10 new English words for 3 August 2017, each with its meaning, Hindi meaning, synonyms, antonyms and an example sentence. Learn them today and revise them with the daily quiz — useful for SSC, Bank, Railway, UPSC and IELTS.
Synonyms: tie, rope, leash, chain, fasten, bind.
Antonyms: liberate, free, untie.
Example: To keep her small triplets together in the mall, the mother uses a harness to <strong>tether</strong> her children to her.
Synonyms: insatiable, ravening, wolfish; greedy, gluttonous.
Antonyms: satisfied, contented.
Example: Even though Bruno is always happy to give you a loan at a ridiculously high interest rate, if you don’t pay him back on time he becomes a <strong>Ravenous</strong> bill collector.
Synonyms: greedy, acquisitive, covetous, insatiable, usurious, extortionate.
Antonyms: satisfied, gratified.
Example: The <strong>rapacious</strong> developer kept trying to procure all the property he could, and he was using fraudulent means to get people to sell their land to him for ridiculously low prices.
Synonyms: subsidy, concession, gratuity, grant (of money).
Antonyms: denial, refusal.
Example: During the drought, the government gave farmers a <strong>Subvention</strong> to help them stay in business.
Synonyms: extortionate, excessive, extravagant, extreme, inordinate
Antonyms: reasonable, moderate, low.
Example: Although Jane's apartment is quite lovely, the rent is a bit <strong>exorbitant.
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Synonyms: worried, upset, distressed, fraught, devastated, shattered.
Antonyms: balanced, calm, composed.
Example: Losing your life savings is enough to make anyone distraught. </strong>
Synonyms: poignancy, sadness, piteousness, plaintiveness, sorrowfulness.
Antonyms: cheer, glee, happiness.
Example: In order to solicit donations, the charity created a video filled with <strong>pathos</strong> to draw out sympathy from the public.
Synonyms: battle, contest, cope with, grapple, strive.
Antonyms: give up, surrender.
Example: she works full time, <strong>juggling</strong> her career with raising children.
Synonyms: horde, multitude, voluminous, rabble, swarm, flock.
Antonyms: few, very less.
Example: The sky is studded with a <strong>legion</strong> of stars.
Synonyms: inseparable, entailed, non-negotiable, nontransferable.
Antonyms: alienable, changeable.
Example: At one time, South African minorities were not given the same <strong>inalienable</strong> privileges as their white counterparts.
