The Vocab Master For All Competitive Exams | 02-09-2023

 

1. ENTENTE (NOUN): agreement

Synonyms: accord, deal

Antonyms: misunderstanding, disagreement

Example sentence: 

They favoured an Anglo-French entente.

2. EDACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): voracious

Synonyms: devouring, esurient

Antonyms: quenched, satisfied

Example sentence: 

Since I am a edacious reader, I often read two or three books a day.

3. CHAGRIN (NOUN): strong feeling of embarrassment

Synonyms: humiliation, mortification

Antonyms: happiness, satisfaction

Example sentence: 

To her chagrin, the party ended just as she arrived. 

4. CONSECRATE (VERB): hold in high religious regard

Synonyms: sanctify, ordain

Antonyms: condemn, desecrate

Example sentence: 

The priests will consecrate the temple as a house of worship.

5. DASTARDLY (ADJECTIVE): contemptible

Synonyms: despicable, underhanded

Antonyms: honourable, respectable

Example sentence: 

I describe the killing as a dastardly act.

6. CABOODLE (NOUN): collection of something

Synonyms: assemblage, chunk

Antonyms: individual, one

Example Sentence: 

She has no use for the whole caboodle.

7. CACHET (NOUN): prestige

Synonyms: status, stature

Antonyms: unimportance, obscurity

Example Sentence:

He deserves to be given a cachet because he is a successful businessman.

8. VITUPERATE (VERB): criticize harshly

Synonyms: abuse, accuse

Antonyms: honour, praise

Example Sentence:

We shouldn’t vituperate anyone without any proper information.

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