DAILY VOCABULARY (28.2.

2020)
1. DISCERNIBLE (Adj): 6. STERN (Adj):
Meaning : able to be perceived by a sense or Meaning : (of a person or their manner)
by the mind. serious and unrelenting,
Synonyms : detectable, distinguishable, especially in the assertion of
palpable, perceptible. authority and exercise of
Antonyms : impalpable, imperceptible, discipline.
inappreciable, intangible. Synonyms : grave, sober, austere, frowning
Antonyms : benign, gentle, mild, tender
2. CANON (Noun):
7. WOO (Verb):
Meaning : a general law or criterion by
which something is judged Meaning : seek the favor, support, or custom
of
Synonyms : principle, rule, tenet, standard
Synonyms : chase, pursue, ingratiate
3. COVERT (Adj): Antonyms : deter, affront, repulse, reject
Meaning : not openly acknowledged or
8. NEXUS (Noun):
displayed
Synonyms : furtive, clandestine, surreptitious, Meaning : a connection or series of
connections linking two or more
stealthy
things
Antonyms : evident, manifest, obvious,
Synonyms : junction, intersection, link,
public
linkage.
4. MANOEUVRE (Noun): Antonyms : detachment, division, partition,
Meaning : a carefully planned or cunning split.
scheme or action 9. CONFLATE (Verb):
Synonyms : stratagem, tactic, gambit, ploy. Meaning : combine (two or more sets of
information, texts, ideas, etc.) into
Antonyms : innocence, candor, simplicity,
one
incapacity
Synonyms : amalgamate, converge, unify, fuse
5. EERILY (Adverb):
Antonyms : divide, part, separate, rupture
Meaning : in a strange and frightening
10. PETULANT (Adj):
manner Meaning : easily irritated or annoyed.
Synonyms : hauntingly, creepily, scarily, Synonyms : choleric, grouchy, grumpy,
spookily peevish
Antonyms : affable, cordial, genial,
Antonyms : dulcetly, pleasingly,
gregarious
pleasantly, agreeably