If you’ve gone through the question papers of CLAT and AILET 2023, you must have noticed the high percentage of questions asked from Vocabulary, which was a distinct change from the expected pattern.
To help you learn and revise vocabulary easily and quickly, CLATalogue brings you a new series of posts!
To help you learn and revise vocabulary easily and quickly, CLATalogue brings you a new series of posts!
1. Affinity
Meaning: a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
Synonyms: rapport, compatibility
Antonyms: dislike, aversion
2. Appease
Meaning: make peace with
Synonyms: conciliate, mollify, placate, pacify
Antonyms: aggravate, provoke, inflame
3. Brink
Meaning: edge of a steep place
Synonyms: verge, fringe, periphery, threshold, margin, border
Antonyms: center, interior
4. Browbeat
Meaning: discourage or frighten with a threat or domineering manner
Synonyms: intimidate, badger, harass, strong-arm
Antonyms: encourage, convince, reassure
5. Caprice
Meaning: a sudden desire
Synonyms: whim, vagary, fancy, crotchet, fad
Antonyms: constant, steadfast, stable
6. Consternation
Meaning: a sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
Synonyms: distress, concern, tension, anxiety
Antonyms: contentment, tranquility, peace, placidity
7. Vicissitude
Meaning: a variation in circumstances
Synonyms: fluctuation, permutation, alteration
Antonyms: stagnation, uniformity
8. Wheedle
Meaning: influence by gentle urging
Synonyms: cajole, finagle, entice
Antonyms: dissuade
9. Vitiate
Meaning: spoil or impair or make imperfect
Synonyms: annihilate, abolish, quash, abrogate
Antonyms: allow, ratify, approve, permit
10. Umbrage
Meaning: anger caused by being offended
Synonyms: ire, annoyance, displeasure, rage, resentment
Antonyms: cheer, glee, happiness
Practice these words at regular intervals, and keep an eye on this space for more such posts!
Meaning: a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
Synonyms: rapport, compatibility
Antonyms: dislike, aversion
2. Appease
Meaning: make peace with
Synonyms: conciliate, mollify, placate, pacify
Antonyms: aggravate, provoke, inflame
3. Brink
Meaning: edge of a steep place
Synonyms: verge, fringe, periphery, threshold, margin, border
Antonyms: center, interior
4. Browbeat
Meaning: discourage or frighten with a threat or domineering manner
Synonyms: intimidate, badger, harass, strong-arm
Antonyms: encourage, convince, reassure
5. Caprice
Meaning: a sudden desire
Synonyms: whim, vagary, fancy, crotchet, fad
Antonyms: constant, steadfast, stable
6. Consternation
Meaning: a sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
Synonyms: distress, concern, tension, anxiety
Antonyms: contentment, tranquility, peace, placidity
7. Vicissitude
Meaning: a variation in circumstances
Synonyms: fluctuation, permutation, alteration
Antonyms: stagnation, uniformity
8. Wheedle
Meaning: influence by gentle urging
Synonyms: cajole, finagle, entice
Antonyms: dissuade
9. Vitiate
Meaning: spoil or impair or make imperfect
Synonyms: annihilate, abolish, quash, abrogate
Antonyms: allow, ratify, approve, permit
10. Umbrage
Meaning: anger caused by being offended
Synonyms: ire, annoyance, displeasure, rage, resentment
Antonyms: cheer, glee, happiness
Practice these words at regular intervals, and keep an eye on this space for more such posts!
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Sanya Ambastha
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