{"id":11962,"date":"2018-11-09T09:39:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T04:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/race4job.com\/blog\/?p=11962"},"modified":"2018-11-09T09:39:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T04:09:11","slug":"vocabulary-291","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/vocabulary-291\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">1. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>sardonic<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: grimly mocking or cynical.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: mocking, satirical;<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong>: diplomatic, polite, smooth, suave, urbane;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;Starkey attempted a sardonic smile&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">2.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>squalid<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: (of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky,<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong>: clean, pleasant<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;the squalid, overcrowded prison&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">3.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>stalemate<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: a position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: deadlock, gridlock, halt, logjam<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;last time I played him it ended up in stalemate&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">4.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>status quo<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: the existing state of affairs, especially regarding social or political issues.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: normalcy, normality<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong>: irregularity, uncommonness, disorderliness,<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;they have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">5.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>stoic<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonym<\/strong>: tolerant, uncomplaining<br \/>\n<strong>Antonym<\/strong>: bored, tired, weary; defiant, resistant;<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Sentence<\/strong><\/span>: &#8220;the Stoic philosophers&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. sardonic Meaning: grimly mocking or cynical. Synonym: mocking, satirical; Antonym: diplomatic, polite, smooth, suave, urbane; Sentence: &#8220;Starkey attempted a sardonic smile&#8221; 2.squalid Meaning: (of a place) extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect. Synonym: dirty, filthy, grubby, grimy, mucky, Antonym: clean, pleasant Sentence: &#8220;the squalid, overcrowded prison&#8221; 3.stalemate Meaning: [&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-11962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11962","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=11962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11963,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11962\/revisions\/11963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}