** Vocabulary Words - 14.05.2015 **

** Vocabulary Words - 14.05.2015 **

1. FLUMMOX (VERB): to bewilder; confound; confuse.

Synonyms: baffle, perplex Antonyms: clarify, enlighten

Example Sentence:

What wine to serve at thanksgiving can flummox even the heartiest of gourmands.

2. GAVEL (NOUN) : a small mallet used by the presiding officer of a meeting, a judge, etc., usually to signal for attention or order.

Synonyms: hammer, maul

Example Sentence:

One advantage of Inhofe taking the gavel is that he might have to start playing defense.

3. FURBISH (VERB): polish; renovate

Synonyms: improve, renew Antonyms: damage, dull

Example Sentence:

Students in the program will collect the hardware and re- furbish and update them.

4. GOSSAMER (ADJECTIVE): gauzy, thin

Synonyms: fine, light Antonyms: dark, thick

Example Sentence:

Her shapely arms were bare, and in her hands she held a gossamer scarf.

5. GARGANTUAN (ADJECTIVE): very large

Synonyms: huge, mammoth Antonyms: small, tiny

Example Sentence:

Today, researchers are flummoxed as to the whereabouts of this gargantuan cultural artifact.

6. HALCYON (ADJECTIVE) : calm; peaceful; tranquil

Synonyms: serene, placid Antonyms: agitated , peaceful

Example Sentence:

We were there at the beginning, never really accepted its failure, and still maintain it was a halcyon moment.

7. LITHE (ADJECTIVE): flexible, graceful and slender

Synonyms: agile, limber Antonyms: clumsy, rigid

Example Sentence:

Who was that lithe, bendable gymnast setting alight the Olympic flame?

8. MASTTICATE (VERB): chew

Synonyms: chomp, grind Antonyms: swallow

Example Sentence:

These mixers use tremendous power to literally chew, or masticate, rubber and solid fillers into an acceptable mixture.

9. MAUNDER (VERB): digress

Synonyms: deviate, drift Antonyms: go direct, stay

Example Sentence:

Wandering in and out of a set made of drip-painting canvases, the characters maunder on about art and their personal demons.

10. MAUDLIN (ADJECTIVE): tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental

Synonyms: mawkish, mushy Antonyms: pragmatic, unemotional

Example Sentence:

The program manages to avoid the maudlin, in part because these patients are trained entertainers.

** ANTONYMS & SYNONYMS– 14.05.2015 **
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►- Marvellous- आश्चर्यजनक, अद्भुत
S- astonishing, miraculous, amazing, wonerdrful, wondrous, extraordinary, spectacular, stupendous
A- common, ordinary, normal, usual

►- Meddlesome-हस्तक्षेप करने वाला
S- interfering, intermeddling, officious
A- helpful, unobtrusive, unofficious