Word of the Day: Repine

Repine:
repine imagine pine tree has grapes and catwants to get that but she is unsucessful and thus frets and complains aroundthus repine is to complain , fret.

Synonyms:
fret, grumble, languish, moan, mourn, regret, whimper

Antonyms:
approve, commend, praise, recommend, sanction
(Countributed by aditya dave)

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Word of the Day: Refute

Refute

Mnemonic: quite similar in meaning to refuse.

Meaning — disprove
Mnemonic — quite similar in meaning to refuse.

deny means to declare untrue or refuse to accept or believe or to refuse to recognize or acknowledge; refute means to prove to be false, wrong, or incorrect
to rebut a statement is to offer clear evidence or a reasoned argument against it; to refute a statement is to prove it wrong (neither means ‘contradict’ or ‘deny’)
refute means ‘to show conclusively to be false or illogical’ and applies primarily to assertions or arguments; confute means ‘to prove wrong’ and applies primarily to the person or agency making the assertion or argument

Synonyms:
negate, overthrow, parry, quash, rebut, repudiate, abnegate, confute, contend, contradict,  debate, demolish, disclaim, disconfirm, disprove, dispute, expose, gainsay, invalidate

Antonyms:
prove, ratify, sanction

(Countributed by rpd25)

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Word of the Day : Laconic

Laconic

laconic; looks like lack of words or something.

In October 1927 Cecil Beaton contrived a photograph of “the bright young things”, as they styled themselves, to which he gave the laconic title On The Bridge, Wilsford. Seven young men and women pose for the camera, all dressed up, in ruffs and frills, patterned silk waistcoats and faux-rustic breeches, as courtly versions of the shepherds and shepherdesses of Arcadia. ( Source: www.andrewgrahamdixon.com)

It is a point of (perverse?) pride that our soldiering tradition is marked by extreme laconic perspectives, attitudes and general disposition. Where that disposition irritated British officers the pleasure is refined. But Australian volunteer soldiers are not the owners of the laconic voice – I suspect that volunteer soldiers down through the ages have owned the same voice. (Source: http://www.pickledeel.com)

Synonyms:
boiled down, compendious, concise, epigrammatic, laconic, meaty, pithy, pointed, short and sweet, succinct, terse
Notes:     a compact is a formal agreement on rights and conduct, a treaty is a compact between nations, and a contract is a compact between two business entities

Antonyms:
large, lengthy, long, unabridged

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GRE Word of the Day: Adamant

Adamant

Adam Ant is a British musician, who gained popularity as the lead singer of 1980s .once  he was voted sexiest man in America by the viewers of MTV.

Usage:
Some times   “He is adamant in his refusal to change his mind”;

Synonyms:
determined, firm, inflexible, intransigent, obdurate, relentless, resolute, rigid, stiff, stubborn, unbendable

Antonyms:
flexible, pliant, submissive

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Word of the Day: Bravado

Bravado (n)
Remember CROREPATI. Amitabh will stay confident before locking the computer. So bravado-confident-crorepati.

Meaning:
Walk or behave in a confident manner.

Synonyms:
blowing, bluster, boasting, bombast, braggadocio, bragging, grandiosity, pomposity, pretension, raging, railing, rant, swaggering

Antonyms:
cowardice, fearfulness, modesty

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