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Vocabulary - 12.07.2016

Mahendra Guru
Vocabulary
1. EXHORT (VERB): Strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something

Synonyms: urge, admonish 

Antonyms: discourage, dissuade

Example Sentence:

While I cannot force you to drive the speed limit, I exhort you to do so or else you might end up in jail.


2. STUPEFIED (ADJECTIVE): make (someone) unable to think or feel properly

Synonyms: astonished, stun Antonyms: aware, lively

Example Sentence: 

The three adventurous companions were surprised and stupefied at the discovery, despite their scientific reasonings.


3. UNSTINTING (ADJECTIVE): very generous

Synonyms: benevolent , magnanimous Antonyms: stingy, uncharitable

Example Sentence: 

The unstinting provision of liquidity by the central bank is crucial for arresting a financial panic.


4. DISSENSION (NOUN): disagreement that leads to discord

Synonyms: controversy, bickering Antonyms: agreement, harmony

Example Sentence:

This is a clear attempt to cause division and dissension within the ranks of the Unionist family.


5. VAPID (ADJECTIVE): lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest

Synonyms: insipid, boring Antonyms: lively, exciting

Example Sentence: 

She doesn't deserve millions for her empty, vapid performances when lots of great actors are struggling.


6. INEFFABLE (ADJECTIVE): too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words

Synonym: inexpressible, indescribable Antonym: utterable, describable 

Example Sentence:

The joy I experienced at the birth of my first child was ineffable.


7. METAMORPHOSED (VERB): to convert or transform

Synonyms: mutate, transmute Antonyms: stagnate, remain

Example Sentence: 

After two to three weeks the bright orange pupae have metamorphosed into new adults which climb into the plants to continue the cycle.


8. EUPHEMISM (NOUN): nice way of saying something

Synonyms: circumlocution, floridness Antonyms: terseness, directness 

Example Sentence:

While a euphemism may tone down your words, the meaning behind the phrase will remain the same.


9. QUEST (NOUN): a long or arduous search for something

Synonyms: adventure, investigation Antonyms: retreat, ignorance

Example sentence: 

They were always moving from place to place in quest of a cheap situation, and always spending more than they ought.


10. ANATHEMA (NOUN): something hated

Synonyms: bane, curse Antonyms: love, like

Example Sentence: 

I never want to see that murderer. He is an anathema to me.










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