Your words for today
1. Chary (adj)
Meaning: Cautiously reluctant
Synonyms: wary, cautious, circumspect, heedful, careful, guarded, mindful, watchful, distrustful, skeptical
Antonyms: heedless
Usage: Having lost a lot of money earlier, he is now extremely chary of investing in shares.
2. Abysmal (adj)
Meaning: Bottomless; limitless; unfathomable; wretched to the point of despair; immeasurably bad
Synonyms: bottomless, fathomless, plumbless, plummetless
Antonyms: infinite
Usage: 1. Many of our farmers are living in abysmal poverty due to which they are forced to commit suicide.
2. A human mind when not balanced can be like an abysmally (adv) placed puzzle.
3. In spite of the abysmal weather, £ 120.00 was raised toward their funds, which is much appreciated.
4. When one studies more, one sees one's abysmal ignorance.
3. Maelstrom (noun)
Meaning: a situation of confusion or upheaval.
Synonyms: turbulence, tumult, turmoil, uproar, commotion, disorder, jumble, disarray, chaos
Antonyms: -
Usage:
1. Many nations in the world are caught in the maelstrom of ethnic hatred and racial discrimination.
2. Cassandra is in the middle of the maelstrom of war, trying to make sense of the chaos that surrounds her.
3. Shoot the gravity well a few times and it explodes in a maelstrom of pretty colors and particles.
4. The swirling hype, promises of opportunity and mandates for change have created a maelstrom of uncertainty.
4. Oracular (adj)
Meaning: hard to interpret
Synonyms: enigmatic, cryptic, abstruse, unclear, obscure, confusing, mystifying, puzzling, perplexing
Antonyms: unambiguous
Usage:
1. Journalists could not elicit much information from him because of his oracular responses.
2. It entitled them to the first place and the most oracular utterance in assemblies.
3. Add a little incense and a few candles, and you could be forgiven for thinking these were the rites of some oracular shrine.
4. Direct similarities to the idea that certain stones possess divine and oracular powers can be found in the Bible
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