Daily Vocabulary – 2 February 2021

Synonyms: Devastation, Damage, Ruin, Disaster

Example: Heavy rains and rising water are wreaking <strong>havoc</strong> across Europe.

Synonyms: Threatening, Foreboding, Inauspicious, Sinister, Unfavourable, unpromising

Antonyms: Unthreatening, Promising, Propitious, Encouraging

Example: There were <strong>ominous</strong> dark clouds gathering overhead.

Synonyms: Effective, Revealing, Significant, Weighty

Antonyms: Ineffective, Unimportant, Unconvincing, Insignificant

Example: These professional hazards have a <strong>telling</strong> effect on their health conditions.

Synonyms: Cheerfulness, Jauntiness, Buoyancy, Joy

Antonyms: Dullness, Depression

Example: There is no <strong>exuberance</strong> or shouts of joy in any of these photographs.

Synonyms: Skilful, Adept, Dexterous

Antonyms: Unskillful, Inept, Incompetent

Example: He finished off the painting with a few <strong>deft</strong> strokes of the brush.