Today’s Word from The Hindu
1. Diligent
- Meaning: Quietly and steadily continuing a task despite any difficulties
- Synonym: persevering, assiduous, industrious
- Antonym: careless, ignorant. weary
- Sentence:With diligent industry she revived the failing business
2. Deference
- Meaning: A courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard
- Synonym: obedience, compliance, yielding
- Antonym: dishonour, disregard, noncompliance
- Sentence:His deference to her wishes was very flattering
3. Covenant
- Meaning: A formal agreement between two or more parties to perform or not perform some action
- Synonym: promise, convention, bargain
- Antonym: disagreement, misunderstanding, denial
- Sentence:They covenanted with Judas for 30 pieces of silver
4. Obnoxious
- Meaning:Causing disapproval or protest
- Synonym: offensive, repulsive, abominable
- Antonym: agreeable, lovable, wonderful
- Sentence:He is a vulgar and obnoxious person
5. Intrepid
- Meaning: Invulnerable to fear or intimidation
- Synonym: brave, nervy, courageous
- Antonym: afraid, cowardly, timid
- Sentence:The savages were overawed by the coolness and courage of this intrepid officer.
6. Grandeur
- Meaning: The quality of being magnificent, splendid or grand
- Synonym: brilliance, expansiveness, magnificence
- Antonym: dullness, simplicity, insignificance
- Sentence:An imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colourful art
7. Inception
- Meaning: An event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
- Synonym: outset, provenance, kick-off
- Antonym: conclusion, outgrowth, ending
- Sentence:The strife was thus in its inception political; but it soon became religious as well.
8. Paradox
- Meaning: a statement that contradicts itself
- Synonym: absurdity, contradiction, puzzle
- Antonym: regularity, accuracy, success
- Sentence:I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false
9. Proliferate
- Meaning: Grow rapidly
- Synonym: breed, engender, mushroom
- Antonym: decrease, destroy, lessen
- Sentence:Pizza parlours proliferate in this area
10. Censure
- Meaning: Harsh criticism or disapproval
- Synonym: condemnation, admonition, obloquy
- Antonym: praise, endorsement, sanction
- Sentence:We are not disposed to enter into the question in any spirit of censure.
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