DAILY TEN WORDS - HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS IN ENGLISH - A - LIST - COMPILED BY - ZENMURALI

431. antiseptic (adj) நஞ்சுகொல்லி, அழுகாமல் காக்கும் மருந்து, அழுகிப் போகாமலிருக்கச் செய்யும், நச்சுத்தடை பொருள்

anything that destroys or restrains the growth of putrefactive micro-organisms [n – antiseptic, adv – antiseptically]
# Honey has antiseptic and healing properties.

432. anti-slavery (adj) மனிதனை அடிமைபடுத்தும் செயலை எதிர்க்கக்கூடிய

opposed to human slavery
# Abraham Lincon was an anti-slavery campaigner.

433. antispasmodic (n) வலிப்பு குறைவு மருந்து

tending to prevent or relieve non-inflammatory spasmodic affections

# Cumin is an antispasmodic of traditional Indian medicine.

434. antithesis (n) நேர்மாறு, எதிர்ஆய்வுரை

exact opposite, rhetorical use of strong contrasted words

# Corruption is the antithesis of democracy.

Ant. same

435. antitoxin (n) நச்சு எதிர்ப்பு பொருட்கள்

a substance which neutralizes the poisonous products of micro-organisms [adj – antitoxic]
# Antitoxin for typhoid is available in all government hospitals.

436. antonym (n) எதிர்ச்சொல்

an antonym is a word that is opposite in meaning to another

# He needed an antonym for "hot," and decided to settle on "chilly."

Ant. synonym

437. anvil (n) பட்டறைக்கல், செவியெலும்புகளில் ஒன்று

iron block on which metals are worked

# Blacksmith uses an anvil for smithy work.

438. anxious (adj) மனக்குழப்பம் ஏற்படுத்துகிற, பயஉணர்வை ஏற்படுத்துகிற

mentally troubled; causing or marked by anxiety [n.-anxiety, adv.- anxiously]

# He is anxious to face the group discussion.

Ant. unworried, cool, content

439. apace (adj) விரைவாக, சீக்கிரமாய்

advancing quickly, alongside each other, facing in the same direction [adv – apace]

# The Highway road project is coming on apace between Delhi and Mumbai.

Ant. delayed, slowly

440. apartheid (n) தென் ஆப்பிரிக்க இன ஒதுக்கீட்டுக் கொள்கை, நிறவெறி

a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa;  racial segregation or discrimination
# Mahathma Gandhi pioneered the fight against apartheid.