Daily Vocabulary: 20th August 2019

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IRREFUTABLE(Adjective)निर्विवाद (विशेषण)
Meaning: Impossible to disapprove or deny.
Synonym:  unquestionable, incontrovertible,
Antonym: unreliable
Usage: I had to admit her argument had an irrefutable logic to it.

DILAPIDATED(Adjective) जीर्ण (विशेषण)
Meaning: Ailing to pieces or into disrepair
Synonym: tumbledown, ramshackle,
Antonym: smart, intact
Usage: The complex has been neglected and has become a dilapidated landmark in the city.


SPORADICALLY(Adverb) शायद ही कभी (क्रिया विशेषण)
Meaning: Not regularly or constantly
Synonym: Rarely, seldom
Antonym: Frequently, usually
Usage: They’d Kept in touch over the years, sporadically trading greeting cards and pictures of the kids.

ATTUNE(Verb) अनुकूल बनाना (क्रिया)
Meaning: Bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship
Synonym:  adapt, acclimatize
Antonym: disharmonize
Usage: A new parent has to attune to a baby’s schedule and personality.

CONTRAPTION(Noun)उपकरण (संज्ञा)
Meaning: A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
Synonym:  gadget, apparatus
Antonym: Inconvenience, unavailability
Usage: The people wondered how the contraption worked.

DEMEANOR(Noun)आचरण (संज्ञा)
Meaning: Behaviour towards others.
Synonym: attitude, appearance
Antonym: Propriety, proper
Usage: When playing poker, don’t let your demeanor give away how good your cards are.


FACULTATIVE(Adjective)ऐच्छिक (विशेषण)
Meaning: Left to one’s option or choice, Optional
Synonym: Enabling
Antonym: Imposed, disabling
Usage: The last question in the examination was facultative


LACUNA(Noun) मध्यान्तर(संज्ञा)
Meaning: An empty space where something is missing
Synonym: Break, Interval
Antonym: Continuity, closure
Usage: If you complain that there is a major lacuna in the bake sale, the lack of brownies is probably to blame.

MEED(noun) पारितोषिक (संज्ञा)
Meaning: a much-deserved reward or honor
Synonyms: atonement, compensation
Antonyms: disregard, penalty
Usage: The handyman is owed a meed for his work on the home but is yet to be paid.

LULL (Verb)शांत करना (क्रिया)
Meaning: make (someone) feel deceptively secure or confident.
Synonyms: assuage, allay, ease, alleviate
Antonyms: aggravate
Usage: Rocking two and fro, the hammock was just what was needed to lull the exhausted man.