Your words for today
1. Zealous (zel-uhs) (adj)
Meaning: Full of enthusiasm, passion, eagerness; ardently devoted to a purpose; fervent
Synonyms: enthusiastic, eager, fervid, fervent, intense, passionate, warm.
Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, lethargic, unenthusiastic, disinterested, idle, indifferent, lazy, quiescent,quiet
Usage:
1. While selecting the marketing head, company looked for the most zealous candidate.
2. If you try zealously (adv) to clear CAT, it is unlikely that you will fail to succeed.
3. Zealousness(noun) is the key to success in today's competitive world.
4. Henry was a forceful and energetic character, a fervent and zealous reformer in the mold of Bernard.
5. The Lord is so zealous for his law, that he will part with it for no man's sake.
2. Innocuous (ih-nok-yoo-uhs) (adj)
Meaning: not harmful or offensive
Synonyms: inoffensive, unobjectionable, unexceptionable, unoffending, harmless, mild, peaceful, gentle, tame
Antonym: obnoxious
Usage:
1. Although it was a seemingly innocuous remark I could discern the insinuation implied in it.
2. These visits may seem quite innocuous, or may involve a sense of adventure or excitement.
3. Offensive material may get through and some perfectly innocuous sites may be blocked.
4. A simple, innocuous, little question: " You do have a working phone line, don't you?
5. One tiny percent sounds so innocuous, whereas £ 8 billion is a colossal sum.
3. Recant [ri-kant] (verb)
Meaning: withdraw a former opinion or belief.
Synonyms: renounce, forswear, disavow, deny, repudiate, abjure, relinquish, abandon
Antonym: reaffirm
Usage:
1. When his disparaging statements were met with loud protests from some sections of society, the leader was forced to recant.
2. He refused to recant what he had said during the disputations.
3. At worst, you may be put to death after much torture if you do not recant your belief in Jesus
4. I wonder if he will also recant his belief that the Nazis invented Unidentified Flying Objects, UFO's.
5. Hill never recanted his Marxism, but the writings of his later years widened considerably beyond their original focus on the English Revolution.4. Salutary [sal-yuh-ter-ee] (adj)
Meaning: beneficial because of allowing one to learn from experience.
Synonyms: beneficial, advantageous, profitable, productive, helpful, useful, valuable, worthwhile, practical
Antonyms: unwelcome, irrelevant
Usage:
1. The incident was a salutary reminder of the danger involved in flouting the laws of safety.
2. The skin of birch, worn inside the shoes, promotes a perspiration that can prove salutary in various chronic conditions.
3. It is very salutary always to see the other side of the question!
4. The example of the West Coast Main Line upgrade is salutary in this respect, both in terms of cost and coordination.
5. It is salutary to think what £ 1 million would buy 100 years ago. 
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