Daily Vocabulary – 6 February 2025

Synonyms: Downturn, Depression, Slump, Trough

Antonyms: Boom, Upturn, Increase, Rise

Example: The <strong>recession</strong> caused sales to drop off.

Trick: This strict action can only stop the recession.

Synonyms: Expectation, Prediction, Forecast, Prolepsis

Antonyms: Pessimism, Hopelessness, Melancholy, Suspicion

Example: She had a feeling of great <strong>anticipation</strong> before her graduation ceremony.

Trick: The anticipation can cause unnecessary prediction.

Synonyms: Appeal To, Conjure, Adjure, Beg

Antonyms: Answer, Give, Reply

Example: He <strong>invoked</strong> his Fifth Amendment privileges.

Trick: First, they invoked them and now they provoked them.

Synonyms: Unified, Combined, Interspersed, Mingled

Antonyms: Simple, Uncombined, Unmixed, Noncompound

Example: He didn't <strong>integrate</strong> successfully into the Italian way of life.

Trick: They integrated in exchange of eliminated team.

Synonyms: Broad, Comprehensive, Exhaustive, Extensive

Antonyms: Narrow, Partial, Restricted, Superficial

Example: He dismissed the idea with a <strong>sweeping</strong> motion of his arm.

Trick: The land is sweeping and good for cultivating.

Synonyms: Feature, Facet, Particular, Ingredient

Antonyms: Disrespect, Disesteem, Disconnect, Unfasten

Example: Climate and weather affect every <strong>aspect</strong> of our lives.

Trick: The suspects had many aspects.

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: Complicated, Convoluted, Composite, Compound

Antonyms: Simple, Single, Uniform, Unmixed

Example: His reasons for that are <strong>complex</strong>.

Trick: The complex situation occurs in the apex body.

Synonyms: Dull, Lengthened, Protracted, Lengthy

Antonyms: Shortened, Concise, Succinct, Terse

Example: The region suffered a <strong>prolonged</strong> drought.

Trick: The prolong period hits so strong.

Synonyms: Manage, Direct, Run, Control

Antonyms: Contracted, Caught, Came Down

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

Trick: All are being conducted to stay away from melted ice.

Synonyms: Adjust, Adapt, Lodge, House

Antonyms: Reject, Disregard, Disagree

Example: The hotel can <strong>accommodate</strong> up to 500 guests during the summer season.

Trick: The mandate is to accommodate them.

Synonyms: Accept, Admit, Employ, Engage

Antonyms: Decline, Deny, Dismiss, Dispute

Example: The college <strong>enrolls</strong> about 25,000 students.

Trick: They enroll in the scroll.

Synonyms: Enlarge, Swell, Dilate, Inflate.

Antonyms: Shrink, Contract, Condense, Scale Down.

Example: His business has <strong>expanded</strong> to serve the entire state.

Trick: The government expanded the eroded area.

Synonyms: Growing, Radial, Widening, Extensive

Antonyms: Suppressed, Halt, Stop, Abridgment

Example: The newspaper was <strong>spread</strong> across his lap.

Trick: The virus is spreading and heading towards the cities.

Synonyms: Praised, Applauded, Acclaimed, Commended

Antonyms: Knocking, Slamming, Disparaging, Panning

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

Trick: People are falling in hailing.