Online Word Meaning for SSC and Government Exam Day 3

Here is Day 3 of Easy English online words. 

Please read them and learn the meaning and try to use them in sentences of your day to day life.

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1. Adroit: skillful
Syn: adept, artful, deft, dexterous, expert
Ant: awkward, clumsy, inept, stupid, unskilled
Sentence: She is a remarkably adroit and determined politician.

2. Adulation: flattery; admiration
Syn: applause, blandishment,  bootlicking,  fawning, flattery
Ant: abuse, criticism, disapproval
Sentence: The actress accepted the adulation of the crowd with delight.

3. Adventitious:  accidental 
Syn: accidental, fortuitous
Ant: deliberate, planned, premeditated
Sentence: The size of the reservoir was reduced by adventitious rockslides from the riverbank behind the dam.

4. Adversity: poverty 
Syn: misfortune, affliction, calamity
Ant: aid, encouragement, favour, fortune, prosperity
Sentence: The disabled man overcame adversity when he received a Gold Medal at the Special Olympics.

5. Aegis: shield
Syn: defense, backing, protection, patronage, shelter
Ant: disfavor, opposition
Sentence: Ten days earlier, he surrendered under the aegis of the amnesty program.

6. Affected: artificial; assumed in order to impress
Syn: alter, change, influence, involve
Ant: calm,  unmoved,  unperturbed,  unswayed, untroubled
Sentence: His death has affected you all,  whether you knew him well or not.

7.Affliction: state of distress; cause of suffering
Syn: adversity, anguish, calamity, depression, difficulty
Ant: aid, comfort, consolation, help, relief
Sentence: Unemployment also remains a deep and prevalent affliction.

8. Agape: openmouthed
Syn: astonished, surprised, appalled, overwhelmed, shocked, staring
Ant: clear, calm, expected
Sentence: He stared at the pink elephant before him, mouth agape.

9.  Aggrandize: raise in power, wealth, rank or honour.
Syn: acclaim, applaud, augment, boost, dignify
Ant: belittle, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, lower
Sentence: These destructive, power-hungry people make poor decisions meant to aggrandize themselves and demean others.

10. Aghast: horrified; dumbfounded
Syn: afraid, agape, agog, alarmed, amazed, anxious, appalled, astonished
Ant: unsurprised, assured, calm, content, cool,
Sentence: Aghast, the doctor’s friends set about trying to get him released.