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01) Inure(Adj) –
Meaning: To cause (someone) to become accustomed (to something); To make
stronger or more solid
Synonyms: strengthen, harden, toughen,harden, season, toughen, indurate,acclimatize
Antonyms: soften, neglect,sensitise
Usage: While such events can lead to considerable psychological trauma and distress,
they may also inure a young mind to violence.
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02) Insouciant (noun) –
Meaning: Showing a casual lack of concern; reating serious issues with inappropriate
humor; Showing no interest, vigor, determination, or enthusiasm
Synonyms: lackadaisical, limp, languid, languorous,wise, flippant, facetious,
flip,nonchalant, casual, unconcerned, untroubled
Antonyms: strict,rigid,, rigorous,concerned, anxious, interested
Usage: Its driver, insouciant about having one more dent to add to the several he had
already accumulated, waved an airy palm of instant forgiveness.
03) Contrite(adj) –
Meaning: Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong;
Synonyms: penitent, remorseful, repentant, regretful
Antonyms:unrepentant, impenitent, remorseless
Usage:There’s nothing wrong with putting your hand up, accepting that you’ve made a
big mistake and saying sorry in an honest, contrite declaration.
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04) Inveigle(verb) –
Meaning: To persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception; To cause
(someone) to have a liking for or interest in something; To decrease the value, character,
or quality of
Synonyms: debauch, pervert, corrupt,attract,dupe, trick, beguile, con, fool
Antonyms: discourage, disenchant, disgust, dissuade
Usage:The plot involves three villains who inveigle a girl into prostitution in order to
make ends meet.
05) Ludicrous(verb) –
Meaning: So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; Lamentably bad
or poor in quality; Unfair and excessive
Synonyms: unreasonable, excessive,sad, lamentable, mediocre,ridiculous, absurd,
farcical, preposterous
Antonyms: sensible, grave, logical
Usage:The sincerity of the feeling that Alexander evidences is apparently ludicrous to
these people.
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06) Farce(Adj) –
Meaning: Â An event or situation that is absurd or disorganized; Something that is, or
the state of being, significantly ridiculous;
Synonyms: absurdity, folly, stupidity,joke, mockery, sham, travesty
Antonyms: seriousness, sobriety, solemnity,prudence, reasonableness
Usage:Â He took a last look at the shaded green garden and left, whistling in an off key
an untuneful air from a roofless farce comedy.
07) hauteur(adj) –
Meaning: The quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner;
Synonyms: admiration, respect, esteem,haughtiness, arrogance, loftiness, pride,
superciliousness
Antonyms: humility, modesty, unassumingness
Usage: To her finer qualities must be added a quick temper and considerable hauteur,
more readily apparent to the Chinese than to most foreigners.
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08) Sermonise (verb) –
Meaning: Utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an
audience; Speak to a formal gathering
Synonyms: address, lecture, discourse,preach, admonish, edify,evangelise
Antonyms:abridge, agree, compress
Usage:This is not the time, he says, to stir up anti-American sentiments, or sermonise
over US foreign policy.
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09) Nostrum(Adj) –
Meaning: Â A scheme or remedy for bringing about some social or political reform or
improvement; A medicine prepared by an unqualified person, especially one that is not
considered effective
Synonyms:cure-all, elixir, panacea,cure, remedy, answer, prescription
Antonyms: disease, injury, hurt
Usage:Â This sounds like the pitch for a nineteenth-century patent medical nostrum.
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10) Rankle(Adj) –
Meaning: To cause to become angry; To feel or express great anger
Synonyms: fume, seethe, rage,exasperate, upset, vex
Antonyms: delight, gratify, please
Usage; The issues they raise often have their roots in the past and yet continue to
rankle.
