{"id":11570,"date":"2018-09-19T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T04:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/race4job.com\/blog\/?p=11570"},"modified":"2018-09-19T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T04:42:00","slug":"vocabulary-256","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/vocabulary-256\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">1.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Kingpin<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: a person or thing that is essential to the success of an organization or operation.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: bigwig,<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong>: inferior, subordinate, underling; mediocrity,<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;the kingpins of the television industry<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">2. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Slander<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person&#8217;s reputation.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: besmirch, tarnish, taint, misrepresent<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;he is suing the TV company for slander&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">3. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Ameliorate<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: improve, amend, better, enhance, enrich<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong>: damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, spoil, tarnish, vitiate<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;the reform did much to ameliorate living standards<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">4.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Laconic<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: (of a person, speech, or style of writing) using very few words.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: brief, concise, terse, succinct, short, economical,<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong>: verbose, long-winded, loquacious<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;his laconic reply suggested a lack of interest in the topic&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">5.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Punitive<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: inflicting or intended as punishment.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: penal, disciplinary, corrective,<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong>: exonerating, condoning, pardoning<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;he called for punitive measures against the Eastern bloc&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.Kingpin Meaning: a person or thing that is essential to the success of an organization or operation. Synonym: bigwig, Antonym: inferior, subordinate, underling; mediocrity, Sentence: &#8220;the kingpins of the television industry 2. Slander Meaning: the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person&#8217;s reputation. 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