Daily Star Vocab 21/08/25

 

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Serial	Word	Part of Speech	Meaning (simple English)	4 Synonyms	4 Antonyms	Example Sentence
1	deliberations	noun	careful discussions before a decision	discussions, consultations, debates, considerations	impulses, guesses, haste, snap-decisions	After long deliberations, the leaders drafted a plan.
2	downplayed	verb	made something seem less important	minimized, played-down, belittled, softened	highlighted, emphasized, magnified, stressed	The minister downplayed the impact of the meeting.
3	clumsy	adjective	awkward or poorly done	awkward, inept, bungling, sloppy	skillful, deft, polished, adroit	Critics called it a clumsy attempt to shift policy.
4	deterioration	noun	the process of getting worse	worsening, decline, decay, degradation	improvement, recovery, progress, upgrade	They warned of a deterioration in security.
5	embattled	adjective	under attack or facing many problems	besieged, beleaguered, pressured, hard-pressed	secure, safe, thriving, comfortable	The embattled region saw fresh clashes.
6	logistics	noun	planning of supplies and movement	operations, organization, supply-chain, coordination	disorder, chaos, confusion, mismanagement	Pokrovsk is a key logistics hub for the army.
7	enclave	noun	an area within another with different control	pocket, territory, zone, district	expanse, mainland, open-area, hinterland	Aid groups entered the war-torn enclave.
8	famine	noun	severe lack of food causing hunger	starvation, scarcity, dearth, hunger	plenty, abundance, surplus, bounty	Warnings said the region was near famine.
9	respondents	noun	people who answer a survey or question	participants, pollees, informants, answerers	nonparticipants, abstainers, bystanders, observers	Most respondents supported the aid plan.
10	starvation	noun	suffering or death from not enough food	hunger, famishment, malnutrition, deprivation	nourishment, feeding, nutrition, plenty	Action was urged to prevent starvation in Gaza.
11	accused	verb	said that someone did something wrong	alleged, charged, blamed, implicated	cleared, exonerated, absolved, acquitted	The party accused rivals of involvement in looting.
12	authenticity	noun	the quality of being real or true	genuineness, validity, legitimacy, veracity	falsity, fake, forgery, sham	They challenged the authenticity of the report.
13	reshuffles	noun	changes in people’s positions or jobs	reorganizations, shake-ups, rotations, changes	stability, continuity, stagnation, fixity	The scandal triggered administrative reshuffles.
14	probe	noun	a careful investigation	investigation, inquiry, examination, scrutiny	cover-up, neglect, disregard, concealment	A four-member panel began a probe into the video.
15	controversial	adjective	causing public disagreement	disputed, contentious, divisive, polarizing	uncontroversial, accepted, agreeable, settled	The clip was deemed highly controversial.
16	inquiry	noun	a request or process to find out facts	investigation, probe, audit, review	silence, neglect, disregard, indifference	The ministry ordered an inquiry into the matter.
17	circulating	adjective	moving around from person to person	spreading, floating, disseminating, going-around	hidden, suppressed, confined, contained	The video was circulating on social media.
18	convener	noun	person who calls a meeting together	organizer, coordinator, caller, chair	attendee, participant, member, follower	He served as the convener of the committee.
19	committee	noun	a small group chosen to do a task	panel, board, commission, council	individual, crowd, mass, public	The committee will submit its report in two weeks.
20	comply	verb	to act according to a rule or request	obey, follow, conform, abide	defy, resist, violate, ignore	The envoy urged both sides to comply with the truce.
21	truce	noun	agreement to stop fighting for a time	ceasefire, armistice, pause, halt	warfare, hostilities, conflict, battle	Talks aimed at a 60-day truce continued.
22	swelling	noun	rising or expanding, often due to water	increase, surge, growth, rise	decline, drop, fall, decrease	The swelling of the Padma flooded low-lying fields.
23	submerged	adjective	covered with water	flooded, underwater, inundated, swamped	dry, exposed, elevated, emergent	Several bighas of crops were submerged last week.
24	receding	adjective	moving back or becoming less	withdrawing, declining, ebbing, diminishing	advancing, rising, increasing, swelling	The water is slowly receding from the fields.
25	upstream	adverb/adjective	toward the source of a river	upriver, toward-source, inland, headward	downstream, seaward, oceanward, outward	Heavy rainfall upstream raised the water level.
26	embankment	noun	a raised wall to hold back water	levee, dyke, berm, dike	channel, breach, cut, opening	Fields outside the embankment were hit hardest.
27	accountable	adjective	responsible and answerable for actions	responsible, answerable, liable, transparent	unaccountable, irresponsible, immune, unanswerable	Speakers called for accountable energy pricing.
28	unattainable	adjective	impossible to reach	impracticable, unreachable, impossible, out-of-reach	achievable, reachable, feasible, attainable	Energy security feels unattainable under the current model.
29	looting	noun	stealing goods during disorder	plunder, pillage, theft, ransacking	protection, guarding, restitution, donation	Authorities vowed to recover items from the looting.
30	dissent	noun	public disagreement with an opinion or policy	disagreement, objection, protest, opposition	consensus, agreement, consent, harmony	Notes of dissent were recorded during the talks.