The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 174

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1) Virulence (noun) —

Meaning: the severity or harmfulness of a disease or poison

Synonyms: acidity, acidness, acridity

Antonyms: harmless, healthful

Usage: “the proportion of birds which die depends on the virulence of the virus”

 

2) Dole (noun)–

Meaning:benefit paid by the state to the unemployed

Synonyms: unemployment benefit, state benefit

Antonyms: forfeit, hurt

Usage: “I was on the dole for three years”

 

3) Prod (verb)—

Meaning: stimulate or persuade (someone who is reluctant or slow) to do something.

Synonyms: spur, stimulate, stir, rouse, prompt

Antonyms: discourage

Usage: “they attempted to prod the central bank into cutting interest rates”

 

4) Truant (noun) —

Meaning: a pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.

Synonyms: absentee, non-attender, awol

Antonyms: attentive

Usage: “if my daughter had been truanting from school I would have been informed”

 

5) Sludge (noun)–

Meaning: thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process.

Synonyms: mud, muck, mire, ooze, silt

Antonyms: spotlessness

Usage: “the dumping of sewage sludge”

 

6) Goad (verb)–

Meaning: provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.

Synonyms: provoke, spur, prick, sting, prod

Antonyms: counterincentive, disincentive

Usage: “he was trying to goad her into a fight”

 

7) Warmongering (adjective)-

Meaning: encouraging or advocating aggressionntowards other countries or groups.

Synonyms: hawk, jingo, jingoist, militarist, war hawk

Antonyms: dove, pacifist, peacenik

Usage: “a nation controlled by a bloodthirsty warmongering madman”

 

8) Grossly (adverb) —

Meaning: in a very obvious and unacceptable manner; flagrantly.

Synonyms: extremely; excessively

Antonyms: clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene, wholesome

Usage: “you have grossly insulted a member of the community”

 

9) woo –

Meaning: seek the favour, support, or custom of.

Synonyms: seek the support of, seek the favour of, try to win

Antonyms: stay in place, linger

Usage: “the party wooed voters with promises of electoral reform”

 

10) Ballast (verb) –

Meaning: give stability to (a ship) by putting a heavy substance in its bilge.

Synonyms: equilibrium, balance, brace, bracket

Antonyms: instability

Usage: “the vessel has been ballasted to give the necessary floating stability”