1. Unobtrusive: not conspicuous or attracting attention
Synonyms: self-effacing, retiring, unassuming, modest
Usage: “the service was unobtrusive and efficient”
2. Preciosity: the quality of being fastidious or excessively refined.
Synonyms: preciousness, affectedness
Usage: “she uses dialect to create a poetry that is free of highbrow preciosity”
3. Assert: state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully, cause others to recognize, behave or speak in a confident and forceful manner
Synonyms: declare, contend, argue ,uphold, defend, contend
Usage: “the company asserts that the cuts will not affect development”
4. Maim: wound or injure (a person or animal) so that part of the body is permanently damaged.
Synonyms: injure, wound, hurt, disable, put out of action,
Usage: “they are prepared to kill and maim innocent people in pursuit of their cause”
5. Quell: put an end to (a rebellion or other disorder), typically by the use of force, subdue or silence (someone),suppress (a feeling).
Synonyms: thwart, frustrate, squash, pacify, settle
Usage: “she quelled an urge to race up the stairs”
6. Slovenly: (especially of a person or their appearance) untidy and dirty, (especially of a person or action) careless; excessively casual.
Synonyms: scruffy, negligent, neglectful, lax, lackadaisical,
Usage: “he delivered a slovenly speech.”
7. Immure: enclose or confine (someone) against their will
Synonyms: confine, intern, incarcerate, imprison,
Usage: “her brother was immured in a lunatic asylum”
8. Referendum: a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision.
Synonyms: public vote, plebiscite, popular vote, ballot, poll
Usage: “he called for a referendum on the death penalty”
9. Impeachment: To make an accusation against, to bring formal charges against (a public official) for wrongdoing while in office
Synonyms: challenge, question, call into question, cast doubt on,
Usage: “there is no desire to impeach the privileges of the House of Commons”
10. Vilify: speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.
Synonyms: disparage, denigrate, defame, revile,
Usage: “he has been vilified in the press”
Vocabulary of The Day- 24 April
