VOCABULARY FOR FEBRUARY, 20 2018
- COUNTERPART (NOUN): equivalent
Synonyms: peer, fellow
Antonyms: different, dissimilar
Example Sentence: The Ramallah visit has come just weeks after his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, visited India
- SOVEREIGN (NOUN): a ruler
Synonyms: monarch, potentate
Antonyms: dependence, heteronomy
Example Sentence: We hope that Palestine soon becomes a sovereign and independent country in a peaceful atmosphere.
- ORIENTATION (NOUN): a person’s basic attitude
Synonyms: assimilation, direction
Antonyms: dis-orientation, mix-up
Example Sentence: It stood to the east of the latter, and had a different orientation.
- EQUATE (VERB): consider to be the same
Synonyms: compare, liken
Antonyms: differentiate, discern
Example Sentence: The system cannot be equated with those of an undisturbed assemblage.
- ENDOW (VERB): provide with a quality
Synonyms: bless, favour
Antonyms: deplete, strip
Example Sentence: India is endowed with 16 major forest types.
- CUMULATIVE (ADJECTIVE): progressive
Synonyms: accretive, additive
Antonyms: decrescent, regressive
Example Sentence: The ministry report has calculated a cumulative loss forest in Mizoram.
- INDIGENOUS (ADJECTIVE): Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place.
Synonyms: aboriginal, domestic
Antonyms: alien, exotic
Example Sentence: These lands provide the opportunity to bring back diverse and indigenous tree.
- ABSURDITY (NOUN): being ridiculous
Synonyms: craziness, foolishness
Antonyms: wisdom, seriousness
Example Sentence: Farm incomes are unattractive for a variety of reasons; the absurdity of policies features among them.
- WITHER (VERB): decline
Synonyms: shrink, languish
Antonyms: develop, enlarge
Example Sentence: Intellectuals are withering and self-claimed foolish masters are ruling the world.
- GLARING (ADJECTIVE): bright
Synonyms: blazing, gaudy
Antonyms: bleak, concealed
Example Sentence: We can be blinded by the glaring light of the nuclear blast.
