{"id":11797,"date":"2018-10-15T09:45:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T04:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/race4job.com\/blog\/?p=11797"},"modified":"2018-10-15T09:45:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T04:15:14","slug":"vocabulary-276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/vocabulary-276\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">1. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Perfunctory<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: (of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: cursory, desultory<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong>: careful, thorough<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;he gave a perfunctory nod&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">2. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Pensive<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: thoughtful, thinking, reflective<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong>: unreflective<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;a pensive mood&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">3. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aloof<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: distant, detached, unresponsive, remote,<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong>: familiar, friendly<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;they were courteous but faintly aloof<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">4. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Aloft<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: up in or into the air; overhead.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: into the sky, skyward, on high, heavenward<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong> : down<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>:&#8221;the congregation sways, hands aloft&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">5.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Reprimand<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: a formal expression of disapproval.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: admonition, reproach, reproval, scolding<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;the golfer received a reprimand for a breach of rules&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Perfunctory Meaning: (of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort. Synonym: cursory, desultory Antonym: careful, thorough Sentence: &#8220;he gave a perfunctory nod&#8221; 2. Pensive Meaning: engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought. Synonym: thoughtful, thinking, reflective Antonym: unreflective Sentence: &#8220;a pensive mood&#8221; 3. Aloof Meaning: not friendly or forthcoming; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11798,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11797\/revisions\/11798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}