Daily Vocabulary: 30th August 2019

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DOWNRIGHT (adjective) : पूर्ण
Meaning: (of something bad or unpleasant) utter; complete (used for emphasis).
Synonyms: total, absolute, thorough, perfect, sheer.
Antonyms: inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, unfinished.
Usage:  It was downright bad marking that allowed Dermot Shields head past Larkin from six yards for the lead goal.

ACQUITTAL (noun) : दोषमुक्ति
Meaning: a judgment or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.
Synonyms: absolution, exoneration, exculpation, liberation.
Antonyms: conviction, accusation, incrimination, indictment.
Usage: Now the choice is to go to trial on a felony assault charge and hope for an acquittal or plead guilty to a misdemeanor.

ACUMEN (noun) : कुशाग्र बुद्धि
Meaning: the ability to make good judgments and take quick decisions.
Synonyms: shrewdness, acuity, cleverness, smartness.
Antonyms: guilelessness, ingenuousness, artlessness, fatuity.
Usage: But generally I prefer policies that demonstrate a scintilla of common sense and financial acumen.

Placate (Verb) : तसल्ली देना
Meaning: make (someone) less angry or hostile.
Synonym: appease, assuage, conciliate, pacify
Antonym: aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bother, provoke
Usage: The police officer tried to placate the two scared drivers at the scene of the accident.

Contrite (Adjective) : पछताया हुआ
Meaning: feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong.
Synonym: remorseful, repentant, penitent, regretful
Antonym: unrepentant, defiant
Usage:  She must be humble and contrite.

Wither (Verb) : घटाना

Synonym: diminish, dwindle, shrink, lessen, fade
Antonym: grow
Usage:  Words to express her feelings seemed to wither and die inside her.

HUMOROUS(Adjective) : मनोरंजक
Meaning: funny, or making you laugh
Synonyms: amusing, comic
Antonyms: boring, serious
Usage:  I suppose the play is quite humorous, but it is let down by the actors’ weak performances.

STEER(Verb) : रास्ते पर लाना
Meaning: to take someone or something or make someone or something go in the direction in which you want him, her, or it
Synonyms: escort, drive
Antonyms: abandon
Usage:  The main task of the new government will be to steer the country towards democracy.


CONCISION(Noun) : संक्षिप्ति
Meaning: the quality of being short and clear, and expressing what needs to be said without unnecessary words
Synonyms: brevity, curtness
Antonyms: lengthiness, longevity
Usage:  The author is not known for brevity or conciseness.