Daily Vocabulary – 7 February 2023

Synonyms: Brag, Crow, Swagger, Swank

Antonyms: Deprecate, Belittle, Humility, Modesty

Example: He's always <strong>boasting</strong> about his children's success at school.

Synonyms: Give, Provide, Supply, Furnish

Antonyms: Misrepresent, Confuse, Distort, Falsify

Example: The virus <strong>rendered</strong> the computer useless.

Synonyms: Resound, Reverberate, Ring

Antonyms: Quieted, Dampened, Dulled, Damped

Example: The sound of footsteps <strong>echoed</strong> around the hall.

Synonyms: Recess, Corner, Alcove, Cranny

Antonyms: Closure, Cease, Cessation, Close

Example: We found a shady <strong>nook</strong> under an old oak tree.

Synonyms: Suitable, Appropriate, Fitting, Suited

Antonyms: Inconvenient, Awkward, Bad, Harmful

Example: It's very <strong>convenient</strong> for me to get to the station.

Synonyms: Alarm, Shock, Surprise, Consternation

Antonyms: Pleasure, Relief, Assurance, Calm

Example: She was very <strong>dismayed</strong> to learn/discover that he was so ill.

Synonyms: Contravene, Breach, Infringe, Infract

Antonyms: Aid, Assist, Help, Obey

Example: He was arrested for <strong>violating</strong> his parole.

Synonyms: Erode, Blunt, Cripple, Frustrate

Antonyms: Aid, Assist, Build, Construct

Example: She tried to <strong>undermine</strong> my authority by complaining about me to my boss.

Synonyms: Jurisdiction, Supremacy, Dominion, Power

Antonyms: Subservience, Subjection, Heteronomy, Subjugation

Example: It is time to reclaim our basic <strong>sovereignty</strong>, the power to decide for ourselves.

Synonyms: Inspection, Survey, Scan, Study

Antonyms: Glance, Forget, Ignore, Neglect

Example: I'd never faced that kind of <strong>scrutiny</strong> before.

Synonyms: Disaster, Calamity, Catastrophe, Cataclysm

Antonyms: Fortune, Joy, Advantage, Benefit

Example: Her son's death was a terrible <strong>tragedy</strong>.

Synonyms: Support, Backing, Approval, Agreement

Antonyms: Denial, Disapproval, Disfavor, Opposition

Example: The newspaper has announced its political <strong>endorsements</strong>.

Synonyms: Capacious, Commodious, Roomy, Spacious

Antonyms: Lacking, Meager, Little, Slight

Example: There are <strong>voluminous</strong> literatures on mergers and vertical integration.

Synonyms: Campaigner, Reformer, Demonstrator, Champion

Antonyms: Passive, Conservative, Peaceful, Protest

Example: There his palace is besieged by human rights <strong>activists</strong>.

Synonyms: Diffusion, Decomposition, Dispersion, Atomization

Antonyms: Combine, Connect, Join, Repair

Example: The <strong>polarization</strong> of society into rich and poor can clearly be seen in urban areas.