Daily Vocabulary – 17 September 2022

Synonyms: Significance, Importance, Application, bearing

Antonyms: irrelevance, unfitness, animosity, cold-heartedness

Example: Education has more <strong>relevance</strong> for young people than ever before.

Synonyms: Compulsory, Mandatory, Necessary, required

Antonyms: Optional, unnecessary, Voluntary, nonessential

Example: Sweden repeated that it had no <strong>obligatory</strong> marking system.

Synonyms: Friendly, Agreeable, Pleasant, amiable

Antonyms: Obnoxious, uncongenial, Disagreeable, harsh

Example: But I thought it'd be more <strong>congenial </strong>to talk here.

Synonyms: Amity, Warmth, Friendliness, geniality

Antonyms: Hostility, bad behavior, unfriendliness, aloofness

Example: Let them be filled with heartfelt warmth and <strong>cordiality</strong>.

Synonyms: hesitation, Unwillingness, Disinclination, indisposition

Antonyms: Alacrity, indifference, Enthusiasm, affinity, desire

Example: I can understand the <strong>reluctance</strong> that some of you feel.

Synonyms: Desertion, desertions, Absconding, apostasy

Antonyms: Allegiance, chastity, constancy, decency

Example: That was the way previous <strong>defections</strong> were handled.

Synonyms: repetition, loop, reiteration, recurrence

Antonyms: Concoction, do a translation, innovation, original

Example: Sets the maximum number of<strong> iteration</strong> steps.

Synonyms: Boldly, Flagrantly, Openly, blatantly

Antonyms: Meekly, privately, behind someone's back, in private

Example: Our honey is being <strong>brazenly</strong> stolen on a massive scale.

Synonyms: Promise, Guarantee, Swear, oath

Antonyms: Break, cancel, compensate, expiate

Example: This <strong>pledge</strong> could sink the government.

Synonyms: testimony, statements, affirmation, confirmation

Antonyms: Betrayals, breaches, breaks, deceits

Example: I have the medical <strong>affidavits</strong> for his injuries.

Synonyms: Deceived, Cheated, Fooled, betraying

Antonyms: Defended, protected, advised, confidence

Example: Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever <strong>betrayed</strong> man.

Synonyms: Travesty, Ridicule, Derision, parody

Antonyms: Flattery, Respect, praise, assailant

Example: His <strong>mockery</strong> of Elizabeth's work seemed like a low blow.

Synonyms: Fusion, Combination, Amalgamation, union

Antonyms: Isolation, detachment, Diverge, division

Example: That was well before the current <strong>merger</strong> proposals.

Synonyms: Investigate, Examine, Study, explore

Antonyms: Absurd, basis, deficient, denial

Example: A soil <strong>probe</strong> can help provide a representative sample.

Synonyms: Toehold, Beachhead, bridgehead, footing

Antonyms: Affliction, Burden, Crimp, defect

Example: Real Madrid just can't get a <strong>foothold</strong> in this game.