- PRAGMATISM (Noun)
Meaning: he ways of being sensible and reasonable.
Synonyms: expediency, sensibleness, practicality.
Antonyms: inappropriateness, impracticality, timidity.
Usage: Doing your homework every night and studying for tests are showing pragmatism towards someone’s education. - PARRY (Verb)
Meaning: answer (a question or accusation) evasively; a shielding or defensive maneuver used for protection.
Synonyms: evade, sidestep, avoid, dodge.
Antonyms: attract, allow, confront, encounter.
Usage: She put on her sunglasses to parry his probing eyes. - REBUFFED (Verb)
Meaning: Reject or refuse something or someone in an abrupt or ungracious manner.
Synonyms: Turn down, Decline, Dismiss, Repel, Spurn.
Antonyms: Accept, Welcome, Approve, Permit, Assist.
Sentence: Since your offer does not benefit me, I will have to rebuff it and walk away empty-handed. - CIRCUMVENT (Verb)
Meaning: Find a way to overcome/ignore a problem or obstacle.
Synonyms: Evade, Deceive, Beat, Prevent, Escape.
Antonyms: Face, Assist, Liberate, Encounter, Confront
Sentence: Often, pilots will circumvent the rain by flying above the clouds. - ENVIRON (Verb)
Meaning: surround; enclose; the environment that borders a certain area.
Synonyms: encircle, envelop, wrap, swathe.
Antonyms: free, let go, open, release.
Usage: People from all over the world can be found in the environs of the university. - INFLAMMATORY (Adjective)
Meaning: relating to or causing inflammation of a part of the body.
Synonyms: incendiary, intemperate, provocative.
Antonyms: calming, mitigating, placating.
Example: Due to the patient’s organ being twice its normal size, the doctor required surgery to repair the man’s inflammatory pancreas. - SLOGANS (Noun)
Meaning: a short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising.
Synonyms: expression, jingle, saying.
Antonyms: laugh, dysphemism, euphemism.
Example: “It’s finger lickin’ good” is the slogan for KFC so that people will think their chicken is so delicious that they will even lick it off their fingers. - FLAIR (Noun)
Meaning: a special or instinctive aptitude or the ability for doing something well.
Synonym: aptitude, talent
Antonym: inability
Example: Because Neha has a flair for culinary arts, she is often asked by her friends to cater their special events. - GRAZED (Verb)
Meaning: cattle, sheep, etc. eat grass in a field; to scratch the surface of something.
Synonym: feed, eat, crop
Antonym: bash, bump
Example: The field had been grazed by sheep. - GLEE (Noun)
Meaning: great delight, especially from one’s own good fortune or another’s misfortune.
Synonym: delight, pleasure
Antonym: gloom, disappointment
Example: Tasting her favorite cake brought both excitement and glee to the child’s heart. - IDIOMS
Not let grass grow under feet
Meaning: Don’t delay in getting something done.
Example: As soon as he finished all the registration formalities, he put the house on sale. He doesn’t let the grass grow under his feet.Work like a charm
Meaning: Works very well or has the desired effect.
Example: I had cloves from my sore throat and they worked like a charm.Back-room boys
Meaning: People who perform important work but have no contact with the public.
Example: Our back room boys deserve an applause for the success of this advertisement.
