1.Quackery
Meaning: the methods and treatments used by unskillful doctors or by people who pretend to be doctors
Synonym: Charlatanry
Sentence: “His cure was nothing but quackery.”
2.Vicissitude
Meaning:. the quality or state of being changeable
Synonym: beatitude, correctitude, decrepitude
Sentence: “What made you want to look up vicissitude?”
3.Acquiesce
Meaning: to accept, agree, or allow something to happen by staying silent or by not arguing
Synonym:assent,consent
Sentence: “They demanded it, and he acquiesced.”
4.Diaphanous
Meaning: used to describe cloth that is very thin and light
Synonym: transparent
Sentence: “the bride wore a diaphanous veil”
5.Fealty
Meaning: loyalty to a person, group, etc.
Synonym: agonistic,carpetbagger
Sentence: “He swore fealty to the king.
6. Impregnable
Meaning: not able to be captured by attack
Synonym: hard, strong
Sentence: “the castle’s supposedly impregnable walls”
7. Cessation
Meaning: a stopping of some action
Synonym:restrict
Sentence: “the cessation of the snowstorm was a relief”
8.Actuary
Meaning: a person whose job is to tell insurance companies how much they should charge people for insurance based on risks
Synonym:adversary,airy-fairy
Sentence: “The actuary took full advantage of them”
9.Repugnance
Meaning: a strong feeling of dislike or disgust
Synonym: aversion,distaste
Sentence: “They felt nothing but repugnance for the group’s violent history.”
10 . Reckoning
Meaning: the act of calculating the amount of something
Synonym: appraisal,estimate
Sentence : “Because of his injury, he is out of the reckoning.”
Vocabulary of The Day- 24 April
