Daily Vocabulary – 30 January 2019

Synonyms: Gap, Hiatus , Space, Void

Antonyms: Completeness, Fullness

Example: The story’s plot was missing, creating a <strong>lacuna</strong> in the middle of the text.

Synonyms: Accentuate, Emphasize, Highlight, Underline

Antonyms: Understate, De-emphasize

Example: The need for fire detectors in cargo bays was <strong>underscored</strong> by some accidents in the 1980s.

Synonyms: Finesse, Aptitude, Dexterity, Adroitness

Antonyms: Inability, Clumsiness

Example: I got my artistic <strong>prowess </strong>from my Mother, an interior designer

Synonyms: Wrap, Surround, Encase, Insulate, Isolate

Antonyms: Expose, Uncover

Example: We felt cold even though we were <strong>cocooned </strong>in our sleeping bags

Synonyms: Spurious, Feigned, Simulated, Counterfeit

Antonyms: Authentic, Genuine, Bona Fide

Example: She produced some <strong>bogus </strong>documents to support her application.