DAILY VOCABULARY FOR 21ST AUGUST

STRIDE (noun)
Meaning: A long step or stage in making progress.
Synonyms: clump, tramp, stomp, stalk.
Antonyms: amble, meander, ramble, wander.
Usage: In two bounding strides the woman was in the street, kneeling over her friend.
VEXATIOUS (adjective)
Meaning: Causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry.
Synonyms: annoying, infuriating, exasperating.
Antonyms: pleasing, soothing, aiding, assisting.
Usage: This vexatious problem was resolved, incompletely, by civil war and secession.
STODGY (adjective)
Meaning: Dull and uninspired; lacking originality or excitement.
Synonyms: uninspired, monotonous, humdrum.
Antonyms: exciting, breathtaking, enthralling.
Usage: Most of my students used informal, asymmetrical balance, as formal balance can seem stodgy and dull.
DODDER (verb)
Meaning: tremble or totter, typically because of old age.
Synonyms: stumble, stagger, sway, lurch.
Antonyms: steady, fix, stay, still, remain.
Usage: The old woman doddered from the bed to the table.
AGAPE (adjective)
Meaning: (of a person’s mouth) wide open in surprise or wonder.
Synonyms: agog, breathless, enthusiastic, raring.
Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, unimpressed,
Usage: When I first saw the sunset in the Grand Canyon, I could only stand staring with my mouth agape.
INDELIBLE (adjective)
Meaning: not able to be forgotten.
Synonyms: ineradicable, enduring, stubborn, permanent
Antonyms: delible, destructible, erasable.
Example: The blood had left an indelible mark on her shirt.
TEDIOUS (adjective)
Meaning: too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.
Synonyms: dull, unexciting, unvaried, mundane
Antonyms: exciting, interesting
Example: The meeting was so long and tedious, he was ready to climb the wall.
PROWESS (noun)
Meaning: skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.
Synonyms: skill, expertise, ability, ability
Antonyms: inability, ineptitude
Example: He was famous for his prowess as an athlete.
PETULANT (adjective)
Meaning: (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, perverse
Antonyms: agreeable, cheerful, patient, willing
Example: I was made to feel like a petulant child who has flown into a temper because his favorite toy was removed.
BYZANTINE (adjective)
Meaning: (of a system or situation) excessively complicated, and typically involving a great deal of administrative detail
Synonyms: daedal, complicated, convoluted, devious
Antonyms: simplified, simplistic, uniform, unvaried.
Example: They are built on the Byzantine pattern, in small scale, and have painted fresco decoration.
IDIOMS
“drop like flies”
Meaning: die or give up quickly
Sentence:
The other candidates dropped like flies at the end of the election.
“eager beaver”
Meaning: someone who is excited about something
Sentence:
She’s such an eager beaver when checking updates on Instagram.
“early bird”
Meaning: someone who likes to wake up early
Sentence:
Sara is such an early bird. She gets up before the sun rises.

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