Daily Vocabulary – 21 August 2021

Synonyms: Saying, Maxim, Saw, Axiom, Proverb

Example: Every storyteller should remember Aristotle’s <strong>dictum</strong> that a story must have a beginning, a middle and an end.

Trick: Dictation likhte hue kids ne dictum likha

Synonyms: Relevant, To the point, Apposite, Appropriate

Antonyms: Irrelevant, Unsuitable, Extraneous, Inappropriate

Example: Please keep your comments <strong>pertinent</strong> to the topic under discussion.

Trick: Tent lagana yaha pertinent hai

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

Antonyms: Unthreatening, Promising, Propitious, Encouraging

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

Trick: Weather change se abhi yahi lag raha kuch ominous hone wala hai

Synonyms: Equivalent, Identical, Equal, Much the same as, Amounting to

Antonyms: Different, Opposite, Reverse

Example: The consequences could have been <strong>tantamount</strong> to a death sentence.

Trick: Santa Claus ke aane ko tantamount lete hai bachhe

Synonyms: Bad, Poor, Disgraceful, Terrible

Antonyms: Hopeful, Encouraging

Example: By that measure, too, Australia's recent performance looks <strong>dismal. </strong>

Trick: Dish dekh k judge ne dismal hi kaha unhe bilkul pasand nai aya