English Vocabulary - 15th July 2017
1. ABSTRUSE (ADJECTIVE): difficult to understand
Synonyms: esoteric, perplexing Antonyms: lucid, clearExample Sentence: Don’t get into abstruse task and don’t bite off more than you can chew.
2. ACCOST (VERB): approach for conversation
Synonyms: address, confront Antonyms: dodge, shunExample Sentence: She waited him to accost and then played it by ear.
3. BARRAGE (NOUN): assault
Synonyms: blast, attack Antonyms: defence, shieldExample Sentence: When she was experiencing the barrage the royal Prince came like a knight in shining armour.
4. BENIGN (ADJECTIVE): curable
Synonyms: not cancerous, remediable Antonyms: cancerous, injuriousExample Sentence: His ailment was benign but at that last moment doctors turned a blind eye.
5. ABDICATION (NOUN): relinquishment
Synonyms: abandonment, disavowal Antonyms: sanction, allowanceExample Sentence: The family was fed up with the abdication from the society.
6. BABBLE (VERB): mumble
Synonyms: mutter, murmur Antonyms: be quiet, be silentExample Sentence: She would not babble is like a fat chance.
7. BAIT (VERB): entice
Synonyms: tempt, seduce Antonyms: repel, repulseExample Sentence: She knows the ropes how to bait him.
8. ABET (VERB): instigate
Synonyms: provoke, incite Antonyms: resist, preventExample Sentence: He abets his neighbour all the time, don’t you know he is mad as a hatter.
9. BARREN (ADJECTIVE): unprofitable
Synonyms: profitless, stale Antonyms: productive, fertileExample Sentence: His plan is utterly barren, he has his head in the clouds now a days.
10. ABJURE (VERB): give up
Synonyms: forswear, recant Antonyms: allow, emphasizeExample Sentence: I abjure working on his poor etiquettes as he is driving me round the bend now.
