VOCAB OF THE DAY

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  1. OPAQUE (ADJECTIVE): non-transparent

Synonyms:  murky, hazy            

Antonyms: bright, clear    

Example Sentence: The country cannot be so opaque to history as to say no sale.

 

  1. HEREAFTER (ADVERB): from now on

Synonyms: hence, eventually   

Antonyms: incompletely, moderately

Example Sentence: These people will hereafter be allowed to enter our territory.

 

  1. REFUGEE (NOUN): displaced person

Synonyms: emigrant, exile         

Antonyms: citizen, native

Example Sentence: Middle East is shutting down the door for the refugees.

 

  1. LENIENCY (NOUN): mercy

Synonyms: tolerance, charity   

Antonyms: cruelty, meanness    

Example Sentence: This is not the matter in which we can show leniency.

 

  1. DISTIL (VERB): extract the essential meaning of

Synonyms: express, press out    

Antonyms: ambiguous, imprecise

Example Sentence: Many positions can be distilled from such observations.

 

  1. DICTUM (NOUN): saying

Synonyms: precept, adage

Antonyms: ignorance, doubt

Example Sentence: Sanskrit dictum suggests about this situation.

 

  1. PREROGATIVE (NOUN): right

Synonyms: immunity, advantage  

Antonyms: duty, obligation

Example Sentence: He is the person who has the prerogative to instruct everyone.

 

  1. CONFER (VERB):  consult

Synonyms: huddle, negotiate

Antonyms: refuse, dishonour

Example Sentence: This community has conferred on a particular brief.

 

  1. VOUCHSAFE (VERB): grant something to someone in a gracious manner

Synonyms: award, bestow

Antonyms: reject, veto

Example Sentence: He wondered whether the government would vouchsafe him.

 

  1. TENET (NOUN): principle

Synonyms: credo, assumption   

Antonyms: reality, unbelief

Example Sentence: Our texts, tenets and traditions mark a departure from modern experience.