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Today’s article title is: Vaccine Phasebook: The Essence of Trials
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RESONANT
Adjective
Pronunciation: rez-uh-nuhnt
Meaning: tending to reinforce or prolong sounds/making you think of a similar experience or memory
Synonyms: ringing, loud, thundering, booming
Antonyms: faint
Usage: The temple bells made mellifluous resonant sounds/ He found the crowd to be resonant with past problems
Forms: Resonate (verb), Resonance (noun)
ENTAIL
Verb
Pronunciation: en-teyl
Meaning: to have as part of a whole
Synonyms: contain, embrace, encompass, include, involve, number, subsume, take in
Antonyms: exclude, leave (out), miss out, omit
Usage: The wedding will entail detailed planning
FEVERISHLY
Adverb
Pronunciation: fee-ver-ish-lee
Meaning: as in desperately, crazily
Synonyms: agitatedly, confusedly, crazily, desperately, haywire, skittishly, uncontrollably
Antonyms: calmly, collectedly, composedly, coolly, imperturbably, peacefully, placidly, self-composedly, serenely
Usage: She worked feverishly for her promotion
Forms: Feverish (adjective)
PERISH
Verb
Pronunciation: per-ish
Meaning: to stop living or existing
Synonyms: decease, demise, depart, die, succumb
Antonyms: breathe, live, sustain
Usage: Human race will perish if pollution is not taken care of
Forms: Perishable (adjective)
FASCINATE
Verb
Pronunciation: fas-uh-neyt
Meaning: to hold the attention of as if by a spell
Synonyms: arrest, bedazzle, catch up, enchant, enthrall (or enthral), grip, hypnotize, mesmerize, spellbind
Antonyms: bore, tire, jade, pall
Usage: Nature never fails to fascinate me
Forms: Fascination (noun), Fascinating (adjective)
