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

631. auspices (n) நல்நிமித்தம்

kindly endorsement and guidance, favoring, protecting, or propitious influence or guidance

# The cricket tournament was held under the auspices of the Rotary club. 

632. auspicious (adj) அநுகூலமான, சாதகமான, தகுந்த     

auguring favorable circumstances and good luck, promising success [n – auspiciousness, adv – auspiciously]                      

# Marriage is an auspicious occasion.                                 

Ant. inauspicious, unfavourable, unpromising                         

633. austere (adj) எளிய, கண்டிப்பான

rigorously self-disciplined and severely moral, severely simple; morally strict [n – austerity, austereness, adv – austerely]

# Gandhi led an austere life at the age of 18.

Ant. flexible, lax, jovial, free and easy

634. autarchy (n) தன்னுரிமையாட்சி, வல்லாட்சி

a political system governed by a single individual, economic independence as a national policy [adj – autarchic, autarchical, n – autarchist]

# Hitler ruled Germany in an autarchic way.

Ant. dependence, subordination

635. authentic (adj) நம்பத்தகுந்த, நிஜமான, போலியல்லாத

being what it is claimed to be; genuine,  of undisputed origin [n – authenticity, adv – authentically]

# The teacher should be authentic and a role model to the society.

Ant. unreal, false, untrue

636. authenticate (v) உறுதிப்படுத்து, உண்மையாக்கு

சட்டபூர்வமாக்கு

Establish the authenticity of something, establish as genuine, confirm [n – authentication, adj – authenticatable]

# Newspapers publish only authenticated news.

Ant. gainsay, invalidate discredit

637. authoritarian (n) ஆட்சியாதிக்கக் கொள்கையுடையவர்

favouring or enforcing strict obedience to authority [adj – authoritative,  adv – authoritatively]

# Indira Gandhi was a leader and an authoritarian.

Ant. without authority, unofficial, unsanctioned

638. authorize (v) அதிகாரம் வழங்கு, அதிகாரமளி

officially grant, sanction [n – authorization]

# Bank cheques cannot be issued without authorization.

Ant. prohibit, forbid, prevent, disallow

639. autism (n) குழந்தைபார்வதிலே ஏற்படும் மனஇறுக்க நோய்

an illness that starts in early childhood, in which behavior is unusually centered on the self and social skills, language development, and communication with others are all severely limited  [adj – autistic, adv – autistically]

# His only son was affected by autism.

640. autobiography (n) சுய சரிதம் தன்வரலாறு

the story of one's life written by himself [adj – autobiographical, adv – autographically]
# “My experiments with truth” is the autobiography of Gandhiji.