Daily Star Vocab 31/08/25

 

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Serial Number	Word	Part of Speech	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms	Example Sentence
1	Hobble	Verb	To slow or impede the progress of.	hinder, impede, cripple, stymie	aid, assist, facilitate, advance	High taxes hobbled the growth of the telecom industry.
2	Prudent	Adjective	Acting with or showing care and thought for the future.	wise, sensible, cautious, discreet	imprudent, reckless, foolish, careless	It's a prudent financial decision to save money for retirement.
3	Pervasive	Adjective	Spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.	prevalent, widespread, universal, rampant	rare, scarce, limited, confined	A pervasive sense of optimism filled the air after the victory.
4	Demarcate	Verb	To set the boundaries or limits of.	delineate, delimit, define, separate	combine, merge, blend, unify	The river serves to demarcate the border between the two countries.
5	Bolster	Verb	To support or strengthen.	reinforce, fortify, boost, buttress	weaken, undermine, hinder, impede	The new trade agreement will bolster the economy.
6	Exacerbate	Verb	To make a bad situation or problem worse.	aggravate, worsen, intensify, compound	alleviate, mitigate, relieve, improve	The new policy will only exacerbate the existing social tensions.
7	Linger	Verb	To stay in a place longer than necessary.	remain, persist, loiter, tarry	leave, depart, vanish, disappear	The smell of freshly baked bread lingered in the kitchen.
8	Curb	Verb	To restrain or keep in check.	restrain, control, limit, restrict	unleash, release, encourage, free	The new laws are meant to curb illegal fishing.
9	Conducive	Adjective	Making a certain situation or outcome likely or possible.	favorable, helpful, beneficial, advantageous	unfavorable, detrimental, hindering, obstructive	The quiet library is conducive to studying.
10	Entrenched	Adjective	Firmly established and difficult to change.	ingrained, deep-seated, fixed, rooted	superficial, temporary, removable, unstable	The problem of corruption is deeply entrenched in the political system.
11	Myriad	Noun	A countless or extremely great number of people or things.	multitude, abundance, host, plethora	few, handful, scarcity, lack	She has a myriad of reasons to be happy.
12	Convoluted	Adjective	Extremely complex and difficult to follow.	complicated, intricate, tangled, confusing	simple, straightforward, clear, easy	The plot of the movie was so convoluted that I couldn't follow it.
13	Ineffable	Adjective	Too great or extreme to be expressed in words.	indescribable, transcendent, unspeakable, divine	definable, expressible, ordinary, mundane	The feeling of pure joy was ineffable.
14	Discrepancy	Noun	A lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts.	inconsistency, variance, disparity, divergence	consistency, agreement, harmony, similarity	There was a significant discrepancy between the two reports.
15	Impediment	Noun	A hindrance or obstruction in doing something.	obstacle, barrier, hindrance, obstruction	aid, advantage, catalyst, facilitator	A lack of funding was a major impediment to the project's success.
16	Subservient	Adjective	Subordinate; prepared to obey others unquestioningly.	submissive, obedient, docile, deferential	dominant, rebellious, assertive, controlling	She refused to be subservient to the authority figures.
17	Vigilant	Adjective	Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties.	watchful, alert, attentive, wary	careless, negligent, inattentive, oblivious	Security guards must remain vigilant at all times.
18	Deteriorate	Verb	To become progressively worse.	worsen, decline, degenerate, decay	improve, flourish, enhance, progress	The patient's health began to deteriorate rapidly.
19	Pernicious	Adjective	Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.	harmful, destructive, malignant, insidious	beneficial, harmless, benign, advantageous	The pernicious influence of propaganda was evident.
20	Abhorrent	Adjective	Inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant.	detestable, repulsive, loathsome, offensive	admirable, pleasant, desirable, appealing	Racism is an abhorrent ideology.
21	Plight	Noun	A dangerous, difficult, or otherwise unfortunate situation.	predicament, dilemma, difficulty, hardship	advantage, benefit, solution, ease	The organization is dedicated to helping people in a desperate plight.
22	Mitigate	Verb	To make something less severe, painful, or serious.	alleviate, lessen, ease, moderate	aggravate, intensify, worsen, exacerbate	They used sandbags to mitigate the flood damage.
23	Cognizant	Adjective	Having knowledge or being aware of something.	aware, conscious, informed, knowledgeable	ignorant, unaware, oblivious, unacquainted	She was cognizant of the risks involved in her business venture.
24	Disparate	Adjective	Essentially different in kind; not able to be compared.	diverse, dissimilar, varied, distinct	similar, alike, homogeneous, identical	The company brought together disparate ideas to create a new product.
25	Disenfranchise	Verb	To deprive someone of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote.	deprive, exclude, oppress, marginalize	enfranchise, empower, entitle, liberate	Laws were passed to prevent authorities from disenfranchising citizens.
26	Sordid	Adjective	Involving ignoble actions and motives; dirty or squalid.	sleazy, seedy, squalid, disreputable	reputable, clean, honorable, respectable	He told a sordid tale of betrayal and greed.
27	Repatriation	Noun	The return of someone to their own country.	return, restoration, resettlement, homecoming	exile, deportation, banishment, displacement	The program focuses on the safe repatriation of refugees.
28	Falter	Verb	To lose strength or momentum.	hesitate, waver, stumble, stumble	steady, strengthen, persevere, persist	The negotiations began to falter after the first week.
29	Pragmatic	Adjective	Dealing with things in a practical, sensible way.	practical, realistic, sensible, down-to-earth	idealistic, unrealistic, theoretical, impractical	A pragmatic approach is needed to solve this complex problem.
30	Incisive	Adjective	(of a person or a statement) intelligently analytical and clear-thinking.	acute, sharp, keen, penetrating	dull, vague, obtuse, superficial	Her incisive questions revealed the flaws in the argument.