Circuitous (adj.)
Circuit… the electric circuit in any room follows a circuitous path.
E.g.:
Took a circuitous route to avoid the accident site.
We took a circuitous route to the FIFA world cup so as to avoid the massive traffic jam on the highway.
Syn:
omplicated, devious, labyrinthine, long way, meandering, oblique, rambling, roundabout, tortuous
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Circuitous (Antonym)
(A) labyrinthine
(B) presumptuous
(C) compendious
(D) pert
(E) Reserved
Popularity: 19% [?]
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Pogrom (n)
An official prosecution program which usually leads to mass killing of a group of people, usually for racial or religious reasons.
Pogrom is a program of official mass killing.
E.g.:
State organized pogrom after the Godhera train carnage.
A pogrom ordered by Hitler.
Syn: slaughter, mass murder, massacre, butchery, killing, wholesale slaughter, general slaughter, carnage, blood bath, genocide
Antonyms of Pogrom
A) Slaughter
B) Schedule
C) Renaissance
D) Persecution
E) Peonage
Popularity: 15% [?]
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Confidant (adj)
Confident….. Confident is a close friend on whom you can repose your confident.
One to whom secrets are entrusted.As in above pic.
E.g.: He was a great confidant of Long John Silver.
Syn: intimate , assured, convinced, courageous, dauntless, presumptuous, sanguine, unafraid, undaunted, upbeat
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Confidant ( Antonyms)
A) nemesis
B) accomplice
C) confederate
D) Buff
E) Bulimic
Popularity: 19% [?]
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Sage (n)
S+ age……….
Reaching the age of maturity, a person becomes a sage.
E.g.:
>> Sage advice.
>> The sage who writes it.
Syn: academician, mastermind, prodigy, pundit, scholar
Ant: moron
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Sage (Antonyms)
A) seer
B) savant
C) imbecile
D) pundit
E) cirrus
Popularity: 33% [?]
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Leeway (n)
Lee+way=leeway…
Lee jean gives very less leeway to move around the waist. So leeway means freedom to do someting.
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Meaning:
>> a margin of freedom or variation, as of activity, time, or expenditure; latitude
>> an allowable margin of freedom or variation
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>>a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
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Usage:
>> some little allowance for leeway in not being over-smart about it.
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Leeway (Antonym)
A) peonage
B) endurance
C) stamina
D) freedom
E) room
Popularity: 14% [?]
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Indignity (n)
I can do everything for my girlfriend even below the my dignity. What about you ?
In + dignity……. Treatment or circumstances that cause one to feel shame and loss of dignity. Humiliating, degrading, or abusive treatment.
E.g:
>> The director suffered the indignity of being refused admission to the meeting.
>> Minor indignities such as intentionally mispronouncing a person’s name.
Synonyms affront, barb, dart, dig, epithet, indignity, name, offense (or offence), outrage, put-down, sarcasm, slight, slur
Related Words gibe (or jibe), jeer, sneer, taunt; abuse, invective, vituperation; disapproval, opprobrium; disgrace, dishonor, shame; attack, criticism, slam; torment, torture
Near Antonymscommendation, compliment; acclaim, applause, praise; adulation, flattery
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Indignity (Antonym)
A) Accolade
B) Sententious
C) Didactic
D) Objuration
E) Untaught
Popularity: 12% [?]
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