The Vocab Master For All Competitive Exams | 02-11-2023

 

1-Perused (verb) : read (something), typically in a thorough or careful way 

Synonyms : read, reviewed, studied 

Sentence : After breakfast, he perused the newspapers.

2-Lucent (adjective) : glowing with or giving off light.

Synonyms : luminous, glowing, shining

Antonyms : dim, dusky, dark

Sentence : The moon was a lucent orb in the cloudless autumn sky.

3-Milieus (noun) : the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded

Synonyms : environments, surroundings, contexts

Sentence : He grew up in a military milieu.

4-Debilitating (verb) : making someone very weak and infirm

Synonyms : weakening, enfeebling, enervating

Antonyms : strengthening, energizing, fortifying

Sentence : Huge debts are debilitating their economy.

5-Cantankerous (adjective): bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.

Synonyms: bad-tempered, irascible,crotchety

Antonyms: amiable, pleasant,friendly

Sentence : He’s getting a bit cantankerous in his old age.

6-Excursion (noun) : a short journey or trip, especially one engaged in as a leisure activity

Synonyms: tour, jaunt, trip

Sentence : We went on an excursion to the city.

7-Encompassed (verb): surround and have or hold within

Synonyms: enclose, circumscribe

Antonyms: exposed, denuded

Sentence : The enemy encompassed the city.

8-Legible (adjective) : (of handwriting or print) clear enough to read

Synonyms: readable, comprehensible, clear

Antonyms: incomprehensible, incoherent, obscure

Sentence : The original typescript is scarcely legible.

9-Immaculately (adverb) : in a perfectly clean, neat, or tidy manner.

Synonyms: tidily, orderly, neatly

Antonyms: sloppily, inelegantly, slovenly

Sentence : As always, he was immaculately dressed.

10-Fad (noun): a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time

Synonyms: craze, trend, vogue

Antonyms: standard, classic

Sentence : His interest in photography is only a passing fad.

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