DAILY VOCABULARY (25.03.
2019)
1. Repartee (Noun):
Meaning : Conversation or speech
characterized by quick, witty
comments or replies.
Synonyms : badinage, banter, bantering, bons
mots, chaff, chaffing, crosstalk,
drollery, jesting, joking, patter.
2. Prosecute (Verb):
Meaning : institute or conduct legal
proceedings against (a person) or
organization
Synonyms : accuse, arraign bring a charge
against, bring a criminal charge
against, bring a suit against, bring
an action against.
Antonyms : defend, give up, let off, pardon
3. Afflict (Verb):
Meaning : (of a problem or illness) cause
pain or trouble to; affect
adversely.
Synonyms : ail, annoy, bedevil, beset, blight,
bother, burden, cause suffering to.
Antonyms : comfort
4. Evict (Verb):
Meaning : expel (someone) from a property,
especially with the support of the
law
Synonyms : boot out, bounce, dateout,
dislodge, dispossess, drive out.
Antonyms : admit
5. Factotum (Noun):
Meaning : an employee who does all kinds
of work
Synonyms : (general) handyman, body man,
general employee, jack of all trades
6. Extradite (Verb):
Meaning : to make somebody return for trial
to another country or state where
they have been accused of doing
something illegal.
Synonyms : banish, deport, expel, hand over,
repatriate, send back.
7. Hoary (Adj):
Meaning : grayish white.
Synonyms : advanced in years, aged, ancient,
banal, bromidic, clichéd,
common, commonplace,
conventional.
Antonyms : original, young
8. Shroud (Noun):
Meaning : a length of cloth or an enveloping
garment in which a dead person is
wrapped for burial.
Synonyms : blanket, burial clothes, canopy,
cerements, chrisom, cloak, cloud.
9. Warmonger (Verb):
Meaning : a person who encourages or
advocates aggression towards
other countries or groups.
Synonyms : aggressor, hawk, jingoist,
militarist, provoker, sabre-rattler
Antonyms : pacifist
10. Ombudsman (Noun):
Meaning : An official appointed to
investigate individuals’
complaints against a company or
organization, especially a public
authority
Synonyms : adjudicator, appraiser, arbiter,
assessor, bench, chancellor.