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27/03/2022(Sunday -09:05 pm) 📰

1. TRAUMATIC (ADJECTIVE): : disturbing
Synonyms: shocking, distressing

Antonyms: soothing

Example Sentence:

She was going through a traumatic divorce.

2. INDISPENSABLE (ADJECTIVE): : essential

Synonyms: crucial necessary

Antonyms: dispensable

Example Sentence:

He made himself indispensable to the parish priest.

3. URGE (VERB): : encourage

Synonyms: enjoin, adjure

Antonyms: discourage

Example Sentence:

Drawing up outside the house, he urged her inside.

4. MORATORIUM (NOUN): : embargo

Synonyms: ban, prohibition

Antonyms: permission

Example Sentence:

A moratorium has been put on the use of drift nets.

5. CRITICAL (ADJECTIVE): : Crucial

Synonyms: Vital, Essential

Antonyms: Unimportant

Example Sentence:

Temperature is a critical factor in successful fruit storage.

6. DISPENSE (VERB): : Waive

Synonyms: Omit, Drop

Antonyms: Include

Example Sentence:

Let's dispense with the formalities, shall we?"

7. OBNOXIOUS (ADJECTIVE): : Unpleasant

Synonyms: Disagreeable, Nasty

Antonyms: Delightful

Example Sentence:

They overthrew the chancellor who was very obnoxious to them.

8. ANNIHILATE (VERB): : Destroy

Synonyms: Wipe out, Obliterate

Antonyms: Create

Example Sentence:

A simple bomb could also annihilate a lot of things
.

9. CONFER (VERB): :Bestow on

Synonyms: Present with/to, Grant to

Antonyms: Withhold

Example Sentence:

The Minister may have exceeded the powers conferred on him by Parliament.

10. VEX (VERB): : Annoy

Synonyms: Irritate, Infuriate

Antonyms: Mollify

Example Sentence:

The memory of the conversation still vexed him.

11. DEEM (VERB): : Consider

Synonyms: Judge, Adjudge

Antonyms: Mis-Judge

Example Sentence:

The event was deemed a great success.

12. UNBRIDLED (ADJECTIVE): : Unrestrained

Synonyms: Unconstrained, Uncontrolled

Antonyms: Restrained

Example Sentence:


He had a moment of unbridled ambition



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