Today’s Word from The Hindu
1.Besotted
Meaning: Very Drunk
Synonym: Buzzed, drunk
Antonym: Sober, straight
Sentence:I had travelling money and got besotted in the bar downstairs
2.Encomium
Meaning: Compliment
Synonym: Accolade, Eulogy
Antonym: Blame, Criticism
Sentence:The encomium holding good of herself, she refrained from lecturing him on the subject of the vilified Denham.
3. Unctuous
Meaning: Sycophantic
Synonym: Ingratiating, servile
Antonym: blunt, genuine, sincere
Sentence:Anna was thankful that the unctuous man who first greeted her at the modelling agency would not be the person she would be working with.
4. Augur
Meaning: Predictor
Synonym: harbinger, herald
Antonym: recite, recount,
Sentence:Ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds
5.Incessant
Meaning: Never ending
Synonym: ceaseless, nonstop
Antonym: bounded, finished
Sentence:Night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city.
6. Polemic
Meaning: Argumentative
Synonym: belligerent, contrary
Antonym: Agreeable, mean, hostile
Sentence:Preaching and exegetical literature might also have a polemic purpose.
7.Discerning
Meaning: Discriminating
Synonym: Astute, knowing
Antonym: idiotic, ignorant
Sentence:The keen visions of these birds are not slow in discerning through the gloomy recesses the presence of danger.
8. Virulence
Meaning: resentment
Synonym: Acerbity, displeasure,
Antonym: calm, cheer
Sentence:the virulence of the malicious old man
9. Implacable
Meaning: merciless
Synonym: cruel. unforgiving
Antonym: kind, remorseful
Sentence:Clinton accused congressional Republicans of "implacable hostility”.
10.Convulse
Meaning: Disturb
Synonym: Shake up, torment
Antonym: Calm, Quiet
Sentence:The feverish patient convulsed around in his bed.
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