VOCAB OF THE DAY

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  1. MONGER (NOUN): vendor

Synonyms: peddler, trader

Antonyms: customer, consumer

Example Sentence: He is a fishmonger.

 

  1. UPHOLD (VERB): maintain

Synonyms: support, endorse

Antonyms: discourage, abandon

Example Sentence: Try to uphold the relations in your life.

 

  1. SALVAGE (VERB): redeem

Synonyms: regain, restore

Antonyms: forfeit, waste

Example Sentence:  Some gold was salvaged from that place.

 

  1. CONDUCIVE (ADJECTIVE): helpful

Synonyms: useful, favorable for

Antonyms: useless, worthless

Example Sentence:  Your notes are conducive to the banking aspirants.

 

  1. CONFEDERATION (NOUN): union

Synonyms: alliance, association

Antonyms: separation, disunion

Example Sentence: There held a confederation of the supreme leaders.

 

  1. PRUDENT (ADJECTIVE): careful

Synonyms: cautious, reasonable

Antonyms: careless, nonsensical

Example Sentence:  From now on no prudent bank manager will sanction the loan to a top-class entrepreneur without proper documentation.

 

  1. STOPGAP (ADJECTIVE): temporarily helping

Synonyms: substitute, provisional

Antonyms: permanent, completed

Example Sentence: This is just a stopgap vehicle you know.

 

  1. MUSHROOM (VERB): sprout

Synonyms: boom, burgeon

Antonyms: decrease, shrink

Example Sentence: Engineering colleges are mushrooming day by day.

 

  1. FRAGMENT (NOUN): portion

Synonyms: part, chunk

Antonyms: lot, whole

Example Sentence: This is a fragment of his sense of humour.

 

  1. BEWAIL (VERB): bemoan

Synonyms: mourn, wail

Antonyms: be happy, be joyous

Example Sentence: He will bewail the loss of his wife.