Vocabulary Words - 22.04.2015

**Vocabulary Words - 22.04.2015**

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►-CLAIRVOYANT (ADJECTIVE): intuitive, psychic

Synonyms: visionary, prophetic Antonyms: real, moderate

Example Sentence:

To make such a confident prediction you would have to be clairvoyant.

►-CLIQUE (NOUN): group of friends

Synonyms: cabal, coterie Antonyms: indivisual

Example Sentence:

His team now gets together regularly for fun, as if they were a clique of college friends.

►-COALESCE (VERB): blend, come together

Synonyms: consolidate, integrate Antonyms: divide, seperate

Example Sentence:

Until there is such a lobby around which political support can coalesce, politically workable plans will not be generated.

►-APLOMB (NOUN): assurance

Synonyms: composure, equanimity Antonyms: doubt, uncertainty

Example Sentence:

He took the news with undeterred aplomb.

►-APOCALYPTIC (ADJECTIVE): outstanding in revelation, prophecy, or significance

Synonyms: fateful, ominous Antonyms: short- sighted

Example Sentence:

Others recommend adopting some policies now as an insurance policy against apocalyptic tail outcomes.

►-DEVOLVE (VERB): to transfer or delegate

Synonyms: pass on, give to Antonyms: take away

Example Sentence:

The constant worry is that direct talks will devolve into recriminations and new violence.

►-EXPUNGE (VERB): to strike or blot out

Synonyms: abolish, eradicate Antonyms: establish, create

Example Sentence:

It would be wrong to expunge these atrocities from the record of history.

►-FATUOUS (ADJECTIVE): stupid

Synonyms: foolish, idiotic Antonyms: keen, sensible

Example Sentence:

It's fatuous to book flight tickets through online travel firms without having a look at the respective airline's fare.

►-FACADE (NOUN) : appearance, often deceptive

Synonyms: veneer, disguise Antonyms: reality, truth

Example Sentence:

It really annoys me all this scientific research over animals whether it is cosmetic industry testing or this latest facade.

►-SCHLEMIEL (NOUN) : dolt

Synonyms: blockhead, dunce Antonyms: brain, genius

Example Sentence:

The protagonist is an obsessed schlemiel until he turns out to be right.