The following vocabulary words are taken from The Hindu Editorials which are important for the upcoming exams. Add some more words to your English vocabulary list.
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Eerily – in a strange and frightening manner.
- Synonyms: bizarrely, preternaturally, spookily, unnervingly
- Antonyms: naturally, nicely, ordinarily, pleasantly
- Usage: The robot looks eerily real.
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Disgruntle – make (someone) angry or dissatisfied.
- Synonyms:Â discontented, aggrieved, resentful, displeased, malcontent
- Antonyms: happiness, pleasure, satisfaction
- Usage:Â Nothing disgruntles anyone more than the feeling they are being cheated
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Expediency – the quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral; convenience.
- Synonyms: practicality, contrivance, pragmatism, prudence
- Antonyms:Â disadvantage
- Usage: Expediency is not a word that comes to mind when thinking of Dhoni, who is a warrior.
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Ambivalent – having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.
- Synonyms:Â equivocal, irresolute, vacillating, warring
- Antonyms:Â undoubted, definite, resolved
- Usage: Their relationship has always been ambivalent.
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Subvert – undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution)
- Synonyms: debase, countermine, capsize, wreck, deprave
- Antonyms:Â perpetuate, sustain, uphold
- Usage: My stepmother is slowly changing things in our house in an attempt to subvert my mother’s traditions.
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Confidant – a person with whom one shares a secret or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to others.
- Synonyms: acquaintance, crony, adherent,Â
- Antonyms:Â foe, stranger, enemy
- Usage: Amit Shah’s confidant may be Ahmedabad Mayor
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Dodgy – dishonest, unreliable or dangerous
- Synonyms:Â evasive, knavish, guileful,Â
- Antonyms:Â forthright, honorable, well-intended
- Usage:Â Activities like these could be dodgy for your heart.
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Cushion – something providing support or protection against impact.
- Synonyms:Â buffer, bolster, fender
- Antonyms:Â exacerbate, intensify
- Usage: India cushions Suzuki Motor from dodgy test damage
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Rapacious – aggressively greedy or grasping
- Synonyms: avaricious, acquisitive, covetous, insatiable
- Antonyms: generous
- Usage:Â Institutions that should be catering to the needs of agriculturists have failed to do so and have now turned rapacious.
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Obfuscate – make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible
- Synonyms:Â muddle, bewilder, baffle, perplex
- Antonyms:Â enlighten, illuminate, explicate
- Usage:Â The new rule is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them.
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