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The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 191

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1). Anxieties (Noun)

Definition:a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.

Synonyms:worry, concern, apprehension, apprehensiveness, consternation, uneasiness, unease

Antonyms:happy, joy.

Usage:he felt a surge of anxiety

 

2).Disenchantment (Noun)

Definition:a feeling of disappointment about someone or something you previously respected or admired; disillusionment.

Synonyms:disillusionment, disappointment, dissatisfaction, discontent, discontentedness, rude awakening

Antonyms:encourage, enchanted

Usage:their growing disenchantment with the leadership

 

3).Impeachment (Noun)

Definition:the action of calling into question the integrity or validity of something.

Synonyms:indict, charge, accuse, bring a charge against, bring a case against, lay charges against

Antonyms:confirm, acquit.

Usage:the prosecutor’s detailed impeachment of the character witness

 

4).Embellished (Verb)

Definition:make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.

Synonyms:decorate, adorn, ornament, dress, dress up, furnish

Antonyms:simplify, moderate, calm.

Usage:blue silk embellished with golden embroidery

 

5).Wrangling (Verb)

Definition:have a long, complicated dispute or argument

Synonyms:argue, quarrel, row, have a row, bicker, squabble, have words, debate, disagree, have a disagreement

Antonyms:agree, accept.

Usage:the bureaucrats continue wrangling over the fine print

 

6).Dissipating (Verb)

Definition: (with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear.

Synonyms:disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air, be dispelled, dematerialize

Antonyms: grow, develop

Usage:the concern she’d felt for him had wholly dissipated

 

7).Eschew (Verb)

Definition:deliberately avoid using; abstain from.

Synonyms:abstain from, refrain from, give up, forgo, forswear, shun, renounce, swear off, abjure, steer clear of

Antonyms:face, meet, embrace.

Usage:he appealed to the crowd to eschew violence

 

8).Prudence (Noun)

Definition:the quality of being prudent; cautiousness.

Synonyms:wisdom, judgement, good judgement, judiciousness, sagacity, shrewdness, advisability, common sense

Antonyms:folly, recklessness

Usage:we need to exercise prudence in such important matters

 

9).Tenuous(Adjective)

Definition:very weak or slight.

Synonyms: slight, insubstantial, flimsy, negligible, weak, fragile, shaky, sketchy, doubtful, dubious, questionable, suspect

Antonyms:convincing, substantial, strong

Usage:the tenuous link between interest rates and investment

 

10).Optimism (Noun)

Definition:hopefulness and confidence about the future or the success of something.

Synonyms:hopefulness, hope, confidence, buoyancy, cheer, good cheer, cheerfulness, sanguineness, positiveness

Antonyms:defeatism, negative thinking, negativity, expecting the worst, doom and gloom, gloom, gloominess

Usage:the talks had been amicable and there were grounds for optimism

 

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