DAILY VOCABULARY FOR 17TH FEBRUARY, 2021

1. Refute (verb)

  • Meaning: Prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false
  • Synonyms: Disprove, invalidate
  • Antonyms: Prove, confirm
  • Usage: This statement is difficult to refute or accept on the base of current research evidence.

2.Stodgy (adj)

  • Meaning: Dull and uninspired; lacking originality or excitement
  • Synonyms: Boring, uninteresting
  • Antonyms: Interesting, exciting
  • Usage: The food in Suzie’s Cafe tends to be stodgy rather than fresh and light.

3.Benign (adj)

  • Meaning : Not causing damage or harm
  • Synonyms: Harmless, safe
  • Antonyms: Harsh, malignant
  • Usage: A benign tumor will not cause you any fatal harm.

4.Erudite (adj)

  • Meaning: Having or showing great knowledge or learning
  • Synonyms: Learned, intellectual
  • Antonyms: Unlearned, illiterate
  • Usage: He likes to talk with erudite people.

5.Frenzied (adj)

  • Meaning:  Wildly excited or uncontrolled
  • Synonyms: Frantic, mad
  • Antonyms: Calm, peaceful
  • Usage: The man was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack.

6.Sedition (noun)

  • Meaning: Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch
  • Synonyms: Insurrection, mutiny
  • Antonyms: Loyalty, allegiance
  • Usage: His denial of sedition was a denial of violence.

7.Dismal (adj)

  • Meaning: Causing a mood of gloom or depression; pitifully or disgracefully bad
  • Synonyms: Bleak, cheerless
  • Antonyms: Pleasant, enthusiastic
  • Usage:  Her speech continued in the same dismal strain.

8.Ostensibly (adverb)

  • Meaning : As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so
  • Synonyms: Seemingly, allegedly
  • Antonyms: Truly, unlikely
  • Usage: The two casts of characters, although ostensibly cooperating to solve a crime of mutual interest, detest each other.

9.Relentless (adj)

  • Meaning: Unceasingly intense; harsh or inflexible
  • Synonyms: Persistent, severe
  • Antonyms: Inexorable, inflexible
  • Usage: Relentless in his pursuit of quality, his technical ability was remarkable.

10.Proclivity (noun)

  • Meaning: A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing
  • Synonyms: Inclination, proneness
  • Antonyms: Disliking, deviation
  • Usage: He has a proclivity for exaggeration.


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