VOCABULARY FOR 25 FEBRUARY 2018
- LAGGARD (NOUN): idler
Synonyms: straggler, lingerer
Antonyms: winner, hard worker
Example Sentence: Ankit was always the laggard who finished in last place.
- ACQUIESCE (VERB): accede
Synonyms: conform, comply
Antonyms: deny, resist
Example Sentence: I would rather acquiesce to my younger brother’s wish.
- FLACCID (ADJECTIVE): nerveless
Synonyms: enfeebled, debilitated
Antonyms: taut, firm
Example Sentence: The patient’s condition is appearing as flaccid as at first.
- ABORTIVE (ADJECTIVE): vain
Synonyms: useless, fruitless
Antonyms: productive, progressive
Example Sentence: She made an abortive attempt to climb the mountain.
- CLOUT (NOUN): influence
Synonyms: power, dominance
Antonyms: powerlessness, incompetence
Example Sentence: Ministers often use their clout to get what they want.
- DITHER (NOUN): agitation
Synonyms: tizzy, panic
Antonyms: calm, peace
Example Sentence: He is in such a dither that he don’t know what to do.
- ABASEMENT (NOUN): A low or downcast state
Synonyms: abjection, humiliation
Antonyms: praising, commendable
Example Sentence: Every disaster brought my brother into an attitude of abasement.
- DELINEATE (VERB): verb
Synonyms: define, depict
Antonyms: distort, confuse
Example Sentence: It is very difficult to delineate this chapter in few words
- BLEARY (ADJECTIVE): blurred
Synonyms: dim, dull
Antonyms: bright, clear
Example Sentence: I don’t like the bleary atmosphere.
- DECIMATE (VERB): annihilate
Synonyms: exterminate, obliterate
Antonyms: create, build
Example Sentence: The corrupt politicians decimated the whole new policy.
