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Vocabulary - 23.02.2016

Bankers Guru
1. DEIFY (VERB): elevate, glorify 

Synonyms: idealize, exalt Antonyms: condemn, despise 

Example Sentence: 

To do so is to deify a celebrity for being what we need them to be, while willfully ignoring who they really are. 


2. BYZANTINE (ADJECTIVE): complex 

Synonyms: complicated, difficult Antonyms: simple, easy 

Example Sentence: 

Now they've responded to our criticisms—with typical Byzantine bureaucracy and towering ineptitude. 


3. ABORT (VERB): stop or cancel something 

Synonyms: halt, interrupt Antonyms: begin, start 

Example Sentence: 

Ellen makes her choice, and she throws herself down the stairs to abort the baby. 


4. EXTORTIONATE (ADJECTIVE): oppressive 

Synonyms: greedy, exacting Antonyms: libel, generous 

Example Sentence: 

She took the house at his own price; she accepted his terms, extortionate and grasping as they were. 


5. COGENT (ADJECTIVE): effective 

Synonyms: compelling, convincing Antonyms: invalid, weak 

Example Sentence: 

The author makes a cogent argument as to why women should consider the long-term repercussions of being on the pill. 


6. TENUOUS (ADJECTIVE): weak, thin 

Synonyms: delicate, insubstantial Antonyms: certain, strong 

Example Sentence: 

Today Liberians go to the polls in what will be a defining moment for their tenuous democracy. 


7. CONFLUENCE (ADJECTIVE): coming together 

Synonyms: assemblage, junction Antonyms: division, separation 

Example Sentence: 

This Garden is located at the confluence of four rivers. 


8. ABADDON (NOUN): place of the condemned; bad situation 

Synonyms: nightmare, purgatory Antonyms: calm, contentment 

Example Sentence: 

He is termed Abaddon, the angel of the bottomless pit—the prince of darkness. 


9. BUCOLIC (ADJECTIVE): rural or rustic 

Synonyms: pastoral, agrarian Antonyms: urban, cultivated 

Example Sentence: 

They are both in the study of my old farmhouse, in a room that has three nice sized windows, each with a lovely, bucolic view. 


10. BEQUEATH (VERB): give in a will 

Synonyms: bestow, entrust Antonyms: take, keep 

Example Sentence: 

Which will, in turn, mean they retire with less wealth, and bequeath less wealth to their children.

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