DAILY VOCABULARY FOR 24TH & 25TH SEPTEMBER

HEDGE (Verb)
Meaning: limit or qualify (something) by conditions or exceptions.
Synonyms: confine, restrict, limit, hinder, obstruct,
Antonyms: doorway, entrance, entranceway, entry,
Example: She was hedged in by her imperfect education.
SPURN (Verb)
Meaning: reject with disdain or contempt.
Synonyms: refuse, decline, reject, rebuff
Antonyms: accept, admire, approve, allow
Example: Even after you spurn this so-called charity’s request for donations, they continue to hound you every week.
SUCCOUR (Noun)
Meaning: assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.
Synonyms: aid, assistance, support, ease
Antonyms: constraint, inhibition, restraint
Example: Even though Priya is painfully shy, she is never hesitant to offer succour to anyone who is in pain.
DEMUR (Verb)
Meaning: raise objections or show reluctance.
Synonyms: object, protest, cavil, dissent
Antonyms: accept, agree
Example: Because the DA decided to demur the low bond, it was set at a higher fee.
PANDER (Verb)
Meaning: gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste).
Synonyms: indulge, gratify, satisfy
Antonyms: annoy, disappoint
Example: He refuses to pander to the latest fashions.
AUTONOMOUS (Adjective)
Meaning: independent and having the power to make your own decisions
Synonyms: self- governing, sovereign
Antonyms: dependent, subservient
Example: Teachers aim to help children become autonomous learners.
CULMINATE (Verb)
Meaning: to have as a result or be the final result of a process.
Synonyms: conclude, climax
Antonyms: begin, commence
Example: At the end of the night, the concert will culminate in a huge fireworks display.
AFFILIATE (Verb)
Meaning: to cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another, usually larger, group, or organization
Synonyms: partner, associate
Antonyms: enemy
Example: The school is affiliated with a national association of driving schools.
MALICE (Noun)
Meaning: the wish to harm or upset other people
Synonyms: animosity, bitterness
Antonyms: love, liking
Example: If a person commits a crime with malice, they did it on purpose.
SCRUNCH (Verb)
Meaning: to make something or yourself smaller to fit into a small space
Synonyms: compress, crunch
Antonyms: expand, uncompress
Example: I scrunched up the letter and threw it in the bin.
IDIOMS :
“freeze your buns off”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: be very cold
Usage: You will freeze your buns off in Antarctica.
“full of beans”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: energetic
Usage: The play group students are always full of beans.
“gravy train”
FOOD IDIOM
Meaning: high pay for minimal work
Usage: Government workers ride the gravy train while sitting at their desks doing nothing.

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