Vocab Of The Day 3 December 2015

By | December 3, 2015

1. RECREANT (ADJECTIVE): cowardly
Synonyms: timid, yellow
Antonyms: bold, brave
Example Sentence: “Why you should call him a recreant knight, I cannot for the life of me understand,” she said.

2. SATE (VERB): satisfy
Synonyms: satiate, gratify
Antonyms: abstain, starve
Example Sentence: Verdict: Not that original, but it will sate the appetite of vampire-starved fans.

3. GLITCH (NOUN): error
Synonyms: bug, defect
Antonyms: advantage, perfection
Example Sentence: But nobody has yet delivered a cloud computing system that is glitch free.

4. SUFFRAGE (NOUN): legal right
Synonyms: assent, attestation
Antonyms: disagreement, dispute
Example Sentence: It is claimed that if the suffrage be given to women it is to protect them.

5. SUBTERFUGE (NOUN): cheating
Synonyms: deception, ploy
Antonyms: fairness, sincerity
Example Sentence: A book that will remain relevant as long as governments use ludicrous forms of subterfuge to disguise deviant behavior.

6. SOBRIQUET (NOUN): nickname
Synonyms: appellation, moniker
Antonyms: name, signature
Example Sentence: There is a report that some of his political foes, playing upon his initials, saddled him with the sobriquet of “Rat.”

7. SMUG (ADJECTIVE): pleased with oneself
Synonyms: complacent, pompous
Antonyms: humble, modest
Example Sentence: A fat, smug undertaker was commissioned to arrange all the details.

8. SALUBRIOUS (ADJECTIVE): health-giving
Synonyms: beneficial, healthy
Antonyms: unhealthy, unwholesome
Example Sentence: Cases of auto-infection are in this country extremely rare, if not unknown altogether, in salubrious or rural districts.

9. SENTENTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): compact
Synonyms: concise, pithy
Antonyms: lengthy, expansive
Example Sentence: A proverb is a short, sententious saying, in the nature of a maxim, connoting a definite truth or suggestion by comparison.

10. SNARL (NOUN): complication, mess
Synonyms: chaos, clutter
Antonyms: clarity, order
Example Sentence: Something had to be done to bring order and system into the snarl of brotherly love.

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