Daily Vocabulary – 2 January 2017

Synonyms: Carelessness, Care Freeness, Negligence, Supine, Irresponsibility

Antonyms: Carefulness, Wariness, Precaution

Example: Not wanting to be known as <strong>reckless, </strong> the young couple decided to keep their engagement a secret.

Synonyms: Complacency, Self-Satisfaction, Self-Approval, Self-Approbation

Example: Gregory was <strong>smug</strong> after he easily eliminated his rival during the kickboxing competition.

Synonyms: Astonishing, Astounding, Stunning, Surprising

Antonyms: Normal, Average

Example: The <strong>staggering</strong> price of gasoline will probably keep drivers off the roads during the holiday weekend.

Synonyms: Discord, Dissension, Disunity, Objection, Opposition, Resistance

Antonyms: Acceptance, Agreement, Approval, Concurrence, Harmony, Peace, Accord

Example: The union is going to <strong>dissent</strong> with management’s offer of a small pay increase.

Synonyms: Alarm, Fear, Trepidation, Dread, Terror, Horror, Agitation, Hysteria, Consternation, Perturbation

Antonyms: Calmness, Composure, Confidence, Courage, Peace

Example: The citizens of Tokyo fled in <strong>panic</strong> when Godzilla appeared on the horizon.

Synonyms: Enmity, Animosity, Confliction, Embroilment, Discord

Antonyms: Accord, Harmony, Concurrence, Concord

Example: The <strong>feud</strong> between husband and wife led to the divorce

Synonyms: Surround, Cover, Overwhelm, Encompass, Envelop

Antonyms: Neglect, Uncover, Underwhelm

Example: The prison break has caused a sense of fear to <strong>engulf</strong> the city.

Synonyms: Inference, Insinuation, Innuendo, Hint, Intimation, Imputation, Indication

Antonyms: Reality, Truth, Direct

Example: Cheryl’s hiding of her report card gave me the <strong>implication</strong> she had failed at least one of her classes.

Synonyms: Sabotage, Disruption, Overthrow

Antonyms: Aid, Assistance, Help

Example: The group published a <strong>subversive</strong> magazine that contained nothing but negative articles about the current government.

Synonyms: Sophisticated, Polished, Refined, Suave, Cultured

Antonyms: Uncultured, Unpolished, Unrefined, Unsophisticated

Example: Unimpressed by <strong>urbane</strong> matters, my father yawned when my boyfriend started to talk about the price of his expensive suit.

Synonyms: Shrewdness, Astuteness, Sharp-Wittedness, Sharpness, Acuteness, Acumen, Acuity, Intelligence, Wit, Canniness

Antonyms: Naïve, Stupidity, Dull, Ignorance

Example: : Your help desk agent should be <strong>savvy</strong> about all the features of your company’s software.

Synonyms: Essential, Meaty, Core, Profound

Antonyms: Superficial, Tangential

Example: As a busy employee, Phil is tired of attending monthly meetings that are not <strong>substantive</strong> to his work.

Synonyms: Insult, Dishonor, Offense, Affront

Antonyms: Praise, Admire, Compliment, Applaud

Example: The spilled chemicals worked to <strong>taint</strong> the experiment, forcing the students to start over.

Synonyms: Exercise, Exert, Be Possessed of, Command, Control, Manage

Antonyms: Ignore, Neglect, Misuse, Cease

Example: When the soldier started to <strong>wield</strong> the bat like a weapon, his attacker fled in fear.