Thursday, 27 October 2016

Vocabulary Support

Dear Students!

Realizing your hectic study schedules, I have gird up my loins to facilitate learning to the maximum of my capabilities and time and potential. This will hopefully not only save you time, but  cater as a vast resource of vocabulary. Here is the ancillary  vocabulary support for the Article of the week.
accrue
accrue (verb) - grow by addition; "The interest accrues"
accrue , fall (verb) - come into the possession of; "The house accrued to the oldest son"
aggregation
collection , aggregation , accumulation , assemblage (noun) - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
collection , collecting , assembling , aggregation (noun) - the act of gathering something together
aggress
attack , aggress (verb) - take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs attacked the village at night""The visiting team started to attack"
ameliorates
better , improve , amend , ameliorate , meliorate (verb) - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
better , improve , ameliorate , meliorate (verb) - get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
amplified
magnify , amplify (verb) - increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
overstate , exaggerate , overdraw , hyperbolize , hyerbolise , magnify , amplify (verb) - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
inflate , blow up , expand , amplify (verb) - exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
amplify (verb) - increase the volume of; "amplify sound"
belligerence
belligerence , belligerency (noun) - hostile or warlike attitude or nature
aggressiveness , belligerence , pugnacity (noun) - a natural disposition to be hostile
besieged
besiege , beleaguer , surround , hem in , circumvent (verb) - surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged Vienna"
besiege (verb) - cause to feel distressed or worried; "She was besieged by so many problems that she got discouraged"
besiege (verb) - harass, as with questions or requests; "The press photographers besieged the movie star"
besieged (adjective) - surrounded by hostile forces; "the besieged town"
betray
betray , bewray (verb) - reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
betray , sell (verb) - deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus""The spy betrayed his country"
fail , betray (verb) - disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time""His strength finally failed him""His children failed him in the crisis"
cheat on , cheat , cuckold , betray , wander (verb) - be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband""Might her husband be wandering?"
denounce , tell on , betray , give away , rat , grass , shit , shop , snitch , stag (verb) - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
deceive , betray , lead astray (verb) - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
bravado
bravado , bluster (noun) - a swaggering show of courage
cohorts
cohort (noun) - a company of companions or supporters
cohort (noun) - a band of warriors (originally a unit of a Roman Legion)
age group , age bracket , cohort (noun) - a group people having approximately the same age
congregated
congregate (verb) - come together, usually for a purpose; "The crowds congregated in front of the Vatican on Christmas Eve"
demonise
demonize , demonise (verb) - make into a demon; "Power had demonized him"
desperately
urgently , desperately (adverb) - with great urgency; "health care reform is needed urgently""the soil desperately needed potash"
desperately (adverb) - in intense despair; "the child clung desperately to her mother"
deviousness
deviousness , obliqueness (noun) - the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
crookedness , deviousness (noun) - the quality of being deceitful and underhanded
duo
couple , pair , twosome , twain , brace , span , yoke , couplet , distich , duo , duet , dyad , duad (noun) - two items of the same kind
duet , duette , duo (noun) - two performers or singers who perform together
couple , twosome , duo , duet (noun) - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple""an inseparable twosome"
duet , duette , duo (noun) - a musical composition for two performers
dwindling
dwindle , dwindle away , dwindle down (verb) - become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
dwindling , dwindling away (noun) - a becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"
dwindling , tapering , tapering off (adjective) - gradually decreasing until little remains
emerges
emerge (verb) - come out into view, as from concealment; "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office"
issue , emerge , come out , come forth , go forth , egress (verb) - come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall""The words seemed to come out by themselves"
emerge (verb) - become known or apparent; "Some nice results emerged from the study"
emerge (verb) - come up to the surface of or rise; "He felt new emotions emerge"
come forth , emerge (verb) - happen or occur as a result of something
enervate               
enervate (verb) - weaken mentally or morally
faze , unnerve , enervate , unsettle (verb) - disturb the composure of
enjoins
enjoin (verb) - issue an injunction
order , tell , enjoin , say (verb) - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home""She ordered him to do the shopping""The mother told the child to get dressed"
foray
plunder , despoil , loot , reave , strip , rifle , ransack , pillage , foray (verb) - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
foray (verb) - briefly enter enemy territory
foray , raid , maraud (noun) - a sudden short attack
foray (noun) - an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics"
fractious
fractious , refractory , recalcitrant (adjective) - stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness""a refractory child"
cranky , fractious , irritable , nettlesome , peevish , peckish , pettish , petulant , scratchy , testy , tetchy , techy (adjective) - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man""not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
fractious (adjective) - unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas""fractious components of a communication system"
fragmentation
atomization , atomisation , fragmentation (noun) - separating something into fine particles
fragmentation (noun) - the disintegration of social norms governing behavior and thought and social relationships
fragmentation (noun) - (computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk; "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file"
fragmentation (noun) - the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
fulsome
buttery , fulsome , oily , oleaginous , smarmy , soapy , unctuous (adjective) - unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise""gave him a fulsome introduction""an oily sycophantic press agent""oleaginous hypocrisy""smarmy self-importance""the unctuous Uriah Heep""soapy compliments"
harangues
harangue (verb) - deliver a harangue to; address forcefully
harangue , rant , ranting (noun) - a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
huddle
huddle , huddle together (verb) - crowd or draw together; "let's huddle together--it's cold!"
huddle , cower (verb) - crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"
huddle , powwow (noun) - (informal) a quick private conference
huddle (noun) - a disorganized and densely packed crowd; "a huddle of frightened women"
intervene
intervene , step in , interfere , interpose (verb) - get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
intervene (verb) - be placed or located between other things or extend between spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the two movements""Eight days intervened"
intervene (verb) - occur between other event or between certain points of time; "the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
intimidate
intimidate (verb) - make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"
intimidate , restrain (verb) - to compel or deter by or as if by threats
jem
Jaish-i-Mohammed , Jaish-e-Muhammad , JEM , Army of Muhammad (noun) - a terrorist organization founded in 2000; a militant Islamic group active in Kashmir and closely aligned with al-Rashid Trust; seeks to secure release of imprisoned fellow militants by kidnappings
manipulative
manipulative (adjective) - skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage; "the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old child"
manly
manfully , manly (adverb) - in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man; "having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home"
manly , manful , manlike (adjective) - possessing qualities befitting a man
male , manful , manlike , manly , virile (adjective) - characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice""manly sports"
nastier
nasty , awful (adjective) - offensive or even (of persons) malicious; "in a nasty mood""a nasty accident""a nasty shock""a nasty smell""a nasty trick to pull""Will he say nasty things at my funeral?"- Ezra Pound
nasty , tight (adjective) - exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty problem""a good man to have on your side in a tight situation"
filthy , foul , nasty , smutty (adjective) - characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth""foul language""smutty jokes"
filthy , foul , nasty (adjective) - disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter; "as filthy as a pigsty""a foul pond""a nasty pigsty of a room"
nukes
nuke , atomize , atomise , zap (verb) - strike at with firepower or bombs; "zap the enemy"
atom-bomb , nuke (verb) - bomb with atomic weapons
microwave , micro-cook , zap , nuke (verb) - cook or heat in a microwave oven; "You can microwave the leftovers"
atomic warhead , nuclear warhead , thermonuclear warhead , nuke (noun) - the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
offing

offing (noun) - the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing"
offing (noun) - the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"
outrageous
hideous , horrid , horrific , outrageous (adjective) - grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty""a hideous pattern of injustice""horrific conditions in the mining industry"
exorbitant , extortionate , outrageous , steep , unconscionable , usurious (adjective) - greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; "exorbitant rent""extortionate prices""spends an outrageous amount on entertainment""usurious interest rate""unconscionable spending"
patently
obviously , evidently , manifestly , patently , apparently , plainly , plain (adverb) - unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong""she was in bed and evidently in great pain""he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list""it is all patently nonsense""she has apparently been living here for some time""I thought he owned the property, but apparently not""You are plainly wrong""he is plain stubborn"
poignant
affecting , poignant , touching (adjective) - arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene""poignant grief cannot endure forever""his gratitude was simple and touching"
poignant (adjective) - keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety"
proximity
proximity , propinquity (noun) - the property of being close together
proximity (noun) - the region close around a person or thing

repatriate
repatriate (verb) - send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees
repatriate (verb) - admit back into the country
repatriate (noun) - a person who has returned to the country of origin or whose citizenship has been restored
salubrious
healthy , salubrious , good for you(p) (adjective) - promoting health; healthful; "a healthy diet""clean healthy air""plenty of healthy sleep""healthy and normal outlets for youthful energy""the salubrious mountain air and water"- C.B.Davis; "carrots are good for you"
salubrious (adjective) - favorable to health of mind or body; "not the most salubrious campsite""one of the less salubrious suburbs"
sanctify
consecrate , bless , hallow , sanctify (verb) - render holy by means of religious rites
purify , purge , sanctify (verb) - make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"
shenanigans
mischief , mischief-making , mischievousness , deviltry , devilry , devilment , rascality , roguery , roguishness , shenanigan (noun) - reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
trickery , chicanery , chicane , guile , wile , shenanigan (noun) - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
shiv
shiv (noun) - a knife used as a weapon
sidelines
sideline (verb) - remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President"
sideline , out of bounds (noun) - a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field
sideline (noun) - an auxiliary line of merchandise
avocation , by-line , hobby , pursuit , sideline , spare-time activity (noun) - an auxiliary activity
solace
comfort , soothe , console , solace (verb) - give moral or emotional strength to
consolation , solace , solacement (noun) - the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"
solace , solacement (noun) - comfort in disappointment or misery
consolation , comfort , solace (noun) - the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his presence was a consolation to her"
stealthily
stealthily (adverb) - in a stealthy manner; "stealthily they advanced upstream"
surged
billow , surge , heave (verb) - rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"
soar , soar up , soar upwards , surge , zoom (verb) - rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen"
tide , surge (verb) - rise or move forward; "surging waves"
scend , surge (verb) - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"
surge (verb) - see one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead"
swamps
swamp , drench (verb) - drench or submerge or be drenched or submerged; "The tsunami swamped every boat in the harbor"
deluge , flood , inundate , swamp (verb) - fill quickly beyond capacity; as with a liquid; "the basement was inundated after the storm""The images flooded his mind"
swamp , swampland (noun) - low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog
swamp (noun) - a situation fraught with difficulties and imponderables; "he was trapped in a medical swamp"
unison
unison (noun) - corresponding exactly; "marching in unison"
unison (noun) - occurring together or simultaneously; "the two spoke in unison"
unison (noun) - (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in octaves; "singing in unison"
virility
virility (noun) - the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation
manfulness , manliness , virility (noun) - the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male
vulnerabilities
vulnerability , exposure (noun) - the state of being vulnerable or exposed; "his vulnerability to litigation""his exposure to ridicule"
vulnerability (noun) - susceptibility to injury or attack
warts
wart (noun) - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
wart , verruca (noun) - (pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

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