DAILY VOCABULARY FOR 25TH AUGUST

HISTRIONIC (noun)
Meaning: melodramatic behavior designed to attract attention.
Synonyms: drama, affectation, exaggerated, farcical.
Antonyms: restrained, subdued, phlegmatic, stolid.
Usage: Whenever the spoiled toddler does not get her way, she begins to yell in a histrionic manner.
HOLISTIC (adjective)
Meaning: relating to or concerned with complete systems rather than with individual parts.
Synonyms: comprehensive, integrated, complete.
Antonyms: deficient, fragmental , divided, reduced.
Usage: Under the project guidelines, the student educators must create a holistic lesson that makes use of all five senses.
INTRANSIGENT (adjective)
Meaning: unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something.
Synonyms: resolute, inexorable, inveterate, tenacious.
Antonyms: tractable, acquiescent, obsequious.
Usage: When it came to their willingness to extend my curfew, my parents were intransigent and would not budge.
ABET (verb)
Meaning: encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong.
Synonyms: foment, incite, instigate, provoke.
Antonyms: constrain, restrain, allay, soothe.
Usage: If you abet violence in your home, you should not be surprised if your children grow up to be abusers.
FITFUL (adjective)
Meaning: active or occurring spasmodically or intermittently; not regular or steady.
Synonyms: intermittent, sporadic, unsteady.
Antonyms: constant, continuous, steady, unwavering.
Usage: Because the weather has been fitful lately, we are not sure if our outdoor wedding is going to take place.
ABORIGINAL
Meaning: inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists.
Synonyms: indigenous, naive
Antonyms: modern, new
Example: The archaeologist found several aboriginal artifacts at the dig site of the ancient city.
ABOUND
Meaning: exist in large numbers or amounts.
Synonyms: flourish, abundant
Antonyms: less, small
Example: Local beers abound in the neighborhood pub that is rumored to have some of the best beverages in the world.
ALTRUISM
Meaning: disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.
Synonyms: selfless, self-denial
Antonyms: selfish, mean
Example: Some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism.
CAUSTIC
Meaning: extremely sarcastic or critical.
Synonyms: mordant, destructive
Antonyms: safe
Example: Because my uncle was a mean man, he took pleasure in making caustic statements to people.
CLOYING
Meaning: disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment.
Synonyms:over the top, honeying
Antonyms: mild, good
Example: Jill is no longer impressed by cloying lines of devotion after having her heart broken countless times.
IDIOMS
“all hands on deck”
BODY IDIOM
Meaning: everyone’s help is needed
Sentence:
We need all hands on deck if we want to reduce carbon emissions.
“all thumbs”
BODY IDIOM
Meaning: clumsy
Sentence:
I’m all thumbs today. I keep dropping my phone!
“break a leg”
BODY IDIOM
Meaning: good luck
Sentence:
Before the final exam, the teacher told his students to break a leg.

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