Daily Vocabulary – 8 April 2018

Synonyms: Act of barbarity, Act of brutality, Act of savagery, Act of wickedness, Cruelty, Abomination, Enormity

Antonyms: Good Behaviour, Kindness, Pleasantness, Pleasantry

Example: When the president learned of the dictator’s<strong> atrocity, </strong> he promised to help remove the cruel leader from power.

Synonyms: Contrasting, Different, Differing, Dissimilar, Unlike

Antonyms: Homogeneous, Similar, Comparable, Equivalent, Like, Analogous

Example: Everyone in the book club has <strong>disparate</strong> ideas on what we have read, but that’s what makes every discussion so interesting.

Synonyms: Unappetizing, Uninviting, Unappealing, Disagreeable, Unpleasant

Antonyms: Palatable, Tasty, Pleasant, Acceptable, Satisfactory

Example: He had been bold enough to speak the <strong>unpalatable</strong> truth.

Synonyms: Banish, Eliminate, Dismiss

Antonyms: Engender, Produce, Create

Example: When the president made his speech about the state of the country’s security, he hoped his words would <strong>dispel</strong> public fears.

Synonyms: Good For, Favourable, Beneficial, Advantageous.

Antonyms: Unfavourable, Adverse, Critical, Hostile

Example: Two things that I do to everyday for a <strong>conducive</strong> mind is drink plenty of water and get plenty of exercise.