Important vocab...
*The Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams*
1. VAUNT (VERB): (प्रशंसा करना): acclaim
Synonyms: esteem, revere
Antonyms: criticize
Example Sentence: He was initially vaunted by the West for his leadership of the country.
2. UNSEEMLY (ADJECTIVE): (अनुचित): indecorous
Synonyms: improper, inappropriate
Antonyms: seemly
Example Sentence:The discussion led to nothing but an unseemly squabble.
3. CATHARSIS (NOUN): (शुद्धिकरण): purging
Synonyms: purgation, purification
Antonyms: repression
Example Sentence: Music is a means of catharsis for many of us.
4. INFANTILE (ADJECTIVE): (बचकाना): childish
Synonyms: babyish, immature
Antonyms: mature
Example Sentence: The point about fairies etc. is so infantile in logic I can barely contain my disbelief.
5. INGRAINED (ADJECTIVE): (दीर्घस्थायी): entrenched
Synonyms: established, fixed
Antonyms: transient
Example Sentence: She wanted to wake up with his scent ingrained in her skin.
6. CELLAR (NOUN): (तहखाना): basement
Synonyms: vault, crypt
Antonyms: attic
Example Sentence: The servants led us down into a cellar.
7. OMINOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अमंगल): threatening
Synonyms: menacing, baleful
Antonyms: promising
Example Sentence:My ominous tone didn’t register with him.
8. MALAISE (NOUN): (अप्रसन्नता): unhappiness
Synonyms: restlessness, uneasiness
Antonyms: comfort
Example Sentence: An infected person will feel a general malaise.
9. STRICKEN (ADJECTIVE): (तंग): troubled
Synonyms: affected, afflicted
Antonyms: unaffected
Example Sentence: The pilot landed the stricken aircraft.
10. OSTENSIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (ख़याली): apparent
Synonyms: seeming, outward
Antonyms: real
Example Sentence: The real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint.
11. CAJOLE (VERB): (चापलूसी करना): persuade
Synonyms: wheedle, coax
Antonyms: bully
Example Sentence:He hoped to cajole her into selling the house.
12. EMPHATIC (ADJECTIVE): (ज़ोरदार): vehement
Synonyms: firm, wholehearted
Antonyms: hesitant
Example Sentence:The children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience.
13. HEGEMONY (NOUN): (नेतृत्व): leadership
Synonyms: dominance, dominion
Antonyms: self-government
Example Sentence:Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.
14. AMELIORATE (VERB): (सुधरना): improve
Synonyms: better, enhance
Antonyms: worsen
Example Sentence:The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.
15. DISTEND (VERB): (फूलना या फूलाना): swell
Synonyms: bloat, bulge
Antonyms: shrink
Example Sentence:The abdomen distended rapidly.
16. HALT (NOUN): (विराम): stop
Synonyms: standstill, cessation
Antonyms: start
Example Sentence:There was a halt in production.
17. TREACHEROUS (ADJECTIVE): (बेवफ़ा): traitorous
Synonyms: disloyal, perfidious
Antonyms: loyal
Example Sentence:He is a treacherous RAW agent.
18. REVULSION (NOUN): (घृणा): disgust
Synonyms: repulsion, abhorrence
Antonyms: delight
Example Sentence:News of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion.
19. EBB (VERB): (उतार): recede
Synonyms: go out, retreat
Antonyms: come in
Example Sentence:The trend began to ebb.
20. BOUNTY (NOUN): (उदारता): generosity
Synonyms: magnanimity, munificence
Antonyms: meanness
Example Sentence:For millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty.
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