VOCABULARY OF THE DAY - 07-04-2017

1). Intractable (adjective)

Meaning: hard to control or deal with.

Synonyms: unmanageable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, out of control.

Usage:  Their problems have become more acute and intractable.

2). Delineate (Verb)

Meaning: describe or portray (something) precisely.

Synonyms: describe, set forth, set out, present, outline, depict, portray.

Usage:  The law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent.

3). Ascetic (adjective)

Meaning: characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

Synonyms: austere, self-denying, abstinent, abstemious.

Usage:  An ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labour.

4). Daunt (verb)

Meaning: make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.

Synonyms: intimidate, abash, take aback, shake, ruffle, throw.

Usage:  Some people are daunted by technology.

5). Idyllic (adjective)

Meaning: like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.

Synonyms: perfect, ideal, idealized, wonderful, blissful.

Usage:  An attractive hotel in an idyllic setting.

6). Burgeon (verb)

Meaning: begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish.

Synonyms: grow rapidly, increase rapidly/exponentially, expand.

Usage:  Tourism has burgeoned over the last ten years.

7). Anomalous (adjective)

Meaning: deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected.

Synonyms: abnormal, atypical, non-typical, irregular.

Usage:  Nuclear weapons testing may have been responsible for the anomalous weather conditions.

8). Friable (adjective)

Meaning: easily crumbled.

Synonyms: crumbly, easily crumbled, powdery, dusty.

Usage:  The soil was friable between her fingers.

9). Protean (adjective)

Meaning: tending or able to change frequently or easily.

Synonyms: ever-changing, variable, changeable, mutable, kaleidoscopic.

Usage:  The diverse and protean nature of mental disorders.

10). Recondite (adjective)

Meaning: (of a subject or knowledge) little known; abstruse.

Synonyms: obscure, abstruse, arcane, esoteric, little known.

Usage:  The book is full of recondite information.

11). Boisterous (adjective)

Meaning: noisy, energetic, and cheerful

Synonyms: lively, active, animated, exuberant, spirited, bouncy, frisky

Usage: A group of boisterous lads.

12). Inveigle (verb)

Meaning: persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery

Synonyms: cajole, wheedle, coax, persuade, convince, talk

Usage: He was attempting to inveigle them into doing his will.

13). Sodden (adjective)

Meaning: saturated with liquid, especially water; soaked through.

Synonyms: soaking, soaking wet, soaked, soaked through, wet through

Usage: His clothes were sodden.

14). Perfidious (adjective)

Meaning: deceitful and untrustworthy

Synonyms: treacherous, duplicitous, deceitful, disloyal, faithless

Usage: It is highly risk to hire a perfidious labour.

15). Conundrum (noun)

Meaning: a confusing and difficult problem or question.

Synonyms: problem, difficult question, vexed question, difficulty

Usage: One of the most difficult conundrums for the experts.

16). Denouement (noun)

Meaning: The final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved

Synonyms: final scene, final act, last act

Usage: The film's denouement was unsatisfying and ambiguous.

17). Stolid (adjective)

Meaning: calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation

Synonyms: impassive, phlegmatic, unemotional, calm

Usage: A stolid, slow-speaking man.

18). Dissemble (verb)

Meaning: conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs

Synonyms: dissimulate, pretend, deceive, feign, act

Usage: An honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble.

19). Dilatory (adjective)

Meaning: slow to act

Synonyms: slow, unhurried, tardy, unpunctual, lax, slack

Usage: They were dilatory in providing the researchers with information.

20). Garner (Verb)

Meaning: gather or collect (something, especially information or approval)

Synonyms: accumulate, amass, assemble; store

Usage: The police struggled to garner sufficient evidence.