Hello aspirants, presenting you a new vocabulary word list in which the words which are useful for the exam point of view are covered along with their synonyms, antonyms and their usage for better understanding.
English Vocabulary Word List#7
1. afflict
Meaning: to cause suffering or unhappiness to; distress greatly
Synonym: trouble, burden, distress, stress, strain
Antonym: aid, delight, soothe, comfort, solace
Usage: "She was afflicted with severe cancer."
2. bliss
Meaning: perfect happiness; great joy.
Synonym: ecstasy, happiness, euphoria, joy, felicity
Antonym: distress, sorrow, sadness, misery, unhappiness
Usage: "Eating ice cream in a summer evening is a perfect bliss."
3. cornucopia
Meaning: a great abundance, overflowing supply
Synonym: abundance, copiousness, profuseness, richness
Synonym: abundance, copiousness, profuseness, richness
Antonym: shortage, scarcity, dearth, paucity
Usage: "There was a cornucopia of cherries in the store."
Usage: "There was a cornucopia of cherries in the store."
4. disaffected
Meaning: discontented and disloyal, as toward the government or toward authority.
Synonym: dissatisfied, rebellious, disloyal, hostile, alienated
Antonym: satisfied, loyal, contented, pleased, happy
Antonym: satisfied, loyal, contented, pleased, happy
Usage: "The political party issued a new manifesto to please the disaffected voters."
5. evince
5. evince
Meaning: to show or demonstrate clearly, manifest; to make evident
Synonym: show, express, reveal, display, manifest
Antonym: hide, conceal, camouflage, disguise
Usage: "We appreciate your interest evinced in our products and policies."
6. fountainhead
Meaning: a) a principal or original source; a chief source;
b) a spring from which a stream flows.
b) a spring from which a stream flows.
Usage: "Now I realised the fountainhead of the whole plan."
7. guise
Meaning: a)outward appearance or aspect;
b)false appearance; pretence
b)false appearance; pretence
Synonym: appearance, pretence, show, mask, semblance, disguise
Antonym: reality, personality
Usage: "He was an enemy in the guise of a friend."
8. hobble
Usage: "He was an enemy in the guise of a friend."
8. hobble
Meaning: a) to walk or move along haltingly or with difficulty;
b) to hamper the action or progress of ; impede
Synonym: limp, stagger, stumble, halt, restrict
b) to hamper the action or progress of ; impede
Synonym: limp, stagger, stumble, halt, restrict
Antonym: free, continue,release, move, walk
Usage: "The old man hobbled around the market with an umbrella in his hand."
9. ignominious
9. ignominious
Meaning: characterized by or deserving shame or disgrace
Synonym: shameful, inglorious, humiliating, disgraceful
Antonym: honourable, reputable, creditable, worthy
Usage: "His acts were so ignominious that his parents refused to take
him along with them."
him along with them."
10. forsake
Meaning: abandon or leave; renounce or give up(something valued or pleasant)
Meaning: abandon or leave; renounce or give up(something valued or pleasant)
Synonym: abandon, desert, leave, renounce, relinquish, forgo
Antonym: keep, hold, maintain
Antonym: keep, hold, maintain
Usage: "I will never forsake my habits for anyone."
For practice, try to make some sentences with the help of these words.
For practice, try to make some sentences with the help of these words.
Bonus Of the day
➤ Idiom of the day: " through thick and thin"
Meaning: Despite difficult or troubling circumstances or setbacks;
through good and bad times.
Hope this word list will help you improve your vocabulary for the exam preparation and for English knowledge as well.
All the best!!
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