dey-shuh n]

Noun: an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; solidification; strengthening; something that is or has been consolidated; a consolidated whole.

Synonyms: merger, strengthening, unification, alliance, amalgamation, association, coalition, compression, concentration, condensation, federation, fusion, incorporation, merging, reinforcement, solidification, coadunation, melding, mergence.

Antonyms: division, separationant, agonism, disassociation.

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