Daily English Vocabulary from The Hindu dated 12 June 2017

Daily English Vocabulary from The Hindu dated 12 June 2017

1.     Ignominious (adjective): that makes, or should make, you feel ashamed;      Synonym: disgraceful, humiliating,       Adverb: Ignominiously ·        An ignominious defeat; ·        He made one mistake and his career came to an ignominious end.

2.     Muster (noun, verb): to find as much support, courage, etc., as you can; to come together, or bring people, especially soldier, together for example for military action; to gather together sheep or cows; Synonym: summon, Gather; ·        She left the room with all the dignity she could muster. ·        The navy could muster 44 warships. ·        He could muster only 154 votes at the election.

3.     Promulgated (verb): to spread an idea, a belief, etc. among many people; to announce a new law or system officially of publicly;      Noun: promulgation ·        The new constitution was promulgated in 2006.

4.     Squabble (verb, noun): to argue noisily about something that is not very important;      Synonym : Bicker ·        My sisters were squabbling over what to watch on TV. ·        Family squabbles. ·        There were endless squabbles over who should sit where.

5.     Deterrent (noun): a thing that makes somebody less likely to do something; ·        Hopefully his punishment will act as a deterrent to others.

6.     Glee (noun): a feeling of happiness, usually because something good has happened to you, or something bad has happened to somebody else;      Synonym: delight ·        He rubbed his hands in glee as he thought of all the money that he would make. ·        She couldn’t disguise her glee at their embarrassment. ·        Adjective: Gleeful ·        He was gleeful about the idea of making his own movie.

7.     Foisted (verb): to force somebody to accept somebody/something that they do not want; ·        The title for her novel was foisted on her by the publishers.

8.     Wean (verb): to gradually feeding a baby or young animal with its’ mother’s milk and start feeding it with solid food;   ·        Leopard cubs are weaned at three months.

9.     Conflate (verb): to put two or more things together to make one new thing;      Noun: conflation; ·        The issues of race and class are separated and should not be conflated.

10. Stymie (verb): to prevent somebody from doing something that they have planned or want to do; to prevent something from happening;      Synonym: Foil ·        He found himself stymied by an old opponent. ·        Financial difficulties have stymied the company’s growth.

11. Ensnare (verb): to make somebody or something unable to escape from a difficult situation or from a person who wants to control them;      Synonym: Trap ·        Young homeless people who become ensnared in a life of crime. ·        She refused to let him ensnare her with this charm.