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
1. ominous
Meaning: menacing, threatening, giving a suggestion about something bad that
is going to happen; ill predictions
is going to happen; ill predictions
Synonym: baleful, inauspicious,sinister, foreboding
Antonym: encouraging, favourable, auspicious, promising
Usage: "There was an ominous silence in the house, and everyone was petrified."
2. surreptitious
Meaning: done, acquired, etc, in secret or by improper means; operating by stealth
Synonym: furtive, sneaking, stealthy, secret, fraudulent
Antonym: open, frank, obvious, blatant, manifest, honest
Usage: "The police inspector noticed their surreptitious activities."
3. trite
Meaning: not evoking interest because of overuse or repetition; hackneyed
Synonym: banal, hackneyed, common, unoriginal, ordinary, routine
Synonym: banal, hackneyed, common, unoriginal, ordinary, routine
Antonym: new, interesting, original, fresh, exciting, uncommon
Usage: "The book is full of trite elaborations of nature."
Usage: "The book is full of trite elaborations of nature."
4. expedient
Meaning: a) suitable or efficient for accomplishing a purpose;
b) convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle;
c) convenient or advisable
b) convenient but based on a concern for self-interest rather than principle;
c) convenient or advisable
Synonym: appropriate, convenient, suitable, advisable, recommendable
Antonym: inexpedient, inappropriate, unsuitable
Antonym: inexpedient, inappropriate, unsuitable
Usage: "It is expedient that you go and study."
5. palliate
5. palliate
Meaning: to make less severe or intense; mitigate;
to make( an offence) seem less serious
to make( an offence) seem less serious
Synonym: extenuate, alleviate, relieve, assuage, allay
Usage: "Doctor advised her a medicine to palliate severe head ache."
6. sly
Meaning: clever or cunning; stealthy or surreptitious;
Antonym: honest, trustworthy, open, ingenuous
Usage: "He is of sly nature, that's why he has limited friend."
7. coercion
Meaning: To pressure, intimidate, or force(someone) into doing something
Synonym: force,compel, intimidate, hale, pressurize
Usage: "Coercion is not allowed in campaigning, otherwise the candidate will be disqualified."
8. forfend
Usage: "Coercion is not allowed in campaigning, otherwise the candidate will be disqualified."
8. forfend
Meaning: a) to defend, protect, or secure.
b) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
Synonym: avert, prevent, rule out, ward off, preclude
b) prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
Synonym: avert, prevent, rule out, ward off, preclude
Usage: "He forfend taking a nap during office hours."
9. excursion
9. excursion
Meaning: a) a usually short journey made for pleasure; an outing
b) a digression or deviation; diversion
b) a digression or deviation; diversion
Synonym: outing, expedition, trip, tour, jaunt, deviation
Usage: "The psychiatrist recommended a full day excursion to the patient."
10. solemnize
Meaning:a) to celebrate or observe with dignity;
b) to perform with formal ceremony .
c) to make serious or grave
Meaning:a) to celebrate or observe with dignity;
b) to perform with formal ceremony .
c) to make serious or grave
Synonym: celebrate, commemorate, keep, observe
Usage: "Their marriage was solemnised in a nearby temple."
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: " have one's head in the clouds"
Meaning: to be impractical or fanciful; be unaware of what is going on.
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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