Daily Vocabulary – 18 August 2024

Synonyms: Discouragement, Instruction, Suppression, Dissuading

Antonyms: Permission, Allowance, Approval, Encouraged

Example: They contend that a death penalty is necessary as a form of <strong>deterrence</strong>.

Trick: Patience is necessary for deterrence.

Synonyms: Considerable, Generous, Significant, Sizeable

Antonyms: Insignificant, Intermittent, Selfish, Slight

Example: These changes are more symbolic than <strong>substantive</strong>.

Trick: The substantial information is confidential.

Synonyms: Arrest, Break, Cease, Close

Antonyms: Action, Activity, Advance, Beginning

Example: The news filled her with the glow produced by a sudden <strong>cessation</strong> of physical pain.

Trick: The new rules help in cessation of the discrimination.

Synonyms: Value, Respect, Prize, Cherish

Antonyms: Criticize, Decrease, Depreciate, Disparage

Example: I really <strong>appreciated</strong> the information you gave me.

Trick: The boy was appreciated as he created great project.

Synonyms: Captured, Collected, Seized, Accomplished

Antonyms: Loss, Forfeiture, Deprived, Drop

Example: Jarrett's <strong>acquisition</strong> of skills was no less driven.

Trick: This transaction was an acquisition for the firm.