Today’s Word from The Hindu
1. Pecuniary
•Meaning: relating or involving money
•Synonym: monetary, banking
•Antonym:
•Sentence:They saw in it, in the first place, a meansof pecuniary gain.
2. Brouhaha
•Meaning: uproar
•Synonym: fracas, to-do
•Antonym: peace
•Sentence:It was then I realized the Chief was still sitting in his chair, where he had been when the brouhaha started.
3. Astound
•Meaning: Shock or greatly surprise
•Synonym: Stun, Stagger
•Antonym: Bore, Annoy
•Sentence:Her bluntness astounded him
4. Aesthetic
•Meaning: Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
•Synonym: Beautiful ,Artistic
•Antonym: Ugly , Unattractive
•Sentence:The pictures give great aesthetic pleasure.
5. Detrimental
•Meaning: Tending to cause harm
•Synonym: Harmful , Hurtful
•Antonym: Harmless, Beneficial
•Sentence:Recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people.
6. Meticulous
•Meaning: very careful and precise
•Synonym: Careful, Accurate
•Antonym: Careless, Lazy
•Sentence:The designs are hand-glazed with meticulous care.
7. Knack
•Meaning: ability
•Synonym: aptitude, skill, bent
•Antonym: lack, inability,
•Sentence:It was horrid of you but you always had a knack of rubbing one up the wrong way.
8. Brazenly
•Meaning: honestly
•Synonym: publically, candidly
•Antonym: incompletely, secretly,
•Sentence:But comparatively few realize how great were the fears, and how brazenly the prophecies were spoken.
9. Errant
•Meaning: wrong ,deviant
•Synonym: erratic, stray
•Antonym: normal,
•Sentence:I saw an errant man shouting at his daughter for skipping office
10. Peg
•Meaning: attach
•Synonym: fix, fasten, join
•Antonym: loose, detach
•Sentence:The dividend was pegged at 20percent.
All The Best !!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment