{"id":5780,"date":"2016-12-30T10:24:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T04:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/race4job.com\/blog\/?p=5780"},"modified":"2016-12-30T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T04:54:15","slug":"vocabulary-words-30-12-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/vocabulary-words-30-12-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary Words \u2013 30.12.2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. PREPONDERANCE (NOUN):<\/span> great numbers; supremacy
\nSynonyms:<\/span> predominance, prevalence
\nAntonyms:<\/span> inferiority, weakness
\nExample Sentence:<\/strong>
\nThe preponderance of the evidence strongly supports his guilt.
\n2. ZAP (VERB):<\/span> destroy, kill
\nSynonyms:<\/span> exterminate, terminate
\nAntonyms:<\/span> initiate, give birth
\nExample Sentence:<\/strong>
\nA guard zapped him with the stun gun.
\n3. EXACERBATE (VERB):<\/span> infuriate; make worse
\nSynonyms:<\/span> aggravate, annoy
\nAntonyms:<\/span> alleviate, soothe
\nExample Sentence:<\/strong>
\nTheir poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.
\n4. RILE (VERB):<\/span> anger, upset
\nSynonyms:<\/span> annoy, disturb
\nAntonyms:<\/span> calm, delight
\nExample Sentence:<\/strong>
\nShe eyed him, not sure his patronizing tone wasn’t meant to rile her.<\/p>\n

5. AVULSED (VERB):<\/span> withdraw
\nSynonyms:<\/span> extirpate, uproot
\nAntonyms:<\/span> stop, help
\nExample Sentence:<\/strong>
\nAfter being thoroughly embarrassed, he avulsed the party.
\n6. SPLOSH (VERB):<\/span> sprinkle
\nSynonyms:<\/span> splash, moisten
\nAntonyms:<\/span> collocate, cluster
\nExample sentence:<\/strong>
\nRahul sploshed in the swimming pool yesterday.
\n7. RECUPERATE (VERB):<\/span> recover
\nSynonyms:<\/span> regain, recoup
\nAntonyms:<\/span> deteriorate, lose
\nExample Sentence:<\/strong>
\nHe recuperated after a long sickness and joined his duty again.<\/p>\n

8. DECREPIT (ADJECTIVE):<\/span> problems caused as a result of age
\nSynonyms:<\/span> dilapidated, crippled
\nAntonyms:<\/span> healthy, stable
\nExample Sentence:<\/strong>
\nThe owners have plans to renovate their decrepit hotel.
\n9. PILLAGE (VERB):<\/span> loot
\nSynonyms:<\/span> desecrate, plunder
\nAntonyms:<\/span> receive, build
\nExample Sentence:<\/strong>
\nSoldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.
\n10. ELATION (NOUN):<\/span> extreme happiness
\nSynonyms:<\/span> bliss, ecstasy
\nAntonyms:<\/span> sorrow, woe
\nExample Sentence:<\/strong>
\nHis elation increased at the sight of the little girl he had saved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. PREPONDERANCE (NOUN): great numbers; supremacy Synonyms: predominance, prevalence Antonyms: inferiority, weakness Example Sentence: The preponderance of the evidence strongly supports his guilt. 2. ZAP (VERB): destroy, kill Synonyms: exterminate, terminate Antonyms: initiate, give birth Example Sentence: A guard zapped him with the stun gun. 3. EXACERBATE (VERB): infuriate; make worse Synonyms: aggravate, annoy Antonyms: […]<\/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-5780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5780","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=5780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5781,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5780\/revisions\/5781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.race4job.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}