DAILY VOCABULARY FOR 22TH SEPTEMBER

Credible (Verb)
Meaning: able to be believed; convincing.
Synonym: acceptable, trustworthy
Antonym: unbelievable
Usage: We’ve received credible information about the group’s location. She does a credible job of playing the famous singer.
AGITATION (Verb)
Meaning: a state of anxiety or nervous excitement.
Synonym: anxiety, perturbation, disquiet
Antonym: calmness, relaxation
Usage: Payal entered the room with an agitated face.
REPRISAL (Noun)
Meaning: an act of retaliation.
Synonym: retaliation, counterattack
Antonym: pardon, remission
Usage: He felt secure enough in his information that he announced his opinion on the matter without fear of reprisal.
PERPETRATORS (Noun)
Meaning: a person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act.
Synonym: offender; delinquent
Antonym: Victim, a sufferer
Usage: Sonia was angry, certainly at the perpetrator but also at the Warwick police for not summarily arresting the man and rescuing the boy.
Meticulous (Adjective)
Meaning: showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
Synonym: careful, conscientious
Antonym: careless, sloppy, slapdash
Usage: The painter gave meticulous attention to detail.
STARK (Adjective)
Meaning: Unpleasantly or sharply clear.
Synonyms: blunt, plain, unembellished, harsh.
Antonyms: lush, bleak, cheerful, opulent.
Usage: His evidence in chief stood in stark contrast to his evidence on cross-examination.
PURPORTEDLY (Adverb)
Meaning: As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; allegedly.
Synonyms: supposedly, seemingly, superficially.
Antonyms: absolutely, authentically, certainly, earnestly.
Usage: Though the signs of a heart attack were purportedly present, none of the doctors ever ordered testing.
UNABATED (Adjective):
Meaning: without any reduction in intensity or strength.
Synonyms: incessant, persistent
Antonyms: intermittent, relenting
Usage: They danced all night with unabated energy.
IMPASSE (Noun):
Meaning: a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock.
Synonyms: deadlock, dead end, stalemate, checkmate, stand-off; standstill
Antonyms: solution, a boon
Usage: Because of the impasse between workers and management, the factory has been closed for two weeks.
OGLE (Verb):
Meaning: stare at in a lecherous manner.
Synonyms: stare, gawk
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Usage: Because the women feel the construction workers ogle them, they hate to walk by the unfinished building.
IDIOMS :
“big cheese”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: an important person
Usage: Where is the director? I want to talk to the big cheese.
“bite off more than one can chew”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: take on more responsibility than what is manageable.
Usage: He was multitasking and getting stressed, so I told him not to bite off more than he could chew.
“bitter pill”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: something unpleasant that must be accepted.
Usage: Awarding the trophy to her enemy was a bitter pill to swallow.

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