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Daily English Vocabulary
Pejorative
Adjective
Meaning – Expressing contempt or disapproval, insulting to someone or something : expressing criticism.
Usage – While the movie critic made pejorative comments about the film’s plot, he praised the lead actor
Synonyms – belittling, contemptuous, disparaging
Antonyms – complimentary, adulatory, laudatory
Adumbrate
Verb
Meaning –
1. Represent in outline, 2. Foreshadow
Usage – Plot synopsis adumbrates the story of the movie.
“the walls of the room were only adumbrated by the torch light”
Synonyms – Foretell, Augur
Recalcitrant
Adjective
Meaning – Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.
Usage – Even if the opposition behaves in a recalcitrant manner, it is up to the government to
make the parliament work.
Synonyms – defiant, rebellious, refractory
Antonyms – amenable, docile, tractable
Solipsism
Noun
Meaning – The view or theory that the self is all that can
be known to exist
Usage – We get mired in solipsism and delude ourselves
into believing that the world cannot go on without us.
Synonyms – Egoism, self-containment, subjectivity, narcissism
Antonyms – objectivity, omniscience, universality
Zephyr
Noun
Meaning – A soft gentle breeze.
Usage – She sat on the porch to enjoy the summer Zephyr sweep over her face.
Synonyms – puff of air, breeze, air
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