DAILY VOCABULARY FOR 19TH AUGUST

DIN (Noun)
Meaning: a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise.
Synonyms: babel, bedlam, clash, clatter
Antonyms: calm, order, peace, quiet
Example: The din from my neighbor’s party will probably keep me up all night.
PATRONAGE (noun)
Meaning: support of a cause
Synonyms: aegis, auspices, backing, subsidy
Antonyms: attack, blockage, obstruction, opposition
Example: Your patronage of the arts program will
allow our students to put on four plays this year.
VEX (verb)
Meaning: make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.
Synonyms: afflict, agitate, annoy, exasperate
Antonyms: aid, appeade, calm, comfort
Example: Because you are having a bad day, do not assume the entire world is out to vex you.
GRIM (adjective)
Meaning: very serious or gloomy.
Synonyms: stern, forbidding, uninviting, unapproachable
Antonyms: amiable, pleasant
Example: His expression was grim when he told them they had lost their jobs.
Accolade (Noun)
Meaning: an award or privilege granted as a special honour or as an acknowledgment of merit.
Synonym: honour, recognition, privilege, award, gift
Antonym: lecture, correction, rebuke, sermon, reproof,
Usage: Mrs. Smith is such a great teacher that she is always getting one accolade after another.
DEVOLVE (verb)
Meaning: transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level,
Synonyms: depute, assign, consign, entrust.
Antonyms: centralize, retain, preserve, confine.
Usage: The State Government devolving its powers on local self-governments is not to be criticized.
SOJOURN (noun)
Meaning: a temporary stay at one place, especially while traveling.
Synonyms: stay, tarry, visit, stopover.
Antonyms: journey, migration, departure, advance.
Usage: During Dean’s sojourn in Paris, he spent two weeks visiting all of the city’s cultural attractions.
REPUGNANT (adjective)
Meaning: extremely distasteful; unacceptable.
Synonyms: abhorrent, repulsive, offensive, nauseous.
Antonyms: appealing, desirable, felicitous, pleasing.
Usage: The racist words were repugnant to everyone in the auditorium.
EXPUNGE (verb)
Meaning: obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant).
Synonyms: eradicate, eliminate, abolish, annihilate.
Antonyms: renovate, repair, restore, revamp.
Usage: Time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here.
UNTRAMMELED (adjective)
Meaning: not deprived of freedom of action or
expression; not restricted or hampered.
Synonyms: unobstructed, unhampered, unrestrained.
Antonyms: limited, restrained, restricted, obstructed.
Usage: My mother always encourages me to let my untrammeled dreams run wild.
IDIOMS
“chicken out”
ANIMAL IDIOM
Meaning: avoid doing something because of fear
Sentence:
Mary was going to go skydiving, but she chickened out.
“clam up”
ANIMAL IDIOM
Meaning: become quiet
Sentence:
Tom always clams up when you ask him about his ex-girlfriend.
“copy cat”
ANIMAL IDIOM
Meaning: someone who copies another
Sentence:
You’re such a copy cat! Do your own work!

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