DAILY VOCABULARY 24.11.17

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DAILY VOCABULARY :9 WORDS +1 CHALLENGING WORD (24.11.17)

1) Obscenity (Noun):   ob-scen-i-ty
Meaning -  the state or quality of being offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.
Synonyms -: indecency, evil, vulgarity, smut
Antonyms - right, decency, dignity, morality
Sentence -The book of the famous writer was banned for obscenity.

2) Lampooned (Verb) : lam-poon
Meaning -  to satirize or poke fun at someone
Synonyms - parodied, criticised, mocked
Antonyms -  applaud,approve,praise,support
Example - People who achieve celebrity status of any kind should not be surprised to see an occasional lampoon in the media that makes fun of some aspect of their lives.




3) Sacrosanct (Adjective): sak-roh-sangkt
Meaning -  too important or respected to be criticized or changed
Synonyms -    sacred, respected, inviolable, unimpeachable
Antonyms - Profane, unspiritual
Sentence -  According to many, the father of our church is a sacrosanct individual who should never be criticized.

4) Ally  (Noun): al-ly
Meaning -  a friend; someone who is ready to help you
Synonyms -   associate, colleague, friend, confederate
Antonyms-  rival , antagonist, opponent, enemy
Example - The United States was Britain’s ally during World War II.

5) Legitimately (Adverb):  le-git-i-mate-ly
Meaning - in a way that conforms to the law or to rules.
Synonyms -  lawfully, genuinely, legally
Antonyms - illicitly, invalidly, illegally
Example -The businessman has to prove that the funds in his company were acquired legitimately.

6) Utterance (Noun) :  uht-er-uns
Meaning - spoken word; something that someone says
Synonyms -   remark, comment, word, expression
Antonyms -  silence , listening
Example- Every utterance coming from the mouth of the accused thief made the king even angrier.

7) Consensus  (Noun) :-kun-sen-sus
Meaning - general agreement about something
Synonyms -  agreement, harmony, concord
Antonyms -disagreement, conflict , argument
Example - When the judge learned the jury had not reached a consensus on the defendant’s guilt, he sent the group back into the room for further discussion.

8) Conceived (Verb) :  con-ceived
Meaning - form a mental representation ofsomething,, imagined
Synonyms - imagine, envisage, visualize
Example -  The website was conceived out of the need for a way to learn new vocabulary words.

9) Stratified (verb) :  strat-i-fied
Meaning - form or arrange into strata ,to arrange the different parts of something in separate layers or group
Synonyms - ordered, ranked, layered
Antonyms -  unstratified, nonhierarchic
Example - In a clearly stratified society, the people are predominantly defined by their class.

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Assiduous  (Adjective)
Meaning - showing hard work, care, and attention to detail
Synonyms - diligent, careful, meticulous, industrious, laborious, conscientious
Antonyms - idle, negligent, careless, inert

Example  - India’s Dalveer Bhandari re-election in ICJ is probably the most assiduous diplomatic success in recent times.

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