Today’s Word from The Hindu
1. Sporadic
- Meaning: on and off
- Synonym: occasional, in frequent, irregular
- Antonym: common, constant, frequent
- Sentence:At first resistance to Western encroachment was sporadic and uncoordinated.
2. Unerring
- Meaning: Accurate
- Synonym: certain, errorless
- Antonym: mistaken. imperfect
- Sentence:He had read the yearning of her heartwith unerring insight
3. Stymie
- Meaning: frustrate, hinder
- Synonym: crimp, foil, block
- Antonym: aid, forward, support
- Sentence:Stan began to think they were stymied when all Hades broke loose from above.
4. Entente
- Meaning: Agreement
- Synonym: Accord, deal, pact
- Antonym: disagreement
- Sentence:It also contributed towards the conclusion of an entente between Turkey and Rumania in the summer of 1910.
5. Stuttering
- Meaning: stammer
- Synonym: halting, pause
- Antonym: continue
- Sentence:stuttering and wasting moments too precious for words.
6. Adduce
- Meaning: affirm
- Synonym: cite, prove, show
- Antonym: hide
- Sentence:We could adduce many instances tocorroborate this assertion.
7. Dispensation
- Meaning: allocation of supply
- Synonym: favour, indulgence, kindness
- Antonym: denial, veto
- Sentence:This is your generation, this is yourdispensation, this is your wisdom.
8. Espouse
- Meaning: support
- Synonym: adopt, maintain, defend
- Antonym: attack, reject
- Sentence:He was an optimist or he never wouldhave espoused the American cause.
9. Labyrinthine
- Meaning: complex
- Synonym: twisting, maze like
- Antonym: direct, straight
- Sentence:it's hard to find my classes at the labyrinthine building at my school
10.Wading
- Meaning: often through water
- Synonym: initiate, walk , fall to
- Antonym: dodge, end, finish
- Sentence:They all removed their shoes and socks and rolled up their pants legs before wading into the cold water.
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