{"id":13145,"date":"2019-04-12T10:12:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T04:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/race4job.com\/blog\/?p=13145"},"modified":"2019-04-12T10:12:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T04:42:44","slug":"vocabulary-393","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/vocabulary-393\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">1. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>FAWNING<\/strong><\/span> (adjective)<br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms<\/strong>: sycophantic, ingratiating, subservient, cajoling. Antonyms: imperious, domineering, peremptory, opinionated.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/span>: Because Larry really wants a promotion, he spends a great deal of time fawning over his boss.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">2. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>FABLED<\/strong><\/span> (adjective)<br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: mythical; imaginary.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms<\/strong>: fictitious, hypothetical, apocryphal, allegorical.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms<\/strong>: authentic, existent, factual, confirmed.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/span>: Long after the kingdoms of southern Arabia disappeared, the fabled riches of the region live on in the popular imagination.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">3. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>SPLURGE<\/strong> <\/span>(verb)<br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: to spend extravagantly or ostentatiously.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms<\/strong>: waste, squander, dissipate, disburse.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms<\/strong>: economize, conserve, preserve, retain.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/span>: Should I splurge on the really nice camera or just buy one of the cheap models?<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">4. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>FURLOUGH<\/strong><\/span> (noun)<br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: leave of absence, especially that granted to a member of the services or a missionary.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms<\/strong>: break, rest, recess, day off.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms<\/strong>: rehire, recall, travail, toil.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/span>: I have just learned that Cousin George has got his furlough extended thirty days.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\">5. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>REPROBATE<\/strong><\/span> (noun)<br \/>\n<strong>Meaning<\/strong>: an unprincipled person.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms<\/strong>: rogue, scoundrel, villain, wretch.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms<\/strong>: upright, virtuous, principled, righteous<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Usage<\/strong><\/span>: Although the old man pretended to be a reprobate in public, in private he did a lot of good deeds for the homeless.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. FAWNING (adjective) Meaning: displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious. Synonyms: sycophantic, ingratiating, subservient, cajoling. Antonyms: imperious, domineering, peremptory, opinionated. Usage: Because Larry really wants a promotion, he spends a great deal of time fawning over his boss. 2. FABLED (adjective) Meaning: mythical; imaginary. Synonyms: fictitious, hypothetical, apocryphal, allegorical. Antonyms: authentic, existent, factual, confirmed. 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