- Meaning - binding; causing contraction (stopping bleeding); harsh or severe; stringent; Ex. astringent criticism
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - That was astringent criticism
- Remember - T
Friday, August 16, 2013
astringent
astral
- Meaning - relating to the stars
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - A star is an astral body
- Remember - T
astigmatism
- Meaning - eye defect which prevents proper focus; OP. stigmatism
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - She suffers from astigmatism
- Remember - T
asteroid
- Meaning - small planet
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - An asteroid is a minor planet
- Remember - T
assurance
- Meaning - firm statement that something is certainly true; promise or pledge; certainty; confidence in one's own ability; self-confidence; Ex. In spite of all his assurances, he did not come back; Ex. assurance of his loyalty; Ex. The teacher lacked assurance
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - In spite of all his assurances, he did not come back
- Remember - T
assumption
- Meaning - something taken for granted; the taking over or taking possession of; Ex. her assumption of power; V. assume
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - She has an assumption of power
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assuage
- Meaning - mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Her talk assuages suffering
- Remember - T
assimilate
- Meaning - absorb; take (food) into the body and digest it; understand (knowledge) completely and be able to use properly; cause to become homogeneous (the people of a country or race in the wasy of behaving or thinking)
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - The food has to be completely assimilated
- Remember - T
assiduous
- Meaning - diligent
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - She is an assiduous student
- Remember - T
assert
- Meaning - state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - One should assert one’s independence
- Remember - T
assent
- Meaning - agree; accept; N. assessment
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Assenting to his demands, I did as I was told
- Remember - T
assay
- Meaning - analyze (to discover what materials are present); evaluate (soil or ore)
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - She was called to assay the situation
- Remember - T
assail
- Meaning - assault
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - To assail one’s opponent with slander
- Remember - T
aspire
- Meaning - seek to attain (position or status); long for; Ex. aspire to become president; Ex. aspire to/after the leadership
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - He aspires to become president
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aspirant
- Meaning - seeker after position or status
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - She is an aspirant of truth
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aspersion
- Meaning - slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - The public cast aspersions on the politician
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asperity
- Meaning - sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - The asperities of a Russian winter are tough to define
- Remember - T
askew
- Meaning - crookedly; slanted; at an angle
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - His askew hat drew attention
- Remember - T
askance
- Meaning - with a sideways or indirect look (with disapproval or distruct); Ex. look askance at
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - He looks askance at the villain
- Remember - T
asinine
- Meaning - stupid; Ex. asinine remarks
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - He made asinine remarks
- Remember - T
ashen
- Meaning - ash-colored; deadly pale
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - She chose an ashen dress for the wedding
- Remember - T
aseptic
- Meaning - preventing infection; having a cleansing effect
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Turmeric is an aseptic
- Remember - T
ascribe
- Meaning - refer; attribute; assign
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - She ascribed her success to her mother
- Remember - T
ascetic
- Meaning - practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Buddhist monks lead an ascetic life
- Remember - T
ascertain
- Meaning - find out for certain; make certain
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - We are trying to ascertain the facts
- Remember - T
ascendancy
- Meaning - controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Germany only awaits trade revival to gain an immense mercantile ascendancy
- Remember - T
artless
- Meaning - without guile; open and honest
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - The bride appeared artless
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artisan
- Meaning - a manually skilled worker
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Artisans are paid less
- Remember - T
artifice
- Meaning - deception; trickery
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - He won over through artifice
- Remember - T
artifacts
- Meaning - object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - These artifacts are exorbitantly prized
- Remember - T
articulate
- Meaning - effective; distinct; expressing ideas clearly; having clear sounds; having joints; Ex. articulate speech; V: express thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce clearly; unite by joints
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - His speech was articulate
- Remember - T
artful
- Meaning - exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning; CF. artifice
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - S
- Remember - T
artery
- Meaning - blood-vessel; CF. vein
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - The renal artery gets vein to the kidney from the heart
- Remember - T
arsenal
- Meaning - storage place for military equipment
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - The new models of guns are in the arsenal
- Remember - T
arroyo
- Meaning - gully; narrow channel formed by rainwater
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Arroyos usually have relatively flat floors and are flanked by steep sides consisting of unconsolidated sediments
- Remember - T
arrogance
- Meaning - pride; haughtiness; ADJ. arrogant: unpleasantly self-important (with a strong confidence in one's own importance and a lack of respect for other people)
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Her arrogant attitude brought her no friends
- Remember - T
arrhythmic
- Meaning - lacking rhythm or regularity; N. arrhythmia
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Her song rendition was arrhythmic
- Remember - T
arrears
- Meaning - being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - She got all her arrears cleared
- Remember - T
array
- Meaning - marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - The troops stood in battle array
- Remember - T
arraign
- Meaning - charge in court; indict
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - He was arraigned for bribery
- Remember - T
aromatic
- Meaning - fragrant; having a sweet smell; N. aroma: strong pleasant smell
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Sage is an aromatic herb
- Remember - T
armada
- Meaning - fleet of warships
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - The “Invincible Armada” of Philip II of Spain (1588)
- Remember - T
aristocracy
- Meaning - hereditary nobility; privileged class; government by nobility; N. aristocrat
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - In the Senate Right not our quest in this, I will protest them To all the world, no aristocracy. –B. Jonson
- Remember - T
Thursday, August 15, 2013
arid
- Meaning - (of land) dry; barren; unproductive
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Most of the land in Rajasthan is arid
- Remember - T
aria
- Meaning - operatic solo; a song sung by one person in an opera or oratorio
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - An aria is an air song
- Remember - T
argot
- Meaning - slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - Primitive African languages are characterized as argot
- Remember - T
arduous
- Meaning - hard; strenuous; Ex. arduous work
- Synonyms - d
- Antonyms - d
- Usage - It’s going to be an arduous work
- Remember - T
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