{"id":12774,"date":"2019-02-28T10:06:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T04:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/race4job.com\/blog\/?p=12774"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:06:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T04:36:37","slug":"vocabulary-361","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/vocabulary-361\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">1. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>MOUNTEBANK<\/strong> <\/span>(noun)<br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: a person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms<\/strong>: fraud, hoaxer, humbug, impostor, phony, pretender, quack, ringer, misleader, trickster.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms<\/strong>: adept, authority, crackerjack, expert, maestro, virtuoso, honest.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/span>: As a mountebank, Krishna is always looking for a way to trick people out of their money.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">2. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>CLOUT<\/strong> <\/span>(noun)<br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: influence or power, especially in politics or business.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms<\/strong>: authority, credit, heft, influence, dominion, predominance, reign, sovereignty, supremacy.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms<\/strong>: helplessness, impotence, impotency, powerlessness, weakness, impuissance, frailty.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/span>: Looking to build a business, the entrepreneur was looking to establish clout in the community.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">3. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>OBFUSCATE<\/strong> <\/span>(verb)<br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms<\/strong>: becloud, befog, blur, cloud, confuse, fog, muddy, entangle, disrupt.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms<\/strong>: simplify, disentangle, unravel, unscramble, untangle, decipher, clarify, illuminate.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/span>: Surprisingly, the efforts of the translator only served to obfuscate an already confusing conversation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">4. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>PUTATIVE<\/strong> <\/span>(adjective)<br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: assumed to exist or to have existed<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms<\/strong>: apparent, assumed, evident, ostensible, presumed, prima facie, reputed, seeming, supposed.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms<\/strong>: hidden, inapparent, implausible, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, unlikely<br \/>\nactual, authenticated, confirmed, corroborated.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/span>: The film\u2019s putative conclusion led me to believe the hero would return in a sequel.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">5. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>MISCONSTRUE<\/strong> <\/span>(verb)<br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: interpret (a person\u2019s words or actions) wrongly.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms<\/strong>: misapprehend, misunderstand, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, miss, mistake.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms<\/strong>: appreciate, apprehend, comprehend, conceive, fathom, get, grasp, penetrate, perceive, savvy, seize.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/span>: Jason had no idea that her intended compliment had been completely misconstrued by her aunt.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. MOUNTEBANK (noun) Meaning: a person who deceives others, especially in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan. Synonyms: fraud, hoaxer, humbug, impostor, phony, pretender, quack, ringer, misleader, trickster. Antonyms: adept, authority, crackerjack, expert, maestro, virtuoso, honest. 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