Daily Vocabulary – 13 November 2016

Synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, statecraft, statesmanship, diplomatic negotiations.

Antonyms: ignorance, bad manners, impoliteness, rudeness.

Example: They were hopeful that <strong> diplomacy </strong> would help to avoid a war between the countries.

Synonyms: Reciprocal, Common, Fraternal, Internecine, Conjoint, Correlative.

Antonyms: Dissociated, Distinct, Separate, Unshared.

Example: Attempts to reach a <strong> mutually </strong> agreeable solution to the conflict have ended in disaster.

Synonyms: Though, Although, Albeit, Even Though, Even If, Inasmuch As.

Antonyms: Admitting, Agreeing.

Example: I am a huge fan of Madonna’s music, <strong> albeit </strong> I do not own any of her albums.

Synonyms: brief, transient, short-lived, short, momentary, transitory, ephemeral.

Antonyms: enduring, lasting, lengthy, long-lived, permanent, perpetual, constant.

Example: Now that my daughter’s <strong> fleeting </strong> interest in ballet has passed, I no longer have to be her chauffeur.

Synonyms: Example, Instance, Illustration, Paradigm, Lesson, Paragon

Antonyms: Real , Original One, Genuine.

Example: After the terrorist attack, the government created a new <strong> paradigm </strong> for domestic security.