DAILY VOCABULARY FOR 23TH & 24TH AUGUST

SLATE (verb)
Meaning: criticize severely.
Synonyms: attack, pillory, lambaste, revile.
Antonyms: applaud, acclaim, compliment, admiration.
Usage: The play was slated by the critics.
FOIST (verb)
Meaning: impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on.
Synonyms: impose, force, thrust, inflict.
Antonyms: aid, help, overlook, prevent.
Usage: The government has decided to foist yet another tax increase on the public.
PROCURE (verb)
Meaning: obtain (something), especially with care or effort.
Synonyms: acquire, attain, earn, reap.
Antonyms: relinquish, surrender, yield, forfeit.
Usage: You may have to barter with Jim to procure the essential supplies you need.
DAMNING (adjective)
Meaning: (of a circumstance or piece of evidence) strongly suggesting guilt or error.
Synonyms: derogatory, catastrophic, destructive.
Antonyms: auspicious, encouraging, optimistic.
Usage: She waved back, wondering how the most damning of them all was also the only who seemed anywhere able to feel sympathy.
CONCOMITANT (noun)
Meaning: a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something.
Synonyms: accompaniment, corollary, adjunct.
Antonyms: irrelevant, unaided, unattached, unrelated.
Usage: Puberty is the stage of life where adolescents begin to experience concomitant changes in their bodies, their emotions, and their view of their parents.
BETRAYAL (noun)
Meaning: the action of betraying one’s country, a group, or a person.
Synonyms: treachery, cheat
Antonyms: faithfulness, loyalty
Example: The betrayals are harder to get over than any physical injury.
MANIFESTATION
Meaning: the action or fact of showing something
Synonyms: demonstration, reveal
Antonyms: hide, conceal
Example: To colonists, idiocy was a pitiable and vulnerable condition, one more manifestation of God’s diverse creations.
PROSPECTIVE (adjective)
Meaning: expected or expecting to be the specified thing in the future
Synonyms: potential, possible
Antonyms: impossible
Example: Prospective measures must be taken to make sure that future investments do not fail like the current ones.
DISPOSITION
Meaning: a person’s inherent qualities of mind and character.
Synonyms: nature, temperament
Antonyms: disinclination
Example: With her inquisitive disposition, Sarah is an ideal candidate for the detective’s position.
INCESSANTLY (adverb)
Meaning: without interruption
Synonyms: constantly, continually
Antonyms: stoppage, cease
Example: Reena talked about Romil incessantly.
IDIOMS
“bust my chops”
BODY IDIOM
Meaning: say something insulting
Sentence:
She always busts my chops about my low salary.
“by the skin of my teeth”
BODY IDIOM
Meaning: barely or narrowly
Sentence:
I finished the test by the skin of my teeth just before the bell rang.
“cold feet”
BODY IDIOM
Meaning: being nervous or anxious before a big event
Sentence:
She got cold feet before the wedding.

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