Today’s Word from The Hindu
1. Ripping
Meaning: Marvellous
Synonym: astonishing, agreeable
Antonym: Dull
Sentence:The tree split with a great ripping sound
2. Brazenly
Meaning: openly
Synonym: candidly, publicly
Antonym: secretly, shamefully
Sentence:He spoke brazenly.
3. Piqued
Meaning: Offend
Synonym: Annoy, Arouse
Antonym: Aid, Compose
Sentence:Her tactless remark piqued me.
4. Exasperate
Meaning: Provoke
Synonym: Agitate, disturb
Antonym: appease, calm
Sentence:The boy knew how to exasperate his mother
5.Bemused
Meaning: Absent minded
Synonym: distracted, absorbed
Antonym: bored, existing
Sentence:As distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
6.Resuscitate
Meaning: Revive
Synonym: Energize, invigorate
Antonym: Destroy
Sentence:The doctors resuscitated the comatose man
7. Buoyed
Meaning: make light
Synonym: Bolster, Cheer
Antonym: Bring Down
Sentence:The life vest buoyed him up
8. Spate
Meaning: continuation
Synonym: Deluge, Torrent
Antonym: not in series
Sentence:A spate of letters.
9. Tumult
Meaning: Uproar
Synonym: agitation, commotion
Antonym: Agreement, Calm
Sentence:Then his words were lost in tumult, forthe third day's fighting began.
10. Emblematic
Meaning: Symbolic
Synonym: typical. exemplary
Antonym: Actual, literal
Sentence:The free discussion that is emblematic of democracy
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