VOCAB OF THE DAY

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VOCABULARY

  1. MOUTHY (ADJECTIVE): Talkative

Synonyms: chatty, gabby

Antonyms: reticent, silent

Example Sentence: He is an extremely mouthy boy.

 

  1. DEBONAIR (ADJECTIVE): charming

Synonyms: affable, elegant

Antonyms: awkward, inelegant

Example Sentence: Ranvijay has a debonair personality.

 

  1. PESTILENT (ADJECTIVE): Baneful

Synonyms: contagious, deleterious

Antonyms: harmless, innocuous

Example Sentence: To many, homeless beggars are nothing more than pestilent irritants.

 

  1. PERPETRATE (VERB): Be responsible for

Synonyms: carry out, commit

Antonyms: halt, stop

Example Sentence: Who would perpetrate for this crime?

 

  1. RAKISH (ADJECTIVE): Charming and immoral

Synonyms: dashing, jaunty

Antonyms: moral, upright

Example Sentence: She gave Maddy a rakish smile.

 

  1. ENGROSS (VERB): Bewitch

Synonyms: captivate, enrapture

Antonyms: disenchant, disgust

Example Sentence: I was totally engrossed by her beauty.

 

  1. MIDDLING (ADJECTIVE): adequate

Synonyms: mediocre, passable

Antonyms: extreme, exceptional

Example Sentence: The patient needs middling amount of water every half an hour.

 

  1. DECOY (NOUN): trap

Synonyms: attraction, inducement

Antonyms: honesty, frankness

Example Sentence: We caught a rat, using a decoy to trick it into the cage.

 

  1. CANTANKEROUS (ADJECTIVE): Ill-tempered

Synonyms: quarrelsome, critical

Antonyms: pleasant, peaceful

Example Sentence: You are a cantankerous man.

 

  1. DANK (ADJECTIVE): moist

Synonyms: clammy, muggy

Antonyms: parched, dry

Example Sentence: The middle section of the house is fully dank.