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Daily English Vocabulary 18-May-2016

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18-May-2016 English Vocabulary
  1. Proclivity [noun]
    • A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing – झुकाव
    • Synonyms – penchant, predilection
    • Antonyms – antipathy, disinclination
    • The book concludes in a way that hardly matches my own political proclivity.
  2.  Recalcitrant [adjective]
    • Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline - आज्ञा न माननेवाला
    • Synonyms – fractious, obstinate
    • Antonyms – agreeable, compliant
    • Because of its two recalcitrant members, the committee got very little work done.
  3. Rectitude [noun]
    • Morally correct behaviour or thinking; righteousness - इंसाफ
    • Synonyms – decency, honesty 
    • Antonyms – corruption, deceit
    •  His clear, exhaustive and dignified style of treatment evidences the rectitude and nobility of the man.
  4. Plethora [noun]
    • A large or excessive amount of something - बहुतायत
    • Synonyms – profusion, overabundance 
    • Antonyms – lack, scarcity 
    • I don't see why my mother wants more shoes when she already has a plethora of them
  5. Quagmire [noun]
    • A soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot- दलदल
    • Synonyms – dilemma, entanglement 
    • Antonyms – agreement, solution 
    • I stumbled into a quagmire of my own making.
  6. Sagacity [noun]
    • The quality of being sagacious - बुद्धिमत्ता
    • Synonyms – acumen, astuteness 
    • Antonyms – ignorance, inability 
    • Their fidelity and sagacity are below par now.
  7. Tantamount [adjective]
    • Equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as - समान
    • Synonyms – commensurate, identical 
    • Antonyms – different, opposite 
    • Both men were well aware this was tantamount to a brush-off.
  8. Temerity [noun]
    • Excessive confidence or boldness; audacity - उतावलापन
    • Synonyms – assurance, boldness 
    • Antonyms – carefulness, caution 
    • We were shocked Ann Marie had the temerity to challenge our teacher’s authority in class.
  9. Platitude [noun]
    • A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful - साधारण बात
    • Synonyms – banality, bromide 
    • Antonyms – coinage, nuance 
    • The article was filled with platitudes about the systematic character of the industrial economy.
  10. Pithy [adjective]
    • (Of a fruit or plant) containing much pith - अर्थपूर्ण
    • Synonyms – cogent, concise 
    • Antonyms – impotent, lengthy 
    • He didn't even bother to search his mental library under pithy, tasteless and nasty retorts.

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