VOCABULARY FOR THE DAY
- CLEANSE (VERB): clean
Synonyms: disinfect, purge
Antonyms: dirty, corrupt
Example Sentence: To cleanse your clothes, you will have to use TIDE.
- TAINT (NOUN): corruption
Synonyms: blemish, stigma
Antonyms: advantage, blank
Example Sentence: I will not hear it from your lips, and with the taint of your wickedness upon it.
- STRAY (VERB): deviate
Synonyms: diverge, divagate
Antonyms: stay, reversion
Example Sentence: We must never stray from our path.
- PERSIST (VERB): carry on
Synonyms: endure, persevere
Antonyms: discontinue, halt
Example Sentence: The soldiers persisted on carrying on the attacks.
- ASSAULT (VERB): attack
Synonyms: assail, charge
Antonyms: retreat, regroup
Example Sentence: Whenever we assault, we destroy our enemy.
- FLIMSY (ADJECTIVE): light, thin
Synonyms: feeble, shaky
Antonyms: healthy, sound
Example Sentence: Shipra is flimsy.
- SCANTY (ADJECTIVE): inadequate
Synonyms: insufficient, meager
Antonyms: enough, full
Example Sentence: The dinner was scanty.
- DICHOTOMY (NOUN): division
Synonyms: disagreement, split
Antonyms: unity, consensus
Example Sentence: We must remove the dichotomy between the warring employees.
- WITHER (VERB): decline
Synonyms: shrink, languish
Antonyms: develop, enlarge
Example Sentence: Intellectuals are withering and self-claimed foolish masters are ruling the world.
- SOLITARY (ADJECTIVE): alone
Synonyms: sole, lone
Antonyms: sociable, combined
Example Sentence: We must combat the enemy using our solitary units.
