VOCABULARY OF THE DAY- 05-02-2017

1). Tendentious

Meaning: partisan, expressing, intending

Definition: expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.

Usage: A tendentious reading of history

2). Credence

Meaning: acceptance, belief, faith, trust, confidence, reliance, traction

Definition: belief in or acceptance of something as true.

Usage:  Psychoanalysis finds little credence among laymen

3). Reluctant

Meaning: unwilling, disinclined, grudging, resistant, opposed, antipathetic.

Definition: unwilling and hesitant; disinclined..

Usage: She seemed reluctant to answer.

4). Disingenuous    

Meaning: dishonest, deceitful, underhand, underhanded, duplicitous, lying, false

Definition: not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.

Usage: This journalist was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical

5). Ascribing

Meaning: attribute, assign, put down, set down, accredit, credit

Definition: regard something as being due to (a cause).

Usage: He ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach.

6). Maverick

Meaning: individualist, nonconformist, free spirit, eccentric, outerside

Definition: an unorthodox or independent-minded person.

Usage: He's the maverick of the senate

7). Verdict

Meaning: judgement, adjudication, decision, finding, ruling, resolution, decree, order

Definition: a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest

Usage:  The jury returned a verdict of not guilty

8). Embroil

Meaning: Involve, entangle, ensnare, enmesh, catch up, mix up, bog down, mire

Definition: involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.

Usage: The organization is currently embroiled in running battles with pressure groups.

9). Reckless  

Meaning: rash, careless, thoughtless, incautions, heedless, unheeding, inattentive, precipitate

Definition: heedless of danger or the consequences of one's actions; rash or impetuous

Usage:  You mustn't be so reckless".

10). Legislative  

Meaning: law-making, judicial, juridical, administrative

Definition: having the power to make laws..

Usage: The country's supreme legislative body.

11). Affirm

Meaning: Declare, state, aver, proclaim, pronounce, attest, swear, avow, vow, guarantee, promise, certify

Definition: state emphatically or publicly.

Usage: He affirmed the country's commitment to peace

12). Travesty  

Meaning: misrepresentation, distortion, corruption, poor imitation, parody

Definition: a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something.

Usage:  The absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice

13). Reparation  

Meaning: amends, restitution, redress, compensation, repayment, atonement.

Definition: the action of making amends for a wrong one has done, by providing payment or other assistance to those who have been wronged.

Usage: The courts required a convicted offender to make financial reparation to his victim.

14). Dissent    

Meaning: disagreement, argument, dispute, demur

Definition: the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held.

Usage: There was no dissent from this view

15). Oppress

Meaning: persecute, abuse, maltreat, ill-treat, suppress, repress, subject

Definition: keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority

Usage: A system which oppressed working people.

16). Cacophonous

Meaning: loud, noisy, ear-splitting, blaring, booming, deafening,  

Definition: involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

Usage: The cacophonous sound of slot machines

17). Glimpse  

Meaning: brief look, quick look

Definition: a momentary or partial view

Usage:  She caught a glimpse of the ocean

18). Integrity  

Meaning: honest, probity, rectitude, honour, ethics, sincerity, truthfulness, virtue, decency

Definition: the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

Usage: A gentleman of complete integrity.

19). Intolerance   

Meaning: bigotry, dogmatism, illiberality, parochialism, insularity       

Definition: unwillingness to accept views, beliefs, or behaviour that differ from one's own

Usage:  A struggle against religious intolerance.

20). Elusive

Meaning: Difficult to catch/find, difficult to track down

Definition: difficult to find, catch, or achieve.

Usage: Success will become ever more elusive.