Daily Vocabulary
1.Toiling: Work extremely hard or incessantly; move slowly and with difficulty.
Synonyms : Work hard, Labour
Usage: After toiling for almost a decade to redraw the treaty, India will begin imposing capital gains tax on investments.
2.Inculcated: Instil (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction.
Synonyms : Implant, Fix, Ingrain, Infuse, Impress
Usage : They will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture.
3.Paramount: More important than anything else; supreme
Synonyms : Most important, of greatest importance
Usage : The interests of the child are of paramount importance
4.Levied: Impose (a tax, fee, or fine).
Synonyms : Impose, Charge, Exact, Demand, Raise,
Usage : A tax of two per cent was levied on all cargoes.
5.Insinuation: An unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad.
Synonyms : Implication, Inference, Suggestion
Usage : I’ve done nothing to deserve all your vicious insinuations.
6.Vaunt: Boast about or praise (something), especially excessively.
Synonyms : Boast about, Brag about, Make much of,
Usage : The much vaunted information superhighway.
7.Nihilism: The rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.
Synonyms : Negativity, Cynicism, Pessimism
Usage : When overseas states start falling apart, they become breeding grounds for terrorists and ideologies of nihilism that ultimately can reach our shores.
8.Disparage: Expressing the opinion that something is of little worth; derogatory.
Synonyms : Belittle, Denigrate, Deprecate
Usage : He never missed an opportunity to disparage his competitors.
9.Redundancy: The state of being not or no longer needed or useful; the state of being no longer in employment because there is no more work available.
Synonyms : Sacking, Dismissal, Lay-off, Discharge
Usage : The redundancy of 19th-century heavy plant machinery.
10.Tranche: A portion of something, especially money.
Synonyms : Portion, Share
Usage : They released the first tranche of the loan.
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