Daily Vocabulary – 19 September 2022

Synonyms: Variable, Changeable, Unstable, inconstant

Antonyms: Certain, constant, Equable, even-stevens

Example: Guyana's economy has shown <strong>fluctuating</strong> growth from 1991 to 2002.

Synonyms: Urged, Encouraged, hastened, instigated

Antonyms: Agitated, blocked, blunt, bore

Example: You <strong>spurred</strong> my interest in science.

Synonyms: resident, inhabitant, occupier, tenant

Antonyms: vagabond, visitor, landlord, foreigner

Example: I'm the only other <strong>occupant</strong> on this floor.

Synonyms: Decisively, Firmly, Determinedly, strongly

Antonyms: Cowardly, halfheartedly, Blindly, acquiescently

Example: I therefore voted <strong>resolutely</strong> in favour of this ambitious project.

Synonyms: Celebrating, Memorial, remember, memorialize

Antonyms: poking fun, be oblivious to, brush aside, castigate

Example: It's a medallion <strong>commemorating</strong> the Apollo 11 space flight.

Synonyms: Shock, Offend, Outrage, appall

Antonyms: Commend, Compliment, Flatter, laud

Example: It would <strong>scandalize</strong> the whole of Italy.

Synonyms: Honesty, Morality, Virtue, probity

Antonyms: Dishonesty, Corruption, Deception, iniquity

Example: <strong>Integrity</strong> is the essence of everything successful.

Synonyms: Trivial, Insignificant, Trifling, unimportant

Antonyms: Significant, Major, Royal, important

Example: Good manners are made up of <strong>petty</strong> sacrifices.

Synonyms: Sledge, maul, hammer, mallet

Antonyms: Etiolated, acclaim, as weak as a cat, be beaten

Example: I'll get a <strong>sledgehammer</strong> and knock this right out.

Synonyms: Sharp, Caustic, Cutting, incisive

Antonyms: Counteractive, frivolous, ineffective, obtuse

Example: The criticism was <strong>trenchant</strong> but fair.

Synonyms: Supposed, Alleged, Ostensible, so-called

Antonyms: hardly likely, actual, apathetic, authentic

Example: The Panel has learned that this <strong>purported</strong> buyout never happened.

Synonyms: Ingratiating, Insinuative, Saccharine, implying

Antonyms: Alienating, disdainful, being quiet, cleaning

Example: I am only <strong>insinuating</strong> that you are nervous.

Synonyms: Refractory, Recalcitrant, Stubborn, disobedient

Antonyms: Obedient, conformable, docile, biddable

Example: She was warned that her <strong>contumacious</strong> conduct would not be tolerated.

Synonyms: Abusive, Opprobrious, Slanderous, insulting

Antonyms: Inoffensive, polite, courteous, charming

Example: One that wouldn't sink to <strong>scurrilous</strong> charges like these.

Synonyms: Contaminated, Stained, Foul, corrupt

Antonyms: fresh, pure, clean, spotless

Example: A <strong>tainted</strong> sample that doesn't conclusively ID him.