It is essential that a learner possess a wide range of vocabulary. It is a pre requisite for an effective communication. It is helping to improve proficiency in the English language. Synonym is the very basic way to expand one’s vocabulary. It is a word which has the same or nearly the same meaning in one or more senses as another word.
Examples:
- abolish : eliminate; cancel
- alternative : choice; option
- insipid : bland; tasteless; characterless; colorless; dull
- hazard : risk; danger; peril; jeopardy
- ignorant : innocent; unlearned; unaware; uninformed
- groggy : dazed; staggering; wobbly
- freedom : independence; emancipation; liberty
- indulge : gratify; satiate; satisfy
- infatuation : crush ; fixation
- still : motionless; placid; tranquil
- vile : disgusting; offensive; repulsive; despicable
Replace the word in bold in each of the following sentences with a suitable synonym from the words in the box. Write your answers in the brackets provided.
- Mr. Jason is standing as an independent candidate in the impending general election. ( )
- The speaker remained composed despite the constant heckling by the audience. ( )
- Being the chairman of the committee, Mr. Blair has been given the onerous task of raising funds for the club’s activities.( )
- The public are bewildered by the conflicting reports on the safety of certain drugs. ( )
- I had the feeling that a sinister figure was lurking in the shadows. ( )
- The issue can be resolved easily if both parties adopt a less intransigent position. ( )
- It was rather impertinent of John to ask the speaker about her marital status. ( )
- For decades, the Chinese families have been living peacefully in the predominantly Malay kampong.( )
- The many islets in the archipelago provide a haven for pirates and fugitives.( )
- Most of the older workers find the upstart insufferably arrogant.( )
- The journalist was sued for writing defamatory article about the tycoon.( )
- The company is confident that Mr. Gomez will accomplish the mission as he is an adroit negotiator.( )
- The idea of my best friend becoming my stepmother was to grotesque to contemplate.
- Alex’s proposals were derided as naive and impractical.( )
- The football club lost all their five matches against weaker teams and the coach was ignominiously sacked.( )
contradictory
ridiculed
conceited
bizarre
unruffled
uncompromising
burdensome
slanderous
humiliatingly
menacing
skillful
sanctuary
mainly
impudent
forthcoming
Keep a notebook of new words you are learning. The more words you know, the more you will understand. The more words you know, the more fluently you will be able to speak and write.
How do you find these words? Is it easy or difficult words?
