🔰Friday, 04 September 2020🔰 - Vocabulary

1. DYNAMIC (ADJECTIVE): (ऊर्जस्वी): energetic
Synonyms: spirited, activee
Antonyms: half-hearted
Example Sentence:
He is only a dynamic young advertising executive.
2. INTERFERE (VERB): (दखल देना): impede
Synonyms: obstruct, stand in the way of
Antonyms: allow
Example Sentence:
A holiday job would interfere with his studies.
3. DECLINE (VERB): (पतन होना): reduce
Synonyms: decrease, lessen
Antonyms: increase
Example Sentence:
A serious decline in bird numbers is a worrisome situation.
4. POSE (NOUN): (दिखावा करना): pretence
Synonyms: act, affectation
Antonyms: reality
Example Sentence:
The man decided to drop his pose of unnecessary friendliness.
5. AMIABILITY (NOUN): (सुशीलता): friendliness
Synonyms: affability, warmth
Antonyms: unfriendliness
Example Sentence:
His good-natured amiability captures everyone’s attention.
6. OWE (VERB): (कर्ज़दार होना): be in debt
Synonyms: be indebted, be in arrears
Antonyms: settle up
Example Sentence:
They have denied they owe money to the company.
7. DISCHARGE (VERB): (मुक्त करना): pour
Synonyms: release, eject
Antonyms: absorb
Example Sentence:
Industrial plants discharge highly toxic materials into rivers.
8. STANDSTILL (NOUN): (ठहराव): halt
Synonyms: stop, stand
Antonyms: motion
Example Sentence:
The traffic came to a standstill.
9. FLAWED (ADJECTIVE): (त्रुटिपूर्ण): unsound
Synonyms: defective, faulty
Antonyms: sound
Example Sentence:
It was a fatally flawed strategy.
10. TERROR (NOUN): (भय): dread
Synonyms: horror fright
Antonyms: calmness
Example Sentence:
People fled in terror.
11. Reformists (noun) सुधारक
Meaning: -a person who advocates gradual reform rather than abolition or revolution.
Synonyms:- enlightened, flexible, humanistic
Antonyms:- intolerant, limited
Example:- Such is the language of reform, and the spirit of a reformist!
12. Hostility (noun) शत्रुता
Meaning:- hostile behavior; unfriendliness or opposition.
Synonyms:- aggression, animosity
Antonyms:- friendship, good will
Example:- There she always finishes her hostility by making some solid acquisition.
13. Coterie (noun) मंडली
Meaning:- a small group of people with shared interests or tastes, especially one that is exclusive of other people.
Synonyms:- cadre, circle
Example:- The event established Mary as the arbiter in her own coterie.
14. De facto (adverb) वास्तव में
Meaning:- in fact, whether by right or not.
15. Intent (noun) इरादा
Meaning:- intention or purpose.
Synonyms:- decided, hell-bent
Antonyms:- flexible, indefinite
Example:- She could see her father looking at her, intent, as if he wondered.
16. Erosion (noun) कटाव
Meaning:- the gradual destruction or diminution of something.
Synonyms:- corrosion, decrease
Antonyms:- building, construction
Example:- From top to bottom we have the unmistakable marks of erosion.
17. Dismantling (verb) निराकरण
Meaning:- take (a machine or structure) to pieces.
Synonyms:- break up, demolish
Antonyms:- build, construct
Example:- They made considerable progress in dismantling the house itself.
18. Consensus (noun) आम सहमति
Meaning: -a general agreement.
Synonyms:- accord, consent
Antonyms:- denial, disagreement
Example:- There was a consensus of opinion as to the importance of the news.
19. Crumbling (adjective) ढहती
Meaning:-breaking or falling apart into small fragments, especially as part of a process of deterioration.
Synonyms:- collapsing, decaying
Example:- Comfort was the apex of the pyramid which is now crumbling away.
20. Contentious (adjective) विवादास्पद
Meaning:- causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
Synonyms:- antagonistic, combative
Antonyms:- agreeable
Example:- There is nothing to indicate that he was contentious by nature.