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Daily English Vocabulary
Verisimilitude
Noun
Meaning – The appearance of being true or real.
Usage – ‘I’m writing about an experience that isn’t my own, and in order to ensure some
degree of verisimilitude, I use details from my own experience.’
Synonyms – Naturalism, realism
Antonyms – falseness
Quiddity
Noun
Meaning – A distinctive feature; a peculiarity.
Usage – Imitating the famous actors with full respect to their quiddities and idiosyncrasies is a difficult task.
Eating no meat was his idiosyncrasy. It was his idiosyncrasy to seem much older than
his years.
Prevaricate
Verb
Meaning – Speak or act in an evasive way.
Usage – In order to woo the voters, the politician went out of his way to prevaricate
about the success of government’s schemes.
Synonyms – fabricate, lie
Antonyms – assert, testify, confirm Juggernaut
Noun
Meaning – A huge, powerful, and overwhelming force.
Usage – With a rapidly increasing market share, Amazon has become an e-commerce juggernaut.
Synonyms – steamroller, force.
Numinous
Adjective
Meaning – Having a strong religious or spiritual quality; indicating or suggesting the presence
of a divinity.
Usage – I always feel that ancient ruins have a numinous quality.
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