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#9
1. entrust
Meaning: to give a trust or responsibility to; to place in trust for
protection, care, or handling
protection, care, or handling
Synonym: assign, charge, confide, commit, delegate
Antonym: deny, retain, hold
Antonym: deny, retain, hold
Usage: "She entrusted Kavita with the look after of her grandchild."
2. pry
Meaning: to look or enquire closely, curiously, or impertinently
Synonym: nose, poke, intrude, snoop, peep
Antonym: avoid, eschew, shun, disregard, ignore
Antonym: avoid, eschew, shun, disregard, ignore
Usage: "He always pry into the affairs of his neighbours."
3. pomp
Meaning: dignified or magnificent display; splendor; vain or ostentatious display
Synonym: grandeur, splendour, show, display, grandiosity
Synonym: grandeur, splendour, show, display, grandiosity
Antonym: simplicity, dullness, modesty, plainness
Usage: "The pomp and splendour of the wedding ceremony mesmerised everyone."
Usage: "The pomp and splendour of the wedding ceremony mesmerised everyone."
4. indigent
Meaning: a poor or destitute person; very needy; an impoverished person
Synonym: destitute, poor, impoverished, penurious
Antonym: rich, wealthy, prosperous, affluent
Antonym: rich, wealthy, prosperous, affluent
Usage: "The NGO came forward for the well being of indigent persons."
5. penurious
5. penurious
Meaning: a) poverty-stricken; destitute.
b) unwilling to spend money; stingy
c) scanty and meagre
b) unwilling to spend money; stingy
c) scanty and meagre
Synonym: beggarly, indigent, stingy, miserly, parsimonious
Antonym: rich, affluent, spendthrift, profuse, abundant
Usage: "The old man was living in penurious conditions."
6. furtive
Meaning: characterized by stealth, sly and secretive
Antonym: open, public, frank, straightforward, candid
Usage: "As he sneak out of the room, everyone glanced at him in a furtive manner."
7. rankle
Meaning: to cause (someone) to feel irritated or resentful
Synonym: annoy, anger, irritate, embitter, irk
Antonym: comfort, delight, please, appease
Usage: "Saloni was rankled by Pragya's continuous questioning."
8. ilk
Antonym: comfort, delight, please, appease
Usage: "Saloni was rankled by Pragya's continuous questioning."
8. ilk
Meaning: type or kind; class, sort
Synonym: type, sort, kind, class, variety
Usage: "People of that ilk always create disturbance in the society."
Synonym: type, sort, kind, class, variety
Usage: "People of that ilk always create disturbance in the society."
9. tyrant
Meaning: an extremely oppressive, unjust or cruel ruler;
an oppressive, harsh, arbitrary person.
an oppressive, harsh, arbitrary person.
Synonym: dictator, oppressor, despot, autocrat, totalitarian
Antonym: democrat
Usage: "His father was a tyrant."
10. legion
Meaning: a large number, a multitude; constituting a large number
Meaning: a large number, a multitude; constituting a large number
Synonym: numerous, myriad, countless, numberless
Antonym: few, numbered
Antonym: few, numbered
Usage: "Saloni's good nature won her a legion of friends."
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: "pick someone's brains"
Meaning: to get information from someone, usually by questioning the
person carefully and in great detail.
person carefully and in great detail.
brains for any tips you may give."
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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