VOCAB OF THE DAY

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  1. DEEP-SEATED (ADJECTIVE)inherited

 

Synonyms: intrinsic, inborn

 

Antonyms: acquired, extrinsic

 

Example Sentence: Singing talent is deep-seated in Shivali.

 

 

  1. GOODY-GOODY (ADJECTIVE): adoring

 

Synonyms: ardent, fervent

 

Antonyms: apathetic, disloyal

 

Example Sentence: My friends consider me a goody-goody person

 

 

  1. EXPECTANT (ADJECTIVE): eager

 

Synonyms: excited, anxious

 

Antonyms: disinterested, unenthusiastic

 

Example Sentence: Expectant crowds arrived early. 

 

 

  1. WISPY (ADJECTIVE): feeble

 

Synonyms: infirm, slender

 

Antonyms: solid, strong

 

Example Sentence: She is such a wispy woman.

 

 

  1. NIX (VERB): invalidate

 

Synonyms: abolish, annul

 

Antonyms: validate, approve

 

Example Sentence: The new government did not nix the old rules.

 

  1. TOTTERING (ADJECTIVE): unstable

 

Synonyms: rickety, unsettled

 

Antonyms: firm, sound

 

Example Sentence: A hunched figure tottering down the path.

 

 

  1. ENDURING (ADJECTIVE): forever

 

Synonyms: everlasting, deathless

 

Antonyms: perishable, destructible

 

Example Sentence: God is imperishable.

 

 

  1. REECHO (VERB): resound

 

Synonyms: resound, redound

 

Antonyms: quiten, dull

 

Example Sentence: His voice reechoed in my mind.

 

 

  1. MULISH (ADJECTIVE): mean

 

Synonyms: wicked, cantankerous

 

Antonyms: compliant, nice

 

Example Sentence: The shepherd is a mulish person.

 

 

  1. ANCILLARY (NOUN): addition

 

Synonyms: attachment, addendum

 

Antonyms: necessity, requirement

 

Example Sentence: The tower is merely an ancillary to this royal building.