**Vocabulary Words - 02.05.2015**

**Vocabulary Words - 02.05.2015**

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►-CLUTCH (NOUN): strong hold

Synonyms: Clamp, Clasp Antonyms: Release, Misconception

Example Sentence:

The sudden sensation of falling made him clutch the door frame.

►-MOURN (VERB): be sad over loss

Synonyms: Lament, Regret Antonyms: Please, delight

Example Sentence:

We mourn the loss of a great leader, a faultless partner, and a beloved friend.

►-AKIN (ADJECTIVE): related or connected

Synonyms: similar, comparable Antonyms: dissimilar, unalike

Example Sentence:

In terms of emotion, animals are much more akin to us than is generally assumed.

►-MONSTROSITY (NOUN): freak

Synonyms: abnormality , deformity Antonyms: beauty

Example Sentence:

He hates thinking alone and regards it as a monstrosity.

►-VERIDICAL (ADJECTIVE): accurate

Synonyms: authentic, definite Antonyms: imprudent, fake

Example Sentence:

Teachers showed reasonably veridical perceptions of memory development, especially in the area of memory strategies.

►-BIZARRE (ADJECTIVE): strange, wild

Synonyms: unusual, peculiar Antonyms: familiar, normal

Example Sentence:

To modern eyes this was a strange household, one that exhibited a mosaic of bizarre relationships.

►-STALEMATE (NOUN): deadlock

Synonyms: delay, gridlock Antonyms: headway, progress

Example Sentence:

The stalemate has left many elderly to devise their own strategies for saving money on prescription drugs.

►-GRAPPLE (VERB): grab, wrestle

Synonyms: Confront, Contend Antonyms: agree, avoid

Example Sentence:

But now many companies are starting to grapple with this new technology's limitations.

►-FORESTALL (VERB) : keep from happening

Synonyms: Anticipate, deter Antonyms: allow, assist

Example Sentence:

Some want restrictions to cut population growth and forestall ecological catastrophe.

►-SURMISE (NOUN) : guess, conclusion

Synonyms: assumption, notion Antonyms: certainity, fact

Example Sentence:

They helped navigators surmise where they were and how far they had traveled and how much longer they had to stay at sea.

** ANTONYMS & SYNONYMS **
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►-Retaliate- प्रतिकार करना, बदला लेना
S- revenge, requit, repay, take venegence, retribute
A- condone, forgive, pardon

►-Reticent- अल्पभाषी, मौन, चुप्पी
S- mute, reserved, silent, taciturn
A- chattering, garrulous, loquacious, prating, talktive, vebose