Dear Readers,
Vocabulary is an important part of English that helps you deal with all kinds of questions in objective as well as descriptive papers of various exams. You can learn new words daily from our Daily Word List. Learn the words and make your own sentences on the basis of the given word list. Here are a few lines from The Hindu.
Example: The various comments by Central and State leaders of the now defunct ‘grand alliance’ in Bihar, though diametrically opposing, have one thing in common.
1. Defunct [dih-fuhngkt]
Adjective: no longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning; no longer in existence; dead; extinct.
Noun: the defunct, the dead person referred to.
Synonyms: nonexistent, obsolete, vanished, asleep, bygone, cold, dead, deceased.
2. Diametrical [dahy-uh-me-tri-kuh l or dahy-uh-me-trik]
Adjective: of, relating to, or along a diameter; in direct opposition; being at opposite extremes; complete.
Related forms: diametrically, adverb.
Synonyms: antipodal, opposite.
Example: The absence of purposeful laws to ensure adherence to the above will of the people is a challenge to the common man.
3. Adherence [ad-heer-uh ns, -her-]
Noun: the quality of adhering; steady devotion, support, allegiance, or attachment; the act or state of adhering; adhesion.
Synonyms: attachment, faithfulness, loyalty, obedience, cohesion, constancy.
Antonyms: disloyalty, inconstancy, unsteadiness.
Example: In a coalition, there are bound to be internal troubles.
4. Coalition [koh-uh-lish-uh n]
Noun: a combination or alliance, especially a temporary one between persons, factions, states, etc.; a union into one body or mass; fusion.
Synonyms: affiliation, alliance, amalgam, amalgamation, bloc, combination, combine, compact, confederacy.
Antonyms: detachment, disconnection, disunion, division, divorce.
Example: Yet, contracting out services in a virtually unregulated and largely commercial private system is fraught with risks.
5. Fraught [frawt]
Adjective: filled or laden (with).
Noun: a load; cargo; freight (of a ship).
Synonyms: charged, filled, replete, abounding, attended, bristling, heavy, laden, stuffed.
Antonym: empty.
Example: Moreover, in consonance with the goal to provide health for all under the National Health Policy, care should be universal, and free at the point of delivery.
6. Consonance [kon-suh-nuh ns]
Noun: accord or agreement; correspondence of sounds; harmony of sounds.
Synonyms: conformity, accord, chime, chorus, concert, concord, congruence.
Antonyms: disagreement, discord, disunity, dissonance.
Example: It is incongruous, however, to opt for contracts of 30 years, given the move towards achieving universal health coverage and, aspirationally, a single-payer government-led model that mainly relies on public facilities.
7. Incongruous [in-kong-groo-uh s]
Adjective: out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming; incongruous behavior; not harmonious in character; inconsonant; lacking harmony of parts; inconsistent.
Synonyms: bizarre, contradictory, inappropriate, incoherent, incompatible, alien, conflicting, disconsonant, discordant, disparate, distorted, divergent.
Antonyms: compatible, congruous, consistent, corresponding.
Example: It has reiterated that the film is nothing but artistic expression within the parameters of law and that there is no warrant or justification to curtail it.
8. Reiterate [ree-it-uh-reyt]
Verb: to say or do again or repeatedly; repeat, often excessively.
Synonyms: echo, renew, repeat, restate, ditto, double-check, ingeminate, iterate.
Antonym: take back.
9. Curtail [ker-teyl]
Verb: to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
Synonyms: cut back, decrease, diminish, downsize, halt, lessen, reduce, shorten, slash, trim, abbreviate.
Antonyms: develop, enlarge, expand, extend, grow.
Example: It is a matter of satisfaction that the courts prefer to protect the right to free expression rather than entertain excuses such as maintenance of law and order and public tranquillity, or someone’s sense of hurt or the fear of someone being portrayed in a bad light.
10. Tranquillity [trang-kwil-i-tee]
Noun: quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity.
Synonyms: calm, calmness, serenity, tranquility, hush, inaction, inactivity, lull, noiselessness, peace, peacefulness.
Antonyms: agitation, disturbance, turbulence, violence, clamor.
