Today’s Word from The Hindu
1.Amicable
•Meaning: Characterized by friendship and good will
•Synonym: civil, cordial
•Antonym: impolite, rude
•Sentence:"The business coach for the small company owner served as an amicable executive mentor.
2.Sprawled
•Meaning: spread out
•Synonym: lie, fall
•Antonym: straighten, compress, stand
•Sentence:Urban sprawl and chaos create many planning problems.
3.Elfish
•Meaning: Usually good-naturedly mischievous
•Synonym: elfin, naughty
•Antonym: behave, good
•Sentence:They perpetrated a practical joke with elfish delight.
4.Attrition
•Meaning: A wearing down to weaken or destroy
•Synonym: erosion, grinding
•Antonym: building, happiness
•Sentence:The difficulty was to overcome its susceptibility to attrition.
5.Perturbed
•Meaning: troubled
•Synonym: bothered, upset
•Antonym: calm, relaxed
•Sentence:"The more he loses, the more perturbed he gets"
6.Quixotic
•Meaning: idealistic
•Synonym: dreamy, foolish, impractical
•Antonym: cautious, realistic, wise
•Sentence:That sounds quixotically noble, this stand for the ‘inviolability of marriage.
7.Gesticulate
•Meaning: Show, express or direct through movement
•Synonym: indicate, pantomime
•Antonym: speak
•Sentence: He gesticulated his desire to leave
8.Fissure
•Meaning: A long, narrow opening
•Synonym: hole, cleavage, crack
•Antonym: closure, solid
•Sentence:A fissure between philosophy and reality.
9.Resonate
•Meaning: Be received or understood
•Synonym: echo, vibrate
•Antonym: quieten
•Sentence:The speaker hopes her inspirational story will resonate with audience members and spur them to chase their dreams.
10.Pernicious
•Meaning: hurtful
•Synonym: malicious, fatal, evil
•Antonym: assisting, good,
•Sentence:He thought "such a system would be wrong and pernicious in the extreme.
1.Amicable
•Meaning: Characterized by friendship and good will
•Synonym: civil, cordial
•Antonym: impolite, rude
•Sentence:"The business coach for the small company owner served as an amicable executive mentor.
2.Sprawled
•Meaning: spread out
•Synonym: lie, fall
•Antonym: straighten, compress, stand
•Sentence:Urban sprawl and chaos create many planning problems.
3.Elfish
•Meaning: Usually good-naturedly mischievous
•Synonym: elfin, naughty
•Antonym: behave, good
•Sentence:They perpetrated a practical joke with elfish delight.
4.Attrition
•Meaning: A wearing down to weaken or destroy
•Synonym: erosion, grinding
•Antonym: building, happiness
•Sentence:The difficulty was to overcome its susceptibility to attrition.
5.Perturbed
•Meaning: troubled
•Synonym: bothered, upset
•Antonym: calm, relaxed
•Sentence:"The more he loses, the more perturbed he gets"
6.Quixotic
•Meaning: idealistic
•Synonym: dreamy, foolish, impractical
•Antonym: cautious, realistic, wise
•Sentence:That sounds quixotically noble, this stand for the ‘inviolability of marriage.
7.Gesticulate
•Meaning: Show, express or direct through movement
•Synonym: indicate, pantomime
•Antonym: speak
•Sentence: He gesticulated his desire to leave
8.Fissure
•Meaning: A long, narrow opening
•Synonym: hole, cleavage, crack
•Antonym: closure, solid
•Sentence:A fissure between philosophy and reality.
9.Resonate
•Meaning: Be received or understood
•Synonym: echo, vibrate
•Antonym: quieten
•Sentence:The speaker hopes her inspirational story will resonate with audience members and spur them to chase their dreams.
10.Pernicious
•Meaning: hurtful
•Synonym: malicious, fatal, evil
•Antonym: assisting, good,
•Sentence:He thought "such a system would be wrong and pernicious in the extreme.
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