Daily Vocabulary – 7 May 2018

Synonyms: Anomaly, Deviation, Divergence, Abnormality, Irregularity, Variation, Digression, Quirk, Oddity, Mistake

Antonyms: Normality, Soundness, Conformity, Regularity, Usualness

Example: The drop in our school’s test scores was dismissed as an <strong>aberration. </strong>

Trick: Ration ki shop pe aberration aata rahta hai

Synonyms: Emphasize, Stress, Highlight, Spotlight, Accentuate, Illuminate

Antonyms: Underemphasize, Understate

Example: The instructor tried <strong>to drive home</strong> to us the need forsafety precautions before diving.

Trick: Parents jaldi home aane ko To drive home karte hai

Synonyms: Credible, Reasonable, Believable, Likely, Feasible, Probable, Tenable, Possible, Conceivable, Imaginable, Cogent

Antonyms: Unlikely, Improbable, Incredible, Impossible, Unbelievable, Absurd, Preposterous

Example: When Jason forgot to do his homework, he tried to come up with a <strong>plausible</strong> excuse his teacher would believe.

Trick: Impossible kam karna Plausible lagta hai hard work karne pe.

Synonyms: Infirmity, Weakness, Feebleness, Debility, Incapacity, Impairment, Indisposition; Fragility, Delicacy, Puniness; Decrepitude

Antonyms: Robustness, Strength, Vigour, Sturdiness, Virility, Heftiness

Example: My elderly mother is increasingly <strong>frail</strong> and will soon no longer be able to live independently.

Trick: Fail ho jao par Frailty mat ho.

Synonyms: Discard, Reject, Rejection, Castaway, Throwaway Jettison, Remove

Antonyms: Retain, Preserve, Save

Example: Farmers are calling for drastic measure to <strong>cull</strong> the population explosion of rabbits.

Trick: Kal to bhout the aaj cull kar diye.