1. ICHTHYOLOGY
- Meaning - The branch of zoology that deals with the study of fishes.
- Synonyms – Zoology.
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- Usage – The science of ichthyology represents our knowledge of fish.
OLDER ARTICLES
1. HAGGARD
- Meaning – Haggard means worn out and exhausted because of suffering.
- Synonyms – gaunt, wasted, thin, wrinkled, wan.
- Antonyms – healthy, Energetic, fresh, rigours, hale.
- Usage – She is still too pale, but does not look so haggard as she did this morning.
1. XENOPHOBIA
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- Meaning – Fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything foreign or strange.
- Synonyms – chauvinism, racial intolerance, nationalism.
- Antonyms – tolerance, fearless.
- Usage – Stalin used anti-Semitism to fuel Great Russian xenophobia after 1947.
1. YEN
- Meaning – A strong desire or inclination; a yearning or craving.
- Synonyms – longing, passion, craving, desire.
- Antonyms – dislike, hatred
- Usage – I had a yen to have that chocolate.
1. ZANY
- Meaning – A comical person given to extravagant or outlandish behavior.
- Synonyms – comical, crazy, funny, clownish, wacky.
- Antonyms – serious, sensible, careful, cautious, resonable, thoughtful.
- Usage – The zany humour of Marx Brothers.
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