- TRACEABLE (Adjective)
Meaning: able to be found or discovered.
Synonyms: referable, attributable, identifiable,
Antonyms: untraceable, faint, imperceptible, invisible
Usage: The probable cause of his death is traceable to an incident in 1724. - PROTRACTED (Adjective)
Meaning: lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
Synonym: prolonged, extended
Antonym: curtail, shorten
Sentence: The war was protracted for four years. - HARPING (Verb)
Meaning: talk or write persistently and tediously on (a particular topic).
Synonym: dwell, reiterate, repeat
Antonym: forbid, fearfulness
Sentence: Why are you always harping on the same subject? - ALIENATED (Adjective)
Meaning: experiencing or inducing feelings of isolation or estrangement.
Synonym: disaffect, disgruntle
Antonym: endear, ingratiate
Sentence: His comments have alienated a lot of young voters. - CASTIGATED (Verb)
Meaning: reprimand (someone) severely.
Synonym: reprimand, rebuke
Antonym: praise, commend
Sentence: This boy was being castigated in a way that was incredible. - PLUCKY (Adjective)
Meaning: having or showing determined courage in the face of difficulties.
Synonyms: courageous, intrepid, valiant, valorous.
Antonyms: timid, timorous, gutless, frightful.
Example: His plucky attitude made him a great candidate for police officer training academy. - INCONGRUOUS (Adjective)
Meaning: not in harmony; out of place; inconsistent or incompatible.
Synonyms: discordant, conflicting, inconsistent.
Antonyms: accordant, compatible, conformable.
Example: How incongruous of a fat doctor telling me to lose weight! - ONUS (Noun)
Meaning: Something that is one’s duty or responsibility.
Synonyms: burden, responsibility, liability, obligation
Antonyms: advantage, benefit, blessing
Example: The onus is on government departments to show cause why information cannot be disclosed. - COUP (Noun)
Meaning: an instance of successfully achieving something difficult.
Synonyms: success, triumph, feat,
Antonyms: failure
Example: The coup leaders could face life imprisonment. - PROLIFERATION (Noun)
Meaning: rapid increase in the number or amount of something
Synonyms: generation, propagation
Antonyms: reduction
Example: The past two years have seen the proliferation of TV channels. - IDIOMS
To build castles in the air
Meaning: Used in a context to describe plans, dreams or goals that are imaginary and unrealistic.
Sentence: It’s waste of time to build castles in the air. If you really want to achieve something, you got to work for it.Pay off old scores
Meaning: Used in a context when a person takes revenge based on past events.
Sentence: After winning the match, Anik said that he paid off all the old scores.By leaps and bounds
Meaning: Used in a context to describe something that has shown progress.
Sentence: I’m so happy that I have invested in stocks.
The stocks have grown by leaps and bounds over the years.
