Daily Vocabulary – 10 September 2022

Synonyms: Occupant, Officeholder, Compulsory, obligatory

Antonyms: candidate, noncurrent, dispensable, optional

Example: Being the <strong>incumbent</strong> is even harder.

Synonyms: Engendered, created, egged, fathered

Antonyms: Abate, block, bore, brake

Example: Feels like the ocean just <strong>spawned</strong> in my mouth.

Synonyms: Perverseness, Contrariness, Mulishness, obstinacy

Antonyms: inner beauty, agreeableness, decency, goodness

Example: Man is a malformation, a <strong>perversity</strong> of nature.

Synonyms: Appeased, Mollified, Calmed, pacified

Antonyms: Worried, Affrighted, Agitated, alarmed

Example: Eventually, he is <strong>placated</strong> and leaves the scene.

Synonyms: Diverge, Veer, Stray, depart

Antonyms: power through, conform, keep, agree

Example: Those who <strong>deviate</strong> from society's values.

Synonyms: Forbidden,banned, illegal, proscribed

Antonyms: Legal, allowed, permissible, justifiable

Example: Child labour is <strong>prohibited</strong> in the Employment Regulation.

Synonyms: Bedded, moored, docked, couched

Antonyms: funned, afloat, departed, amassed

Example: Note that ship <strong>berthed </strong>outside the station.

Synonyms: Shipment, Delivery, Load, freight

Antonyms: Acquire, donation, Acquisition, act of receiving

Example: A <strong>consignment</strong> may consist of one or more lots.

Synonyms: Glassy, Shiny, Glossy, burnished

Antonyms: Unglazed, Glassless, dull, abandoned

Example: But she looked past me, her eyes <strong>glazed</strong> and unseeing.

Synonyms: Exposed, Unprotected, Susceptible, defenseless

Antonyms: Safe, Secure, Invulnerable, guarded

Example: All enemies are <strong>vulnerable</strong> when given false trust.