Today’s Word from The Hindu
1. INCHOATE
•Meaning: Only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
•Synonym: amorphous, immature, nascent
•Antonym: developed, grown, mature
•Sentence: Some of our critics in reviewing the original work have pronounced it ' inchoate.'
2.NONPLUSSED
•Meaning: Filled with bewilderment
•Synonym: astonish, baffle, disconcert
•Antonym: explicate, enlighten, educate
•Sentence: These questions nonplus even the experts
3.CACHET
•Meaning: An indication of approved or superior status
•Synonym: prestige, stature, design
•Antonym: anonymity, analogy, infiltrate
•Sentence: He wanted to achieve power and cachet
4.PANACHE
•Meaning: Distinctive and stylish elegance
•Synonym: brio, flamboyance, swagger
•Antonym: spiritless
•Sentence: He wooed her with the confident panache of a cavalry officer
5.INDEFATIGABLE
•Meaning: Showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality
•Synonym: assiduous, diligent, dogged
•Antonym: indifferent, lethargic, wavering
•Sentence: He is an indefatigable advocate of equal rights
6.UNCANNY
•Meaning: Suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
•Synonym: superhuman, exceptional, unearthly
•Antonym: ordinary, common, familiar
•Sentence: Stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures
7.UNABASHED
•Meaning: Not embarrassed
•Synonym: blatant, brazen, audacious
•Antonym: fearful, ashamed, apologetic
•Sentence: A tinselled charm and unabashed sentimentality
8.DILATORY
•Meaning: Slow or wasting time
•Synonym: procrastinating, lax, dallying
•Antonym: diligent, eager, zealous
•Sentence: His dilatory action seemed to increase the young woman's panic.
9.MARTINET
•Meaning: Someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
•Synonym: disciplinarian, authoritarian, tyrant
•Sentence: He was a good deal of a martinet, but he was justice incarnate.
10.HOI POLLOI
•Meaning: The common people generally
•Synonym: masses, rabble, herd
•Antonym: elite, aristocracy, cream
•Sentence: Separate the warriors from the hoi polloi
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