{"id":13553,"date":"2019-05-28T10:31:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T05:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/race4job.com\/blog\/?p=13553"},"modified":"2019-05-28T10:31:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T05:01:55","slug":"vocabulary-418","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/vocabulary-418\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\"><strong>1. FRACTIOUS (adjective)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning:<\/strong> irritable and quarrelsome.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms:<\/strong> grumpy, cantankerous, peevish, irascible.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms:<\/strong> amicable, docile, affable, genial.<br \/>\n<strong>Usage:<\/strong> During the concert, police officers were on hand just in case the crowd became fractious.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\"><strong>2. DOWNRIGHT (adjective)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning:<\/strong> (of something bad or unpleasant) utter; complete (used for emphasis).<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms:<\/strong> total, absolute, thorough, perfect, sheer.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms:<\/strong> inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, unfinished.<br \/>\n<strong>Usage:<\/strong> It was downright bad marking that allowed Dermot Shields head past Larkin from six yards for the lead goal.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\"><strong>3. CONFLATE (verb)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning:<\/strong> combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms:<\/strong> amalgamate, converge, unify, fuse.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms:<\/strong> divide, part, separate, rupture.<br \/>\n<strong>Usage:<\/strong> To conflate art and science, teachers must design activities that blend the two.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\"><strong>4. EERILY (adverb)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning:<\/strong> in a strange and frightening manner.<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms:<\/strong> hauntingly, creepily, scarily, spookily.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms:<\/strong> dulcetly, pleasingly, pleasantly, agreeably.<br \/>\n<strong>Usage:<\/strong> In front of him stood a masked man clutching a knife in one hand, grinning eerily at him.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #a1d490; padding: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; color: black;\"><strong>5. CONFABULATE (verb)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Meaning:<\/strong> to talk informally<br \/>\n<strong>Synonyms:<\/strong> cackle, chat, patter, schmooze.<br \/>\n<strong>Antonyms:<\/strong> be silent, be quiet.<br \/>\n<strong>Usage:<\/strong> Guests gathered in the hallway to confabulate about the weather and make small talk.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. FRACTIOUS (adjective) Meaning: irritable and quarrelsome. Synonyms: grumpy, cantankerous, peevish, irascible. Antonyms: amicable, docile, affable, genial. Usage: During the concert, police officers were on hand just in case the crowd became fractious. 2. DOWNRIGHT (adjective) Meaning: (of something bad or unpleasant) utter; complete (used for emphasis). Synonyms: total, absolute, thorough, perfect, sheer. Antonyms: inadequate, [&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-13553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13553","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=13553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13558,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13553\/revisions\/13558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}