DAILY VOCABULARY FOR 15TH SEPTEMBER

INDIGENOUS (adjective)
Meaning: originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
Synonyms: native, innate, inborn, primitive, congenital
Antonyms: alien, foreign
Usage: They were our indigenous peoples, our first peoples, our first speakers and our first hearers.
FUTURISTIC (adjective)
Meaning: having or involving very modern technology or design.
Synonyms: innovative, modern, cutting edge, visionary
Antonyms: old, retro.
Usage: It almost seems futuristic in design, but you can have it right now.
INTIMIDATE (verb)
Meaning: frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.
Synonyms: dishearten, dismay, terrify
Antonyms: please, praise
Usage: Her boss intimidates her.
COUP (noun)
Meaning: an instance of successfully achieving something difficult.
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, triumph.
Antonyms: debacle, failure, downfall, fiasco.
Usage: Since our team is usually eliminated early in the competition, we considered it a major coup when we won the championship.
MELLOW (adjective)
Meaning: (especially of a sound, flavour, or color) pleasantly smooth or soft; free from harshness.
Synonyms: euphonious, melodious, mellifluent.
Antonyms: rugged, abrading, gruff, abrasive, harsh.
Usage: His mellow voice and his qualitative speech made everyone applaud him.
HIATUS (Noun):
Meaning: a pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity.
Synonyms: pause, break, interval, interruption, suspension
Antonyms: closure, juncture, misfortune
Example: The professor will take his family on a long vacation during his hiatus.
HEAVE (Verb):
Meaning: lift or haul (something heavy) with great effort.
Synonyms: haul, pull, lug, drag
Antonyms: push
Example: After he tried to heave the heavy weight above his head for the third time, the weak lifter decided to give up.
REMINISCE (Verb):
Meaning: indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events.
Synonyms: recall, remind
Antonyms: disregard, ignore
Example: As soon as the veterans get together, they reminisce about their service days.
LEEWAY (Noun):
Meaning: the amount of freedom to move or act that is available.
Synonyms: freedom, scope
Antonyms: constraint, restriction
Example: My boss grants me leeway to make my own decisions.
DEBASE (Verb):
Meaning: reduce (something) in quality or value;
Synonyms: degrade, demean, disgrace, undermine
Antonyms: enhance
Example: The politician tried to debase his rival’s good reputation by spreading false rumors about him.
IDIOMS :
“once in a blue moon”
COLOR IDIOM
Meaning: rarely
Sentence: The truck driver visits his kids once in a blue moon.
“out of the blue”
COLOR IDIOM
Meaning: suddenly
Sentence: Her ex-boyfriend called her out of the blue during her honeymoon.
“paint the town red”
COLOR IDIOM
Meaning: have fun
Sentence: It’s finally the weekend! Let’s paint the town red!

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