Today’s Word from The Hindu
1. Exuberance
- Meaning: Energy, Enthusiasm
- Synonym: Sprit, Zest,
- Antonym: Apathy, Coolness
- Sentence:They were meant to suggest reproductive vigour, exuberance, and abundance.
2. Antagonise
- Meaning: Cause Problem
- Synonym: Anger, offend
- Antonym: Aid, make happy
- Sentence:It is death to those who antagonize it, and it is death to them that uphold it.
3. Appalling
- Meaning: Horrifying
- Synonym: Alarming, terrible,
- Antonym: Beautiful, Calming, Comforting
- Sentence:The effect of the torpedoes in the streets was too appalling for description.
4. Gory
- Meaning: bloody
- Synonym: horrible, imbrued
- Antonym: mild, pleasing, pleasant
- Sentence:The broken and gory body was kicked through the railing for the last time.
5. Ossify
- Meaning: to become rigid
- Synonym: Congeal, Freeze
- Antonym: Liquefy, Soften
- Sentence:There is a general growth to be observed, and the bones are beginning to ossify.
6. Afflicting
- Meaning: Cause or become hurt
- Synonym: annoy, rack, grieve
- Antonym: Aid, delight
- Sentence:Not only does she afflict my children; but my cattle, my gun and myself have been bewitched by her.
7. Enormity
- Meaning: Horribleness
- Synonym: depravity, evil
- Antonym: delight, esteem
- Sentence:He turned over and closed his eyes, as if to reflect on its enormity.
8. Swat
- Meaning: hit
- Synonym: knock, slap, beat
- Antonym: lose, surrender
- Sentence:Maybe I gave him a swat on his diaper when he was a toddler, but I never really hit him.
9. Allure
- Meaning: Appeal
- Synonym: attraction, charm, glamor
- Antonym: repulsion
- Sentence:They allure and baffle us, as the smileon the lips of the Mona Lisa.
10. Pliability
- Meaning: Adaptability of mind or character
- Synonym: flexible, ductile, elastic
- Antonym: not flexible, hard
- Sentence:"he was valued for his reliability and pliability"
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