Example: “If Kovind’s name is being put forward with a view to garner Dalit votes then the Sena is not interested.”
1. Garner [gahr-ner]
Verb: to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place; to get; acquire; earn; to gather, collect, or hoard.
Noun: a granary or grain bin.
Synonyms: amass, pick up, reap, assemble, cull, cumulate, deposit.
Antonyms: spend, disperse, distribute, divide, plant, scatter, separate, squander.
Example: While the final choice will depend on winnability, conversations with leaders of Opposition parties suggested that the race may narrow down to Mr. Ambedkar — the man with the name that would resonate the most among Dalits, and be recognisable across the country — and Dr. Mungekar.
2. Resonate [rez-uh-neyt]
Verb: to resound; to act as a resonator; exhibit resonance; Electronics. to reinforce oscillations because the natural frequency of the device is the same as the frequency of the source; to amplify vocal sound by the sympathetic vibration of air in certain cavities and bony structures.
Synonyms: echo, reverberate, vibrate, oscillate, reproduce, ring, sound.
Example: It was a hoard of demonetised currency with a difference: not Indian rupees for clandestine exchange, but Turkish lira with a face value of 71 crore.
3. Hoard [hawrd, hohrd]
Noun: a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc.
Verb: to accumulate for preservation, future use, etc., in a hidden or carefully guarded place.
Synonyms: accumulation, backlog, cache, nest egg, trove, abundance, agglomeration, aggregation.
Antonyms: debt, lack, need, poverty.
4. Clandestine [klan-des-tin]
Adjective: characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious.
Synonyms: covert, fraudulent, furtive, hidden, hush-hush, illicit, surreptitious, underground, artful.
Antonyms: above, board, authorized, honest, known, legal, open, public.
Example: Lured by the demonetised lira Gang busted with Turkish money.
5. Lure [loo r]
Noun: anything that attracts, entices, or allures; the power of attracting or enticing; a decoy; live or especially artificial bait used in fishing or trapping; a flap or tassel dangling from the dorsal fin of pediculate fishes, as the angler, that attracts prey to the mouth region.
Verb: to attract, entice, or tempt; allure.
Synonyms: allurement, ambush, appeal, attraction, bribe, call, camouflage, carrot.
Antonyms: certainty, discouragement, fact, hindrance, reality, repulsion, truth.
Example: Because it seems intangible and yet ever-yielding, we tend to treat mental health as a kind of black box, tucking it away until it becomes absolutely essential to retrace anomalies that precipitate a crash.
6. Intangible [in-tan-juh-buh l]
Adjective: not tangible; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impalpable; not definite or clear to the mind; (of an asset) existing only in connection with something else, as the goodwill of a business.
Noun: something intangible, especially an intangible asset.
Synonyms: ethereal, unreal, abstract, eluding, hypothetical, impalpable, imponderable, slight.
Antonyms: factual, real, definite, obvious, palpable, perceptible, tangible.
7. Tuck [tuhk]
Verb: to put into a small, close, or concealing place; to thrust in the loose end or edge of (a garment, covering, etc.) so as to hold closely in place (usually followed by in, up, under, etc.).
Synonyms: insert, pinch, wrap, constrict, contract, enfold, gather, hem.
Antonyms: expand, let go, spread.
8. Anomaly [uh-nom-uh-lee]
Noun: a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form; an anomalous person or thing; one that is abnormal or does not fit in; an odd, peculiar, or strange condition, situation, quality, etc; an incongruity or inconsistency.
Synonyms: aberration, abnormality, deviation, inconsistency, irregularity, oddity, rarity, departure.
Antonyms: conformity, normality, regularity, sameness, standard, usualness, usual.
Example: In the higher education scenario, sidelining mental health may still happen amid a belief that the latter is anathema to rigour.
9. Anathema [uh-nath-uh-muh]
Noun: a person or thing detested or loathed; a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction; a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication; any imprecation of divine punishment; a curse; execration.
Synonyms: bane, pariah, abomination, bugbear, detestation, enemy, hate.
Antonym: love.
10. Rigour [rig-er]
Noun: strictness, severity, or harshness, as in dealing with people; the full or extreme severity of laws, rules, etc.; severity of living conditions; hardship; austerity; a severe or harsh act, circumstance, etc.; scrupulous or inflexible accuracy or adherence; severity of weather or climate or an instance of this.
Synonyms: accuracy, austerity, difficulty, firmness, hardship, harshness, ordeal, precision.
Antonyms: calm, calmness, ease, happiness, inaccuracy, peace, pleasure.
- Learn more new words and their meaning to improve your vocabulary.
- Click here for New Pattern English Language Quiz.
