Knowledge tutorial

The Hindu 27 - 09 -2020🔰
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1. VAUNT (VERB): (डींग हांकना): boast

Synonyms: show off

Antonyms: criticized, unsung

Example Sentence:

They have utterly eclipsed their vaunted American rivals.

2. HEFT (VERB): (वज़न करना): lift

Synonyms: raise, raise up

Antonyms: put down

Example Sentence:

He lifted crates and hefted boxes.

3. FIAT (NOUN): (व्यवस्थापत्र): edict

Synonyms: order, command

Antonyms: denial, disapproval

Example Sentence:

The reforms left most prices fixed by government fiat.

4. CONTEMPORARY (ADJECTIVE): (समकालीन): present

Synonyms: modern, present-day

Antonyms: old-fashioned, out of date

Example Sentence:

The event was recorded by a contemporary historian.

5. PROPONENT (NOUN): (समर्थक): supporter

Synonyms: upholder, exponent

Antonyms: opponent

Example Sentence:

He is a strong proponent of the free market and liberal trade policies.

6. ELUDE (VERB): (बचना): evade

Synonyms: avoid, dodge

Antonyms: be caught by

Example Sentence:

He tried to elude the security men by sneaking through a back door.

7. OUTLAY (NOUN): (व्यय): expenditure

Synonyms: expenses, spending

Antonyms: income

Example Sentence:

A modest outlay on local advertising was spent.

8. PINNACLE (NOUN): (शिखर): peak

Synonyms: height, summit

Antonyms: nadir, trough

Example Sentence:

He had reached the pinnacle of his career.

9. DELINEATE (VERB): (चित्रित करना): set out

Synonyms: describe, set forth

Antonyms: confuse, twist

Example Sentence:

The law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent.

10. COERCIVE (ADJECTIVE): (बलपूर्वक): persistent

Synonyms: insistent, pressing

Antonyms: powerless

Example Sentence:

The governor has a hereditary army for coercive purposes.

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The word of the day

Peril : जोखिम , खतरा

Synonyms : jeopardy , danger , hazard , risk , insecurity , precariousness , venture

Antonyms ; assurance , safety , security , surety , safeguard

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Tuesday, 31 March 2020
●The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams.

1. AIDE (NOUN):(सहयोगी):assistant
Synonyms: helper, adviser
Antonyms: boss
Example Sentence:
The presidential aide was just 23.

2. DETAIN (VERB): (ज़ब्त करना): hold
Synonyms: seize, confine
Antonyms: release
Example Sentence:
Customs officers may detain all the goods.

3. SCRAMBLE (VERB): (अव्यवस्थित करना): disarrange
Synonyms: muddle, confuse
Antonyms: organize, align
Example Sentence:
Maybe the alcohol scrambled his brains.

4. EXEMPT (VERB): (छूट देना): spared
Synonyms: free from, not liable to
Antonyms: liable to, subject to
Example Sentence:
These patients are exempt from charges.

5. DWINDLE (VERB): (क्षीण होना):
diminish
Synonyms: decrease, reduce
Antonyms: increase, flourish
Example Sentence:
Traffic has dwindled to a trickle

6. DECREE (NOUN): (हुक्मनामा): order
Synonyms: edict command
Antonyms: hint, suggestion
Example Sentence:
The decree guaranteed freedom of assembly.

7. EXTRANEOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अप्रासंगिक): immaterial
Synonyms: irrelevant, beside the point
Antonyms: material
Example Sentence:
One is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material.

8. UNCONSTITUTIONAL (ADJECTIVE): (असंवैधानिक): illegitimate
Synonyms: illegal, unauthorized
Antonyms: legal
Example Sentence:
We cannot tolerate unconstitutional action.

9. VERNACULAR (NOUN): (मातृभाषा):
colloquial speech
Synonyms: jargon, dialect
Antonyms: latin
Example Sentence:
He wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience.

10. DISHEARTENING (ADJECTIVE): (बेहद निराशाजनक):saddening
Synonyms: disheartening, dispiriting
Antonyms: encouraging, cheering
Example Sentence:
The team made a disappointing star.