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: He said Pakistan was inimical to the interests of India and at international forums it was known as a “rogue” state.
1. Inimical [ih-nim-i-kuh l or ih-nim-i-kuh-buh l]
Adjective: adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful; unfriendly; hostile.
Synonyms: adverse, destructive, harmful, hostile, injurious, opposed, unfavorable, unfriendly, antipathetic, disaffected, hurtful, ill, ill-disposed, inimicable, noxious, oppugnant, pernicious, repugnant.
Antonyms: aiding, assisting, favorable, friendly.
2. Rogue [rohg]
Noun: a dishonest, knavish person; scoundrel; a playfully mischievous person; scamp; a tramp or vagabond; a rogue elephant or other animal of similar disposition.
Verb: to live or act as a rogue.
Synonyms: con artist, crook, rascal, swindler, villain, blackguard, charlatan, cheat, cheater, criminal, defrauder, devil, fraud, heel, hooligan, lowlife, mischief.
Example: Their children study in the best schools and they have bought palatial properties.
3. Palatial [puh-ley-shuh l]
Adjective: of, relating to, or resembling a palace; befitting or suitable for a palace; stately; magnificent.
Synonyms: deluxe, imposing, luxurious, magnificent, plush, spacious, stately, sumptuous, grandiose, illustrious, impressive, lush, luxuriant, majestic, monumental, noble, regal, rich, silken.
Antonyms: common, poor, unimpressive, cramped.
Example: Vacancies under NRI/management quota go abegging in Karnataka.
4. Abegging [uh-beg-ing]
Adverb, adjective: begging.
Idiom, go abegging: to be unnoticed, unused, or unappreciated; find few supporters.
Example: With Thursday being the last day to complete admissions in accordance with the deadline set by the MCI, these coveted seats, for which candidates would shell out anywhere between ₹22 lakh to ₹41.98 lakh per year, are now being sold at a hefty 40% discount.
5. Covet [kuhv-it]
Verb: to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others; to wish for, especially eagerly.
Synonyms: crave, envy, lust after, begrudge, choose, fancy, want, aspire to, desiderate, hanker for, have eye on, have hots for, itch for, long for, spoil for, thirst for.
Antonyms: dislike, hate, abjure, be generous.
6. Hefty [hef-tee]
Adjective: heavy; weighty; big and strong; powerful; muscular; impressively large or substantial.
Synonyms: colossal, fat, heavy, large, massive, robust, sizable, substantial, tremendous, weighty, ample, awkward, beefy, brawny, burly, cumbersome, extensive.
Antonyms: easy, impoverished, inconsequential, insignificant.
Example: The group of emerging economies had been bolstered by the formation of the BRIC group (Brazil, Russia, India and China, South Africa joined in 2010) with a declared objective of battling “Western hegemony”.
7. Bolster [bohl-ster]
Noun: a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.; anything resembling this in form or in use as a support; any pillow, cushion, or pad.
Synonyms: aid, boost, buoy, buttress, cushion, help, maintain, reinforce, shore up, strengthen, support, sustain, assist, brace, bulwark.
Antonyms: block, decrease, discourage, halt.
8. Hegemony [hi-jem-uh-nee, hej-uh-moh-nee]
Noun: leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation; leadership; predominance; (especially among smaller nations) aggression or expansionism by large nations in an effort to achieve world domination.
Synonyms: authority, command, leadership, power, predominance.
Example: The scene, as described by Shyam Saran (then India’s chief climate negotiator) in a new book on Indian foreign policy, turned dramatic: with a knock on the conference room door, the U.S. team, led by then President Barack Obama and then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, barged into the meeting.
9. Barge [bahrj]
Noun: a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter; a vessel of state used in pageants; a boat reserved for a flag officer.
Verb: to move clumsily; bump into things; collide.
Synonyms: barge, blow, break, crack, detonate, disintegrate, erupt, explode, pop, rupture, rush, shatter, discharge, fracture, fragment, perforate.
Antonyms: agree, fix, join, mend.
Example: How much electricity is needed by India? To answer this, one approach is to follow a top-down econometric model whereby one examines growth in the economy, looks at the relationship between economic growth and energy requirements, and incorporates influence of technological and policy changes exogenously.
10. Exogenous [ek-soj-uh-nuh s]
Adjective: originating from outside; derived externally.
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