Daily Vocabulary – 9 August 2024

Synonyms: Rigor, Attention, Care, Exactitude

Antonyms: Carelessness, Disregard, Ignorance, Inaccuracy

Example: I admire the <strong>precision</strong> of her work.

Trick: The decision relating to the country is made by precision.

Synonyms: Dire, Forceful, Harsh, Radical

Antonyms: Nice, Little, Incomplete, Moderate

Example: They are facing a <strong>drastic</strong> reduction in their budget.

Trick: His idiotic behavior has drastic effects.

Synonyms: Anxiety, Concentration, Depth, Emotion

Antonyms: Apathy, Calm, Ease, Enervation

Example: The pain grew in <strong>intensity</strong>.

Trick: This intense situation doesn’t make sense.

Synonyms: Engagement, Enlistment, Enrollment, Employment

Antonyms: Fun, Unemployment, Avocation, Entertainment

Example: The <strong>recruitment</strong> process has been really successful and all managers and team leaders have now been placed.

Trick: The management is looking after recruitment.

Synonyms: Discord, Strife, Friction, Conflict

Antonyms: Agreement, Peace, Harmony, Accord

Example: There were a couple of <strong>dissenting</strong> voices.

Trick: The dissent is destroying present.

Synonyms: Delimitation, Separation, Bound, Differentiation

Antonyms: Attach, Combine, Connect, Join

Example: The river serves as the line of <strong>demarcation</strong> (= the line showing the separation) between the two counties.

Trick: The demarcation was ended with separation.

Synonyms: Unwillingness, Disinclination, Hesitation, Trepidation

Antonyms: Eagerness, Willingness, Careless, Confident

Example: I fully understand his <strong>reluctance</strong> to leave his children.

Trick: He is reluctance to have patience

Synonyms: Accolade, Praise, Acclaim, Salute

Antonyms: Criticism, Condemnation, Censure, Denunciation

Example: The concert was a <strong>tribute</strong> to the musician.

Trick: The tribute requires gratitude.

Synonyms: Disaster, Calamity, Catastrophe, Cataclysm

Antonyms: Fortune, Joy, Advantage, Benefit

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

Trick: The tragedy changes the strategy

Synonyms: Inroad, Intrusion, Invasion, Trespass

Antonyms: Give, Ignore, Keep Off

Example: This <strong>encroachment</strong> on media freedom is not in the public interest.

Trick: There was an adjustment in the encroachment.

Synonyms: Assesses, Estimates, Values, Appraises

Antonyms: Reject, Spurn, Ignore, Oppose

Example: It's impossible to <strong>evaluate</strong> these results without knowing more about the research methods employed.

Trick: The man evaluates the considerate amount.

Synonyms: Brittle, Delicate, Feeble, Frail

Antonyms: Rigid, Sturdy, Tough, Substantial

Example: A small, <strong>fragile</strong> old lady.

Trick: The crew exile the fragile members.

Synonyms: Supported, Promoted, Endorsed, Approved

Antonyms: Illegal, Wrongful, Unofficial, Illicit

Example: She <strong>abetted</strong> the thief in his getaway.

Trick: The manager bet to abet the staff.

Synonyms: Putting, Placing, Situating, Positioning

Antonyms: Removing, Taking, Relocating, Replacing

Example: I had just arrived in the park to do some hedge <strong>laying</strong>.

Trick: He laid down while he prayed.

Synonyms: Acknowledged, Assumed, Admitted, Indeed

Antonyms: Unaccepted, Refuse, Deny

Example: We haven't yet been <strong>granted</strong> access to the archive.

Trick: The man chanted and he was granted a boon.