A Word – Synonym, Antonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference
Haggle - hagul
Synonym:
Noun:
1. An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
Verb:
1. Dispute or bargain persistently, especially over the cost of something
Antonym - Comply
Usages:
1. Let’s not haggle over a few dollars
2. The two sides are haggling over television rights
3. Don’t haggle over few bugs
Friday, December 12, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Know a word - Degrade
Know a word - Degrade
A Word – Synonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference
Degrade: (verb) – di’greyd
Synonym:
1. Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth; lower the character or quality of
2. Breakdown or deteriorate chemically
3. Reduce (someone) to a lower rank
Antonym: Aggrade
Usages:
1. She thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded woman
2. Vast areas of natural habitants have been degraded
3. The bacteria will degrade hydrocarbons
A Word – Synonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference
Degrade: (verb) – di’greyd
Synonym:
1. Lower the grade of something; reduce its worth; lower the character or quality of
2. Breakdown or deteriorate chemically
3. Reduce (someone) to a lower rank
Antonym: Aggrade
Usages:
1. She thought that many supposedly erotic pictures degraded woman
2. Vast areas of natural habitants have been degraded
3. The bacteria will degrade hydrocarbons
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Know a word - Conjecture
A Word – Synonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference
Conjecture (noun) – kun’jekchur
Synonym:
1. Guess work, speculation
2. A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with the little hard evidence)
3. A opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
4. Reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
Usages:
1. I’m glad that my conjecture worked
2. He missed it as mere conjecture
3. Conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied
Conjecture (noun) – kun’jekchur
Synonym:
1. Guess work, speculation
2. A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with the little hard evidence)
3. A opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
4. Reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
Usages:
1. I’m glad that my conjecture worked
2. He missed it as mere conjecture
3. Conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Know a word - Boggle
A Word – Synonym, Antonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference
Boggle (verb) – bo’gul
Synonym:
1. (Of a person or their mind) be astonished or baffled when trying to imagine something
2. Hesitate to do or accept
3. Confuse, stun
Usages:
1. The mind boggles at the spectacle
2. The inflated salary of a manager boggles the mind
3. You never boggle at plain speaking
4. The speed of the light boggles my mind
Boggle (verb) – bo’gul
Synonym:
1. (Of a person or their mind) be astonished or baffled when trying to imagine something
2. Hesitate to do or accept
3. Confuse, stun
Usages:
1. The mind boggles at the spectacle
2. The inflated salary of a manager boggles the mind
3. You never boggle at plain speaking
4. The speed of the light boggles my mind
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Know a word - Astonish
A Word – Synonym, Antonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference.
Astonish (verb) – u’sto’nish
Synonym:
1. Surprise or impress (someone) greatly
2. Amaze
Usages:
1. You never fail to astonish our Superiors.
2. An astonishing achievement by HK team in the implementation of paperless work.
Astonish (verb) – u’sto’nish
Synonym:
1. Surprise or impress (someone) greatly
2. Amaze
Usages:
1. You never fail to astonish our Superiors.
2. An astonishing achievement by HK team in the implementation of paperless work.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Know a word - Ostentatious
A Word – Synonym, antonym & its usage for your ready reference.
Word - Ostentatious (adj) - 'O'stunteyshus
Synonym: 1. Intended to attract notice and impress others
2. Showy display
Antonym: Modest, Unostentatious
Usages: 1. An ostentatious sable coat
2. Stop being Ostentatious
Word - Ostentatious (adj) - 'O'stunteyshus
Synonym: 1. Intended to attract notice and impress others
2. Showy display
Antonym: Modest, Unostentatious
Usages: 1. An ostentatious sable coat
2. Stop being Ostentatious
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Know a word - Verve
A Word – Synonym, Antonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference.
Verve (noun) – vurv
Synonym – Vigour and spirit or enthusiasm
Antonym – idleness
Usages:
1. Pavin displays great verve
2. Sonu sings with supreme verve and flexibility
Verve (noun) – vurv
Synonym – Vigour and spirit or enthusiasm
Antonym – idleness
Usages:
1. Pavin displays great verve
2. Sonu sings with supreme verve and flexibility
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Know a word - Mitigate
A Word – Synonym, antonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference.
Mitigate: (verb) – ‘miti’ geyt
Synonym:
1. Less severe, serious or painful
2. Lessen the gravity of an offence
Antonym: immitigable (adj)
Usages:
1. Drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem
2. Mitigating the circumstances
Mitigate: (verb) – ‘miti’ geyt
Synonym:
1. Less severe, serious or painful
2. Lessen the gravity of an offence
Antonym: immitigable (adj)
Usages:
1. Drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem
2. Mitigating the circumstances
Monday, November 24, 2008
Know a word -- Susceptible
A Word – Synonym, antonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference.
Word – Susceptible (adj) - Su ‘septubul
Synonym: 1. Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing
2. (Of a person) easily influenced by feelings or emotions; sensitive
3. Capable or admiring of
Antonym: Unsusceptible
Usages: 1. Patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection
2. They only do it to tease him – he’s too susceptible
3. The Problem is not susceptible of a simple solution
Word – Susceptible (adj) - Su ‘septubul
Synonym: 1. Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing
2. (Of a person) easily influenced by feelings or emotions; sensitive
3. Capable or admiring of
Antonym: Unsusceptible
Usages: 1. Patients with liver disease may be susceptible to infection
2. They only do it to tease him – he’s too susceptible
3. The Problem is not susceptible of a simple solution
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Know a word - Tardy
A Word – Synonym, antonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference
Tardy (adj) –taardee
Synonym:
1. Late, delayed
2. Slow in action or response; sluggish
Antonym – Punctual
Usages:
1. The train is tardy
2. Please forgive this tardy reply
Tardy (adj) –taardee
Synonym:
1. Late, delayed
2. Slow in action or response; sluggish
Antonym – Punctual
Usages:
1. The train is tardy
2. Please forgive this tardy reply
Friday, November 21, 2008
Know a word - Scrutiny
A Word – Synonym, antonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference
Scrutiny (noun) – skroot(u)nee
Synonym – critical observation or examination; inspection
Antonym – glance
Usages:
1. The storqm report is under scrutiny
2. Every aspect of HK processes was placed under scrutiny
Scrutiny (noun) – skroot(u)nee
Synonym – critical observation or examination; inspection
Antonym – glance
Usages:
1. The storqm report is under scrutiny
2. Every aspect of HK processes was placed under scrutiny
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Know a word -- Evasive
A Word – Synonym, antonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference.
Evasive (adj): I’veysiv
Synonym:
1. Deliberately vague or ambiguous
2. Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation; Especially by responding only indirectly
3. Avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire
Antonym - Direct
Usages:
1. “His answers were brief, constrained and evasive” – “an evasive statement”
2. She was evasive about her phone number
3. Pilots were taught to take evasive action
Evasive (adj): I’veysiv
Synonym:
1. Deliberately vague or ambiguous
2. Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation; Especially by responding only indirectly
3. Avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger especially enemy fire
Antonym - Direct
Usages:
1. “His answers were brief, constrained and evasive” – “an evasive statement”
2. She was evasive about her phone number
3. Pilots were taught to take evasive action
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Know a word -- Dither
A Word – Synonym, antonym & its usage sentence for your ready reference.
Dither: didhur
Synonym:
Noun: An excited state of agitation
Verb:
1. act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain
2. (Computing) to create a new color by displaying a fine pattern of colored pixels that appears to the eye as a new color, for example a pattern of black and white pixels equally spaced would appears as grey
Antonym – Decide
Usages:
1. I can’t bear people who dither
2. He was dithering about the election date
3. Dithered bit maps
Dither: didhur
Synonym:
Noun: An excited state of agitation
Verb:
1. act nervously; be undecided; be uncertain
2. (Computing) to create a new color by displaying a fine pattern of colored pixels that appears to the eye as a new color, for example a pattern of black and white pixels equally spaced would appears as grey
Antonym – Decide
Usages:
1. I can’t bear people who dither
2. He was dithering about the election date
3. Dithered bit maps
Monday, March 17, 2008
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