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Vocabulary Words - 12.02.2017

Mahendra Guru
Vocabulary Words - 12.02.2017
1. CORNUCOPIA (NOUN): Abundance

Synonyms: affluence, plenty 

Antonyms: scarcity, rareness

Example Sentence: 

There was cornucopia of mango in his garden. 


2. CONTRITE (ADJECTIVE): Regretful

Synonyms: apologetic, remorseful Antonyms: unrepentant, indifferent

Example sentence: 

When she started crying over his joke he gave very contrite look.


3. CERTITUDE (NOUN): sureness

Synonyms: confidence, certainty Antonyms: uncertainty, distrust 

Example sentence: 

I saw some kind of certitude in his voice. 


4. ETHEREAL (ADJECTIVE): Delicate

Synonyms: airy, gaseous Antonyms: indelicate, earthly

Example sentence: 

I realized that it is a very ethereal cup after holing it in my hands. 


5. BAIRN (NOUN): Child 

Synonyms: baby, juvenile Antonyms: adult, grown-up

Example sentence : 

He is blessed with a sweet bairn last Monday. 


6. CODA (NOUN): Afterword

Synonym: postscript, summation Antonyms: commencement, preface 

Example sentence: 

Atul’s new novel is a kind of coda to his previous books. 


7. CONVALESCE (VERB): Recover

Synonyms: recuperate, rejuvenate Antonyms: damage, destroy 

Example sentence: 

This shampoo convalesced my hair very well. 


8. CAROUSE (VERB): Imbibe 

Synonyms: drink, quaff Antonyms: be sad, grieve

Example sentence:

Having caroused to its fullest he slept on the chair. 


9. CONVOKE (VERB): Meet

Synonyms: assemble, convene Antonyms: Scatter, disperse 

Example sentence: 

The party chief convoked with the new candidates of his party.


10. ATAVISM (NOUN): Reversion

Synonyms: relapse, regression Antonyms: moving forward, progress 

Example sentence: 

The second half of the story was an atavism of the other book. 



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