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Today’s article title is: Apple hits $2 trn market valuation, but the next trillion won’t come easy
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BOAST
Verb
Pronunciation: bohst
Meaning: to praise or express pride in one’s own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess/ to have within
Synonyms: blow, brag, swagger/ bear, contain, hold
Antonyms: belittle, deprecate, diminish
Usage: She tends to boast about her achievements/ The house boasts around a 100 rooms
Forms: Boast (noun), Boastful (adjective)
FALLOUT
Noun
Pronunciation: fawl-out
Meaning: aftermath
Synonyms: aftereffect, aftermath, effect, consequence
Antonyms: causation, cause
Usage: Destruction is the fallout of war
ROBUST
Adjective
Pronunciation: roh-buhst
Meaning: enjoying health and vigor/ having an abundance of some characteristic quality
Synonyms: firm, forceful, hearty, solid, strong/ concentrated, potent, rich
Antonyms: delicate, light, mild, thin, weak, dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid
Usage: He is a robust man/Pasta should be accompanied with robust wines
Forms: Robustness (noun)
HEADY
Adjective
Pronunciation: hed-ee
Meaning: experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion/ having an abundance of some characteristic quality
Synonyms: ecstatic, elated, euphoric, rapturous, rhapsodic / concentrated, full, full-bodied, potent
Antonyms: depressed/delicate, light, mild
Usage: She is still heady from her win in the elections/ The sauce is heady indeed
Forms: Headiness (noun)
LOFTY
Adjective
Pronunciation: lawf-tee
Meaning: having a feeling of superiority/ extending to a great distance upward
Synonyms: arrogant, assumptive, bumptious, cavalier, pretentious, superior/ altitudinous, high, tall, towering
Antonyms: humble, lowly, modest, unarrogant, unpretentious/ low, low-lying, short, squat
Usage: The mountains reached lofty heights due to internal forces/ He has a lofty attitude
Forms: Loftiness (noun)
