DAILY VOCABULARY FOR 31ST JULY

SLUMP (verb)
Meaning: undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount.
Synonyms: plummet, plunge, tumble, decline.
Antonyms: rise, ascend, grow, soar.
Example: When the task force was putting together its original report, the world price of oil had slumped as low as $10 a barrel.
SIEGE (Noun)
Meaning: a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender.
Synonyms: blockade, barricade, restriction
Antonyms: clearance, opening
Example: During the siege of the village, the villagers were forced to give up their property.
FARRAGO (noun)
Meaning: a confused mixture.
Synonyms: mishmash, jumble, hodgepodge, turmoil.
Antonyms: constituent, ravel, sequence, categorization.
Example: The present gun law is a farrago of nonsense as most of it is unenforceable.
REBOUND(verb)
Meaning: If an action rebounds on you, it does not have the effect you hoped for but has an unpleasant effect on you instead
Synonyms: recoil, recuperate
Antonyms: weaken, hurt
Example: His continual demands for sympathy rebounded on him because his friends finally stopped listening.
HABITUAL(adjective)
Meaning: usual or repeated
Synonyms: addicted, perpetual
Antonyms: infrequent, occasional
Example: Longer prison sentences will help keep habitual criminals off the streets.
SPLENDID(adjective)
Meaning: excellent, or beautiful and impressive
Synonyms: excellent, amazing
Antonyms: dull, normal
Example: It is a splendid and challenging book which seeks answers to large questions in interesting cultural and psychological agendas.
CONSTERNATION (Noun)
Meaning: a feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
Synonyms: perturbation, anxiety, distress, disquiet,
Antonyms: satisfaction
Example: I sleep in consternation not knowing where my keys are.
MOOT (Adjective)
Meaning: subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty.
Synonyms: debatable, arguable, problematic, contentious
Antonyms: certain, definite
Example: It is again a moot point whether India’s ASAT test and its positioning as a critical element in India’s strategic defense capability, will have the desired impact that the nation’s leaders hope for
INDUCE (VERB)
Meaning: persuade
Synonyms: convince, get
Antonyms: dissuade
Example: The pickets induced many workers to stay away.
INDUCT (VERB)
Meaning: admit to
Synonyms: allow into, introduce to
Antonyms: bar from
Example: Arrangements have been made to induct new members to the organization.

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