WEEKLY VOCABULARY FROM 26TH TO 1ST AUGUST, 2021

26TH JULY

1.Intimation (noun)

Meaning: a slight suggestion or vague understanding
Synonym: announcement
Antonym: solution
Usage: I was stranded in an isolated cabin without electricity so I had no intimation of the storm that was headed my way.

2.Intransigent (adjective)

Meaning: impervious to pleas
Synonym: persuasion
Antonym: compliant
Usage: Owing to their intransigent attitude we were unable to reach an agreement.

3.Inveterate (adjective)

Meaning: habitual
Synonym: ingrained
Antonym: incipient
Usage: She is an inveterate reader who always has a book in her hands.

4.Irreverence (noun)

Meaning: a mental attitude showing lack of due respect
Synonym: disrespect
Antonym: reverence
Usage: His irreverence for authority marks him out as a troublemaker.

5.Knell (noun)

Meaning: the sound of a bell
Synonym: ringing
Antonym: wholesome
Usage: Everyone took the company president’s resignation as the company’s knell of bankruptcy.

27TH JULY

6.Laconic (adjective)

Meaning: using very few word
Synonym: concise
Antonym: verbose
Usage: He raised both eyebrows with a laconic grin.

7.Largesse (noun)

Meaning: generosity in bestowing money
Synonym: liberality
Antonym: meanness
Usage: He throws his largesse to all and sundry.

8.Legerdemain (noun)

Meaning: skillful use of one’s hands when performing conjuring tricks.
Synonym: juggling
Antonym: plainness
Usage: The magic show was filled with legerdemain that kept the audience wondering how the tricks were performed.

9.Libertarian (noun)

Meaning: an advocate or supporter of a political philosophy
Synonym: proponent
Antonym: necessitarian
Usage: The libertarian model is identified with the struggle for a free press.

10.Licentious (adjective)

Meaning: promiscuous and unprincipled
Synonym: dissolute
Antonym: moral
Usage: After being offered candy by a licentious man in the park, the scared girls ran to their parents.

28TH JULY

11.Linchpin (noun)

Meaning: a person or thing vital to an enterprise
Synonym: mainstay
Antonym: exteriority
Usage: Controlling wages is the linchpin of the Government’s policies.

12.Litigant (noun)

Meaning: a person involved in a lawsuit
Synonym: opponent
Antonym: claimant
Usage: A plaintiff is a litigant as is the defendant because they both are involved in a lawsuit.

13.Maelstrom (noun)

Meaning: a powerful whirlpool in the sea or a river
Synonym: vortex
Antonym: calm
Usage: The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.

14.Maudlin (adjective)

Meaning: self-pitying or treating sentimental
Synonym: emotional
Antonym: austere
Usage: He turned maudlin after three drinks.

15.Maverick (noun)

Meaning: an unorthodox
Synonym: individualist
Antonym: conformist
Usage: He was considered as something of a maverick in the publishing world.

29TH JULY

16.Mawkish (adjective)

Meaning: sentimental in an exaggerated
Synonym: cloying
Antonym: cool
Usage: It was sentimental, moving, yet not mawkish.

17.Maxim (noun)

Meaning: a short pithy statement
Synonym: adage
Antonym: absurdity
Usage: A good maxim is never out of season.

18.Mendacious (adjective)

Meaning: not telling the truth
Synonym: lying
Antonym: truthful
Usage: A product claiming remedy in a few hours is mendacious advertising.

19.Modicum (noun)

Meaning: a small quantity of a particular thing
Synonym: particle
Antonym: entirety
Usage: There’s not even a modicum of truth in her statement.

20.Morass (noun)

Meaning: an area of muddy
Synonym: quagmire
Antonym: desert
Usage: The river flowing into the valley caused a great, muddy morass.

30TH JULY

21.Mores (noun)

Meaning: the essential or characteristic
Synonym: conventions
Antonym: impropriety
Usage: Expectations reshaped by mores are no longer so easily affronted.

22.Munificent (adjective)

Meaning: generosity
Synonym: bountiful
Antonym: niggardly
Usage: A former student has donated a munificent sum of money to the college.

23.Nadir (noun)

Meaning: lowest point
Synonym: pits
Antonym: zenith
Usage: At the nadir of her career, she was given a great encouragement.

24.Negligent (adjective)

Meaning: failing to take proper care
Synonym: remiss
Antonym: attentive
Usage: The negligent driver swerved at the last second, avoiding a collision.

25.Neophyte (noun)

Meaning: person new in an activity
Synonym: novice
Antonym: expert
Usage: The neophytes are well aware of their subject matter.

31ST JULY

26.Noisome (adjective)

Meaning: having offensive smell
Synonym: unpleasant
Antonym: salutary
Usage: The noisome odor in the room made her ill.

27.Noxious (adjective)

Meaning: poisonous
Synonym: toxic
Antonym: beneficial
Usage: The noxious odor in the air is due to the chemicals from industry.

28.Obdurate (adjective)

Meaning: stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion
Synonym: obstinate
Antonym: amenable
Usage: Despite the defendant’s apology, the judge was obdurate and gave him a thirty-year sentence.

29.Obfuscate (verb)

Meaning: make obscure
Synonym: confuse
Antonym: clarity
Usage: She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue.

30.Officious (adjective)

Meaning: assertive of authority in a domineering way
Synonym: bumptious
Antonym: modest
Usage: The officious attitude of the officer seemed unpleasant to all.

1ST AUGUST

31.Obstreperous (adjective)

Meaning: noisy and difficult to control
Synonym: unruly
Antonym: calm
Usage: The teenagers became obstreperous when their school team lost the football game.

32.Onerous

Meaning: involving great difficulty
Synonym: burdensome
Antonym: effortless
Usage: The flight attendant was not prepared to deal with the onerous passenger.

33.Ostensible (adjective)

Meaning: stated or appearing to be true
Synonym: apparent
Antonym: genuine
Usage: The ostensible reason for his absence was illness, but he surely went for a movie.

34.Ostracism (noun)