Daily Vocab part 3

✅21). Overhaul (Verb)
👉Definition: take apart (a piece of machinery or 
equipment) in order to examine it and repair it if 
necessary
👉Synonyms: service, maintain, repair, mend, fix 
up, patch up, rebuild, renovate
👉Usage: the steering box was recently overhauled

✅22). Rein (Noun)
👉Definition: check or guide by pulling
👉Synonyms: restrain, check, curb, constrain, hold 
back, keep in check
👉Usage: He reined in his horse and waited

✅23). Rationale (Noun)
👉Definition: a set of reasons or a logical basis for a 
course of action or belief
👉Synonyms: reasoning, thinking, (logical) basis, logic, 
grounds, sense
👉Usage: He explained the rationale behind the change.

✅24). Bolster (Verb) 
👉Definition: support or strengthen
👉Synonyms: strengthen, support, reinforce, make 
stronger, boost, fortify
👉Usage: the fall in interest rates is starting to bolster
confidence

✅25). Licentiate (Noun)
👉Definition: the holder of a certificate of competence to 
practise a particular profession
👉Synonyms: holder, master, degree holder
👉Usage: licentiates in ‘Aerial Survey Photography and 
Photogrammetry

✅26). Paucity (Noun)
👉Definition: the presence of something in only small or 
insufficient quantities or amounts
👉Synonyms: Poverty, famine, insufficient
👉Usage: a paucity of information

✅27). Derailed (Verb)
👉Definition: cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks 
accidentally
👉Synonyms: defect, crash, hinder
👉Usage: a train was derailed after it collided with a 
herd of cattle

✅28). Sluggishness (Noun)
👉Definition: moving or operating more slowly than 
usual and with less energy or power
👉Synonyms: slow response
👉Usage: A heavy lunch makes me sluggish in the 
afternoon

✅29). Garnered (Verb)
👉Definition: gather or collect (something, especially 
information or approval)
👉Synonyms: gather, collect, accumulate, amass, 
assemble
👉Usage: the police struggled to garner sufficient 
evidence

✅30). Complacency (Noun)
👉Definition: a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction 
with oneself or one's achievements
👉Synonyms: smugness, self-satisfaction, self-
approval, self-approbation, self-admiration
👉Usage: the figures are better, but there are no grounds 
for complacency