Elicit (v)
Illicit…
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Example:
The role elicited the actress’s flair for comedy that previous directors had overlooked.
Hypnotism elicited his hidden fears.
Her remarks elicited cheers.
Syn:
engender, evoke
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Elicit (Antonym)
A) Outlook
B) Overlook
C) Evoke
D) Educe
E) Thrust
Popularity: 24% [?]
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TREPIDATION -> fear; nervous apprehension
MORTIFY -> humiliate by embarrassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh
MAVERICK -> Any body who is different from others
HERETICAL -> Going against accepted belief or religion
ICONOCLAST -> Idol breaker (or) A person who’s fighting against DOGMA
DOGMA -> superstition (or) A rigid and inflexible belief
WANDERLUST -> A desire to travel new places and to experience new culture
BLITZKRIEG -> Lightening attack,A sudden consistent all round attack
MENDACIOUS -> lying; habitually dishonest; N. mendacity
MALINGERER -> one who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work
ZEITGEIST -> spirit of times (or) trend in a society at particular part of time
TYRO -> beginner; novice
Popularity: 8% [?]
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Popularity: 16% [?]
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Ignominy (n)
Is ignominy related to ignorance ??? ha ha ha ha…. !!!!
Ignominy is a situation in which a person lives his life in ignorance & public disgrace.
E.g.:
Suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison.
He spent the week in ignominy after being exposed as a cheat during the spelling bee.
Meaning:
Deep personal humiliation and disgrace.
Syn: discredit, disesteem, disfavor, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, infamy, insignificancy, opprobrium, shame, stigma
Ant: esteem, regard
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Ignominy (Antonym)
A) Complaisant
B) Debate
C) Stigma
D) Smirch
E) Slur
Popularity: 3% [?]
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