Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Wordlist - A7: Acrophobia to Addiction

61.ACROPHOBIA[ak-ruh foh-bee-uh]
(n) fear of heights.

Synonyms:
altophobia, batophobia, hypsiphobia.
Antonyms: 
bathophobia.
Usage: 
This adventure is a bit of a challenge for those having acrophobia.





62. ACTUARY [ak-choo-er-ee]
(n) 1. A statistician who computes insurance risks and premiums. 2. (formerly) a registrar or clerk.


Synonyms:
reckoner, auditor, analyst, comptroller. bookkeeper.


Usage: 
As a renowned actuary Mr. Jack is flooded with many offers from MNCs.










63. ACTUATE  [ak-choo-eyt]
(v) to motivate or incite into action

Synonyms:  
Activate, inspire, spark, trigger, arouse, energize, spur, stimulate, incite, instigate.

Antonyms: 
impede, stop, thwart, baffle, foil, frustrate.

Usage:
The cheerleader actuated the football player to win the game.



 64. ACUITY [uh-kyoo-i-tee]
(n) sharpness of mind or senses of sight or hearing.

Synonyms:  
keenness, acuteness, sharpness, perception, sensitivity, judgment.
 

Antonyms: 
inability, ineptness, obtusenee, ignorance, indiscretion.

Usage:
In time his youthful acuity of vision failed him, and he needed glasses.







65. ACUMEN [uh-kyoo-muhn]
(n) the ability to judge well; keen discernment;


Synonyms:  
astuteness, ingenuity, perspicuity, shrewdness, wit, guile, brilliance, sagacity.canny

Antonyms: 
obtuseness, stupidity, ignorance, bluntness, ineptness.

Usage:
In his childhood  Einstein enthralled all the teachers With his acumen.



66. ADAGE [ad-ij]
(n) a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation.

Synonyms:  
proverb, axiom, apothegm, saying, saw, aphorism, precept.


Antonyms: 
paradox, absurdity, nonsense. 

Usage:
The old adage 'Every baby brings its own love' usually turns out true.





67. ADAMANT [ad-uh-muhnt]
(n) 1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc. 2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.



Synonyms:  
stubborn, unyielding, determined, unrelenting, stiff, obdurate, inexorable, obstinate. 

Antonyms: 
plaint, complaint, submissive, yielding, easy-going.
Usage:
The adamant donkey troubled his owner. 




68. ADAPT [uh-dapt]
(v) to make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation; to adjust oneself to different conditions, environment, etc.

Synonyms:    
acclimate, accommodate, accustom, suite, comply.
Antonyms:
unsuite, disorder, misfit, disagree.
Usage: 
Only human can  adapt easily to all circumstances.



69. ADDENDUM [uh-den-duhm]
(n) an appendix to a book; something that is added (as at the end of a speech or book)

Synonyms:
appendix, appendage, addition, attachment, supplement, extra.
Antonyms:
body, trunk, subtraction, detriment,  
Usage:
an addendum forms a separate distinguishable portion of the whole and it first meant 'a thing to be added'.




 70. ADDICTION [uh-dik-shuhn]
(n) the condition of being abnormally dependent on some habit, esp compulsive dependency on narcotic drugs.


Synonyms:
obsession, carving, weakness, enslavement, overreliance.
 

Antonyms:
moderation, self-control, constraint.

Usage:
Woman in the picture is an example for a person with multiple addictions.