21ST JUNE
1.Distended (adjective)
- Meaning: swollen due to pressure from inside
- Synonym: bloat
- Antonym: shrink
- Usage: Her muscle became distended, causing her horrid pain.
2.Harridan (noun)
- Meaning: a strict old woman
- Synonym: shew
- Antonym: cheerful
- Usage: She was a mean old harridan.
3.Banal (adjective)
- Meaning: lacking in originality
- Synonym: trite
- Antonym: original
- Usage: The store was filled with banal, mass-produced objects.
4.Incisive (adjective)
- Meaning: intelligently analytical and clear-thinking.
- Synonym: penetrating
- Antonym: indifferent
- Usage: She was an incisive critic in the literary circle.
5.Concavity (noun)
- Meaning: the state or quality of being concave
- Synonym: curve
- Antonym: depression
- Usage: The large concavities along the wall of the restaurant are like private rooms.
22ND JUNE
6.Equanimity (noun)
- Meaning: calmness
- Synonym: composure
- Antonym: agitated
- Usage: She accepted both the good and the bad with equanimity.
7.Stalwart (adjective)
- Meaning: loyal
- Synonym: faithful
- Antonym: disloyal
- Usage: He remained a stalwart supporter of the party.
8.Quaint (adjective)
- Meaning: attractively unusual
- Synonym: picturesque
- Antonym: modern
- Usage: His gentle courtesy and quaint speech impressed all.
9.Incite (verb)
- Meaning: encourage or stir up
- Synonym: encourage
- Antonym: discourage
- Usage: They wanted to incite the protest march.
10.Wane (verb)
- Meaning: decrease in vigor or extent
- Synonym: decline
- Antonym: upraise
- Usage: The intensity of the murder investigation started to wane with time.
23RD JUNE
11.Tedious (adjective)
- Meaning: tiresome
- Synonym: monotonous
- Antonym: interesting
- Usage: This method is very tedious in detail.
12.Ordeal (noun)
- Meaning: a very unpleasant and prolonged experience
- Synonym: tribulation
- Antonym: comfort
- Usage: This must have been quite an ordeal for her.
13.Dodge (verb)
- Meaning: avoid
- Synonym: bolt
- Antonym: accede
- Usage: She managed to dodge the ball and catch it.
14.Bashful (adjective)
- Meaning: shy
- Synonym: reserved
- Antonym: extrovert
- Usage: He is rather bashful and refused to come out of his car for the photograph.
15.Denigrate (verb)
- Meaning: criticize unfairly
- Synonym: deprecate
- Antonym: admiration
- Usage: It was unkind to denigrate her achievement.
24TH JUNE
16.Permissible (adjective)
- Meaning: allowance
- Synonym: acceptable
- Antonym: restriction
- Usage: He allowed eating sweets in a permissible amount.
17.Repellent (adjective)
- Meaning: able to repel a particular thing
- Synonym: impervious
- Antonym: pervious
- Usage: They sprayed aerosol insect repellent in the field.
18.Grouchy (adjective)
- Meaning: irritable
- Synonym: crotchety
- Antonym: pleasant
- Usage: I’m just in a grouchy mood this morning.
19.Manacle (noun)
- Meaning: elements to chain something
- Synonym: shackles
- Antonym: liberty
- Usage: The manacle will keep the dog from leaving the front yard.
20.Delineate (verb)
- Meaning: describing something
- Synonym: depiction
- Antonym: misrepresent
- Usage: He put a fence up to delineate his property from his neighbor’s.
25TH JUNE
21.Encroach (verb)
- Meaning: to intrude
- Synonym: trespass
- Antonym: recognize
- Usage: He did not try to encroach into their matter.
22.Ubiquitous (adjective)
- Meaning: found everywhere
- Synonym: omnipresent
- Antonym: scarce
- Usage: Computers are slowly becoming ubiquitous day by day.
23.Benign (adjective)
- Meaning: being gentle
- Synonym: friendly
- Antonym: hostile
- Usage: The medicine is benign in its effects and will cause you no harm.
24.Futility (noun)
- Meaning: pointlessness
- Synonym: vanity
- Antonym: usefulness
- Usage: The futility of war can be seen in its destruction.
25.Exponent (noun)
- Meaning: a person who supports an idea
- Synonym: proponent
- Antonym: opponent
- Usage: He is regarded as the leading exponent of this idea.
26TH JUNE
26.Expunge (verb)
- Meaning: obliterate
- Synonym: efface
- Antonym: delineate
- Usage: They tried to expunge the details from his memory.
27.Affable (adjective)
- Meaning: friendly
- Synonym: amiable
- Antonym: hostile
- Usage: The interviewer greeted her in the most affable manner.
28.Expedite (verb)
- Meaning: be accomplished more quickly.
- Synonym: accelerate
- Antonym: hinder
- Usage: To expedite the approval process, you can apply online.
29.Convalesce (verb)
- Meaning: recover one’s health
- Synonym: recuperate
- Antonym: deteriorate
- Usage: She went to the seaside to convalesce after her stay in hospital.
30.Retention (noun)
- Meaning: the continued possession.
- Synonym: reservation
- Antonym: liberation
- Usage: The retention of data in a storage device is being done by the experts.
27TH JUNE
31.Reticent (adjective)
- Meaning: not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily.
- Synonym: restrained
- Antonym: expansive
- Usage: He is initially reticent, unsure of the motives for my questions.
32.Increment (noun)
- Meaning: increasing
- Synonym: addition
- Antonym: reduction
- Usage: He worked hard for an increment in his marks.
33.Acquit (verb)
- Meaning: free a person from charges
- Synonym: absolve
- Antonym: convict
- Usage: They always acquit themselves of their duty very well.
34.Curtailment (noun)
- Meaning: the action of reduction
- Synonym: decrease
- Antonym: increase
- Usage: There are some curtailments imposed on the initial activity.
35.Ebullient (adjective)
- Meaning: cheerful
- Synonym: exuberant
- Antonym: depressed
- Usage: He seems to be in a particularly ebullient mood.
