Daily Vocabulary – 7 November 2023

Synonyms: Adherence, Conformance, Conformity, Observation

Antonyms: Defiance, Disobedience, Intractability, Recalcitrance

Example: We monitor firms to ensure <strong>compliance</strong> with the law.

Trick: The compliance is under guidance.

Synonyms: Enhancement, Enlargement, Accession, Addition

Antonyms: Compression, Contraction, Decline, Decrease

Example: I think of making computers smarter as intelligence <strong>augmentation</strong>.

Trick: The augmentation in his work can cause corruption.

Synonyms: Coordinated, Managed, Organized, Standardized

Antonyms: Indefinite, Unfixed, Confused, Disarranged

Example: We need to <strong>monitor</strong> the transaction of smaller deals.

Trick: Guards monitored the stored items.

Synonyms: Alleviate, Assuage, Lighten, Relieve

Antonyms: Disqualification, Inability, Inaptitude, Lack

Example: She raised her kerchief to her nose to <strong>mitigate</strong> the stench.

Trick: The action of mitigation can cause attraction.

Synonyms: Shaggy, Unshaven, Barbate, Whiskered

Antonyms: Unbearded, Unhirsute, Uncover

Example: He is a slight man in middle age with short, grey hair and a <strong>stubble</strong> beard.

Trick: His stubble hairs cause trouble to him.

Synonyms: Information, Advertising, Promotion, Advocacy

Antonyms: Truth, Facts, Honesty, Details

Example: He was accused of spreading <strong>propaganda</strong>.

Trick: The propaganda is necessary for developing the agenda.

Synonyms: Bang, Attacked, Scolded, Blasted

Antonyms: Loose, Open, Slack, Unsealed

Example: He <strong>slammed</strong> the door in my face.

Trick: They scammed their money and slammed them on the ground.

Synonyms: Drop, Fall, Descend, Disappear

Antonyms: Alive, Living, Breathing, Surviving

Example: I began to have a <strong>sinking</strong> feeling that I was not going to get rid of her.

Trick: The boy was thinking that he was sinking

Synonyms: Bill, Account, Tally, Dues.

Antonyms: Irresponsibility, Asset, Cash, Excess.

Example: I am deep/heavily in <strong>debt</strong>.

Trick: We doubt that he will pay the debt

Synonyms: Injury, Damage, Hurt, Wound

Antonyms: Healing, Peace, Goodwill.

Example: She never fully recovered from the <strong>traumas</strong> she suffered during her childhood.

Trick: This trauma causes dilemma

Synonyms: Bare, Exposed, Desolate, Denuded

Antonyms: Lush, Verdant

Example: Life at home can be <strong>bleak</strong>.

Trick: There was a leak of a bleak land.

Synonyms: Appraisal, Assessment, Conclusion, Estimation

Antonyms: Ignorance, Fact, Truth

Example: They <strong>estimated</strong> the distance at about three miles.

Trick: Book was collected and estimated to be of more cost.

Synonyms: Snub, Avoid, Spurn, Shun

Antonyms: Support, Accept, Allow, Approve

Example: They <strong>boycotted</strong> the city's bus system.

Trick: They boycotted the cottage industries.

Synonyms: Throw, Toss, Fling, Flip

Antonyms: Depart, Disarrange, Displace, Forget

Example: She was calling out to him in a high-<strong>pitched</strong> sound.

Trick: The slope is pitched and tossed.

Synonyms: Initiate, Begin, Start, Institute

Antonyms: End, Wind Up, Conclude, Finish

Example: The new President will be <strong>inaugurated</strong> on January 20.

Trick: The inauguration is the main attraction.