Daily Vocabulary – 17 February 2023

Synonyms: Examine, Grill, Investigate, Query

Antonyms: Answer, Reply, Disregard, Unconcern

Example: One by one they were taken for <strong>interrogation. </strong>

Synonyms: Manage, Direct, Run, Control

Antonyms: Contracted, Caught, Came Down

Example: The experiments were <strong>conducted</strong> by scientists in New York.

Synonyms: Eat, Corrode, Destroy, Gnaw.

Antonyms: Strengthen, Reinforce, Build, Ignore

Example: Once exposed, soil is quickly <strong>eroded</strong> by wind and rain.

Synonyms: Cause, Generate, Produce, Prompt

Antonyms: Destroy, End, Halt, Prevent

Example: His remarks <strong>triggered</strong> a public outcry.

Synonyms: Beat, Shower, Rain, Fall

Antonyms: Knocking, Slamming, Disparaging, Panning

Example: Shall we <strong>hail</strong> a taxi?

Synonyms: Swear, Pledge, Promise, Affirm

Antonyms: Deny, Disavow, Break, Breach

Example: From that day on, she <strong>vowed</strong> never to trust him again.

Synonyms: Brave, Encounter, Experience, Face

Antonyms: Disallow, Halt, Hide, Refuse

Example: I shall be left with many <strong>enduring</strong> memories of the time I spent in India.

Synonyms: Destructive, Ruinous, Disastrous, Catastrophic

Antonyms: Nondestructive, Blessed, Fortunate, Beneficial

Example: The flood <strong>devastated</strong> the town.

Synonyms: Bankruptcy, Catastrophe, Crash, Debacle

Antonyms: Miracle, Success, Wonder, Creation

Example: Buildings <strong>collapsed</strong> by an earthquake.

Synonyms: Dilapidated, Run Down, Unlivable, Unoccupiable

Antonyms: Inhabitable, Livable, Populated, Busy

Example: Flooding made the building <strong>uninhabitable</strong>.

Synonyms: Impoverished, Beggared, Broke, Dirt Poor

Antonyms: Rich, Wealthy, Untied, Unstrapped

Example: There was a box <strong>strapped</strong> to the floor beneath the bench.

Synonyms: Cadre, Crew, Group, Organization

Antonyms: Pull, Attract, Repulsion, Attraction

Example: They've reduced the number of <strong>personnel</strong> working on the project.

Synonyms: Territory, Region, State, Department

Antonyms: Avocation, Entertainment, Fun, Recreation

Example: Other <strong>provinces</strong> have funded various projects over the years.

Synonyms: Give, Provide, Supply, Furnish

Antonyms: Misrepresent, Confuse, Distort, Falsify

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

Synonyms: Accessible, Defenseless, Exposed, Liable

Antonyms: Guarded, Protected, Safe, Secure

Example: I felt very <strong>vulnerable</strong>, standing there without any clothes on.