Vocabulary Words- 01.10.
2018
1. CIRCUMSPECT
(ADJECTIVE): cautious: (सतर्क)
Synonyms: careful, prudent
Antonyms: careless, unwise
Example Sentence:
Circumspect doctors avoid recommending
wrong medicines to their patients.
2. FLUKE (NOUN): chance of occurrence:
(अनायास सफलता)
Synonyms: blessing, quirk
Antonyms: misfortune, certainty
Example Sentence:
Their victory was a bit of a fluke.
3. INSURMOUNTABLE
(ADJECTIVE): impossible: (अजे य )
Synonyms: unbeatable, invincible
Antonyms: attainable, defeatable
Example Sentence:
It is an unsurmountable task to get any
high degree without studying for it.
4. INTRICATE (ADJECTIVE): very
complicated or detailed: (र्ठिन)
Synonyms: complex, difficult
Antonyms: easy, straightforward
Example Sentence:
Biology is considered as an intricate
subject.
5. RANCOUR (NOUN): bitterness,
hatefulness: (द्वे ष )
Synonyms: animosity, hostility
Antonyms: friendliness, kindness
Example Sentence:
Although my friend betrayed me, I have
no rancour towards him.
6. EVINCE (VERB): to show, reveal:
(ठिखाना)
Synonyms: manifest, demonstrate
Antonyms: conceal, hide
Example Sentence:
His nail biting evinced that he was
nervous for the interview.
7. EXPIATE (VERB): to rectify: (क्षततपूततक
र्रना)
Synonyms: amend, correct
Antonyms: worsen, destroy
Example Sentence:
It is better to expiate your mistakes than
to find excuses.
8. METTLESOME (ADJECTIVE): brave:
(साहसी)
Synonyms: courageous, high-spirited
Antonyms: meek, fearful
Example Sentence:
Amit is a mettlesome boy.
9. SANGUINE (ADJECTIVE): optimistic
and confident: (आशावािी)
Synonyms: happy, cheerful
Antonyms: morose, sad
Example Sentence:
The sanguine lady started her new
business.
10. DEMUR (VERB): disagree: (आपत्ति
र्रना)
Synonyms: vacillate, oppose
Antonyms: accept, agree
Example Sentence:
There were certain reasons to demur the
proposal.
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1. UPHILL (ADJECTIVE): difficult:(कठिन)
Synonyms: tough, unimaginable
Antonyms: banal, mundane
Example Sentence:
The article had a glorious description
regarding the uphill task done by the
army.
2. DROUGHT (NOUN): scarcity: (अकाल)
Synonyms: shrink, depletion
Antonyms: plentiful, lavish
Example Sentence:
They criticized leaders who were
responsible for the financial drought faced
by the nation.
3. PLEA (NOUN): request: (तकक )
Synonyms: pray, appeal
Antonyms: order, instruct
Example Sentence:
The doctor’s plea for silence went
unheard, resulting in extreme discomfort
to the patient.
4. ARREST (VERB): take in custody:
(गिरफ्तार करना)
Synonyms: abstain, detain
Antonyms: liberate, emancipate
Example Sentence:
The judge will seek reasons for the arrest
without a legal warrant.
5. CONFLICT (VERB): fight: (लड़ना)
Synonyms: brawl, scuffle
Antonyms: serene, peace
Example Sentence:
They have conflicted again and again.
6. RIFT (NOUN): division: (मनमुटाव)
Synonyms: gap, difference
Antonyms: bridge, joint
Example Sentence:
The opposition and the government
seemed to be focused on removing the
rift between them.
7. FORTHCOMING (ADJECTIVE): coming
in future: (आिामी)
Synonyms: new, futuristic
Antonyms: obsolete, outdated
Example Sentence:
Ever since I was of tender age, I have
trained for forthcoming technical
enhancements.
8. BORROW (VERB): to take by request:
(ऋण ले ना)
Synonyms: loan, beg
Antonyms: snatch, rob
Example Sentence:
The new economic freedom has enabled
people to borrow less and spend more.
9. CRISIS (NOUN): problem: (संकट-
स्थितत)
Synonyms: mayhem, doom
Antonyms: prosperity, harmony
Example Sentence:
The writer’s crisis lies in the depiction of
negative characters in a positive way and
vice versa.
10. JUMBLE (VERB): disturb: (िड़बड़
करना)
Synonyms: disturb, disorganize
Antonyms: organize, arrange
Example Sentence:
All of us can jumble up our lives but
many few of us can arrange it properly.
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1. BRACE (VERB): fortify:(बन्धनी)
Synonyms: gird, prepare
Antonyms: free, let go
Example sentence:
The posts were braced by timber.
2. TURGID
(ADJECTIVE): swollen:(सजू ा हुआ)
Synonyms: bloated, disintended
Antonyms: plain, simple
Example sentence:
A turgid river was ahead his way.
3. TROVE (NOUN): accretion:(जमाव)
Synonyms: aggregation, agglomeration
Antonyms: subtraction, dispersal
Example sentence:
I saw the cellar contained a trove of
rare wine.
4. TURBID (ADJECTIVE): dense:(गंदा)
Synonyms: muddy, murky
Antonyms: clear, neat
Example sentence:
It was a turbid weather.
5. TWINGE (NOUN): sharp pain:(टीस)
Synonyms: ache, pang
Antonyms: advantage, blessing
Example sentence:
I was feeling twinge in my heels.
6. TAWDRY
(ADJECTIVE): tacky:(घटटया)
Synonyms: cheap, sleazy
Antonyms: nice, tasteful
Example sentence:
His house was in a tawdry location.
7. DIRE (ADJECTIVE): urgent:(डरावना)
Synonyms: drastic, extreme
Antonyms: calm, mild
Example sentence:
The dire need is there to save water.
8. SAVVY (ADJECTIVE): calculating:
(जानकार)
Synonyms: cunning, impeachable
Antonyms: blameless, innocent
Example sentence:
Why are you being so savvy?
9. CULPABLE (ADJECTIVE): guilty:
(आपराधधक)
Synonyms: liable, cosset
Antonyms: upset, hurt
Example sentence:
He is a culpable minister.
10. CONCOMITANT
(ADJECTIVE): contributing:(सहगामी)
Synonyms: adjuvant, coefficient
Antonyms: unrelated, accidental
Example sentence:
She loved mountaineering, with all its
concomitant worries.
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1. EXPEDIENT Antonyms: approve, aid
(ADJECTIVE): appropriate:(फ़ायदे मंद) Example Sentence:
He repelled the enemies away.
Synonyms: feasible, practicable
Antonyms: unfeasible, unseemly
7. INSURGENT
Example Sentence:
We gave them an expedient solution to (ADJECTIVE): rebellious:(द्ऱोही)
their problems. Synonyms: revolutionary, anarchical
Antonyms: obedient, subordinate
2. CRUMBLING Example Sentence:
(ADJECTIVE): rotting:(कमज़ोर पड़ऩा) The insurgent activists were killed.
Synonyms: disintegrating, collapsing
8. PROVINCIAL (ADJECTIVE):
Antonyms: healing, restorative
Example Sentence: narrow:(सं कीर्ण)
The crumbling building got destroyed in Synonyms: bigoted, hidebound
minutes. Antonyms: broad-minded, liberal
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3. PROVOKING The provincial views must be changed.
(ADJECTIVE): annoying:(गुस्स़ा भड़क़ाने
9. RETALIATE (VERB): get even with
व़ाल़ा)
someone:(जै से क़ो िै स़ा दे ऩा)
Synonyms: tormenting, vexing
Synonyms: reciprocate, retrospect
Antonyms: pleasing, soothing
Antonyms: pardon, forgive
Example Sentence:
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The provoking words of the boss made
The enemy didn’t retaliate at the same
him resign.
time.
4. RENDERED
10. PROFOUND
(ADJECTIVE): performed:(प्रतिप़ादन
(ADJECTIVE): thoughtful:(प्रक़ांड)
करऩा) Synonyms: philosophical, thorough
Synonyms: concluded, accomplished Antonyms: superficial, unintelligent
Antonyms: incomplete, unfinished Example Sentence:
Example Sentence: He took profound steps.
They rendered a brilliant act of the play.
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Synonyms: reinforce, sustain
Antonyms: halt, neglect
Example Sentence:
His actions bolstered our actions.

6. REPEL (VERB): push

away:(हट़ाऩा/ट़ालऩा)
Synonyms: ward off, fend off
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1. GRUBBY (ADJECTIVE): dirty:(मै ला)
Synonyms: filthy, soiled
Antonyms: clean, spotless
Example Sentence:
His white coat was grubby and stained.
2. IMPREGNABLE
(ADJECTIVE): invincible:(अखंडनीय)
Synonyms: fortified, unyielding
Antonyms: breakable, destructible
Example Sentence:
The old fort with its thick, high walls was
virtually impregnable.
3. CONTEMPLATE (VERB): think about
seriously:(विचार करना)
Synonyms: consider, ponder
Antonyms: neglect, reject
Example Sentence:
Our busy schedule does not allow much
time to contemplate about the pleasant
surroundings.
4. CONSCIENTIOUS
(ADJECTIVE): thorough,
careful:(अंतविििेकशील)
Synonyms: diligent, fastidious
Antonyms: careless, dishonest
Example Sentence:
The conscientious employees achieved the
target.
5. ELATION (NOUN): extreme
happiness:(आनं द)
Synonyms: bliss, ecstasy
Antonyms: sorrow, woe
Example Sentence:
His elation increased at the sight of the
little girl he had saved.
Antonyms: lightly, calmly
Example Sentence:
She listened to her father gravely.
7. DIAPHANOUS (ADJECTIVE): light,
airy, transparent:(पारदशी)
Synonyms: flimsy, clear
Antonyms: opaque, thick
Example Sentence:
Sunlight poured in through the diaphanous
curtains, brightening the room.
8. BLANDISHMENT (NOUN):
flattery:(चापलूसी)
Synonyms: adulation, cajolery
Antonyms: criticism, condemnation
Example Sentence:
At first he used his arts
of blandishment and honeyed words in
order to lure his boss.
9. QUACKERY
(NOUN): charlatanism:(नीमहकीमी)
Synonyms: trickery, deception
Antonyms: reality, frankness
Example Sentence:
The meanest and most contemptible kind
of cheating is quackery.
10. AVENGE (VERB): retaliate:(बदला
लेना)
Synonyms: vindicate, punish
Antonyms: cheer, forgive
Example Sentence:
Hamlet delayed avenging the murder of
his father.
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6. GRAVELY (ADVERB): very much;

desperately:(गं भीर भाि से )
Synonyms: deeply, seriously
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1. IMPECUNIOUS Synonyms: avoidance, boycott
(ADJECTIVE): having little or no Antonyms: acceptance, allowance
money:(निर्धि) Example Sentence:
Only cruel teachers can
Synonyms: penniless, penurious
follow ostracism and ill-treat their
Antonyms: wealthy, affluent
children.
Example Sentence:
Back in the eighties he was an
impecunious, would-be racing driver. 7. REPINE (VERB): complain:(शशकायत
करिा)
2. IMPERTURBABILITY (NOUN):
Synonyms: grumble, lament
balance:(स्थिरता) Antonyms: appreciate, praise
Synonyms: aplomb, coolness Example Sentence:
Antonyms: agitation, anxiety She likes to repine about her colleagues.
Example Sentence:
His imperturbability always had the effect 8. FEINT (NOUN): pretense:(भुलावा)
of a goad upon his father’s temper.
Synonyms: ruse, bluff
Antonyms: honesty, truth
3. MERETRICIOUS (ADJECTIVE):
Example Sentence:
gaudy, flashy:(बिावटी शोभा युक्त) She pretended to be making great efforts
Synonyms: garish, loud to cope up with the course but it was
Antonyms: genuine, real merely a
Example Sentence: feint.
He believes in living a meretricious life.
9. INURE (VERB): accustom:(अभ्यथत
4. AUGURY (NOUN): omen:(शकुि)
करिा)
Synonyms: auspice, harbinger
Synonyms: familiarize, habituate
Antonyms: short-sighted, assurance
Antonyms: neglect, soften
Example Sentence:
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This incident of his infancy was accepted
Poverty has inured them living in slums.
as an augury of his maturity, and he did
not
10. RECONDITE (ADJECTIVE):
belie it.
mysterious, obscure:(गूढ़)
5. GLIB (ADJECTIVE): slick, smooth- Synonyms: arcane, cabalistic
talking:(चिकिी िुपड़ी बातें करिे वाला) Antonyms: simple, straightforward
Example Sentence:
Synonyms: artful, facile
How else to explain the popularity of a
Antonyms: stuttering, inarticulate
novel so free of plot, so obsessed with
Example Sentence:
existential
She advises women with similar issues not
rumination and recondite philosophy?
to settle for glib explanations.
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1. OVERRIDE (VERB): abrogate: (के
विरुद्ध निर्णय दे िा)
Synonyms: annul, nullify
Antonyms: sanction, validate
Example Sentence:
He decided to override his lawyer’s
decision.
2. INVIOLABILITY (NOUN): sanctity:
(पवित्रता)
Synonyms: devotion, divinity
Antonyms: impiousness, irreverence
Example Sentence:
The priest proclaimed the inviolability of
the temple.
3. POSIT (VERB): suppose:(माििा)
Synonyms: assume, consider
Antonyms: neglect, ignore
Example Sentence:
I shall posit her as my friend for the rest
of my life.
4. UNPRECEDENTED
(NOUN): extraordinary:(अभूतपूिण)
Synonyms: bizarre, exceptional
Antonyms: regular, common
Example Sentence:
The Supreme Court has passed the
unprecedented verdict on Adultery.
5. CITY DWELLERS
(NOUN): townie:(शहरी)
Synonyms: urbanite, city boy
Antonyms: immigrant, foreigner
Example Sentence:
Many city dwellers live in rented
apartments.
6.BYSTANDAR (NOUN): observer:
(दशणक )
Synonyms: onlooker, witness
Antonyms: participant, associate
Example Sentence:
As the drivers’ argument became physical,
a bystander had to intervene.
7. CHICANERY
(NOUN): deception:(छल-कपट)
Synonyms: trickery, duplicity
Antonyms: honesty, truthfulness
Example Sentence:
He is up to his old chicanery, blaming all
democrats for the recession.
8.AGITATE (ADJECTIVE): disturb:
(खलबली डालिा)
Synonyms: churn, concuss
Antonyms: calm, soothe
Example Sentence:
As his younger brother is a troublemaker,
he likes to agitate his sister by hiding her
dolls.
9. CEREMONIAL (ADJECTIVE): ritual:
(रीनत सं बंधी)
Synonyms: solemn, august
Antonyms: unimpressive, unceremonial
Example Sentence:
The tribe has different ceremonial dance
for each ceremony.
10. GRUELING (ADJECTIVE): arduous:
(भयं कर)
Synonyms: exhausting, laborious
Antonyms: easy, facile
Example Sentence:
In between work and school, the medical
student managed a very grueling schedule.
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1. DAWDLE (VERB): waste time:(समय
नष्ट करना)
Synonyms: laze, saunter
Antonyms: rush, hasten
Example Sentence:
People hasten to ask for help but often
dawdle when help is needed.
2. SCURRY (VERB): move along
swiftly:(शीघ्र चलना)
Synonyms: scamper, dash
Antonyms: loaf, dawdle
Example Sentence:
The little girl scurried towards her father
when he called her name.
3. DENIGRATION
(NOUN): belittlement:(बदनामी)
Synonyms: defamation, ridicule
Antonyms: cajolery, blandishment
Example Sentence:
Those who denigrate others often do it to
hide their own failures.
4. DRUDGERY (NOUN): tedious
work:(कठिन पररश्रम)
Synonyms: labor, travail
Antonyms: lethargy, indolence
Example Sentence:
To lose weight one has to endure the
drudgery of hard exercises.
5. ORDEAL (NOUN): unpleasant and
prolonged experience:(कठिन परीक्षा)
Synonym: difficulty, trouble
Antonyms: comfort, peace
Example sentence:
This article had a gory description about
the ordeals faced by players who came
back after loosing a match.
6. RAMPANT (NOUN): flourishing or
spreading unchecked:(अननयं त्रित)
Synonyms: uncontrolled, unbridled
Antonyms: restrained, moderate
Example sentence:
Corruption is rampant and government is
trying its best to control it.
7. FATHOM (VERB): to understand
after much thought:(पूर्ण रूप से समझना)
Synonyms: comprehend grasp
Antonyms: misinterpret, misunderstand
Example sentence:
Since I have always scored good marks I
cannot fathom why my teacher gave me
poor grades.
8. SPAWN (VERB): originate:(बनाना)
Synonyms: create, generate
Antonyms: destroy, kill
Example sentence:
The new economic freedom has spawned
hundreds of new small businesses.
9. LIMPID (ADJECTIVE): clear,
transparent:(पारदशणक )
Synonyms: comprehensible, lucid
Antonyms: muddy obscure
Example sentence:
The writer's limpid writing style greatly
pleased readers who disliked complicated
novels.
10. GRATIS (ADJECTIVE): free:(मुफ़्त)
Synonyms: complementary, costless
Antonyms: costly, expensive
Example sentence:
Gratis distribution of net is already being
applied successfully in several
impoverished countries.
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1. BARB (NOUN): pointed comment:(कटाक्ष)
Synonyms: concise, brief
Synonyms: criticism, insult
Antonyms: compliment, praise Antonyms: lengthy, verbose
Example Sentence: Example Sentence:
Watch out for barbs as they can hurt you
badly. In order to make it quick the teach gave pithy
2. GROVEL (VERB): kowtow:(गिड़गिड़ाना) explanation for all the questions.
Synonyms: beseech, kneel
8. PERVASIVE (ADJECTIVE): which is all
Antonyms: authorize, command
Example sentence: over the place.:(व्यापक)
They criticized leaders who grovelled for
Synonyms: omnipresent, prevalent
foreign patrons.
3. PALLIATE (VERB): to reduce the Antonyms: deficient, scanty
severity:(न्यूनीकरण)
Example Sentence:
Synonyms: abate, cover up
Antonyms: enlarge expose Unemployment is a pervasive issue in India
Example sentence: touching all the classes.
The doctor trusted that the new medication
would palliate her patient's discomfort. 9. HERMETIC (ADJECTIVE): airtight:(हिा
4. AMBIVALENCE (NOUN): the state of बंद)
having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas:(
उभयभागिता) Synonyms: impervious, sealed
Synonyms: doubt irresolution Antonyms: susceptible, penetrable
Antonyms: sureness, decisiveness
Example Sentence:
Example sentence:
The judge's ambivalence about the defendant's The cells were hermetic causing the prisoners
guilt caused a delay in the penalty portion of
to die of suffocation.
the trial.
5. NEOPHYTE (NOUN): beginner:(निदीगक्षत) 10. UTTERANCE
(NOUN): revelation:(अगभव्यगि)
Synonyms: amateur, novice
Synonyms: pronouncement, declaration
Antonyms: professional, expert
Antonyms: concealment, secret
Example Sentence:
Example Sentence:
Even the best player in the world was once a
The news would bubble inside his gut till it
neophyte at the sport.
finds utterance.
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Antonyms: modesty, propriety
Example Sentence:
He is adored by millions because he lacks in
pretension.
7. PITHY (VERB): to the point:(सारिगभि त )
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1. FIDELITY (NOUN): Faithfulness to a
person:(विश्िस्तता)
Synonyms: devotion, obedience
Antonyms: treachery disloyalty
Example sentence:
For many fidelity to a religion creed is
admirable.
2. INSISTENCE
(NOUN): demand:(आग्रह)
Synonyms: urging, emphasis
Antonyms: satisfaction, satiation
Example Sentence:
Our insistence for luxuries should not
cause a misery to anyone.
3. NEGATE
(VERB): contradict:(नकारना)
Synonyms: annihilate, disallow
Antonyms: allow, assist
Example Sentence:
The criminal will negate all charges if you
failed to prove him guilty.
4. QUEER
(ADJECTIVE): abnormal:(असामान्य)
Synonyms: erratic, weird
Antonyms: sensible, sound
Example Sentence:
They are queer in behavior and extremely
uncultured in their lifestyle.
5. STIMULATE
(VERB): provoke:(उत्ते जित करना)
Synonyms: elate, arouse
Antonyms: neglect, dishearten
Example Sentence:
The teacher has to stimulate the students
in order to create a hunger in them.
6. UNPRECEDENTED
(ADJECTIVE): exceptional:(अभूतपूिव)
Synonyms: bizarre, anomalous
Antonyms: familiar, regular
Example Sentence:
We have come across unprecedented
reactions that weren’t expected.
7. PIQUANT
(ADJECTIVE): sparkling:(सरस)
Synonyms: peppery, spicy
Antonyms: flavorless, tasteless
Example Sentence:
We need to eat piquant dishes in order to
get the real taste of Royal Rajasthan.
8. RUSTICATE
(VERB): expel:(दं ड स्िरूप ननष्काससत
करना)
Synonyms: dispel, ostracize
Antonyms: incorporate, inculcate
Example Sentence:
The principal will rusticate all the students
who don’t deserve to be taught in a
healthy environment
9. DRAPE (VERB): cover:(ढांकना)
Synonyms: wrap, envelop
Antonyms: unwrap, uncover
Example Sentence:
The snow draped everything as the
temperature kept deteriorating.
10. PROMOTION
(NOUN): advancement:(उन्ननत)
Synonyms: elevation, aggrandizement
Antonyms: hindrance, debasement
Example Sentence:
They have got the promotion because they
deserved it in one way or the other.
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1. WAFT (VERB): carry:(बहा ले जाना) 9. APPOSITE (ADJECTIVE): pertinent:

Synonyms: drift, convey (उपयक्ु त)
Antonyms: hold, keep Synonyms: germane, relevant
Example Sentence: Antonyms: inappropriate, improper
They waft the information. Example Sentence:
There was an apposite quotation written in the
2. ROCOCO (ADJECTIVE): florid: side of the wall.
(अत्यलंकृत)
10. ARROGATE (VERB): claim without
Synonyms: ornate, gilt
Antonyms: plain, undecorated justification:(हड़पना)
Example Sentence: Synonyms: confiscate, expropriate
It was a rococo flower-vase. Antonyms: reject, refuse
Example Sentence:
3. CHIMERA (NOUN): bogy: They arrogate to themselves the ability to
Synonyms: delusion, monstrosity divine the nation's true interests.
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4. PORTENT (NOUN): miracle:(कल्पना)

Synonyms: marvel, prodigy
Antonyms: expectation, doom
Example Sentence:
It was a portent that she won.

5. PERVERSION (NOUN): spoof:(विकृतत)

Synonyms: burlesque, distortion
Antonyms: seriousness, solemnity
Example Sentence:
The absurdly lenient sentence is a perversion
of justice.

6. BURGESS (NOUN): civilian:(नागरिक)

Synonyms: inhabitant, resident
Antonyms: alien, foreigner
Example Sentence:
He is a nice burgess.

8. ARRAIGN (VERB): accuse:(अपिाधी

ठहिाना)
Synonyms: incriminate, indict
Antonyms: exculpate, exonerate
Example Sentence:
She was arraigned on charges of attempted
murder.
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1. CONDESCENSION (NOUN) :
disdain :(कृपालुता)
Synonyms: civility, haughtiness
Antonyms: humility, inferiority
Example Sentence:
One should never
show condescension to others.
2. EDDY (NOUN):current:(भंव र,
बवन्डर)
Synonyms: whirlpool, tide
Antonyms: calm, rest
Example Sentence:
Don’t know when will the eddy come
to rest?
3. LEAVEN (VERB):ferment:(उत्प्रे रण)
Synonyms: lighten, raise
Antonyms: darken, depress
Example Sentence:
One should always try to leaven one’s
knowledge.
4. LOLL (VERB) :lay sprawled:(आलस
करना)
Synonyms: laze, loiter
Antonyms: straighten, energize
Example Sentence:
They sing, loll and above all they
drink.
5. HOOK (VERB):catch:(फँसाना)
Synonyms: clasp, lock
Antonyms: release, unhitch
Example Sentence:
He hooked a large fish.
6. JOCKEY (ADJECTIVE) :
amusing:(दिलचस्प)
Synonyms: entertaining, playful
Antonyms: boring, unfunny
Example Sentence:
He is such a likeable, amusing man.
7. CAULK (VERB) :secure:( सन्िबन्ि
या कलापट्टी करना)
Synonyms: block, barricade
Antonyms: free, loosen
Example Sentence:
The sensitive area was caulked with
the iron rods.
8. CONGRUENT
(ADJECTIVE) :agreeable:(अनुकूल)
Synonyms: conforming, concurring
Antonyms: unharmonious, disagreeable
Example Sentence:
The committee reached on to
a congruent decision.
9. DISSEMBLE (VERB):disguise:(ढोंग
करना)
Synonyms: falsify, feign
Antonyms: unmask, disclose
Example Sentence:
The little girl often dissembles her
feelings .
10. DOTE (VERB):show excessive
fondness:(स्नेह में डूबना)
Synonyms: cherish, fawn
Antonyms: ignore, offend
Example Sentence:
She doted on her two kids
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1. DISCERNMENT Antonyms: good, moral
(NOUN): perception:(समझ) Example Sentence:
Between 1868 and 1872 they added ten
Synonyms: acumen, understanding
millions by wanton extravagance to the State
Antonyms: ignorance, stupidity
debt.
Example Sentence:
Tact is skill in touching; nice perception or
discernment in dealing with others. 8. NULLIFY (VERB): cancel:(प्रभािहीि
करिा)
2. NARCISSISM (NOUN): egotism:(अहं कार) Synonyms: revoke, abolish
Synonyms: arrogance, selfishness Antonyms: approve, allow
Antonyms: shyness, timidity Example Sentence:
Example Sentence: Fortunately, the attempt to nullify its benefits
Narcissism is a result of stunted growth and of proved ineffectual.
childhood abuse.
9. ALIGN (VERB): line up:(पंक्ततबद्ध करिा)
3. MUTINY (NOUN): resistance:(विद्रोह) Synonyms: array, adjust
Synonyms: defiance, insurrection Antonyms: disorder, mess up
Antonyms: calm, peace Example Sentence:
Example Sentence: Similar instruction is given the troopers in
This was a clear case of mutiny, and the only aligning themselves to the left.
one in which I was ever implicated
. 10. GRAPPLE (VERB): grab:(भभड़ जािा)
4. SABOTAGE (NOUN): damage:(तोड़-फोड़) Synonyms: confront, cope
Synonyms: vandalism, disruption Antonyms: release, let go
Antonyms: fidelity, loyalty Example Sentence:
Example Sentence: Every blood-vessel was striving to grapple
The sabotage of the Preliminary had been the with the present.
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Synonyms: extrude, extend
Antonyms: shrink, sink
Example Sentence:
She had no flesh left; her bones seemed to
protrude through the skin.

6. RECEDE (VERB): withdraw:(पीछे हटिा)

Synonyms: abate, regress
Antonyms: increase, extend
Example Sentence:
The Cabinet will recede more and more from
our principles, our party.

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(ADJECTIVE): extravagant:(आिारा)
Synonyms: lustful, outrageous
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1. DRACONIAN (ADJECTIVE): harsh:
(बेददद )
Synonyms: cruel, strict
Antonyms: contrite, pliable
Example Sentence:
Adolf Hitler was a draconian leader.
2. NOXIOUS (ADJECTIVE): foul:(बहुत
अप्रिय)
Synonyms: toxic, pernicious
Antonyms: good, healthy
Example Sentence:
This perfume has a noxious smell.
3. PERSPICACIOUS (ADJECTIVE):
wise:(कुशाग्रबुद्धि)
Synonyms: intelligent, astute
Antonyms: dull, unperceptive
Example Sentence:
This child has a perspicacious mind to
solve the questions.
4. SPLURGY (ADJECTIVE): flamboyant
:(ददखावटी)
Synonyms: showy, dashing
Antonyms: plain, modest
Example Sentence:
The singer loves to wear splurgy suits
while performing.
5. TIFF (NOUN): dispute:(मनमुटाव)
Synonyms: squabble, fight
Antonyms: accord, harmony
Example Sentence:
I want to be out of this tiff.
6. SUPERVENE (VERB): follow:(पीछे
आना)
Synonyms: pursue, supersede
Antonyms: founder, precede
Example Sentence:
The federal court decision will supersede
the decision of the lower court.
7. BESTOW (VERB): present:(िदान
करना)
Synonyms: confer, entrust
Antonyms: withhold, deprive
Example Sentence:
The principal will bestow the awards to
the meritorious students.
8. GRIM (ADJECTIVE): depressing:
(प्रवकट)
Synonyms: gloomy, dark
Antonyms: cheerful, happy
Example Sentence:
It was a grim night yesterday.
9. REINFORCE (VERB): strengthen:
(मजबूत बनाना)
Synonyms: assist, augment
Antonyms: discourage, obstruct
Example Sentence:
Article 377 will surely reinforce the
integrity of our law and order system.
10. UNWITTINGLY (ADVERB): not
knowing:(अननच्छापूवदक)
Synonyms: accidently, unintentionally
Antonyms: knowingly, purposefully
Example Sentence:
The little girl unwittingly let the sneaky
kitten out the back door when she left for
school.
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1. VITUPERATE (VERB): criticize
harshly:(ननिंदा करना)
Synonyms: accuse, blame
Antonyms: exonerate, exculpate
Example Sentence:
Vinta Nanda Vituperated Alok Nath for
his misconduct. 8 8. CONCURRING (ADJECTIVE):
2. TURPITUDE (NOUN):
depravity:(भ्रष्टता)
Synonyms: corruption, criminality
Antonyms: decency, morality
Example Sentence:
Alok was sentenced to life in prison for
the acts of turpitude he committed.
3. PEPSINATE (VERB): ferment:(बढ़ाना)
Synonyms: lighten, raise
Antonyms: darken, depress
Example Sentence:
One should always try to pepsinate one’s
knowledge.
4. UNCTUOUS (ADJECTIVE):
ingratiating:(चापलूस)
Synonyms: buttery, smarmy
Antonyms: blunt, genuine
Example Sentence:
Navneet considers me unctuous.
7. FLEECE (VERB): steal:(चुराना)
Synonyms: defraud, swindle
Antonyms: give, offer
Example Sentence:
He fleeced the gold coins from the pot.
agreeable:(एक मत होना)
Synonyms: conforming, concurring
Antonyms: disagreeable
Example Sentence:
The committee reached on to
a concurring decision.
9. DISSIMULATE (VERB):
disguise:(निपाना)
Synonyms: falsify, feign
Antonyms: unmask, disclose
Example Sentence:
The little girl often dissembles her
feelings.
10. UNFLAPPABLE (ADJECTIVE): cool
and calm:(आसानी से विचललत न होने
िाला)
Synonyms: composed, impassive
Antonyms: disconcerted, nervous
Example Sentence:
Amit is a sheerly unflappable man.

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Antonyms: release, unhitch
Example Sentence:
He hooked a large fish.

6. WANGLE (VERB): manipulate

someone:(प्राप्त कर लेना)
Synonyms: finagle, maneuver
Antonyms: abandon, discard
Example Sentence:
He wangled a free ticket to the show.
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1. STIFLE (VERB): Restrain:(बुझाना) Synonyms: light, sublime
Antonyms: earthly, indelicate
Synonyms: suppress, repress
Example Sentence:
Antonyms: release, free
In this ethereal realm are the currents
Example Sentence:
that make possible wireless telegraphy.
She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.
8. CONTRITE (ADJECTIVE):
2. ARCHAIC (ADJECTIVE): Old-
Chastened:(पश्चात्तापी)
fashioned:(अप्रचलित)
Synonyms: repentant, sorrowful
Synonyms: obsolete, antiquated
Antonyms: indifferent, unapologetic
Antonyms: latest, modern Example Sentence:
He was so contrite that he wrote me a letter of
Example Sentence: apology.
These archaic practices are advocated by peop
le of limited outlook. 9. CORNUCOPIA (NOUN): Abundance:(प्राचु
र्य)
3. PRUNE (VERB): Pare down:(छााँटना)
Synonyms: bounty, fullness
Synonyms: trim, reduce
Antonyms: need, lack
Antonyms: include, increase
Example Sentence:
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I shall come from London Town with a cornu
Economic hard times are forcing the
copia of presents.
companies to prune their budget.

4. ASCENSION (NOUN): Taking 10. FLOP (VERB): Slump:(धिर पड़ना)

over:(अधिरोहण) Synonyms: fall, drop
Antonyms: succeed, achieve
Synonyms: succession, assumption
Example Sentence:
Antonyms: declension, decline
She flopped, exhausted, on to the sofa.
Example Sentence:
He was
killed after his ascension to the throne.
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harder:(ठोस बनाना)
Synonyms: tighten, solidify
Antonyms: weaken, dilute
Example Sentence:
The blood supply to the skin is reduced when
muscles stiffen.

6. FRET (VERB): To worry:(धचढ़ना)

Synonyms: agonize, bother
Antonyms: please, delight
Example Sentence:
She was always fretting about something or
the other.

7. ETHEREAL (ADJECTIVE): Extremely

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1. STAID (ADJECTIVE): serious:(गंभीर) The iron rods provide basic stilt to the
building.
Synonyms: steady, conventional
Antonyms: frivolous, funny
Example Sentence: 8. SQUAT (ADJECTIVE): broad:(चौड़ा)
He is a staid professor. Synonyms: splay, chunky
Antonyms: small, thin
2. GOB (NOUN): multitude:(ढे र सारा) Example Sentence:
Anish was a muscular and squat man.
Synonyms: abundance, fullness
Antonyms: individual, one
9. SUPERCILIOUS
Example Sentence:
All bakery products are found in gob at this (ADJECTIVE): bossy:(नकचढा)
outlet. Synonyms: cocky, haughty
Antonyms: humble, modest
3. REVEL (NOUN): carousal:(आनंदोत्सव) Example Sentence: He has
a supercilious attitude.
Synonyms: gaiety, gala
Antonyms: gloom, despair
10. SMUG (ADJECTIVE): pleased with
Example Sentence:
They all had a huge nocturnal revel out there. oneself:(दं भी)
Synonyms: complacent, pompous
4.SUBSISTENCE (NOUN): livelihood:(जीवव Antonyms: unsure, unhappy with oneself
Example Sentence: He is utterly
का) a smug person.
Synonyms: sustenance, gratuity
Antonyms: neglect, ignorance
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5. DABBLER (NOUN): dilettante:( शौक़ीन)

Synonyms: abecedarian, novice
Antonyms: expert, professional
Example Sentence:
Ayush is a dabbler singer.

6. SEDUCE (VERB): lure:(बहकाना)

Synonyms: entice, decoy
Antonyms: dissuade, disenchant
Example Sentence:
Ripen mangoes seduced the travellers on the
way.

7. STILT (NOUN): footing:(चलने के ललये

बड़े डंडे)
Synonyms: flotation, base
Antonyms: stop, opposition
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1. CONDONE (VERB): Ignore: (ध्यान न Antonyms: disregard, dishonour
Example Sentence:
दे ना) It is a matter of great esteem.
Synonyms: excuse, forgive
Antonyms: veto, regard 8. ALACRITOUS (ADJECTIVE): Quick:
Example Sentence: (फुतीला)
I condoned him at the party.
Synonyms: brisk, speedy
Antonyms: slow, lag
2. SURMOUNT (VERB): Conquer: (विजय Example Sentence:
पाना) He is so alacritous to be caught.
Synonyms: defeat, overpower
Antonyms: surrender, yield 9. BLABBER (VERB): Talk foolishly
Example Sentence: : (बकिास करना)
He surmounted his enemy. Synonyms: babble, blather
Antonyms: be quiet, be silent
3. OBLOQUY (NOUN): Calumny: (ननिंदा) Example Sentence:
Synonyms: aspersion, humiliation Don’t blabber before your boss.
Antonyms: commendation, exaltation
Example Sentence: 10. BRAG (VERB): Boast: (ड िं ग मारना)
His parent could not stand their obloquy at the Synonyms: bluster, gloat
party. Antonyms: be modest, be quiet
Example Sentence:
4. SOLIDARITY (NOUN): Union: (एकता) She always brags about her achievements.
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5. HARDLINE (ADJECTIVE): Unyielding:

(कट्टरपिंथ)
Synonyms: militant, staunch
Antonyms: flexible, irresolute
Example Sentence:
Those hardline opinions he carries would lead
him nowhere.

6. STORMY (ADJECTIVE): Violent like a

storm: (प्रचण्ड)
Synonyms: rough, furious
Antonyms: calm, quiet
Example Sentence:
They are going through a stormy phase in
their career.

7. ESTEEM (NOUN): Respect: (आदर)

Synonyms: regard, honour
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1. FOOTLOOSE (ADJECTIVE): Easy His eyes were looking
going:(कह ीं भी जाने को आज़ाद) painstakingly weakened.
Synonyms: unattached, free and 8. SUBLIME
easy
Antonyms: bound, enslaved (ADJECTIVE): Magnificent:(उत्कृष्ट)
Example Sentence: Synonyms: glorious, heavenly
I am a footloose person and so is she. Antonyms: inferior, lowly
Example Sentence:
2. ROLLICKING The function we attended took place at
(ADJECTIVE): Joyous:(मौज उडानेवाला) a sublime lodge.
Synonyms: jaunty, spirited 9. ENSCONCE
Antonyms: sad, depressed
Example Sentence: (ADJECTIVE): Situate:(आश्रय दे ना)
We enjoyed his rollicking performance. Synonyms: stash, cache
Antonyms: unsettle, depart
3. LANGUID Example Sentence:
(ADJECTIVE): Dropping:(कमज़ोर) There is no need to worry about the witness
because she is ensconced in the safe house.
Synonyms: sluggish, laid-back
Antonyms: energetic, lively
Example Sentence: 10. DETOUR (NOUN): Deviation:(ववमागग)
Why are you looking so languid? Synonyms: turn, diversion
Antonyms: straightness, direction
4. MURKY (ADJECTIVE): Dark:(धींधला) Example Sentence:
Due to metro work, traffic has to
Synonyms: gloomy, dreary follow detour.
Antonyms: bright, luminous
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The stress lines on his face are the clear sign
of murky life that he is leading.

5. RAKISH (ADJECTIVE): Charming:(बााँका)

Synonyms: dashing, raffish
Antonyms: boorish, adhesive
Example Sentence:
He is a rakish man.

6. COHORT (NOUN): Companion:(सींगी)

Synonyms: comrade, partner
Antonyms: opponent, adversary
Example Sentence:
Adivasis and their cohort made the violent
protest.

7. WEAKENED
(ADJECTIVE): Depleted:(कमज़ोर)
Synonyms: exhausted, tired
Antonyms: energetic, invigorated
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1. PRODIGY (NOUN): (गुणी): person who Synonyms: orthodox, biased
Antonyms: liberal, unprejudiced
is an expert
Synonyms: virtuoso, adept Example Sentence:
In old days most of the people had
Antonyms: amateur, ignoramus
fanatical thinking.
Example Sentence:
He is a prodigy in painting.
8. SKULLDUGGERY (NOUN):
(फरे ब): tricky behaviour
2. WHEEDLE (VERB): (खुशामद से मना
Synonyms: chicanery, crafty
लेना): flatter Antonyms: probity, modesty
Synonyms: cajole, coax Example Sentence:
Antonyms: disgust, bully He always knew about his brother’s
Example Sentence: skullduggery towards others.
To wheedle your boss is not a solution
of every problem. 9. QUASH (VERB): (समाप्त
करना): cancel
3. EFFACE (VERB): (ममटाना): destroy
Synonyms: revoke, abrogate
Synonyms: abolish, annihilate
Antonyms: permit, authorize
Antonyms: retain, maintain
Example Sentence:
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For no reasons her job offer letter was
He effaced the building completely.
quashed.
4. EPIGRAM (NOUN): (चुटकुला): joke 10. NOVICE (NOUN):
Synonyms: witticism, quirk (नवमशक्षित): beginner
Antonyms: seriousness, sincerity
Synonyms: tyro, learner
Example Sentence:
Antonyms: expert, veteran
He is an expert in cracking epigrams.
Example Sentence:
Ankit was a complete novice in foreign
affairs.
5. NOISY (ADJECTIVE): (उधमी): loud,
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Antonyms: calm, quiet
Example Sentence:
It was a noisy party.

6. FEUD (VERB): (झगडा): quarrel

Synonyms: fight, bicker
Antonyms: agree, socialize
Example Sentence:
He feuded unnecessarily with his
friends.

7. FANATICAL (ADJECTIVE):
(कट्टर): narrow minded
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1. NEUROSIS
(NOUN): inhibition:(विक्षिप्त)
Synonyms: aberration, abnormality
Antonyms: normality, sanity
Example Sentence:
Ritika got a neurosis about chemicals
and imagined them everywhere doing
her harm.
2. BASTION (NOUN): bulwark:(गढ़)
Synonyms: support, stronghold
Antonyms: weak spot, weakness
Example Sentence:
The king had his place fortified with
bastions.
3. PORTENTOUS
(ADJECTIVE): alarming:(अपशकुन)
Synonyms: intriguing, haunting
Antonyms: encouraging, hopeful
Example Sentence:
She has given a portentous
performance.
4. WIELD (VERB): apply:(सँभालना)
Synonyms: operate, exercise
Antonyms: fail, misuse
Example Sentence:
She wielded the new rules carefully.
5. DIMINUTION
(NOUN): weakening:(कमी)
Synonyms: lessening, abatement
Antonyms: expansion, growth
Example Sentence:
An oversupply made a permanent
diminution in the product’s value.
6. JIBE (VERB): conform:(मेल खाना)
Synonyms: match, tally
Antonyms: differ, disagree
Example Sentence:
She jibed all the details of the
account.
7. VOLTE-FACE
(NOUN): annulment:(पि परििततन)
Synonyms: cancellation, rescinding
Antonyms: enactment, validation
Example Sentence:
There was a volte-face for Naveen
about the decision to marry Natasha.
8. AFFABLE
(ADJECTIVE): friendly:(ममलनसाि)
Synonyms: amiable, genial
Antonyms: rude, unfriendly
Example Sentence:
She has an affable nature.
9. OBVERSE (NOUN): opposite:(सीधी
तिफ़)
Synonyms: complement, counterpart
Antonyms: back, rear
Example Sentence:
He needs to practise humbleness which
is the obverse of your usual arrogance.
10. EAGER
(ADJECTIVE): anxious:(अधीि)
Synonyms: keen, ambitious
Antonyms: dispassionate, uneager
Example Sentence:
The CBI was eager to prosecute the
vice chancellor for extortion.
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1. SUSCEPTIBLE (ADJECTIVE):
vulnerable:(अतिसंवेदनशील)
Synonyms: receptive, prone
Antonyms: insensitive, resistant
Example Sentence:
Dress your children warmly because they are
very susceptible to illness after being exposed
to cold weather.
2. FEAT (NOUN): accomplishment:(कमाल)
Synonyms: triumph, victory
Antonyms: failure, forfeit
Example Sentence:
The man was honored when the king learned
of his feat.
3. DERELICT
(ADJECTIVE): disregardful:(त्यागा हुआ )
Synonyms: regardless, remiss
Antonyms: careful, improved
Example Sentence:
Thanks to several volunteer organizations in
our community, many derelict areas have
been turned into stunning gardens.
4. WOE (NOUN): suffering:(दुःु ख)
Synonyms: anguish, misfortune
Antonyms: contentment, blessing
Example Sentence:
Because the witch was angry about being
excluded from the festivities, she promised a
lifetime of woe to the prince’s parents.
5. ACQUISITION
(NOUN): acquirement:(अर्जन )
Synonyms: achievement, attainment
Antonyms: lack, failure
Example Sentence:
After appearing on a travel show, the small
hotel was experiencing an acquisition of
reservations.
6. DISSUADE (VERB): thwart:(रोकना)
Synonyms: divert, prevent
Antonyms: help, aid
Example Sentence:
The purpose of the fence is to dissuade my
neighbours from trespassing on my property.
7. EXODUS (NOUN): leaving:(कूच)
Synonyms: departure, retreat
Antonyms: arriving, coming
Example Sentence:
Because of the exodus of so many refugees,
the town’s public shelters were filled to
overflowing.
8. PLIGHT (NOUN): dilemma:(गंभीर स्थिति)
Synonyms: predicament, quandary
Antonyms: advantage, benefit
Example Sentence:
Most wealthy people are unaware of the
plight suffered by people who are hungry and
homeless.
9. ARCHETYPAL (ADJECTIVE): most
typical:(आद्यप्ररूपीय)
Synonyms: stereotypical, hackneyed
Antonyms: atypical, unique
Example Sentence:
Gospel reveals the archetypal realities.
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CHRONIC (ADJECTIVE): incessant:(चचरका
ललक)
Synonyms: persistent, continual
Antonyms: halting, ceasing
Example Sentence:
She has been dealing with chronic pain for
several months.
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Smoking is deleterious to health.
वििर्ण)
Synonyms: blanched, ashen 8. MOROSE (ADJECTIVE): glum:(उदास)
Antonyms: lively, lifelike
Synonyms: grouchy, cranky
Example Sentence:
Antonyms: cheerful, happy
Her face looked so cadaverous.
Example Sentence:
Her father’s funeral was a morose event which
2. DECADENT (ADJECTIVE): corrupt:
left her and her family in tears.
(अनैतिक)
Synonyms: immoral, depraved 9. DIFFIDENT (ADJECTIVE): meek:(संकोची)
Antonyms: moral, noble
Synonyms: timid, sheepish
Example Sentence:
Antonyms: brave, confident
He is a decadent person.
Example Sentence:
You are kind of diffident person.
3. CASTIGATION (NOUN): punishment:
(दं ड)
10. DEBACLE (NOUN): catastrophe:(विध्िंस)
Synonyms: chastisement, retribution
Synonyms: beating, collapse
Antonyms: pardon, forgiveness
Antonyms: attainment, accomplishment
Example Sentence:
Example Sentence:
I am not afraid of castigation
When the movie was released, it was called a
debacle by the audience.
4. CAPITULATION (NOUN):
giving in:(आत्मसपणर् )
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Antonyms: defending, finding
Example Sentence:
I was overwhelmed with my brother’s
capitulation to allow me to drive his car.

5. PRECOCIOUS (ADJECTIVE):
exceptionally smart:(अत्याधिक बुद्धिमान)
Synonyms: intelligent, advanced
Antonyms: moronic, imbecile
Example Sentence:
She is extremely precocious girl of our college.

6. PLACID (NOUN): calm:(नम्र)

Synonyms: serene, tranquil
Antonyms: agitated, disturbed
Example Sentence:
Placid surroundings of Kashmir enthralled me
deep within.

7. DELETERIOUS (ADJECTIVE):
detrimental:(क्षतिकर)
Synonyms: harmful, destroying
Antonyms: helpful, aiding
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1. DECOY (NOUN): Trap: (पाश)
Synonyms: attraction, inducement
Antonyms: honesty, frankness
Example Sentence:
We caught a rat, using a decoy to trick
it into the cage.
2. DEBONAIR (ADJECTIVE): Charming:
(मोहक)
Synonyms: affable, elegant
Antonyms: awkward, inelegant
Example Sentence:
Suneet has a debonair personality.
3. PESTILENT (ADJECTIVE): Baneful:
(प्राणघाती)
Synonyms: contagious, deleterious
Antonyms: harmless, innocuous
Example Sentence:
To many, homeless beggars are nothing
more than pestilent irritants.
4. PERPETRATE (VERB): Be responsible
for: (करना)
Synonyms: carry out, commit
Antonyms: halt, stop
Example Sentence:
Who would perpetrate for this crime?
5. RAKISH (ADJECTIVE): Charming and
immoral: (विलासी जैसा)
Synonyms: dashing, jaunty
Antonyms: moral, upright
Example Sentence:
She gave Maddy a rakish smile.
6. ENGROSS (VERB): (मोहहत
करना): Bewitch
Synonyms: captivate, enrapture
Antonyms: disenchant, disgust
Example Sentence:
I was totally engrossed by her beauty.
7. MIDDLING (ADJECTIVE): Adequate:
(पर्ााप्त)
Synonyms: mediocre, passable
Antonyms: extreme, exceptional
Example Sentence:
The patient needs middling amount of
water every half an hour.
8. MOUTHY (ADJECTIVE): Talkative:
(िाचाल)
Synonyms: chatty, gabby
Antonyms: reticent, silent
Example Sentence:
Mohak is an extremely mouthy boy.
9. CANTANKEROUS (ADJECTIVE): Ill-
tempered: (झगडालू)
Synonyms: quarrelsome, critical
Antonyms: pleasant, peaceful
Example Sentence:
You are a cantankerous man.
10. DANK (ADJECTIVE): Moist: (नम)
Synonyms: clammy, muggy
Antonyms: parched, dry
Example Sentence:
The middle section of the house is fully
dank.
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1. CORNUCOPIA (NOUN): Abundance: His sanctimonious expressions explained
(प्रचुरता) his intentions.
Synonyms: bounty, fullness
Antonyms: need, lack 7. SULLEN (ADJECTIVE): Morose: (उिास)
Example Sentence: Synonyms: gloomy, brooding
I shall come from London Town with a Antonyms: cheerful, pleasant
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2. FRET (VERB): Feel uneasy:

(चचड़चचड़ाना)
Synonyms: be upset, be anxious
Antonyms: please, delight
Example Sentence:
She was always fretting about something
or the other.
3. ETHEREAL (ADJECTIVE): Extremely
delicate: (कोमल)
Synonyms: light, sublime
Antonyms: earthly, indelicate
Example Sentence:
In this ethereal realm are the currents
that make possible wireless telegraphy.
4.UNLETTERED
(ADJECTIVE): Uneducated: (ननरक्षर)
Synonyms: ignorant, illiterate
Antonyms: educated, literate
Example Sentence:
Such misconceptions have not been
confined to the unlettered masses.
5. SPRIGHTLY (ADJECTIVE): Lively:
(प्रमुदित)
Synonyms: agile, active
Antonyms: spiritless, lethargic
Example Sentence:
The sprightly old woman walks two
miles every day.
The offenders lapsed into a sullen
silence.
8. CHAOTIC (ADJECTIVE): Disordered:
(अराजकतापूर्ण)
Synonyms: uncontrolled, lawlesss
Antonyms: ordered, organized
Example Sentence:
My house becomes a chaotic place in the
absence of my wife.
9. CONTRITE (ADJECTIVE): Chastened:
(पछताया हुआ)
Synonyms: repentant, sorrowful
Antonyms: indifferent, unapologetic
Example Sentence:
He was so contrite that he wrote me a
letter of apology.
10. PRUNE (VERB): Pare down:(काटना/
छााँटना)
Synonyms: trim, reduce
Antonyms: include, increase
Example Sentence:
Economic hard times are forcing the
companies to prune their budget.
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6. SANCTIMONIOUS (ADJECTIVE): Self-

righteous: (पाखंडी)
Synonyms: insincere, hypocritical
Antonyms: honest, sincere
Example Sentence:
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1. PROCLIVITY (NOUN): Inclination:
(इच्छा/प्रवत्तृ ि)
Synonyms: penchant, predilection
Antonyms: dislike, hate
Example Sentence:
Your proclivity towards him is getting
on my nerves.
2. SARTORIAL (ADJECTIVE): Pertaining
to tailors: (दर्ज़ी-संबंधी)
Synonyms: stylish, elegant
Antonyms: frumpy, dumpy
Example Sentence:
Those sartorial coats made me chew
the cud.
3. CAULK (VERB): Secure: (गहनी करना)
Synonyms: block, barricade
Antonyms: free, loosen
Example Sentence:
Faiz caulked me from a broken reed.
4. TUTELARY (ADJECTIVE): Protecting:
(संरक्षी)
Synonyms: guardian, advisory
Antonyms: careless, inattentive
Example Sentence:
Ajay is using tutelary fabian policy in
his company.
5. PURGE (NOUN): Elimination:
(पररशोध)
Synonyms: expulsion, extermination
Antonyms: keeping, holding
Example Sentence:
Naimish was feeling shy of telling her
about her purge from the contest.
6. QUANTUM (NOUN): Quantity: (मात्रा)
Synonyms: sum, amount
Antonyms: part, whole
Example Sentence:
While quantum energy could not be
measured fully, the scientist continued
to work on the experiment.
7. PRECINCT (NOUN): Department:
(प्रसीमा)
Synonyms: area, ward
Antonyms: whole, full
Example Sentence:
I am working in this precinct.
8. CONTEMPORANEOUS
(ADJECTIVE): Coeval: (आधुननक)
Synonyms: simultaneous,
contemporary
Antonyms: different, separate
Example Sentence:
The contemporaneous ringing of the
multiple phone lines kept the new
receptionist very busy.
9. PUNITIVE (ADJECTIVE): Retaliatory:
(दं डात्मक)
Synonyms: vindictive, punishing
Antonyms: beneficial, rewarding
Example Sentence:
Don’t be punitive otherwise you’ll get
into a soup.
10. QUIETUDE (NOUN): Calm:
(शांनि/संिोष)
Synonyms: doldrums, hush
Antonyms: disturbance, agitation
Example Sentence:
Be quietude don’t escape your lips.
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1. PATOIS (NOUN): jargon:(खास बोली)
Synonyms: argot, dialect
Antonyms: standard, normal
Example Sentence:
Most words were understood by teenager, but the
gentleman looked confused at some of the words
due to the teenager’s patois.
2. PRECEPT (NOUN): law:(आदे श)
Synonyms: doctrine, axiom
Antonyms: lawlessness, disbelief
Example Sentence:
Change is the precept of the nature.
3. FERMENT (NOUN): agitation and
excitement among a group of people:(विक्षोभ)
Synonyms: frenzy, storm
Antonyms: calm, peace
Example Sentence:
The highest court was in a state of ferment.
4. MAUL (VERB): Savage:(घायल करना)
Synonyms: drub, lacerate
Antonyms: protect, guard
Example Sentence:
A boy was mauled by a lion at Lucknow Zoo.
8. MAMMOTH (ADJECTIVE): huge:(विशालकाय)
Synonyms: enormous, gargantuan
Antonyms: little, miniature
Example Sentence:
A mammoth project will be completed very soon.
9. CONVENE (VERB): bring together for a
meeting:(एकत्र होना)
Synonyms: assemble, congregate
Antonyms: disperse, separate
Example Sentence:
The Chief Justice must convene a meeting of
the full court.
10. PAROCHIAL (ADJECTIVE): narrow-
minded:(संकुचचत)
Synonyms: petty, limited
Antonyms: cosmopolitan, liberal
Example Sentence:
A parochial approach is not enough to get success
in life.
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5. DELINEATE (VERB): describe

precisely:(िर्णन करना)
Synonyms: define, limn
Antonyms: confuse, distort
Example Sentence:
The judge delineated the composition of the
bench to hear the case.

6. RETROGRADE
(ADJECTIVE): Declining:(पश्चगामी)
Synonyms: reverting, deteriorating
Antonyms: forward, positive
Example Sentence:
The company is consistently facing the retrograde
growth parameter this year.

7. QUEASY (ADJECTIVE): not

feeling well:(व्याकुल)
Synonyms: sick, ill
Antonyms: comfortable, healthy
Example Sentence:
He didn’t want to do any work because he felt
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1. TURMOIL (NOUN): chaos:(खलबली) Antonyms: unusually, affectedly
Example Sentence:
Synonyms: turbulence, ferment
The inherently dangerous nature of the bull-
Antonyms: contentment, tranquility
taming event is a major concern.
Example Sentence:
There was widespread turmoil in the city.
8. POSTERITY (NOUN): all future
generation of people:(भावी पीढी)
2. RIFT (NOUN): a flaw, fault:(मनमट ु ाव)
Synonyms: progeny, lineage
Synonyms: breach, fissure
Antonyms: parent, past
Antonyms: closure, agreement
Example Sentence:
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This incident is regarded by posterity as an
It is a great misfortune that an internal rift has
aberration rather than a precedent.
moved inexorably towards a full-blown crisis.
9. INTROSPECTION (NOUN): the
3. INEXORABLY (ADVERB): in a way that
examination of one’s own mental
is impossible to stop:(अनवरत रूप से )
processes.:(आत्मववश्लेष ण)
Synonyms: ferociously, atrociously
Synonyms: contemplation, reflection
Antonyms: gently, humanely
Antonyms: ignorance, disregard
Example Sentence:
Example Sentence:
The public is enraged by the inexorable rise in
It is a moment for collective introspection.
petroleum prices.

4. DISSENSION (NOUN): disagreement that 10. DANK (ADJECTIVE): moist:(सीला)

leads to discord:(मतभेद )
Synonyms: clammy, muggy
Antonyms: parched, dry
Synonyms: controversy, friction Example Sentence:
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5. LAX (ADJECTIVE): careless:(शिथिलीकरण)

Synonyms: negligent, derelict
Antonyms: strict, careful
Example Sentence:
One of the problems is lax security for airport
personnel

6. OMINOUS (ADJECTIVE): giving the

worrying impression:(अननष्टसच ू क)
Synonyms: apocalyptic, baleful
Antonyms: bright, hopeful
Example Sentence:
A suggestion that is being read by some as an
ominous reference to an unknown external
hand.

7. INHERENTLY (ADVERB): in
characteristics way:(अंतरननहीत रूप से )
Synonyms: naturally, genetically
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1. ARENA (NOUN): an area surrounded by
seating in which sports are held:(अखाडा)
Synonyms: field, ring
Antonyms: sky, vault
Example Sentence:
The barricades separating the spectators from
the arena were inadequate.
2. ONLOOKER (NOUN): spectator:
(तमाशबीन)
Synonyms: observer, viewer
Antonyms: participant, player
Example Sentence:
Two onlookers have died in the space of two
days in the Jallikattu events.
Synonyms: intuition, premonition
Antonyms: certainty, fact
Example Sentence:
The commentators had various hunches about
the outcome of the next election.
8. INTENSIFY (VERB): aggravate:(तीव्र
करना)
Synonyms: enhance, increase
Antonyms: diminish, hinder
Example Sentence:
The PDS in Jharkhand is intensified by the
NFSA.
9. DISCLOSE (VERB): to make known:(प्रकट

3. CIPHER (NOUN): Nonexistence:(शून्य) करना)

Synonyms: nonentity, nobody Synonyms: divulge, expose
Antonyms: entity, somebody Antonyms: cover, hide
Example Sentence: Example Sentence:
He is worried of his cipher. You should not disclose your name here.

4. INDUCT (VERB): allow into:(भरती करना) 10. FUME (VERB): rage:(क्रुद्ध होना)
Synonyms: invest, install Synonyms: seethe, blow up
Antonyms: close, reject Antonyms: be happy, be calm
Example Sentence: Example Sentence:
With some of the events inducting more than The people of the town fumed against the
400 bulls and almost twice as many tamers government.
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Synonyms: limelight, front
Antonyms: background, history
Example Sentence:
The AWBI was earlier in the forefront of
mismanagement.

6. SUBMISSION (NOUN): agreement:(ननवे द

न)
Synonyms: appeasement, capitulation
Antonyms: disagreement, resistance
Example Sentence:
The SC banned Jallikattu on the basis of
submissions made by the AWBI.

7. HUNCH (NOUN): instinct:(सहज प्रव ृत्ति)

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illegally:(बेइमानी से ननकालना)
Synonyms: transport, draw off 8. HEARTFELT (ADJECTIVE): sincere:
Antonyms: conclude, finish (हार्दि क)
Example Sentence:
Synonyms: genuine, unaffected
Those who failed the biometric test was
Antonyms: insincere, pretended
siphoned off with abandon.
Example Sentence:
I pay my heartfelt regards to them.
2. REVENGE (NOUN): reaction to a wrong
9. SNITCH (VERB): reveal:(खुलासा करना)
action:(प्रनिकार)
Synonyms: vengeance, retribution
Synonyms: divulge, evince
Antonyms: forgiveness, pardon
Antonyms: conceal, suppress
Example Sentence:
Example Sentence:
I will surely take revenge for I have suffered.
Ravi is going to snitch the secret.

10. BOOR (NOUN): clod:(असभ्य व्यष्क्ति)

3. RAMPAGE (NOUN): riot:(उपद्रव)
Synonyms: disturbance, frenzy
Synonyms: barbarian, brute
Antonyms: calm, harmony
Antonyms: charmer, enthusiast
Example Sentence:
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On a deadly rampage, a person killed an
Why do act as a boor?
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Synonyms: hushed, muted
Antonyms: boisterous, communicative
Example Sentence:
He was subdued by his boss.

5. STAGNATION (NOUN): inactivity:

(ननष्क्रियिा)
Synonyms: quiescence, stasis
Antonyms: movement, activity
Example Sentence:
It is hard to bear the stagnation of the
economy.

6. MOMENTUM (NOUN): push:(िाक़ि)

Synonyms: impulse, strength
Antonyms: meekness, weakness
Example Sentence:
His efforts gained momentum.

7. BANTER (NOUN): fun:(मज़ा)

Synonyms: chitchat, gossip
Antonyms: flattery, praise
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1. INVECTIVE (NOUN): verbal abuse:(न द
िं ा 7. CASTIGATE (VERB): berate:(दर्
ु वच
कर ा) कह ा)
Synonyms: denunciation, tirade Synonyms: chastise, criticize
Antonyms: exculpation, exoneration Antonyms: praise, laud
Example Sentence: Example Sentence:
The invective he faced for his actions were of She was castigated by the teacher.
no effect.
8. SURGE (NOUN): growth:(बढ़त)
2. SERENE (ADJECTIVE): calm:(शािंत) Synonyms: deluge, upsurge
Synonyms: laid-back, placid Antonyms: decline, decrease
Antonyms: clamorous, turbulent Example Sentence:
Example Sentence: Sudden surge can be seen in dollar in the
Afghan refugees have never been given space stock exchange today.
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9.PORTLINESS (NOUN): overweight:(मोटाप
3. ABSOLVE (VERB): To forgive; to free
)
from guilt:(मुक्त कर ा)
Synonyms: adiposity, corpulence
Synonyms: exculpate, pardon
Antonyms: slimness, thinness
Antonyms: accuse, blame
Example Sentence:
Example Sentence:
They adopt surgical procedures for portliness.
Marta felt greatly relieved after her mother
absolved her for breaking the vase.
10. REVELRY (NOUN): merrymaking:(आ िं
4. BUFFOONERY (NOUN): Foolish दोत्सर्)
behavior:(मसखराप ) Synonyms: debauchery, carousal
Synonyms: jocularity, clowning Antonyms: sadness, mourning
Antonyms: tragedy, seriousness Example Sentence:
Example Sentence: Siddhartha is involved in revelry these days.
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bright:(भड़कीला)
Synonyms: gaudy, loud
Antonyms: plain, simple
Example Sentence:
The garish wallpaper offended Jerome, who
preferred subtle colors.

6. BALK (VERB): hesitate:(टाल जा ा)

Synonyms: resist, shirk
Antonyms: accept, face
Example Sentence:
He balked at such a drastic solution.