Test Your
Vocabulary
Test Your
Vocabulary has been introduced to help the students who are preparing for
competitive exams to gain confidence.Vocabulary is important for any
competitive exam especially for English Language subject whether it is an
objective exam or descriptive exam. Mostly, students get confused with the
synonyms and antonyms of a particular word. So to enhance their vocabulary
along with synonyms and antonyms, here is a quiz provided to test their
vocabulary ability.
1. Find the antonym of underrate
(A) Minimize
(B) Discount
(C) Unhappy
(D) Increase
2. Find the antonym of exaggerate
(A) Amplify
(B) Overstate
(C) Embellish
(D) Compress
3. Find the antonym of shrink
(A) Decrease
(B) Diminish
(C) Dwindle
(D) Stretch
4. Find the antonym of shrivel
(A) Bloom
(B) Stale
(C) Burn
(D) Contract
5. Find the antonym of freeze
(A) Chill
(B) Heat
(C) Bite
(D) Frost
6. Find the antonym of benumb
(A) Blunt
(B) Chill
(C) Cumber
(D) Enliven
7. Find the antonym of astound
(A) Amaze
(B) Dumbfound
(C) Stun
(D) Calm
8. Find the antonym of
flabbergast
(A) Surprise
(B) Astonish
(C) Nonplus
(D) Bore
9. Find the antonym of stagger
(A) Lurch
(B) Reel
(C) Stay
(D) Shake
10. Find the antonym of stupefy
(A) Daze
(B) Enliven
(C) Deaden
(D) Dull
Answer- 1. (D)
2. (D) 3. (D) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (D) 9. (C) 10. (B)
Daily
Vocabulary
Set-1
1.
PIVOT (Noun) : केन्द्रबिन्दु
Meaning: a person or thing that plays a central part in a situation or enterprise. Synonyms:centre, focus, crux, hub
Example: The pivot of community life was the chapel.
2. SCEPTICAL (Adjective) : उलझन में
Meaning: not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.
Synonyms: dubious, doubtful, unconvinced
Antonyms: certain, convinced, optimistic
Example: it's good to be sceptical about what you see on TV.
3. ABHORRENT (Adjective) : घिनौना
Meaning: inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant.
Synonyms: detestable, hateful, abominable, repugnant
Antonyms: acceptable, agreeable, alluring, delightful
Example: Jack’s abhorrent behavior caused him to get kicked out of the restaurant.
Meaning: a person or thing that plays a central part in a situation or enterprise. Synonyms:centre, focus, crux, hub
Example: The pivot of community life was the chapel.
2. SCEPTICAL (Adjective) : उलझन में
Meaning: not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.
Synonyms: dubious, doubtful, unconvinced
Antonyms: certain, convinced, optimistic
Example: it's good to be sceptical about what you see on TV.
3. ABHORRENT (Adjective) : घिनौना
Meaning: inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant.
Synonyms: detestable, hateful, abominable, repugnant
Antonyms: acceptable, agreeable, alluring, delightful
Example: Jack’s abhorrent behavior caused him to get kicked out of the restaurant.
4. TYPIFY (Verb) : प्रतीक
Meaning: be characteristic or a representative example of.
Synonyms: epitomize, exemplify, characterize; personify, embody
Example: With his blond, blue-eyed athletic looks, he typifies the all-American boy next door.
5. FARCE (Noun) : स्वांग
Meaning: an event or situation that is absurd or disorganized.
Synonyms: absurdity, mockery, travesty, sham
Example: The debate turned into a drunken farce.
6. SURMISE (Verb) : शंका
Meaning: suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
Synonyms: conjecture, suspect, deduce, infer
Antonyms: know
Example: Jason knew it was wrong of him to surmise his brother had stolen his money without actual proof.
7. MACABRE (Adjective) : भीषण
Meaning: disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death.
Synonyms: gruesome, grisly, grim, gory, morbid, ghastly, unearthly,
Antonyms: appealing, attractive, delectable
Example: While David has a talent for pulling macabre pranks, it can get a little bothersome when he doesn’t limit them to Halloween.
Meaning: be characteristic or a representative example of.
Synonyms: epitomize, exemplify, characterize; personify, embody
Example: With his blond, blue-eyed athletic looks, he typifies the all-American boy next door.
5. FARCE (Noun) : स्वांग
Meaning: an event or situation that is absurd or disorganized.
Synonyms: absurdity, mockery, travesty, sham
Example: The debate turned into a drunken farce.
6. SURMISE (Verb) : शंका
Meaning: suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
Synonyms: conjecture, suspect, deduce, infer
Antonyms: know
Example: Jason knew it was wrong of him to surmise his brother had stolen his money without actual proof.
7. MACABRE (Adjective) : भीषण
Meaning: disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death.
Synonyms: gruesome, grisly, grim, gory, morbid, ghastly, unearthly,
Antonyms: appealing, attractive, delectable
Example: While David has a talent for pulling macabre pranks, it can get a little bothersome when he doesn’t limit them to Halloween.
8. INGRESS (Noun) : प्रवेश
Meaning: the action or fact of going in or entering; the capacity or right of entrance.
Synonyms: entrance, access, admittance, approach
Antonyms: egress, exit
Example: If you sit in front of the doorway, you are creating a safety hazard by blocking the path of ingress into the hospital.
9. EERIE (Adjective) : भयानक
Meaning: strange and frightening.
Synonyms: uncanny, sinister, ghostly, spectral, unnatural
Antonyms: normal, reassuring
Example: An eerie feeling came over us as we watched the scary movie.
10. STARK (Adjective) : निरा
Meaning: severe or bare in appearance or outline.
Synonyms: crist, distinct, obvious, evident
Antonyms: indistinct, pleasant, comfortable, ornate
Example: The house’s living room was stark and held only one couch
Meaning: the action or fact of going in or entering; the capacity or right of entrance.
Synonyms: entrance, access, admittance, approach
Antonyms: egress, exit
Example: If you sit in front of the doorway, you are creating a safety hazard by blocking the path of ingress into the hospital.
9. EERIE (Adjective) : भयानक
Meaning: strange and frightening.
Synonyms: uncanny, sinister, ghostly, spectral, unnatural
Antonyms: normal, reassuring
Example: An eerie feeling came over us as we watched the scary movie.
10. STARK (Adjective) : निरा
Meaning: severe or bare in appearance or outline.
Synonyms: crist, distinct, obvious, evident
Antonyms: indistinct, pleasant, comfortable, ornate
Example: The house’s living room was stark and held only one couch
Daily Vocabulary
SET-2
1.
FUNDAMENTAL : मौलिक
Meaning:serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function
Synonyms: basic, elemental Antonyms: advanced, final
Example:The large tumor and the damage from its treatment prevented him from being able to do one of the most fundamental things humans do.
Meaning:serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function
Synonyms: basic, elemental Antonyms: advanced, final
Example:The large tumor and the damage from its treatment prevented him from being able to do one of the most fundamental things humans do.
2. SOPHISTRY : कुतर्क
Meaning:subtly deceptive reasoning or
argumentation
Synonyms: casuistry, fallacy
Antonyms: honesty, truth
Example:Some complain soccer is a chintzy distraction from the sophistry of our ruling classes.
3. OBFUSCATE : अस्पष्ट करना
Meaning:to confuse
Synonyms: befog, confuse
Antonyms: clarify, befog
Example:She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue.
Synonyms: casuistry, fallacy
Antonyms: honesty, truth
Example:Some complain soccer is a chintzy distraction from the sophistry of our ruling classes.
3. OBFUSCATE : अस्पष्ट करना
Meaning:to confuse
Synonyms: befog, confuse
Antonyms: clarify, befog
Example:She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue.
4. OBDURATE : हठी
Meaning:stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
Synonyms:callous, stubborn
Antonyms: humane, sensitive
Example:Union leaders remain obdurate that working conditions and pay improve.
5. INTENT : इरादा
Meaning:the fact that you want and plan to do something
Synonyms:aim, intention
Antonyms:irresolute, hesitant
Example:She was charged with possessing weapons with intent to endanger life.
6. LANGUISH : दुर्बल
Meaning:to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time
Synonyms:decay, weaken
Antonyms: fortify, strengthen
Example:After languishing in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered.
7. DEBASEMENT : नीचा दिखाना
Meaning:the action of reducing the quality or value of something
Synonyms: abase, corrupt
Antonyms: uplift, ennoble
Example:Currency debasement means that the more dollars there are in circulation, the less each dollar is worth.
8. DEFIANCE : अवज्ञा
Meaning: behaviour in which you refuse to obey someone or something
Synonyms: balkiness, forwardness
Antonyms: compliance, submission
Example:In defiance of the ceasefire, rebel troops are again firing on the capital.
Meaning:stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
Synonyms:callous, stubborn
Antonyms: humane, sensitive
Example:Union leaders remain obdurate that working conditions and pay improve.
5. INTENT : इरादा
Meaning:the fact that you want and plan to do something
Synonyms:aim, intention
Antonyms:irresolute, hesitant
Example:She was charged with possessing weapons with intent to endanger life.
6. LANGUISH : दुर्बल
Meaning:to exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time
Synonyms:decay, weaken
Antonyms: fortify, strengthen
Example:After languishing in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered.
7. DEBASEMENT : नीचा दिखाना
Meaning:the action of reducing the quality or value of something
Synonyms: abase, corrupt
Antonyms: uplift, ennoble
Example:Currency debasement means that the more dollars there are in circulation, the less each dollar is worth.
8. DEFIANCE : अवज्ञा
Meaning: behaviour in which you refuse to obey someone or something
Synonyms: balkiness, forwardness
Antonyms: compliance, submission
Example:In defiance of the ceasefire, rebel troops are again firing on the capital.
9. ABRIDGE : संक्षेप करना
Meaning:to reduce someone's freedom, rights, etc.
Synonyms: curtail, truncate
Antonyms: extend, prolong
Example:He said that Congress would make no law abridging the freedom of speech.
10. FORAY : धावा
Meaning:a short visit, especially with a known purpose
Synonyms: descent, invasion
Antonyms: leave, abstention
Example:I made a quick foray into town before lunch to get my sister a present.
Meaning:to reduce someone's freedom, rights, etc.
Synonyms: curtail, truncate
Antonyms: extend, prolong
Example:He said that Congress would make no law abridging the freedom of speech.
10. FORAY : धावा
Meaning:a short visit, especially with a known purpose
Synonyms: descent, invasion
Antonyms: leave, abstention
Example:I made a quick foray into town before lunch to get my sister a present.
Daily
Vocabulary
Set-3
1.
FAWNING (adjective) चापलूस
Meaning: displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious.
Synonyms: sycophantic, ingratiating, subservient, cajoling. Antonyms: imperious, domineering, peremptory, opinionated.
Usage: Because Larry really wants a promotion, he spends a great deal of time fawning over his boss.
2. FABLED (adjective) काल्पनिक
Meaning: mythical; imaginary.
Synonyms: fictitious, hypothetical, apocryphal, allegorical.
Antonyms: authentic, existent, factual, confirmed.
Usage: Long after the kingdoms of southern Arabia disappeared, the fabled riches of the region live on in the popular imagination.
3. SPLURGE (verb) होहल्ला
Meaning: to spend extravagantly or ostentatiously.
Synonyms: waste, squander, dissipate, disburse.
Antonyms: economize, conserve, preserve, retain.
Usage: Should I splurge on the really nice camera or just buy one of the cheap models?
4. FURLOUGH (noun) लम्बी छुट्टी
Meaning: leave of absence, especially that granted to a member of the services or a missionary.
Synonyms: break, rest, recess, day off.
Antonyms: rehire, recall, travail, toil.
Usage: I have just learned that Cousin George has got his furlough extended thirty days.
5. REPROBATE (noun) नीच
Meaning: an unprincipled person.
Synonyms: rogue, scoundrel, villain, wretch.
Antonyms: upright, virtuous, principled, righteous
Usage: Although the old man pretended to be a reprobate in public, in private he did a lot of good deeds for the homeless.
6. SMUG (adjective): आत्मसंतुष्ट
Meaning: having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements.
Synonyms: bighead, conceitedness, ego, vainglory.
Antonyms: diffidence, bashfulness, demureness, shyness.
Usage: Because Amit had a smug attitude during his meeting with the principal, he projected the image he was proud of his misdeeds.
Meaning: displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious.
Synonyms: sycophantic, ingratiating, subservient, cajoling. Antonyms: imperious, domineering, peremptory, opinionated.
Usage: Because Larry really wants a promotion, he spends a great deal of time fawning over his boss.
2. FABLED (adjective) काल्पनिक
Meaning: mythical; imaginary.
Synonyms: fictitious, hypothetical, apocryphal, allegorical.
Antonyms: authentic, existent, factual, confirmed.
Usage: Long after the kingdoms of southern Arabia disappeared, the fabled riches of the region live on in the popular imagination.
3. SPLURGE (verb) होहल्ला
Meaning: to spend extravagantly or ostentatiously.
Synonyms: waste, squander, dissipate, disburse.
Antonyms: economize, conserve, preserve, retain.
Usage: Should I splurge on the really nice camera or just buy one of the cheap models?
4. FURLOUGH (noun) लम्बी छुट्टी
Meaning: leave of absence, especially that granted to a member of the services or a missionary.
Synonyms: break, rest, recess, day off.
Antonyms: rehire, recall, travail, toil.
Usage: I have just learned that Cousin George has got his furlough extended thirty days.
5. REPROBATE (noun) नीच
Meaning: an unprincipled person.
Synonyms: rogue, scoundrel, villain, wretch.
Antonyms: upright, virtuous, principled, righteous
Usage: Although the old man pretended to be a reprobate in public, in private he did a lot of good deeds for the homeless.
6. SMUG (adjective): आत्मसंतुष्ट
Meaning: having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one’s achievements.
Synonyms: bighead, conceitedness, ego, vainglory.
Antonyms: diffidence, bashfulness, demureness, shyness.
Usage: Because Amit had a smug attitude during his meeting with the principal, he projected the image he was proud of his misdeeds.
7. LEAVEN (verb) संशोधित करना
Meaning: permeate and modify or transform (something) for the better.
Synonyms: permeate, pervade, transform, modify.
Antonyms: depress, relegate, demote, slash.
Usage: One should always try to leaven one’s knowledge.
8. BREVIARY (noun) सार-संग्रह
Meaning: a short statement of the main points.
Synonyms: summary, conspectus, encapsulation, outline.
Antonyms: enlargement, expansion, supplement, amplification.
Usage: The Second Vatican Council revised the Breviary and changed its name to Liturgy of the Hours.
9. ARRANT (adjective) कुख्यात
Meaning: used to say how bad something is.
Synonyms: utter, absolute, complete, thorough.
Antonyms: dubious, questionable, restricted, uncertain.
Usage: Because of her arrant devotion to her family, she volunteered to go to the labor camp with them.
10. COUP (noun) अप्रत्याशित सफलता
Meaning: an instance of successfully achieving something difficult.
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, attainment, triumph.
Antonyms: debacle, failure, downfall, fiasco.
Usage: Since our team is usually eliminated early in the competition, we considered it a major coup when we won the championship.
Meaning: permeate and modify or transform (something) for the better.
Synonyms: permeate, pervade, transform, modify.
Antonyms: depress, relegate, demote, slash.
Usage: One should always try to leaven one’s knowledge.
8. BREVIARY (noun) सार-संग्रह
Meaning: a short statement of the main points.
Synonyms: summary, conspectus, encapsulation, outline.
Antonyms: enlargement, expansion, supplement, amplification.
Usage: The Second Vatican Council revised the Breviary and changed its name to Liturgy of the Hours.
9. ARRANT (adjective) कुख्यात
Meaning: used to say how bad something is.
Synonyms: utter, absolute, complete, thorough.
Antonyms: dubious, questionable, restricted, uncertain.
Usage: Because of her arrant devotion to her family, she volunteered to go to the labor camp with them.
10. COUP (noun) अप्रत्याशित सफलता
Meaning: an instance of successfully achieving something difficult.
Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, attainment, triumph.
Antonyms: debacle, failure, downfall, fiasco.
Usage: Since our team is usually eliminated early in the competition, we considered it a major coup when we won the championship.
Daily
Vocabulary
Set-4
1.
ENSCONCE (Verb) : स्थापित करना
Meaning: establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe place.
Synonyms: settle, install, establish, entrench Antonyms: depart, displace
Example: Clara is comfortably ensconced in a beach chair and has no immediate plans to return to work.
Meaning: establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe place.
Synonyms: settle, install, establish, entrench Antonyms: depart, displace
Example: Clara is comfortably ensconced in a beach chair and has no immediate plans to return to work.
2.
SMITHEREENS (Noun)
: टुकड़े
Meaning: small pieces.
Synonyms: bit, chunk, fragment
Antonyms: entirely, whole
Example: Using dynamite, railroad workers were able to blast the once solid mountain to smithereens
Meaning: small pieces.
Synonyms: bit, chunk, fragment
Antonyms: entirely, whole
Example: Using dynamite, railroad workers were able to blast the once solid mountain to smithereens
3.
SURMISE (Verb) : शंका
Meaning: suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
Synonyms: guess, conjecture, deduce, infer
Antonyms: know
Example: Jason knew it was wrong of him to surmise his brother had stolen his money without actual proof.
Meaning: suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
Synonyms: guess, conjecture, deduce, infer
Antonyms: know
Example: Jason knew it was wrong of him to surmise his brother had stolen his money without actual proof.
4.
SEMINAL (Adjective) : लाभदायक
Meaning: strongly influencing later developments.
Synonyms: influential, formative, innovative
Antonyms: irrelevant, unimportant
Example: Steve Jobs’ inventions were seminal in the world of technology.
Meaning: strongly influencing later developments.
Synonyms: influential, formative, innovative
Antonyms: irrelevant, unimportant
Example: Steve Jobs’ inventions were seminal in the world of technology.
5.
GOAD (Verb) : उसकाव
Meaning: provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.
Synonyms: provoke, spur, prick, sting
Antonyms: aid, dissuade
Example: My mother is going to try and goad her dog into getting off the bed by offering him a treat.
Meaning: provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.
Synonyms: provoke, spur, prick, sting
Antonyms: aid, dissuade
Example: My mother is going to try and goad her dog into getting off the bed by offering him a treat.
6.
UNSAVOURY (Adjective) : लज्जाजनक
Meaning: disagreeable and unpleasant because morally disreputable.
Synonyms: disreputable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty
Antonyms: reputable
Example: The club has an unsavoury reputation.
Meaning: disagreeable and unpleasant because morally disreputable.
Synonyms: disreputable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty
Antonyms: reputable
Example: The club has an unsavoury reputation.
7.
PROWESS (Noun) : कौशल
Meaning: skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.
Synonyms: skill, expertise, ability, adroitness
Antonyms: inability, ineptitude
Example: He was complimented on his prowess as an oarsman
Meaning: skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.
Synonyms: skill, expertise, ability, adroitness
Antonyms: inability, ineptitude
Example: He was complimented on his prowess as an oarsman
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8. GUZZLE (Verb) : लालची की तह भोजन करनेवाला
Meaning: eat or drink (something) greedily.
Synonyms: gulp, devour
Example: People tend to guzzle their calories and it really adds up, often more than they realize.
9. PUNITIVE (Adjective) : दंडात्मक
Meaning: inflicting or intended as punishment.
Synonyms: penal, disciplinary, corrective, correctional
Antonyms: beneficial, rewarding
Example: The US could impose punitive tariffs on exports.
10. JIBE (Noun) : हंसी
Meaning: an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt.
Synonyms: taunt, sneer, jeer, insult
Example: The bank is clearly fed up with the constant jibe that it has no clear management strategy.
Meaning: eat or drink (something) greedily.
Synonyms: gulp, devour
Example: People tend to guzzle their calories and it really adds up, often more than they realize.
9. PUNITIVE (Adjective) : दंडात्मक
Meaning: inflicting or intended as punishment.
Synonyms: penal, disciplinary, corrective, correctional
Antonyms: beneficial, rewarding
Example: The US could impose punitive tariffs on exports.
10. JIBE (Noun) : हंसी
Meaning: an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt.
Synonyms: taunt, sneer, jeer, insult
Example: The bank is clearly fed up with the constant jibe that it has no clear management strategy.
Daily
Vocabulary
Set-5
1. NOXIOUS : हानिकारक
Meaning: physically harmful or destructive to living beings
Synonyms: unhealthy, noisome Antonyms: healthy, healthful
Example: They died from inhaling noxious fumes.
2. WHOLESOME : पौष्टिक
Meaning: promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit
Synonyms: fit, hale
Antonyms: ailing, ill
Example: Wholesome food helps keep you healthy.
3. SALUBRIOUS : स्वास्थ्यप्रद
Meaning: favorable to or promoting health or well-being
Synonyms: medicinal, tonic
Antonyms: unhealthy, insalubrious
Example: Emergent public health and sanitary experts actively sought the most salubrious and efficient means of refuse disposal.
4. INCANDESCENT : उज्ज्वल
Meaning: white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
Synonyms: bright, illuminating
Antonyms: gloomy, murky
Example: The mountain's snow-white peak was incandescent against the blue sky.
Meaning: physically harmful or destructive to living beings
Synonyms: unhealthy, noisome Antonyms: healthy, healthful
Example: They died from inhaling noxious fumes.
2. WHOLESOME : पौष्टिक
Meaning: promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit
Synonyms: fit, hale
Antonyms: ailing, ill
Example: Wholesome food helps keep you healthy.
3. SALUBRIOUS : स्वास्थ्यप्रद
Meaning: favorable to or promoting health or well-being
Synonyms: medicinal, tonic
Antonyms: unhealthy, insalubrious
Example: Emergent public health and sanitary experts actively sought the most salubrious and efficient means of refuse disposal.
4. INCANDESCENT : उज्ज्वल
Meaning: white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
Synonyms: bright, illuminating
Antonyms: gloomy, murky
Example: The mountain's snow-white peak was incandescent against the blue sky.
5. ACCRETIVE : संचयी
Meaning: produced by or growing by a series of additions of identical or similar things
Synonyms: cummulative, additive
Antonyms: degressive, decremental
Example: A lower price should also make deal earnings accretive sooner than the current 2013 - 2014 time frame.
6. REBUKE : फटकार
Meaning: an often public or formal expression of disapproval
Synonyms: censure, reproach
Antonyms: citation, commendation
Example: Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.
7. SUPERCILIOUS : घमंडी
Meaning: coolly and patronizingly haughty
Synonyms: arrogant, imperious
Antonyms: lowly, humble
Example: The shop assistant was very supercilious towards me when I asked for some help.
8. HAUGHTY : अकड़बाज़
Meaning: having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
Synonyms: cavalier, pompous
Antonyms: modest, humble
Example: They were displeased with her haughty airs.
9. DIFFIDENT : संकोची
Meaning: hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
Synonyms: backward, demure
Antonyms: extroverted, immodest
Example: You shouldn't be so diffident about your achievements - you've done really well!
10. RECEDE : दूर जाना, पीछे हटना
Meaning:to move back or away
Synonyms: retreat, retract
Antonyms: approach, distend
Example: The mountain peaks recede into the distance as one leaves the shore..
Meaning: produced by or growing by a series of additions of identical or similar things
Synonyms: cummulative, additive
Antonyms: degressive, decremental
Example: A lower price should also make deal earnings accretive sooner than the current 2013 - 2014 time frame.
6. REBUKE : फटकार
Meaning: an often public or formal expression of disapproval
Synonyms: censure, reproach
Antonyms: citation, commendation
Example: Even one minute's lateness would earn a stern rebuke.
7. SUPERCILIOUS : घमंडी
Meaning: coolly and patronizingly haughty
Synonyms: arrogant, imperious
Antonyms: lowly, humble
Example: The shop assistant was very supercilious towards me when I asked for some help.
8. HAUGHTY : अकड़बाज़
Meaning: having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
Synonyms: cavalier, pompous
Antonyms: modest, humble
Example: They were displeased with her haughty airs.
9. DIFFIDENT : संकोची
Meaning: hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
Synonyms: backward, demure
Antonyms: extroverted, immodest
Example: You shouldn't be so diffident about your achievements - you've done really well!
10. RECEDE : दूर जाना, पीछे हटना
Meaning:to move back or away
Synonyms: retreat, retract
Antonyms: approach, distend
Example: The mountain peaks recede into the distance as one leaves the shore..
Daily
Vocabulary
Set-6
1.
SUPINE (adjective): लापरवाह
Meaning: failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence.
Synonyms: spineless, pliant, submissive, inactive.
Antonyms: proactive, fecund, vivacious, tenacious. Usage: My brother-in-law is a lazy fellow who will sleep with his head up in a supine position all day long.
2. ECHELON (noun) विभाग
Meaning: a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
Synonyms: status, rank, grade, stratum.
Antonyms: slope, unemployment, unsettle.
Usage: The prominent college ranks among the top echelon of schools in the nation.
3. HURL (verb) वेग से फेंकना
Meaning: throw or impel (someone or something) with great force.
Synonyms: fling, cast, project, propel.
Antonyms: dawdle, dally, amble, plod.
Usage: Pitchers will hurl the baseball at the catchers in a baseball game which will usually get clocked at a 100 miles per hour.
4. REDACT (verb) संपादित करना
Meaning: edit (text) for publication.
Synonyms: correct, rectify, repair, fix.
Antonyms: befoul, deteriorate, diminish, hinder.
Usage: Some of the conclusions in the report have been redacted.
5. STODGY (adjective) घिसा पिटा
Meaning: Dull and uninspired; lacking originality or excitement
Synonyms: uninteresting, dreary, uninspired, monotonous.
Antonyms: exciting, creative, breathtaking, enthralling.
Usage: Most of my students used informal, asymmetrical balance, as formal balance can seem stodgy and dull.
6. MINGLE: (verb) आपस में मिलना
Meaning: mix or cause to mix together.
Synonyms: blend, alloy, admix, coalesce.
Antonyms: divide, unmix, separate, disjoin.
Usage: The spies decided to mingle in with the crowd and see if they could find the killer.
7. WOO (verb) प्रीति करना
Meaning: seek the favor, support, or custom of.
Synonyms: chase, pursue, ingratiate,
Antonyms: deter, affront, repulse, reject.
Usage: Political parties have roped in Bollywood stars only to woo the young.
Meaning: failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence.
Synonyms: spineless, pliant, submissive, inactive.
Antonyms: proactive, fecund, vivacious, tenacious. Usage: My brother-in-law is a lazy fellow who will sleep with his head up in a supine position all day long.
2. ECHELON (noun) विभाग
Meaning: a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
Synonyms: status, rank, grade, stratum.
Antonyms: slope, unemployment, unsettle.
Usage: The prominent college ranks among the top echelon of schools in the nation.
3. HURL (verb) वेग से फेंकना
Meaning: throw or impel (someone or something) with great force.
Synonyms: fling, cast, project, propel.
Antonyms: dawdle, dally, amble, plod.
Usage: Pitchers will hurl the baseball at the catchers in a baseball game which will usually get clocked at a 100 miles per hour.
4. REDACT (verb) संपादित करना
Meaning: edit (text) for publication.
Synonyms: correct, rectify, repair, fix.
Antonyms: befoul, deteriorate, diminish, hinder.
Usage: Some of the conclusions in the report have been redacted.
5. STODGY (adjective) घिसा पिटा
Meaning: Dull and uninspired; lacking originality or excitement
Synonyms: uninteresting, dreary, uninspired, monotonous.
Antonyms: exciting, creative, breathtaking, enthralling.
Usage: Most of my students used informal, asymmetrical balance, as formal balance can seem stodgy and dull.
6. MINGLE: (verb) आपस में मिलना
Meaning: mix or cause to mix together.
Synonyms: blend, alloy, admix, coalesce.
Antonyms: divide, unmix, separate, disjoin.
Usage: The spies decided to mingle in with the crowd and see if they could find the killer.
7. WOO (verb) प्रीति करना
Meaning: seek the favor, support, or custom of.
Synonyms: chase, pursue, ingratiate,
Antonyms: deter, affront, repulse, reject.
Usage: Political parties have roped in Bollywood stars only to woo the young.
8. NEXUS (noun) कड़ी
Meaning: a connection or series of connections linking two or more things.
Synonyms: junction, intersection, link, linkage.
Antonyms: detachment, division, partition, split.
Usage: Along with examining the major political issues of the day, his new column will focus on the increasingly controversial nexus between business and politics.
9. CONFLATE (verb) मिलाना
Meaning: combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one.
Synonyms: amalgamate, converge, unify, fuse.
Antonyms: divide, part, separate, rupture.
Usage: To conflate art and science, teachers must design activities that blend the two.
10. PERAMBULATE (verb): इधर-उधर टहलना
Meaning: to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure
Synonyms: saunter, stroll, tramp, meander.
Antonyms: run, sprint, ride, dawdle.
Usage: They decided to take a short cut and perambulate over the large hill.
Meaning: a connection or series of connections linking two or more things.
Synonyms: junction, intersection, link, linkage.
Antonyms: detachment, division, partition, split.
Usage: Along with examining the major political issues of the day, his new column will focus on the increasingly controversial nexus between business and politics.
9. CONFLATE (verb) मिलाना
Meaning: combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one.
Synonyms: amalgamate, converge, unify, fuse.
Antonyms: divide, part, separate, rupture.
Usage: To conflate art and science, teachers must design activities that blend the two.
10. PERAMBULATE (verb): इधर-उधर टहलना
Meaning: to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure
Synonyms: saunter, stroll, tramp, meander.
Antonyms: run, sprint, ride, dawdle.
Usage: They decided to take a short cut and perambulate over the large hill.
Daily
Vocabulary
Set-7
1.
INEXPLICABLE (Adjective)
: अकथनीय
Meaning: unable to be explained or accounted for.
Synonyms: unaccountable, unexplainable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrableAntonyms: understandable
Example: Although Will is normally a good kid, his inexplicable behavior today surprised everyone and got him kicked out of school.
2. FETTER (Verb) : बेड़ी
Meaning: confine or restrict (someone).
Synonyms: restrict, restrain, constrain, confine, limit
Antonyms: aid, allow, assist, expedite
Example: It could fetter the independence of the judiciary.
3. HONE (Verb) : आसियाना
Meaning: to make sharp or sharper
Synonyms: edge, grind, sharpen, stone
Antonyms: blunt, dull
Example: honed the knifeʼs blade to razor-like sharpness
4. ARTIFICE (Noun) : चालाकी
Meaning: clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.
Synonyms: deceit, deception, guile, trickery
Antonyms: honesty, openness
Example: When the con artist tried to fool the old man with his artifice, he found himself in front of the man’s loaded shotgun.
Meaning: unable to be explained or accounted for.
Synonyms: unaccountable, unexplainable, incomprehensible, unfathomable, impenetrableAntonyms: understandable
Example: Although Will is normally a good kid, his inexplicable behavior today surprised everyone and got him kicked out of school.
2. FETTER (Verb) : बेड़ी
Meaning: confine or restrict (someone).
Synonyms: restrict, restrain, constrain, confine, limit
Antonyms: aid, allow, assist, expedite
Example: It could fetter the independence of the judiciary.
3. HONE (Verb) : आसियाना
Meaning: to make sharp or sharper
Synonyms: edge, grind, sharpen, stone
Antonyms: blunt, dull
Example: honed the knifeʼs blade to razor-like sharpness
4. ARTIFICE (Noun) : चालाकी
Meaning: clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.
Synonyms: deceit, deception, guile, trickery
Antonyms: honesty, openness
Example: When the con artist tried to fool the old man with his artifice, he found himself in front of the man’s loaded shotgun.
5. GUILE (Noun)
: छल
Meaning: sly or cunning intelligence.
Synonyms: cunning, artifice, canniness
Antonyms: forthrightness, guilelessness
Example: A shady salesman usually relies on a combination of quick thinking and guile.
6. EXIGENT (Adjective) : अत्यावश्यक
Meaning: pressing; demanding.
Synonyms: urgent, crucial
Antonyms: unpressured, facile
Example: I try not to be exigent with my students, but as a teacher I have to press them to get their work done.
7. DISPARAGE (Verb) : उपेक्षा करना
Meaning: regard or represent as being of little worth.
Synonyms: belittle, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate
Antonyms: praise, overrate, complimentary
Example: It is never right to disparage people based on ethnicity.
8. INDUBITABLE (Adjective) : निस्संदेह
Meaning: impossible to doubt; unquestionable.
Synonyms: unquestionable, undoubtable, indisputable, unarguable
Antonyms: doubtful
Example: The indubitable benefit of using coupons is the ability to save money.
Meaning: sly or cunning intelligence.
Synonyms: cunning, artifice, canniness
Antonyms: forthrightness, guilelessness
Example: A shady salesman usually relies on a combination of quick thinking and guile.
6. EXIGENT (Adjective) : अत्यावश्यक
Meaning: pressing; demanding.
Synonyms: urgent, crucial
Antonyms: unpressured, facile
Example: I try not to be exigent with my students, but as a teacher I have to press them to get their work done.
7. DISPARAGE (Verb) : उपेक्षा करना
Meaning: regard or represent as being of little worth.
Synonyms: belittle, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate
Antonyms: praise, overrate, complimentary
Example: It is never right to disparage people based on ethnicity.
8. INDUBITABLE (Adjective) : निस्संदेह
Meaning: impossible to doubt; unquestionable.
Synonyms: unquestionable, undoubtable, indisputable, unarguable
Antonyms: doubtful
Example: The indubitable benefit of using coupons is the ability to save money.
9. CONFLATE
(Verb) : सम्मिलित करना
Meaning: combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one.
Synonyms: amalgamate, consolidate, converge, fuse
Antonyms: divide, separate
Example: I was able to conflate the two processes into one, blending it down into a solid formula.
10. PETULANT (Adjective) : ढीठ
Meaning: (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
Synonyms: peevish, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, pettish
Antonyms: good-humoured, easy-going, affable
Example: When the movie started, the petulant infant would not stop crying because of the loud noise.
Meaning: combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one.
Synonyms: amalgamate, consolidate, converge, fuse
Antonyms: divide, separate
Example: I was able to conflate the two processes into one, blending it down into a solid formula.
10. PETULANT (Adjective) : ढीठ
Meaning: (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
Synonyms: peevish, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, pettish
Antonyms: good-humoured, easy-going, affable
Example: When the movie started, the petulant infant would not stop crying because of the loud noise.
Daily
Vocabulary
Set-8
1.DEMEANOR : आचरण
Meaning: a way of looking and behaving Synonyms: attitude, poise
Antonyms: imbalance, excitedness
Example: It was obvious from the man’s anxious demeanor that he was nervous about being on the witness stand.
2. BANEFUL : अभिशप्त
Meaning: causing harm or trouble
Synonyms: baleful, deadly
Antonyms: helpful, fortunate
Example: He sought to remove his children from the baneful influences of the city.
3. CULMINATE : समापन
Meaning: If an event or series of events culminates in something, it ends with it, having developed until it reaches this point
Synonyms: climate, conclude
Antonyms: start, commence
Example: My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and finally culminated in my resignation.
4. REVELRY : मद्यपान का उत्सव
Meaning: a situation in which people are drinking, dancing, singing, etc. at a party or in public, especially in a noisy way
Synonyms: debauchery, carouse
Antonyms: sadness, mourning
Example: The revelries next door kept me awake all night.
5. MURKY : धुंधला
Meaning: dark and dirty or difficult to see through
Synonyms: cloudy, dark
Antonyms: bright, luminous
Example: The river was brown and murky after the storm.
Meaning: a way of looking and behaving Synonyms: attitude, poise
Antonyms: imbalance, excitedness
Example: It was obvious from the man’s anxious demeanor that he was nervous about being on the witness stand.
2. BANEFUL : अभिशप्त
Meaning: causing harm or trouble
Synonyms: baleful, deadly
Antonyms: helpful, fortunate
Example: He sought to remove his children from the baneful influences of the city.
3. CULMINATE : समापन
Meaning: If an event or series of events culminates in something, it ends with it, having developed until it reaches this point
Synonyms: climate, conclude
Antonyms: start, commence
Example: My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and finally culminated in my resignation.
4. REVELRY : मद्यपान का उत्सव
Meaning: a situation in which people are drinking, dancing, singing, etc. at a party or in public, especially in a noisy way
Synonyms: debauchery, carouse
Antonyms: sadness, mourning
Example: The revelries next door kept me awake all night.
5. MURKY : धुंधला
Meaning: dark and dirty or difficult to see through
Synonyms: cloudy, dark
Antonyms: bright, luminous
Example: The river was brown and murky after the storm.
6. AGHAST : भौचक्का
Meaning: suddenly filled with strong feelings of shock and worry
Synonyms: anxious, dismayed
Antonyms: unsurprised, calm
Example: Workers and union officials were aghast at the layoffs.
7. NOXIOUS : हानिकारक
Meaning: harmful and unpleasant
Synonyms: unhealthy, corrupting
Antonyms: harmless, curing
Example: The most noxious form from the president's perspective is party-balancing limitations on appointments.
8. EULOGIZE : प्रशंसा करना
Meaning: to praise someone or something in a speech or piece of writing
Synonyms: applaud, commend
Antonyms: blame, criticize
Example: Critics everywhere have eulogized her new novel.
9. MERRIMENT : आनंद
Meaning: an occasion when people laugh or have an enjoyable time together
Synonyms: brawl, enjoyment
Antonyms: gloom, misery
Example: His unusual name has long been a source of merriment among his friends.
10. GLOOMY : विषादपूर्ण
Meaning: not expecting or believing anything good in a situation
Synonyms: bleak, dismal
Antonyms: bright, cheerful
Example: The vet is rather gloomy about my cat's chances of recovery.
Meaning: suddenly filled with strong feelings of shock and worry
Synonyms: anxious, dismayed
Antonyms: unsurprised, calm
Example: Workers and union officials were aghast at the layoffs.
7. NOXIOUS : हानिकारक
Meaning: harmful and unpleasant
Synonyms: unhealthy, corrupting
Antonyms: harmless, curing
Example: The most noxious form from the president's perspective is party-balancing limitations on appointments.
8. EULOGIZE : प्रशंसा करना
Meaning: to praise someone or something in a speech or piece of writing
Synonyms: applaud, commend
Antonyms: blame, criticize
Example: Critics everywhere have eulogized her new novel.
9. MERRIMENT : आनंद
Meaning: an occasion when people laugh or have an enjoyable time together
Synonyms: brawl, enjoyment
Antonyms: gloom, misery
Example: His unusual name has long been a source of merriment among his friends.
10. GLOOMY : विषादपूर्ण
Meaning: not expecting or believing anything good in a situation
Synonyms: bleak, dismal
Antonyms: bright, cheerful
Example: The vet is rather gloomy about my cat's chances of recovery.
Daily
Vocabulary
Set-9
1. SEDITION (noun) राज-द्रोह
Meaning: conduct or speech
inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
Synonyms: incitement, fomentation, provocation, agitation.
Antonyms: submission,
appeasement, homage, devotion.
Usage: The extended
geographical jurisdiction for offences is being used here not just to cover
sedition, but also treason.
2. CARTEL (noun) उत्पादक संघ
Meaning: an association of
manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high
level and restricting competition.
Synonyms: consortium, alliance, union, confederation.
Antonyms: agnosticism,
disunion, separation, distribution.
Usage: In their attempts
to stem cut-throat price competition, railway leaders repeatedly formed cartels
to set prices and allocate traffic.
3. PECULIARITY (noun) विलक्षणता
Meaning: a strange or
unusual feature or habit.
Synonyms: abnormality,
eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, oddity.
Antonyms: commonness,
casual, normalcy, convention.
Usage: One peculiarity of
this artist's pictures was that he used actual gold leaf to make the high
lights upon hair, leaves, and draperies.
4. DENT (noun) कटाव
Meaning: a reduction in
amount or size.
Synonyms: reduction,
depletion, deduction, cut.
Antonyms: boost, enlargement, gain, increase.
Usage: Both increased
capacity and competition will allow consumers to pay less, putting a dent into
corporate profits
5. EXTERNALITY (noun) बाह्यता
Meaning: a consequence of
an industrial or commercial activity which affects other parties without this
being reflected in market prices.
Synonyms: upshot, effect, repercussion, reverberations.
Antonyms: origin,
root, source, cause.
Usage: Network
externalities occur when markets characterized by network effects fail to
allocate resources properly.
6. LEEWAY (noun) स्वतंत्रता
Meaning: the amount of
freedom to move or act that is available.
Synonyms: scope, flexibility, liberty, indulgence.
Antonyms: constraint,
restriction, inflexibleness, extremism.
Usage: Certainly, the
government deserves a significant amount of leeway when it comes to endorsing
the current administration.
7. DIRECTIVE (noun) आदेश
Meaning: an official or
authoritative instruction.
Synonyms: injunction,
enjoinment, prescription, command.
Antonyms: entreaty,
petition, plea, appeal.
Usage: The US government
has no authority to issue directives to the country's courts.
8. MISGIVING (noun) संदेह
Meaning: a feeling of doubt
or apprehension about the outcome or consequences of something.
Synonyms: qualm,
doubt, reservation, scruple.
Antonyms: assurance,
certainty, certitude, conviction.
Usage: Despite my
misgivings, I picked up a box of these today when I filled the new
prescription.
9. DEMISE (noun) अंत
Meaning: the end or failure
of an enterprise or institution.
Synonyms: disintegration, fall, downfall, ruin.
Antonyms: commencement,
onset, launch, inception.
Usage: The services
sector is all some regions in the UK have left after the demise of the
manufacturing industry.
10. PROSPECT (noun) संभावना
Meaning: the possibility or
likelihood of some future event occurring.
Synonyms: expectation, anticipation, chance, probability.
Antonyms: actuality,
reality, certainty, doubtfulness.
Usage: Maybe
the prospect of the landscape turning into a tourist facility will force a
political change in the end.
Daily
Vocabulary
Set-10
1.LEEWAY (Noun) : स्वतंत्रता
Meaning: the amount of freedom to move or act that is available. Synonyms: freedom, scope, slack, laxity
Antonyms: constraint, restriction
Example: The bond market does not allow any leeway to borrowers in repayment, and there is no reason why bank loans should be any different.
2. SLACKEN (Verb) : शिथिल करना
Meaning: make or become slack.
Synonyms: loosen, relax
Antonyms: tighten
Example: It is now important for the central bank to ensure that the discipline in the system does not slacken.
3. BELEAGUER (Verb) : तंग करना
Meaning: put in a very difficult situation.
Synonyms: bedevil, troubled
Antonyms: aid, assist
Example: The board is supporting the beleaguered director.
Meaning: the amount of freedom to move or act that is available. Synonyms: freedom, scope, slack, laxity
Antonyms: constraint, restriction
Example: The bond market does not allow any leeway to borrowers in repayment, and there is no reason why bank loans should be any different.
2. SLACKEN (Verb) : शिथिल करना
Meaning: make or become slack.
Synonyms: loosen, relax
Antonyms: tighten
Example: It is now important for the central bank to ensure that the discipline in the system does not slacken.
3. BELEAGUER (Verb) : तंग करना
Meaning: put in a very difficult situation.
Synonyms: bedevil, troubled
Antonyms: aid, assist
Example: The board is supporting the beleaguered director.
4. OBLIVION (Noun) : विस्मृति
Meaning: the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one.
Synonyms: unconsciousness, insensibility, stupor, stupefaction
Antonyms: consciousness, awareness
Example: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 is complicated. This could perhaps not be avoided, given that what was being attempted was a new and bold experiment to pull the anti-corruption campaign out of oblivion.
5. MODICUM (Noun) : अल्पभाग
Meaning: a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable.
Synonyms: particle, degree, speck, fragment, scrap, ounce
Antonyms: lot, whole
Example: his statement had a modicum of truth
6. APATHY (Noun) : उदासीनता
Meaning: lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
Synonyms: indifference, unconcern, passivity
Antonyms: enthusiasm, interest, passion
Example: When people close their eyes to world affairs, apathy becomes dangerous because there is no one to speak out against injustice.
Meaning: the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one.
Synonyms: unconsciousness, insensibility, stupor, stupefaction
Antonyms: consciousness, awareness
Example: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 is complicated. This could perhaps not be avoided, given that what was being attempted was a new and bold experiment to pull the anti-corruption campaign out of oblivion.
5. MODICUM (Noun) : अल्पभाग
Meaning: a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable.
Synonyms: particle, degree, speck, fragment, scrap, ounce
Antonyms: lot, whole
Example: his statement had a modicum of truth
6. APATHY (Noun) : उदासीनता
Meaning: lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
Synonyms: indifference, unconcern, passivity
Antonyms: enthusiasm, interest, passion
Example: When people close their eyes to world affairs, apathy becomes dangerous because there is no one to speak out against injustice.
7. ASPERSION (Noun) : कलंक
Meaning: an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.
Synonyms: denigration, defamation
Antonyms: adulation, commendation
Example: Casting aspersions on the neutrality of the highest judicial authority in the country is unacceptable unless one can prove with reasonable material that he acted in a biased manner in choosing the first Lokpal.
8. ARBITRARY (Adjective) : विवेकाधीन
Meaning: based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
Synonyms: capricious, whimsical, random, chance, erratic,
Antonyms: rational, reasoned
Example: In spite of the cold weather, we made an arbitrary trip to the beach.
9. SURMOUNT (Verb) : विजय पाना या पार करना
Meaning: overcome (a difficulty or obstacle).
Synonyms: overcome, conquer
Antonyms: fail, lose
Example: Good teachers encourage students to surmount their challenges.
10. VIVACIOUS (Adjective) : ज़िंदादिल
Meaning: (especially of a woman) attractively lively and animated.
Synonyms: lively, spirited, ebullient, buoyant
Antonyms: dull, listless
Example: The young man drew attention as he entered the party due to his vivacious personality while he bounced around the room.
Meaning: an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.
Synonyms: denigration, defamation
Antonyms: adulation, commendation
Example: Casting aspersions on the neutrality of the highest judicial authority in the country is unacceptable unless one can prove with reasonable material that he acted in a biased manner in choosing the first Lokpal.
8. ARBITRARY (Adjective) : विवेकाधीन
Meaning: based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
Synonyms: capricious, whimsical, random, chance, erratic,
Antonyms: rational, reasoned
Example: In spite of the cold weather, we made an arbitrary trip to the beach.
9. SURMOUNT (Verb) : विजय पाना या पार करना
Meaning: overcome (a difficulty or obstacle).
Synonyms: overcome, conquer
Antonyms: fail, lose
Example: Good teachers encourage students to surmount their challenges.
10. VIVACIOUS (Adjective) : ज़िंदादिल
Meaning: (especially of a woman) attractively lively and animated.
Synonyms: lively, spirited, ebullient, buoyant
Antonyms: dull, listless
Example: The young man drew attention as he entered the party due to his vivacious personality while he bounced around the room.
Daily
Vocabulary
Set-11
1. SHUN : टालना
Meaning: to avoid something
Synonyms: despise, disdain Antonyms: accept, admire
Example: She shunned publicity after she retired from the stage.
2. PRECARIOUS : संदिग्ध
Meaning: in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in place firmly
Synonyms: dangerous, delicate
Antonyms: healthy, guarded
Example: The lorry was lodged in a very precarious way, with its front wheels hanging over the cliff.
3. VOLATILE : परिवर्तनशील
Meaning: likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, especially by getting worse
Synonyms: capricious, elusive
Antonyms: constant, definite
Example: Food and fuel prices are very volatile in a war situation.
Meaning: to avoid something
Synonyms: despise, disdain Antonyms: accept, admire
Example: She shunned publicity after she retired from the stage.
2. PRECARIOUS : संदिग्ध
Meaning: in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in place firmly
Synonyms: dangerous, delicate
Antonyms: healthy, guarded
Example: The lorry was lodged in a very precarious way, with its front wheels hanging over the cliff.
3. VOLATILE : परिवर्तनशील
Meaning: likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, especially by getting worse
Synonyms: capricious, elusive
Antonyms: constant, definite
Example: Food and fuel prices are very volatile in a war situation.
4. UPTICK : इजाफा
Meaning: an increase in something
Synonyms: growth, rise
Antonyms: decrease, fall
Example: Even after yesterday's uptick, the shares remain more than 40% below their peak a year ago.
5. INFLOW : अन्तर्वाह
Meaning: the movement of money or assets into a business, an economy, an industry, etc.
Synonyms: incursion, inpouring
Antonyms: retreat, outflow
Example: The booming economy has attracted an inflow of funds from both domestic and foreign investors.
6. REEL : विचलता
Meaning: If you reel, or your mind or brain reels, you feel very confused or shocked and unable to act
Synonyms: shake, stagger
Antonyms: stabalize, steady
Example: We were reeling (in amazement/shock/delight, etc.) from/with the news that we had won all that money.
7. RELEGATE : निर्वासित करना
Meaning: to put someone or something into a lower or less important rank or position
Synonyms: accredit, downgrade
Antonyms: upgrade, uplift
Example: In the past when African-American men worked as sailors aboard ships, they were often relegated to jobs as cooks and stewards.
Meaning: an increase in something
Synonyms: growth, rise
Antonyms: decrease, fall
Example: Even after yesterday's uptick, the shares remain more than 40% below their peak a year ago.
5. INFLOW : अन्तर्वाह
Meaning: the movement of money or assets into a business, an economy, an industry, etc.
Synonyms: incursion, inpouring
Antonyms: retreat, outflow
Example: The booming economy has attracted an inflow of funds from both domestic and foreign investors.
6. REEL : विचलता
Meaning: If you reel, or your mind or brain reels, you feel very confused or shocked and unable to act
Synonyms: shake, stagger
Antonyms: stabalize, steady
Example: We were reeling (in amazement/shock/delight, etc.) from/with the news that we had won all that money.
7. RELEGATE : निर्वासित करना
Meaning: to put someone or something into a lower or less important rank or position
Synonyms: accredit, downgrade
Antonyms: upgrade, uplift
Example: In the past when African-American men worked as sailors aboard ships, they were often relegated to jobs as cooks and stewards.
8. PECULIAR : अजीब
Meaning: unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way
Synonyms: distinct, different
Antonyms: ordinary, vague
Example:The copy editor will check type size and technical details to see if anything looks peculiar.
9. LEEWAY : स्वतंत्रता
Meaning: freedom to act within particular limits
Synonyms: scope, freedom
Antonyms: confined, obligation
Example: Local councils will be given some leeway as to how they implement the legislation.
10. PERILOUS : खतरनाक
Meaning: full of danger or risk.
Synonyms: hazardous, threatening
Antonyms: safe, secure
Example: It was an intellectually courageous but often perilous balancing act.
Meaning: unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way
Synonyms: distinct, different
Antonyms: ordinary, vague
Example:The copy editor will check type size and technical details to see if anything looks peculiar.
9. LEEWAY : स्वतंत्रता
Meaning: freedom to act within particular limits
Synonyms: scope, freedom
Antonyms: confined, obligation
Example: Local councils will be given some leeway as to how they implement the legislation.
10. PERILOUS : खतरनाक
Meaning: full of danger or risk.
Synonyms: hazardous, threatening
Antonyms: safe, secure
Example: It was an intellectually courageous but often perilous balancing act.
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1. RAVENOUS
(adjective) अति पेटू
Meaning: (of hunger or need) very great; voracious.
Synonyms: insatiable, greedy, gluttonous, edacious. Antonyms: content, sated, satiated, satisfied.
Usage: No matter what type of stressful situation I’m facing, my body responds by eating everything in sight because of my ravenous appetite.
Meaning: (of hunger or need) very great; voracious.
Synonyms: insatiable, greedy, gluttonous, edacious. Antonyms: content, sated, satiated, satisfied.
Usage: No matter what type of stressful situation I’m facing, my body responds by eating everything in sight because of my ravenous appetite.
2. DENIZEN
(noun) निवासी
Meaning: a person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place.
Synonyms: inhabitant, occupant, resident, tenant.
Antonyms: visitor, emigrant, evacuee, expatriate.
Usage: The author of Atlanta’s latest guidebook is a longtime denizen of the city who knows all the best places to visit.
3. RESORT(verb) प्रयोग करना
Meaning: turn to and adopt (a course of action, especially an extreme or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
Synonyms: expedient, recourse, makeshift, substitute.
Antonyms: abstain, dodge, halt, shun.
Usage: Excluded from parliament by the fatal error of his youth, he was compelled to resort to indirect means of working out his plans by influencing public men.
Meaning: a person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place.
Synonyms: inhabitant, occupant, resident, tenant.
Antonyms: visitor, emigrant, evacuee, expatriate.
Usage: The author of Atlanta’s latest guidebook is a longtime denizen of the city who knows all the best places to visit.
3. RESORT(verb) प्रयोग करना
Meaning: turn to and adopt (a course of action, especially an extreme or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
Synonyms: expedient, recourse, makeshift, substitute.
Antonyms: abstain, dodge, halt, shun.
Usage: Excluded from parliament by the fatal error of his youth, he was compelled to resort to indirect means of working out his plans by influencing public men.
4. SPLURGE (verb) पैसे उड़ाना
Meaning: to spend extravagantly or ostentatiously.
Synonyms: squander, fling, dissipate, disburse.
Antonyms: accumulate, hoard, conserve, preserve.
Usage: I feel like splurging on a new dress.
5. INCONCEIVABLE: (adjective) अचिंतनीय
Meaning: not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.
Synonyms: implausible, improbable, incredible, incogitable.
Antonyms: plausible, reasonable, tenable, conceivable.
Usage: When I looked at my outrageous hospital bill, I blinked at the inconceivable amount.
6. REFRACTORY (adjective) दुराग्राही
Meaning: stubborn or unmanageable.
Synonyms: recalcitrant, obstreperous, insubordinate, intractable.
Antonyms: obedient, manageable, amenable, compliant.
Usage: Most teenagers go through a refractory phase where they don’t want to listen to authority figures.
Meaning: to spend extravagantly or ostentatiously.
Synonyms: squander, fling, dissipate, disburse.
Antonyms: accumulate, hoard, conserve, preserve.
Usage: I feel like splurging on a new dress.
5. INCONCEIVABLE: (adjective) अचिंतनीय
Meaning: not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.
Synonyms: implausible, improbable, incredible, incogitable.
Antonyms: plausible, reasonable, tenable, conceivable.
Usage: When I looked at my outrageous hospital bill, I blinked at the inconceivable amount.
6. REFRACTORY (adjective) दुराग्राही
Meaning: stubborn or unmanageable.
Synonyms: recalcitrant, obstreperous, insubordinate, intractable.
Antonyms: obedient, manageable, amenable, compliant.
Usage: Most teenagers go through a refractory phase where they don’t want to listen to authority figures.
7. DETENTE (noun) नरमी
Meaning: the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
Synonyms: agreement, peace, amity, concord.
Antonyms: disruptive, antagonism, antipathy, hostility.
Usage: The policy of detente was scrapped and the objective was increasingly to roll back the Soviet Union.
8. CONTENTIOUS (adjective) विवादास्पद
Meaning: causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
Synonyms: disputable, debatable, moot, vexed.
Antonyms: agreeable, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceful.
Usage: This last piece of evidence is particularly contentious and likely to feature prominently in the appeal.
9. SACK (verb) बरख़ास्त करना
Meaning: dismiss from employment.
Synonyms: bounce, discharge, dismiss, terminate,
Antonyms: recruit, employ, engage, hire.
Usage: They made him pay for his offence by giving him the sack.
Meaning: the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
Synonyms: agreement, peace, amity, concord.
Antonyms: disruptive, antagonism, antipathy, hostility.
Usage: The policy of detente was scrapped and the objective was increasingly to roll back the Soviet Union.
8. CONTENTIOUS (adjective) विवादास्पद
Meaning: causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
Synonyms: disputable, debatable, moot, vexed.
Antonyms: agreeable, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceful.
Usage: This last piece of evidence is particularly contentious and likely to feature prominently in the appeal.
9. SACK (verb) बरख़ास्त करना
Meaning: dismiss from employment.
Synonyms: bounce, discharge, dismiss, terminate,
Antonyms: recruit, employ, engage, hire.
Usage: They made him pay for his offence by giving him the sack.
10. DILATORY (adjective) धीमा
Meaning: slow to act
Synonyms: sluggish, slothful, lax, slack.
Antonyms: fast, prompt, brisk, quick.
Usage: They were dilatory in providing the researchers with information.
Meaning: slow to act
Synonyms: sluggish, slothful, lax, slack.
Antonyms: fast, prompt, brisk, quick.
Usage: They were dilatory in providing the researchers with information.
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1,Quagmire: (noun) नाज़ुक हालत
Meaning: a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
Synonyms: bind,corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jam, mire, pickle, predicament, spot
Antonyms: advantage, solution, agreement, contentment Usage: He's caught in a quagmire of debt.
2. Subtler: (adjective) जटिल
Meaning: clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means
Synonyms: artful, beguiling, cagey, crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, tricky, wily
Antonyms: artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent
Usage: There have been many subtler, more original and more systematic thinkers about the conditions of the social union.
3. Proffer: (verb) निवेदन करना
Meaning: to put before another for acceptance or consideration
Synonyms: extend, offer, tender, propose, give in, submit.
Antonyms: decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, reject.
Usage: It is the ultimate manifestation of the marketplace of ideas; the more people who proffer their ideas to the world, the better the outcome will be for us all.
Meaning: a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
Synonyms: bind,corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jam, mire, pickle, predicament, spot
Antonyms: advantage, solution, agreement, contentment Usage: He's caught in a quagmire of debt.
2. Subtler: (adjective) जटिल
Meaning: clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means
Synonyms: artful, beguiling, cagey, crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, tricky, wily
Antonyms: artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent
Usage: There have been many subtler, more original and more systematic thinkers about the conditions of the social union.
3. Proffer: (verb) निवेदन करना
Meaning: to put before another for acceptance or consideration
Synonyms: extend, offer, tender, propose, give in, submit.
Antonyms: decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, reject.
Usage: It is the ultimate manifestation of the marketplace of ideas; the more people who proffer their ideas to the world, the better the outcome will be for us all.
4. Hoary: (adjective) वयोवृद्ध
Meaning: dating or surviving from the distant past
Synonyms: age-old, aged, ancient, antediluvian, antique, dateless, hoar, immemorial, old, venerable
Antonyms: modern, new, recent
Usage: From one point of view they shadow out the great epic of the destinies of the human race; again, the universal solar myth claims a share in them; hoary traditions were brought into ex post facto connexion with them; or they served to commemorate simple meteorological and astronomical facts.
5. CONCOMITANT (adjective) सहगामी
Meaning: naturally accompanying or associated.
Synonyms: attendant, collateral, linked, accessory, auxiliary.
Antonyms: unassociated, unconnected, unrelated, indifferent, unbound.
Usage: That it is apparently devoid of psychical concomitant need not imply that the impressions concerned in it are crude and in elaborate.
Meaning: dating or surviving from the distant past
Synonyms: age-old, aged, ancient, antediluvian, antique, dateless, hoar, immemorial, old, venerable
Antonyms: modern, new, recent
Usage: From one point of view they shadow out the great epic of the destinies of the human race; again, the universal solar myth claims a share in them; hoary traditions were brought into ex post facto connexion with them; or they served to commemorate simple meteorological and astronomical facts.
5. CONCOMITANT (adjective) सहगामी
Meaning: naturally accompanying or associated.
Synonyms: attendant, collateral, linked, accessory, auxiliary.
Antonyms: unassociated, unconnected, unrelated, indifferent, unbound.
Usage: That it is apparently devoid of psychical concomitant need not imply that the impressions concerned in it are crude and in elaborate.
6. STULTIFY (verb) वृथा करना
Meaning: cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine.
Synonyms: hamper, impede, obstruct, thwart, suppress, smother, repress, counteract, trammel, restrain.
Antonyms: consolidate, augment, glorify, exacerbate, exalt, stir, elevate, accentuate, strengthen.
Usage: By referencing actual statistics, he was able to stultify his opponent’s argument.
7. NIHILISM (noun) शून्यवाद
Meaning: the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless.
Synonyms: cynicism, rejection, repudiation, abnegation, disbelief, skepticism.
Antonyms: belief, faith, approval, discipline, ratification.
Usage: The rebels urged the people to grab hold of nihilism and remove all government officials from office.
8. BADINAGE (noun) परिहास
Meaning: humorous or witty conversation.
Synonyms: banter, chaff, jesting, repartee, barb, gambit.
Antonyms: bullying, criticism, argument, fight.
Usage: The president was in a good mood as he walked through the crowd and made several voters laugh with his witty badinage.
9. MELLOW (adjective) मधुर
Meaning: (especially of a sound, flavour, or color) pleasantly smooth or soft; free from harshness.
Synonyms: dulcet, euphonious, melodious, mellifluous, mellifluent.
Antonyms: rugged, abrading, gruff, abrasive, harsh.
Usage: His mellow voice and his qualitative speech made everyone applaud him.
Meaning: cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine.
Synonyms: hamper, impede, obstruct, thwart, suppress, smother, repress, counteract, trammel, restrain.
Antonyms: consolidate, augment, glorify, exacerbate, exalt, stir, elevate, accentuate, strengthen.
Usage: By referencing actual statistics, he was able to stultify his opponent’s argument.
7. NIHILISM (noun) शून्यवाद
Meaning: the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless.
Synonyms: cynicism, rejection, repudiation, abnegation, disbelief, skepticism.
Antonyms: belief, faith, approval, discipline, ratification.
Usage: The rebels urged the people to grab hold of nihilism and remove all government officials from office.
8. BADINAGE (noun) परिहास
Meaning: humorous or witty conversation.
Synonyms: banter, chaff, jesting, repartee, barb, gambit.
Antonyms: bullying, criticism, argument, fight.
Usage: The president was in a good mood as he walked through the crowd and made several voters laugh with his witty badinage.
9. MELLOW (adjective) मधुर
Meaning: (especially of a sound, flavour, or color) pleasantly smooth or soft; free from harshness.
Synonyms: dulcet, euphonious, melodious, mellifluous, mellifluent.
Antonyms: rugged, abrading, gruff, abrasive, harsh.
Usage: His mellow voice and his qualitative speech made everyone applaud him.
10. EXCORIATE (verb) आलोचना करना
Meaning: to criticize harshly and usually publicly.
Synonyms: assail, castigate, lambaste, vituperate, imprecate.
Antonyms: acclaim, laud, praise, glorify, admire, exalt.
Usage: The stern judge will excoriate the behavior of the repeat offender by sentencing him to thirty years in prison.
Meaning: to criticize harshly and usually publicly.
Synonyms: assail, castigate, lambaste, vituperate, imprecate.
Antonyms: acclaim, laud, praise, glorify, admire, exalt.
Usage: The stern judge will excoriate the behavior of the repeat offender by sentencing him to thirty years in prison.
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1.ABSTRACT=भावात्मक
Meaning:existing purely in mind
Synonyms: complex, unreal Antonyms: real, simple
Example:Julie had trouble understanding the appeal of the abstract painting.
2.ABYSMAL=बेहद खराब
Meaning:extremely bad
Synonyms: bad, awful
Antonyms: good
Example:I got an abysmal grade on my research paper!
3.BREVITY=संक्षिप्तता
Meaning:the quality of being breif or terse
Synonyms: short, breif
Antonyms: large, long
Example:The brevity of their time together made it all the more romantic.
4.CONCEIVE=विचार करना
Meaning:to come up with
Synonyms: accept, assume
Antonyms: neglect, avoid
Example:The plan to build the city was originally conceived in the early 1900s.
5.CULMINATION=पराकाष्ठा
Meaning:the final act
Synonyms: climax, end
Antonyms: start
Example:The culmination of the performance was unforgettable.
6. DILEMMA=संकट की स्थिति
Meaning: a problem or doubt
Synonyms: doubt, unsure
Antonyms: sure, definite
Example:The main dilemma is whether to pay for a commercial or not.
7. DILIGENCE=परिश्रम
Meaning:the quality of being commited to a task
Synonyms: dedicated, commited
Antonyms: inactivity, lethargy
Example:Diligence and confidence will get you far in life.
8. ECCENTRIC=उत्केन्द्र
Meaning:deviating from the norm
Synonyms: bizarre, curious
Antonyms: common, familiar
Example:She’s a little eccentric but still fun to be around.
9. EMPHATIC=प्रभावी
Meaning:very expressive
Synonyms: active, explicit
Antonyms: inactive, implicit
Example:Her emphatic smile told me she was excited to ride the roller coaster.
10. HOSTILE=शत्रुतापूर्ण
Meaning: harmful or dangerous
Synonyms: dangerous, violent
Antonyms: safe, friendly
Example:The voices around the corner sounded angry, hostile even.
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Set-15
1.
SAGE (adjective) बुद्धिमान
Meaning: profoundly wise.
Synonyms: sagacious, erudite, discerning, judicious. Antonyms: dumb, imbecile, moronic, slow-witted.
Usage: A sage suggestion that they think long and hard before deciding to marry at such a young age.
2. PRATTLE (verb) बकबक करना
Meaning: talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.
Synonyms: chatter, babble, prate, ramble.
Antonyms: quiet, silence, enunciate, articulate.
Usage: To make others envious, Reena likes to prattle on about her great job.
3. UNENVIABLE (adjective) अवांछनीय
Meaning: difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant.
Synonyms: disagreeable, odious, inapt, unwanted.
Antonyms: desirable, enviable, alluring, apposite.
Usage: They already have the unenviable task of supervising some of the most dangerous prisoners in the country.
4. SCUPPER (verb) तबाह करना
Meaning: prevent from working or succeeding; thwart.
Synonyms: ruin, wreck, destroy, devastate.
Antonyms: guard, shelter, shield, swathe.
Usage: The latest information could scupper the peace talks.
5. TROVE (noun) कोष
Meaning: a store of valuable or delightful things.
Synonyms: accumulation, agglomeration, backlog, conglomeration.
Antonyms: junk, dispersion, reduction, shrinkage.
Usage: I discovered a trove of candy bars and pop tarts in my teen son's pillow case.
6. WOEBEGONE (adjective) उदास
Meaning: sad or miserable in appearance.
Synonyms: dejected, forlorn, crestfallen, abject.
Antonyms: blissful, buoyant, cheerful, delighted.
Usage: The mother could tell that her son was woebegone when she told him that he was grounded.
7. MYSTIQUE (noun) रहस्यपूर्ण
Meaning: a quality of mystery, glamour, or power associated with someone or something.
Synonyms: charisma, mystery, fascination, aura.
Antonyms: plainness, limpidity, perspicuity, lucidity.
Usage: The detective was captivated by the suspect’s mystique.
8. PALLIATE (verb) कम करना
Meaning: make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe without removing the cause.
Synonyms: alleviate, relieve, soothe, assuage.
Antonyms: heighten, intensify, aggravate, exacerbate.
Usage: This medicine should palliate your cough at least a little.
9. Plenary (adjective) परिपूर्ण
Meaning: unqualified; absolute.
Synonyms: unconditional, unlimited, unrestricted, comprehensive.
Antonyms: abbreviated, abridged, diminished, reduced.
Usage: The delegation to the international convention was given plenary authority to negotiate a treaty in the nation's best interest.
10. REPINE (verb) विलाप करना
Meaning: feel or express discontent; fret.
Synonyms: mope, languish, despondent, lament.
Antonyms: complacent, fulfilled, rejoice, contented.
Usage: The soldiers repine for their families when they are stationed overseas.
Meaning: profoundly wise.
Synonyms: sagacious, erudite, discerning, judicious. Antonyms: dumb, imbecile, moronic, slow-witted.
Usage: A sage suggestion that they think long and hard before deciding to marry at such a young age.
2. PRATTLE (verb) बकबक करना
Meaning: talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way.
Synonyms: chatter, babble, prate, ramble.
Antonyms: quiet, silence, enunciate, articulate.
Usage: To make others envious, Reena likes to prattle on about her great job.
3. UNENVIABLE (adjective) अवांछनीय
Meaning: difficult, undesirable, or unpleasant.
Synonyms: disagreeable, odious, inapt, unwanted.
Antonyms: desirable, enviable, alluring, apposite.
Usage: They already have the unenviable task of supervising some of the most dangerous prisoners in the country.
4. SCUPPER (verb) तबाह करना
Meaning: prevent from working or succeeding; thwart.
Synonyms: ruin, wreck, destroy, devastate.
Antonyms: guard, shelter, shield, swathe.
Usage: The latest information could scupper the peace talks.
5. TROVE (noun) कोष
Meaning: a store of valuable or delightful things.
Synonyms: accumulation, agglomeration, backlog, conglomeration.
Antonyms: junk, dispersion, reduction, shrinkage.
Usage: I discovered a trove of candy bars and pop tarts in my teen son's pillow case.
6. WOEBEGONE (adjective) उदास
Meaning: sad or miserable in appearance.
Synonyms: dejected, forlorn, crestfallen, abject.
Antonyms: blissful, buoyant, cheerful, delighted.
Usage: The mother could tell that her son was woebegone when she told him that he was grounded.
7. MYSTIQUE (noun) रहस्यपूर्ण
Meaning: a quality of mystery, glamour, or power associated with someone or something.
Synonyms: charisma, mystery, fascination, aura.
Antonyms: plainness, limpidity, perspicuity, lucidity.
Usage: The detective was captivated by the suspect’s mystique.
8. PALLIATE (verb) कम करना
Meaning: make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe without removing the cause.
Synonyms: alleviate, relieve, soothe, assuage.
Antonyms: heighten, intensify, aggravate, exacerbate.
Usage: This medicine should palliate your cough at least a little.
9. Plenary (adjective) परिपूर्ण
Meaning: unqualified; absolute.
Synonyms: unconditional, unlimited, unrestricted, comprehensive.
Antonyms: abbreviated, abridged, diminished, reduced.
Usage: The delegation to the international convention was given plenary authority to negotiate a treaty in the nation's best interest.
10. REPINE (verb) विलाप करना
Meaning: feel or express discontent; fret.
Synonyms: mope, languish, despondent, lament.
Antonyms: complacent, fulfilled, rejoice, contented.
Usage: The soldiers repine for their families when they are stationed overseas.
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1. DIN (Noun) : शोर,कोलाहल
Meaning: a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise.
Synonyms: babel, bedlam, clash, clatter Antonyms: calm, order, peace, quiet
Example: The din from my neighbor’s party will probably keep me up all night.
2. PATRONAGE (noun) : प्रश्रय देना
Meaning: support of a cause
Synonyms: aegis, auspices, backing, subsidy
Antonyms: attack, blockage, obstruction, opposition
Example: Your patronage of the arts program will allow our students to put on four plays this year.
3. VEX (verb) : खीझाना
Meaning: make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.
Synonyms: afflict, agitate, annoy, exasperate
Antonyms: aid, appeade, calm, comfort
Example: Because you are having a bad day, do not assume the entire world is out to vex you.
4. GRIM (adjective) : विकट
Meaning: very serious or gloomy.
Synonyms: stern, forbidding, uninviting, unapproachable
Antonyms: amiable, pleasant
Example: His expression was grim when he told them they had lost their jobs.
5. UNTRAMMELLED (adjective) : बेरोक
Meaning: not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.
Example: He was not free to give her the untrammelled life that she deserved.
6. LOCUS (noun) : ठिकाना
Meaning: a particular position or place where something occurs or is situated
Synonyms: arrangement, location, condition, circumstances
Antonyms: boon, disarrangement
Example: The locus of these intersections is the quadratrix.
7. DISCORD (noun) : मतभेद
Meaning: disagreement between people.
Synonyms: strife, conflict, friction, hostility
Antonyms: agreement, accord, harmony
Example: A note of discord has crept into relations between the two countries.
8. INVASIVE (adjective) : आक्रमणशील
Meaning: tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully.
Synonyms: nosy, interfering
Example: The samples tested in this series may not include a high proportion of health care staff involved in invasive procedures.
9. OMINOUS (adjective) : अमंगलसूचक
Meaning: giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.
Synonyms: threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding
Antonyms: promising, auspicious, propitious
Example: There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
10. VITIATE (verb) : विदूषित करना
Meaning: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.
Synonyms: annihilate, negate, quash, abate
Antonyms: allow, help, permit, affirm
Example: Changes at this point may actually vitiate the entire system.
Meaning: a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise.
Synonyms: babel, bedlam, clash, clatter Antonyms: calm, order, peace, quiet
Example: The din from my neighbor’s party will probably keep me up all night.
2. PATRONAGE (noun) : प्रश्रय देना
Meaning: support of a cause
Synonyms: aegis, auspices, backing, subsidy
Antonyms: attack, blockage, obstruction, opposition
Example: Your patronage of the arts program will allow our students to put on four plays this year.
3. VEX (verb) : खीझाना
Meaning: make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.
Synonyms: afflict, agitate, annoy, exasperate
Antonyms: aid, appeade, calm, comfort
Example: Because you are having a bad day, do not assume the entire world is out to vex you.
4. GRIM (adjective) : विकट
Meaning: very serious or gloomy.
Synonyms: stern, forbidding, uninviting, unapproachable
Antonyms: amiable, pleasant
Example: His expression was grim when he told them they had lost their jobs.
5. UNTRAMMELLED (adjective) : बेरोक
Meaning: not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.
Example: He was not free to give her the untrammelled life that she deserved.
6. LOCUS (noun) : ठिकाना
Meaning: a particular position or place where something occurs or is situated
Synonyms: arrangement, location, condition, circumstances
Antonyms: boon, disarrangement
Example: The locus of these intersections is the quadratrix.
7. DISCORD (noun) : मतभेद
Meaning: disagreement between people.
Synonyms: strife, conflict, friction, hostility
Antonyms: agreement, accord, harmony
Example: A note of discord has crept into relations between the two countries.
8. INVASIVE (adjective) : आक्रमणशील
Meaning: tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully.
Synonyms: nosy, interfering
Example: The samples tested in this series may not include a high proportion of health care staff involved in invasive procedures.
9. OMINOUS (adjective) : अमंगलसूचक
Meaning: giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen; threateningly inauspicious.
Synonyms: threatening, menacing, baleful, forbidding
Antonyms: promising, auspicious, propitious
Example: There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
10. VITIATE (verb) : विदूषित करना
Meaning: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.
Synonyms: annihilate, negate, quash, abate
Antonyms: allow, help, permit, affirm
Example: Changes at this point may actually vitiate the entire system.
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Vocabulary
Set-16
1. GOAD (verb) अंकुश लगाना
Meaning: provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction.
Synonyms: spur, exhort, prompt, urge.
Antonyms: discourage, inhibit, deter, restrain. Usage: A teacher always find new positive ways to goad his students into reading more.
2. DOTARD (noun) बूढ़ा
Meaning: an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile.
Synonyms: oldster, graybeard, grandsire, elder.
Antonyms: juvenile, teen, minor, youth.
Usage: As the dotard slowly walked with a cane, he struggled with figuring out where the senior citizen center was located even though he had been there dozens of times.
3. HURL (verb) वेग से फेंकना
Meaning: throw or impel (someone or something) with great force.
Synonyms: fling, cast, project, propel.
Antonyms: dawdle, dally, amble, plod.
Usage: Pitchers will hurl the baseball at the catchers in a baseball game which will usually get clocked at a 100 miles per hour.
4. REDACT (verb) संपादित करना
Meaning: edit (text) for publication.
Synonyms: correct, rectify, repair, fix.
Antonyms: befoul, deteriorate, diminish, hinder.
Usage: Some of the conclusions in the report have been redacted.
5. INCOHERENT (adjective) असंगत
Meaning: (of spoken or written language) expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear.
Synonyms: unclear, confused, muddled, garbled.
Antonyms: coherent, lucid, intelligible, organized.
Usage: David muttered something incoherent and rude and scrambled to his feet, fumbling for the sword.
6. STEWARD (noun) प्रबंधक
Meaning: a person employed to manage another's property, especially a large house or estate.
Synonyms: manager, agent, custodian, caretaker.
Antonyms: intimidator, client, acolyte, subordinate.
Usage: The house steward, Donald, picked up her baggage from rear of the carriage.
7. DETENTE (noun) नरमी
Meaning: the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
Synonyms: agreement, peace, amity, concord.
Antonyms: disruptive, antagonism, antipathy, hostility.
Usage: The policy of detente was scrapped and the objective was increasingly to roll back the Soviet Union.
8. RIG (verb) झाँसा
Meaning: manage or conduct (something) fraudulently so as to gain an advantage.
Synonyms: gerrymander, juggle, distort, misrepresent.
Antonyms: divest, disrobe, doff, deprive.
Usage: America has a long history of vote tampering and rigged elections in many local jurisdictions.
9. SMITE (verb) कष्ट देना
Meaning: (especially of disease) attack or affect severely.
Synonyms: afflict, attack, assail, harrow.
Antonyms: aid, comfort, inspirit, boost.
Usage: Various people had been smitten with untimely summer flu.
10. FURLOUGH (noun) लम्बी छुट्टी
Meaning: leave of absence, especially that granted to a member of the services or a missionary.
Synonyms: break, rest, recess, day off.
Antonyms: rehire, recall, travail, toil.
Usage: I have just learned that Cousin George has got his furlough extended thirty days.
Meaning: provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate some action or reaction.
Synonyms: spur, exhort, prompt, urge.
Antonyms: discourage, inhibit, deter, restrain. Usage: A teacher always find new positive ways to goad his students into reading more.
2. DOTARD (noun) बूढ़ा
Meaning: an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile.
Synonyms: oldster, graybeard, grandsire, elder.
Antonyms: juvenile, teen, minor, youth.
Usage: As the dotard slowly walked with a cane, he struggled with figuring out where the senior citizen center was located even though he had been there dozens of times.
3. HURL (verb) वेग से फेंकना
Meaning: throw or impel (someone or something) with great force.
Synonyms: fling, cast, project, propel.
Antonyms: dawdle, dally, amble, plod.
Usage: Pitchers will hurl the baseball at the catchers in a baseball game which will usually get clocked at a 100 miles per hour.
4. REDACT (verb) संपादित करना
Meaning: edit (text) for publication.
Synonyms: correct, rectify, repair, fix.
Antonyms: befoul, deteriorate, diminish, hinder.
Usage: Some of the conclusions in the report have been redacted.
5. INCOHERENT (adjective) असंगत
Meaning: (of spoken or written language) expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear.
Synonyms: unclear, confused, muddled, garbled.
Antonyms: coherent, lucid, intelligible, organized.
Usage: David muttered something incoherent and rude and scrambled to his feet, fumbling for the sword.
6. STEWARD (noun) प्रबंधक
Meaning: a person employed to manage another's property, especially a large house or estate.
Synonyms: manager, agent, custodian, caretaker.
Antonyms: intimidator, client, acolyte, subordinate.
Usage: The house steward, Donald, picked up her baggage from rear of the carriage.
7. DETENTE (noun) नरमी
Meaning: the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
Synonyms: agreement, peace, amity, concord.
Antonyms: disruptive, antagonism, antipathy, hostility.
Usage: The policy of detente was scrapped and the objective was increasingly to roll back the Soviet Union.
8. RIG (verb) झाँसा
Meaning: manage or conduct (something) fraudulently so as to gain an advantage.
Synonyms: gerrymander, juggle, distort, misrepresent.
Antonyms: divest, disrobe, doff, deprive.
Usage: America has a long history of vote tampering and rigged elections in many local jurisdictions.
9. SMITE (verb) कष्ट देना
Meaning: (especially of disease) attack or affect severely.
Synonyms: afflict, attack, assail, harrow.
Antonyms: aid, comfort, inspirit, boost.
Usage: Various people had been smitten with untimely summer flu.
10. FURLOUGH (noun) लम्बी छुट्टी
Meaning: leave of absence, especially that granted to a member of the services or a missionary.
Synonyms: break, rest, recess, day off.
Antonyms: rehire, recall, travail, toil.
Usage: I have just learned that Cousin George has got his furlough extended thirty days.
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Vocabulary
Set-17
1.EXALT (Verb): सराहना करना
Meaning: think or speak very highly of (someone or something).
Synonyms: dignify, glorify
Antonyms: blame, condemn Example: For a fee, most celebrities will exalt a product by pretending to like it.
2. MOTE (Noun) : कण
Meaning: a tiny piece of a substance; a speck.
Synonyms: bit, dribble, fleck, nugget.
Antonyms: lump, abundance, bushel, heaps.
Usage: Feeling anxious about the state of her home, the obsessive housewife scrubbed away every tiny mote of dust.
3. ESOTERIC (Adjective): गुप्त
Meaning: mysterious, obscure
Synonyms: abstruse, mystical
Antonyms: common, familiar
Example: The medical research was so esoteric that only a few physicians could actually understand the results.
Meaning: think or speak very highly of (someone or something).
Synonyms: dignify, glorify
Antonyms: blame, condemn Example: For a fee, most celebrities will exalt a product by pretending to like it.
2. MOTE (Noun) : कण
Meaning: a tiny piece of a substance; a speck.
Synonyms: bit, dribble, fleck, nugget.
Antonyms: lump, abundance, bushel, heaps.
Usage: Feeling anxious about the state of her home, the obsessive housewife scrubbed away every tiny mote of dust.
3. ESOTERIC (Adjective): गुप्त
Meaning: mysterious, obscure
Synonyms: abstruse, mystical
Antonyms: common, familiar
Example: The medical research was so esoteric that only a few physicians could actually understand the results.
4. UNABATED (Adjective): अक्षीण
Meaning: without any reduction in intensity or strength.
Synonyms: incessant, persistent
Antonyms: intermittent, relenting
Example: They danced all night with unabated energy.
5. BENIGN (Adjective) : सौम्य
Meaning: pleasant and kind
Synonyms: gentle, friendly
Antonyms: harsh, bad
Example: The policeman smiled benignly at the motorist.
6. SHUNT (Verb) : अलग धकेलना
Meaning: to push or shove something
Synonyms: avoid, deter
Antonyms: aid, allow
Example: It’s unfortunate that our society tends to shunt older workers to retirement before they are ready.
7. TACIT (adjective) : सूचित
Meaning: understood or implied without being stated.
Synonyms: implicit, inferred, insinuated, unspoken.
Antonyms: blatant, evident, manifest, explicit.
Usage: In my business, all that is needed for a tacit understanding is a handshake between men.
8. PAUCITY (Noun): न्यूनता
Meaning: the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.
Synonyms: scarcity, dearth, shortage, rarity
Antonyms: abundance
Example: Because of the paucity of our oil supply, we need to seek out other fuel resources.
9. IMPASSE (Noun) : गतिरोध
Meaning: a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock.
Synonyms: deadlock, dead end, stalemate, checkmate, stand-off; standstill
Antonyms: solution, boon
Example: Because of the impasse between workers and management, the factory has been closed for two weeks.
10. OGLE (Verb) : घूरना
Meaning: stare at in a lecherous manner.
Synonyms: stare, gawk
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Example: Most women dislike being ogled .
Meaning: without any reduction in intensity or strength.
Synonyms: incessant, persistent
Antonyms: intermittent, relenting
Example: They danced all night with unabated energy.
5. BENIGN (Adjective) : सौम्य
Meaning: pleasant and kind
Synonyms: gentle, friendly
Antonyms: harsh, bad
Example: The policeman smiled benignly at the motorist.
6. SHUNT (Verb) : अलग धकेलना
Meaning: to push or shove something
Synonyms: avoid, deter
Antonyms: aid, allow
Example: It’s unfortunate that our society tends to shunt older workers to retirement before they are ready.
7. TACIT (adjective) : सूचित
Meaning: understood or implied without being stated.
Synonyms: implicit, inferred, insinuated, unspoken.
Antonyms: blatant, evident, manifest, explicit.
Usage: In my business, all that is needed for a tacit understanding is a handshake between men.
8. PAUCITY (Noun): न्यूनता
Meaning: the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.
Synonyms: scarcity, dearth, shortage, rarity
Antonyms: abundance
Example: Because of the paucity of our oil supply, we need to seek out other fuel resources.
9. IMPASSE (Noun) : गतिरोध
Meaning: a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock.
Synonyms: deadlock, dead end, stalemate, checkmate, stand-off; standstill
Antonyms: solution, boon
Example: Because of the impasse between workers and management, the factory has been closed for two weeks.
10. OGLE (Verb) : घूरना
Meaning: stare at in a lecherous manner.
Synonyms: stare, gawk
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Example: Most women dislike being ogled .
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Vocabulary
Set-18
1.FLIPPANT : क्षुद्र
Meaning: showing or having a rude attitude of not being serious esp. by trying to be amusing when most people expect you to be serious
Synonyms: rude, archness Antonyms: respect, regard
Example:We had lost thousands of dollars, so we did not appreciate his flippant remark about "better luck next time."
2. REPREHEND : निन्दा करना
Meaning: to express your strong official disapproval of someone or something
Synonyms: reject, disapprove
Antonyms: accept, approve
Example:The agency was reprehended for taking on average two years to deal with complaints.
3. REPRIMAND : फटकार
Meaning:to tell someone, esp. officially, that his or her behavior is wrong and not acceptable
Synonyms: admonish, censure
Antonyms: approve, commend
Example:The committee reprimanded and censured him for his uncooperative attitude.
4. GENEROUS : उदार
Meaning:willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual or expected
Synonyms: giving, kind
Antonyms: unkind, greedy
Example:The charity will go under unless a generous donor can be found within the next few months.
Meaning: showing or having a rude attitude of not being serious esp. by trying to be amusing when most people expect you to be serious
Synonyms: rude, archness Antonyms: respect, regard
Example:We had lost thousands of dollars, so we did not appreciate his flippant remark about "better luck next time."
2. REPREHEND : निन्दा करना
Meaning: to express your strong official disapproval of someone or something
Synonyms: reject, disapprove
Antonyms: accept, approve
Example:The agency was reprehended for taking on average two years to deal with complaints.
3. REPRIMAND : फटकार
Meaning:to tell someone, esp. officially, that his or her behavior is wrong and not acceptable
Synonyms: admonish, censure
Antonyms: approve, commend
Example:The committee reprimanded and censured him for his uncooperative attitude.
4. GENEROUS : उदार
Meaning:willing to give money, help, kindness, etc., especially more than is usual or expected
Synonyms: giving, kind
Antonyms: unkind, greedy
Example:The charity will go under unless a generous donor can be found within the next few months.
5. COURTEOUS : विनम्र
Meaning: polite and showing respect
Synonyms: respectful, polite
Antonyms: impolite, arrogant
Example:Although she often disagreed with me, she was always courteous.
Meaning: polite and showing respect
Synonyms: respectful, polite
Antonyms: impolite, arrogant
Example:Although she often disagreed with me, she was always courteous.
6. RETICENT : अल्पभाषी
Meaning:unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings
Synonyms: hesistant, reserved
Antonyms: extrovert, outgoing
Example: Most of the students were reticent about answering questions.
7. CAJOLE : फुसलाना
Meaning: to persuade someone to do something they might not want to
do, by pleasant talk and (sometimes false) promises
Synonyms: deceive, influence
Antonyms: repulse, dissuade
Example: He really knows how to cajole people into doing what he wants.
8. DIFFIDENT : संकोची
Meaning:shy and not confident of your abilities
Synonyms: demure, meek
Antonyms: bold, brave
Example:Merciless to small absurdities, he was often oblique and diffident on the big issues.
9. MODEST : विनयपूर्ण
Meaning: not usually talking about or making obvious your own abilities and achievements
Synonyms: humble, prudent
Antonyms: conceited, immodest
Example:Although an outstanding scientist, he’s a modest man.
10. OBTRUDE : हस्तक्षेप करना
Meaning:to make something or to become too noticeable, especially by interrupting
Synonyms: intervene, interfere
Antonyms: ignore, leave
Example:We know how the newspapers obtrude on the grief of others and do all sorts of things to obtrude on privacy.
Meaning:unwilling to speak about your thoughts or feelings
Synonyms: hesistant, reserved
Antonyms: extrovert, outgoing
Example: Most of the students were reticent about answering questions.
7. CAJOLE : फुसलाना
Meaning: to persuade someone to do something they might not want to
do, by pleasant talk and (sometimes false) promises
Synonyms: deceive, influence
Antonyms: repulse, dissuade
Example: He really knows how to cajole people into doing what he wants.
8. DIFFIDENT : संकोची
Meaning:shy and not confident of your abilities
Synonyms: demure, meek
Antonyms: bold, brave
Example:Merciless to small absurdities, he was often oblique and diffident on the big issues.
9. MODEST : विनयपूर्ण
Meaning: not usually talking about or making obvious your own abilities and achievements
Synonyms: humble, prudent
Antonyms: conceited, immodest
Example:Although an outstanding scientist, he’s a modest man.
10. OBTRUDE : हस्तक्षेप करना
Meaning:to make something or to become too noticeable, especially by interrupting
Synonyms: intervene, interfere
Antonyms: ignore, leave
Example:We know how the newspapers obtrude on the grief of others and do all sorts of things to obtrude on privacy.
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Vocabulary
Set-19
1.
PROLIFERATE (VERB): breed
(प्रचुर मात्रा में उत्पन्न करना)
Synonyms: burgeon, escalate
Antonyms: lessen, decrease
Example
Sentence:
The
ideas for his stories would cease to proliferate.
2.
INTIMIDATION (NOUN): bullying
(डांट)
Synonyms: coercion, pressure
Antonyms: ease, idleness
Example
Sentence:
The
bully used intimidation to get the other kids to do what he wanted.
3.
OPPRESS (VERB): subdue (दबाना)
Synonyms: torment, trample
Antonyms: encourage, aid
Example
Sentence:
The
tyrant general oppressed his people.
4. CANNY
(ADJECTIVE): clever (चालाक)
Synonyms: dexterous, adroit
Antonyms: foolish, idiotic
Example
Sentence:
Chintan
is a canny person.
5.
SCOURGE (NOUN): curse (अभिशाप)
Synonyms: curse, bane
Antonyms: reward, benefit
Example
Sentence:
He
would always look back on this winter and remember the scourge of blizzards and
ice storms.
6.
CRYPTIC (ADJECTIVE): secret
(अप्रकट)
Synonyms: arcane, esoteric
Antonyms: definite, obvious
Example
Sentence:
When
Sachin spoke, his words were cryptic to all those in the room.
6.
UPTIGHT (ADJECTIVE): nervous
(तनावग्रस्त)
Synonyms: nervy, edgy
Antonyms: unworried, composed
Example
Sentence:
Your
uptight behavior can get you rejected in an interview.
7. DRIP
(VERB): drop (टपकना या टपकाना)
Synonyms: dribble, drizzle
Antonyms: collect, pour
Example
Sentence:
Everyone
must ensure that water doesn’t drips away uselessly.
8.
PERVADE (VERB): spread through (फैलाना)
Synonyms: infuse, permeate
Antonyms: block, hinder
Example
Sentence:
The
poison must be blocked before it pervades Ridhima’s vital organs.
9. KUDOS
(NOUN): praise (प्रशंसा)
Synonyms: applause, eminence
Antonyms: condemnation, denunciation
Example
Sentence:
Meenakshi
was looking for kudos rather than profit.
10.
DISGORGE (VERB): vomit (उगलना)
Synonyms: discharge, regurgitate
Antonyms: suck, consume
Example
Sentence:
Nidhi
was disgorging whatever she was eating.
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Vocabulary
Set-20
1. GIMMICK (NOUN): trick
Synonyms: artifice,
ruse
Antonyms: reality, truth
Example Sentence:
The reservation policy is
just a political gimmick.
2. GIGANTIC (ADJECTIVE): huge in
size
Synonyms: gargantuan, giant
Antonyms: small, little
Example Sentence:
The road is bordered by gigantic rocks.
3. HEGEMONY (NOUN): controlling power or
influence over others
Synonyms: dominance,
dominion
Antonyms: impotency, weakness
Example Sentence:
Both America and China are trying for
hegemony in Asia.
4. PENCHANT (NOUN): strong inclination
Synonyms: affection, affinity
Antonyms: averseness, aversion
Example Sentence:
He had strong penchant for playing cricket.
5. INGENIOUS (ADJECTIVE): skillful
Synonyms: lever, creative
Antonyms: dull, foolish
Example Sentence:
She devised an ingenious scheme to hoodwink
the police.
6. PERDITION (NOUN): hell
Synonyms: inferno, damnation
Antonyms: heaven, paradise
Example Sentence:
He alleged that the film
would lead young
souls into perdition.
7. FLAGGING (ADJECTIVE): languid
Synonyms: fading, dwindling
Antonyms: energized, refreshed
Example Sentence:
Sense of winning seems to be flagging in
the troops.
8. DECELERATE (VERB): slow down
Synonyms: brake, slow
Antonyms: accelerate, hasten
Example Sentence:
She decelerated her car
9. JUBILATION (NOUN): rejoicing
Synonyms: happiness, joy
Antonyms: sadness, sorrow
Example Sentence:
The victory of Indian hockey team was
celebrated with jubilation.
10. IMPUGN (VERB): criticize, challenge
Synonyms: assail, tar
Antonyms: agree, allow
Example Sentence:
The lawyer impugned the witness's story.
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Vocabulary
Set-21
1. MENACE (NOUN): danger
Synonyms: threat,
hazard
Antonyms: safety, comfort
Example Sentence:
Terrorism is a potential
menace to the integrity of the country.
2. INANE (ADJECTIVE): stupid
Synonyms: absurd, asinine
Antonyms: bright, intelligent
Example Sentence:
He always had an inane grin.
3. STREAMLINED (ADJECTIVE): modernized
Synonyms: up-to-date,
sleek
Antonyms: coarse, rough
Example Sentence:
In the current scenario, streamlined
business methods are the best methods.
4. RESUSCITATE (VERB): revive
Synonyms: invigorate, rejuvenate
Antonyms: kill, desiccate
Example Sentence:
When my father was on the ventilator, the
doctor was unable to resuscitate him.
5. SCOURGE (NOUN): plague
Synonyms: curse, bane
Antonyms: boon, blessing
Example Sentence:
Drugs are a scourge that is devastating our
society.
6. UPBRAID (verb): admonish
Synonyms: chide, castigate
Antonyms: laud, praise
Example Sentence:
Daniel upbraided him.
7. PITHY (ADJECTIVE): concise and full of
meaning
Synonyms: aphoristic,
apothegmatic
Antonyms: pleonastic, redundant
Example Sentence:
The
essays created by Pratik sir are pithy and profound in their meaning.
8. PERPETUAL (ADJECTIVE): everlasting
Synonyms: ceaseless, continual
Antonyms: intermittent, periodic
Example Sentence:
Neither joys nor sorrows
are perpetual in life.
9. GAINSAY (VERB): deny
Synonyms: contradict, combat
Antonyms: accept, acknowledge
Example Sentence:
Nobody can gainsay the truth of my
statement.
10. GREGARIOUS (ADJECTIVE): friendly
Synonyms: affable, sociable
Antonyms: unfriendly, cold
Example Sentence:
My brother faiz is a very gregarious boy.
Synonyms: summary,
point
Antonyms: outside, surface
Example Sentence:
Please write the gist of
the paragraph.
2. GARISH (ADJECTIVE): gaudy
Synonyms: flashy, glittering
Antonyms: simple, modest
Example Sentence:
He wears garish clothes which don’t suit
him.
3. PARSIMONIOUS (ADJECTIVE): frugal
Synonyms: mean, avaricious
Antonyms: generous, lavish
Example Sentence:
He is extravagant but his wife is
parsimonious.
4. PERUSAL (NOUN): careful study
Synonyms: scrutiny, inspection
Antonyms: ignorance, neglect
Example Sentence:
I am sending a copy of the agreement for
your perusal.
5. PREMISE (NOUN): hypothesis
Synonyms: assumption, presumption
Antonyms: fact, reality
Example Sentence:
Since Gauri’s premise cannot be confirmed,
her entire theory is worthless.
6. MEEKNESS (NOUN): humility
Synonyms: modesty, timidity
Antonyms: arrogance, boldness
Example Sentence:
Raghav is a man of transcendent meekness.
7. ETIOLATE (VERB): weaken
Synonyms: blanch, diminish
Antonyms: vitalize, fortify
Example Sentence:
The long, stressful days etiolated
Christen.
8. AMENABILITY (NOUN): complaisance
Synonyms: acquiescence, compliance
Antonyms: disobedience, rebellion
Example Sentence:
It’s your amenability to
do the given task on time.
9. PENURY (NOUN): extreme poverty
Synonyms: barrenness, dearth
Antonyms: plenty, sufficiency
Example Sentence:
If you don’t start to save money, you will
spend your final years in penury.
10. IMPETUOUS (ADJECTIVE): acting without thinking
Synonyms: ardent, impulsive
Antonyms: calm, sensible
Example Sentence:
His impetuous behavior landed him in prison.
