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1) Assurance (noun) — आश्वासन Synonyms: forerunner, predecessor, forefather,
Meaning: a positive declaration intended to give father, parent
confidence; a promise. Antonyms: by-product, derivative, offshoot,
Synonyms: word of honour, word, guarantee, outgrowth, spin-off
promise, pledge Usage: “a three-stringed precursor of the violin”
Antonyms: self-doubt, nervousness
Usage: “he gave an assurance that work would 5) Choppy (adjective) — तड़का हुआ
begin on Monday” Meaning: having a disjointed or jerky quality.
Synonyms: full of waves, turbulent, heavy,
2) Outshone (verb) — से श्रेष्ठ होना heaving, storm-tossed
Meaning: shine more brightly than. Antonyms: calm, smooth
Synonyms: : surpass, be superior to, Usage: “sea conditions are often very choppy”
overshadow, eclipse
Antonyms: dull 6) Confidant (noun) — ववश्वासपात्र
Usage: “a supernova would outshine all the other Meaning: a person with whom one shares a secret
stars in its galaxy” or private matter, trusting them not to repeat it to
others.
3) Imprimatur (noun) — अनुमोदन Synonyms: close friend, bosom friend, best friend
Meaning: an official licence issued by the Roman Usage: “a close confidante of the princess”
Catholic Church to print an ecclesiastical or
religious book. 7) Skewed (verb) — अचानक ददशा या स्थितत बदलना
Synonyms: approbation, approval, blessing, Meaning: suddenly change direction or position.
favor, OK (or okay) Synonyms: askew, aslant, atilt, awry, cock-a-
Antonyms: refusal, rejection, repudiation hoop, cockeyed
Usage: “the imprimatur for this edition was Antonyms: ordered, orderly, regular, uniform
granted by Cardinal O’Casey” Usage: “the car had skewed across the track”

4) Precursor (noun) — अग्रदूत, पूवववती 8) Crumbled (verb) — अचानक ददशा या स्थितत

Meaning: a person or thing that comes before बदलना
another of the same kind; a forerunner.
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Meaning: break or fall apart into small fragments, Meaning: of an impressive size, extent, or
especially as part of a process of deterioration. amount.
Synonyms: fall down, fall to pieces, fall apart, Synonyms: extremely, very, really, thoroughly,
collapse exceedingly, immensely
Antonyms: ameliorate, improve, meliorate Antonyms: meagerly, scantily
Usage: “the plaster started to crumble” Usage: “a thumping 64 per cent majority”

9) Orthodox (adjective) — रूद़िवादी 3) catapulted (verb) – प्रक्षेपण करना

Meaning: following or conforming to the Meaning: hurl or launch (something) with or as if
traditional or generally accepted rules or beliefs of with a catapult.
a religion, philosophy, or practice. Synonyms: propel, launch, hurl, hurtle, fling
Synonyms: conservative, traditional, observant, Antonyms: catch, hold
conformist, devout Usage: “the explosion catapulted the car 30 yards
Antonyms: unauthorized, unofficial along the road”
Usage: “Burke’s views were orthodox in his time”
4) lingered (verb) — दीर्व काल तक रहना
10) Coalition (noun) — गठबंधन Meaning: stay in a place longer than necessary
Meaning: a temporary alliance for combined because of a reluctance to leave.
action, especially of political parties forming a
government. Synonyms: wait around, stay, remain
Synonyms: alliance, union, partnership, Antonyms: vanish, disappear
affiliation Usage: “she lingered in the yard, enjoying the
Usage: “a coalition between Liberals and warm sunshine”
Conservatives”
5) exacerbating (verb) — और बदतर बनाना
Meaning: make (a problem, bad situation, or
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negative feeling) worse.
1) bifurcated (verb) – द्ववभास्ित करना
Synonyms: aggravate, make worse, worsen,
Meaning: divide into two branches or forks.
inflame
Synonyms: divarication, divergence, divergency,
Antonyms: calm, reduce
separation
Usage: “the exorbitant cost of land in urban areas
Antonyms: accord, agreement
only exacerbated the problem”
Usage: “just below Cairo the river bifurcates”

6) spur (verb) – प्रोत्साहन देना

2) thumping (adjective) — ज़बरदथत
Meaning: give an incentive or encouragement to
(someone).
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Synonyms: stimulus, incentive, encouragement, Synonyms: bountifulness, beneficence,

stimulant benefaction, altruism, charity
Antonyms: disincentive, discouragement Antonyms: meanness, miserliness
Usage: “her sons’ passion for computer games Usage: “presumably public money is not
spurred her on to set up a software business” dispensed with such largesse to anyone else”

7) grandiose (adjective) — प्रभावशाली

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Meaning: impressive and imposing in appearance
1) Defuse (verb) – तनस्ष्िय या अक्षम करना
or style, especially pretentiously so.
Meaning: remove the fuse from (an explosive
Synonyms: magnificent, impressive, grand,
device) in order to prevent it from exploding.
imposing
Synonyms: deactivate, disarm, disable
Antonyms: unimpressive, humble
Antonyms: activate
Usage: “the court’s grandiose facade”
Usage: “explosives specialists tried to defuse the
grenade”
8) diversification (noun) — ववववधीकरण
Meaning: the action of diversifying something or
2) Embarking (verb) – आरंभ करना
the fact of becoming more diverse.
Meaning: begin (a course of action).
Synonyms: diversity, assortment
Synonyms: begin, start, commence, undertake
Antonyms: continue, keep
Antonyms: disembark, land
Usage: “growers should start planning
Usage: “she embarked on a new career”
diversification of crops”

3) Barring (preposition) — को छोड़कर

9) leveraging (verb) – उत्तोलन करना
Meaning: except for; if not for.
Meaning: use borrowed capital for (an
Synonyms: except for, with the exception of,
investment), expecting the profits made to be
excepting, if there is/are no
greater than the interest payable.
Antonyms: admit, accept
Synonyms: grip, purchase, hold, grasp
Usage: “barring accidents, we should win”
Antonyms: helplessness, impotence, impotency,
powerlessness, weakness
4) Unveiled (verb) — अनावरण करना
Usage: “my spade hit something solid that
Meaning: remove a veil or covering from, in
wouldn’t respond to leverage”
particular uncover (a new monument or work of
art) as part of a public ceremony.
10) largesse (noun) — उदारता
Synonyms: reveal, present, disclose, divulge
Meaning: generosity in bestowing money or gifts
Antonyms: cloak, conceal, cover (up), enshroud,
upon others.
hide, mask, shroud, veil

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Usage: “the Home Secretary has unveiled plans to Antonyms: inferiority, mediocrity
crack down on crime” Usage: “London’s primacy as a financial centre”

5) Outcry (noun) — चचल्लाहट 10) Ascent (noun) — आरोहण

Meaning: an exclamation or shout. Meaning: a climb or walk to the summit of a
Synonyms: shout, exclamation, cry, yell, howl mountain or hill.
Antonyms: indifference Synonyms: climb, scaling, conquest, scramble
Usage: “an outcry of spontaneous passion” Antonyms: descent
Usage: “the first ascent of the Matterhorn”
6) Averse (adjective) — के ववरोध में
Meaning: having a strong dislike of or opposition
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to something. 1) Sweeping (adjective) – व्यापक
Synonyms: opposed to, against, antipathetic to
Meaning: extending or performed in a long,
Usage: “as a former CIA director, he is not averse
continuous curve.
to secrecy”
Synonyms: broad, extensive, expansive, vast,
spacious, roomy
7) Gist (noun) — सार
Antonyms: small, narrow
Meaning: the substance or general meaning of a
Usage: “sweeping, desolate moorlands”
speech or text.
Synonyms: essence, substance, quintessence,
2) Wrested (verb) — छीन लेना
main idea/theme
Meaning: forcibly pull (something) from a
Antonyms: exterior, exteriority
person’s grasp.
Usage: “it was hard to get the gist of Pedro’s talk”
Synonyms: wrench, snatch, seize, grab, take by
force
8) Conciliatory (adjective) — ममलाप करनेवाला
Antonyms: reattach
Meaning: intended or likely to placate or pacify.
Usage: “Leila tried to wrest her arm from his
Synonyms: propitiatory, placatory, appeasing,
hold”
pacifying
Antonyms: antagonistic 3) Aggregate (noun) — कु ल िोड़
Usage: “a conciliatory approach”
Meaning: a whole formed by combining several
separate elements.
9) Primacy (noun) — प्रधानता
Synonyms: collection, mass, cluster, lump, clump
Meaning: the fact of being pre-eminent or most
Antonyms: uncombined
important.
Usage: “the specimen is an aggregate of rock and
Synonyms: greater importance, priority,
mineral fragments”
precedence, pre-eminence
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Synonyms: dazzling, blinding, blazing, strong

4) Hatchet (noun) — कु ल्हाड़ी Antonyms: inconspicuous, minor
Meaning: a small axe with a short handle for use Usage: “the glaring sun”
in one hand.
Synonyms: axe, cleaver, mattock, tomahawk 9) Churn (verb) — मिना
Usage: The minimum guest age is 21—which Meaning: (with reference to liquid) move or cause
makes sense because people are literally drinking to move about vigorously.
beer and throwing hatchets around. Synonyms: be turbulent, heave, boil, swirl, toss,
seethe
5) Cabals (noun) — एक गुप्त रािनीततक गुट Antonyms: abate, calm, and subside
Meaning: a secret political clique or faction. Usage: “the seas churned”
Synonyms: clique, faction, coterie, group, set,
band 10) Undignified (adjective) — गररमा में कमी।
Antonyms: parliament, legislation, council, Meaning: appearing foolish and unseemly;
government, empire, synod lacking in dignity.
Usage: “a cabal of dissidents” Synonyms: unseemly, demeaning, unbecoming,
ungentlemanly
6) Profiteering (verb) — मुनाफाखोरी Usage: “an undignified exit”
Meaning: make or seek to make an excessive or
unfair profit, especially illegally.
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Synonyms: overcharge, racketeer, make an 1) Scholastic (adjective) — ववद्यामभमानी
excessive/illegal profit
Meaning: of or concerning schools and education
Usage: “seven food merchants were charged with
/ relating to medieval scholasticism.
profiteering”
Synonyms: academic, educational, school,
scholarly
7) Degeneration (noun) — अध: पतन
Antonyms: nonacademic, noneducational,
Meaning: the state or process of being or
unacademic, unscholarly
becoming degenerate; decline or deterioration.
Usage: “Walter’s scholastic achievements”
Synonyms: deterioration, decline, decay
Antonyms: improvement 2) Slumber (verb) — ऊंर्ना
Usage: “overgrazing has caused serious
Meaning: sleep
degeneration of grassland”
Synonyms: be asleep, doze, rest, take a siesta,
nap
8) Glaring (adjective) – चमकदार
Antonyms: Awake
Meaning: giving out or reflecting a strong or
dazzling light.
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Usage: “Sleeping Beauty slumbered in her forest Usage: “Penny put in a tremendous amount of
castle” time”

3) Accommodative (adjective) — 7) Onus (noun) — दातयत्व

ममलनसार, मैत्रीपूणव Meaning: something that is one’s duty or
Meaning: willing to fit in with someone’s wishes responsibility.
or needs. Synonyms: burden, responsibility, liability,
Synonyms: accommodating, friendly, indulgent, obligation, duty
obliging Antonyms: advantage, benefit
Antonyms: competitive, unkindness, merciless Usage: “the onus is on you to show that you have
Usage: “she was understanding, patient, suffered loss”
accommodative, and always had a solution to all
problems” 8) Toppled (verb) — चगर पड़ना
Meaning: overbalance or cause to overbalance
4) Cumulative (adjective) — संचयी and fall.
Meaning: increasing or increased in quantity, Synonyms: fall, tumble, overturn, overbalance,
degree, or force by successive additions. tip, keel
Synonyms: increasing, accumulative, Antonyms: get up, rise, stand (up), uprise
accumulating, growing Usage: “she toppled over when I touched her”
Antonyms: subtractive
Usage: “the cumulative effect of two years of 9) prolonged (adjective) — दीर्वकालीन
drought” Meaning: continuing for a long time or longer
than usual; lengthy.
5) Fiscal (adjective) — रािकोषीय Synonyms: make longer, extend, extend the
Meaning: relating to government revenue, duration of, draw out
especially taxes. Antonyms: Shorten
Synonyms: tax, budgetary, revenue Usage: “the region suffered a prolonged drought”
Antonyms: nonfinancial
Usage: “monetary and fiscal policy” 10) Notorious (adjective) — कु ख्यात
Meaning: famous or well known, typically for
6) Tremendous (adjective) – अचधक मात्रा में some bad quality or deed.
Meaning: very great in amount, scale, or Synonyms: of ill repute, with a bad
intensity. reputation/name, ill-famed
Synonyms: very great, huge, enormous, Antonyms: unknown, anonymous, faceless
immense, colossal, massive, prodigious Usage: “Los Angeles is notorious for its smog”
Antonyms: tiny, small, slight, soft
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Meaning: to be/become so involved in something

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difficult or complicated that you cannot do
1) Nuance (noun/verb) — अतत सूक्ष्म अंतर
anything else:
Meaning: a subtle difference in or shade of
Usage: Let’s not get bogged down with individual
meaning, expression, or sound.
complaints
Synonyms: fine distinction, subtle
distinction/difference, shade 6) Surpass (verb) — पार करना या अचधक होना
Antonyms: coarse, inexact, rough
Meaning: exceed; be greater than.
Usage: “he was familiar with the nuances of the
Synonyms: be better than, be superior to, be
local dialect”
greater than, exceed
Antonyms: lose
2) Disincentives (noun) — हतोत्साहन
Usage: “pre-war levels of production were
Meaning: a factor, especially a financial
surpassed in 1929”
disadvantage, that discourages a particular action.
Synonyms: deterrent, discouragement, 7) Relentlessly (adverb) – तनदवयता से
dissuasion, damper
Meaning: in an unceasingly intense or harsh way.
Antonyms: incentive
Synonyms: intense
Usage: “spiralling house prices are beginning to
Antonyms: placable, sporadic
act as a disincentive to development”
Usage: “Joseph worked relentlessly”

3) clawed (adjective) — नोंकदार

8) Exalted (verb) — शस्तत, या चररत्र में वृद्चध होना
Meaning: having a curved pointed horny nail on
Meaning: to raise in rank, power, or character
each digit.
Synonyms: aggrandize, canonize, deify, dignify,
Synonyms: scratch, lacerate, tear, rake
elevate, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone,
Antonyms: unarmed, armless, clean
glorify, magnify
Usage: “a clawed hand grabbed for me”
Antonyms: abase, degrade, demean, humble,
humiliate
4) Ails (verb) — मुसीबत या कष्ट होना
Usage: His behavior has exalted the power and
Meaning: trouble or afflict (someone) in mind or
prestige of his office.
body.
Synonyms: trouble, afflict, pain, bedevil 9) Unparalleled (adjective) — अद्ववतीय
Antonyms: fitness, healthiness, heartiness,
Meaning: having no parallel or equal;
robustness, soundness
exceptional.
Usage: “exercise is good for whatever ails one”
Synonyms: exceptional, unique, singular, rare,
unprecedented
5) Bogged down (verb) — फं स िाना
Antonyms: ordinary, unexceptional
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Usage: “the sudden rise in unemployment is Usage: “they responded with typical perversity”
unparalleled in the post-war period”
4) Malice (noun) — ववद्वेष
10) Streak (verb) — लकीर करना Meaning: the desire to harm someone; ill will.
Meaning: cover (a surface) with streaks. Synonyms: spitefulness, spite, malevolence,
Synonyms: stripe, band, bar, fleck maliciousness
Antonyms: abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, Antonyms: benevolence
bundle, bushel, deal, fistful Usage: “I bear no malice towards anybody”
Usage: “tears streaking her face, Cynthia looked
up” 5) Intervene (verb) — हथतक्षेप करना
Meaning: take part in something so as to prevent
or alter a result or course of events.
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Synonyms: intercede, involve oneself, get
1) Pertaining (verb) – से सम्बंचधत
involved
Meaning: be appropriate, related, or applicable
Antonyms: avoid, eschew, shun
to.
Usage: “he acted outside his authority when he
Synonyms: concern, relate to, be related to, be
intervened in the dispute”
connected with, be relevant to
Antonyms: disconnect, disjoin
6) Abridging (verb) — संक्षेप करना
Usage: “matters pertaining to the organization of
Meaning: shorten (a piece of writing) without
government”
losing the sense.

2) Smacked (verb) — चांटा मारना Synonyms: shorten, cut, cut short/down, curtail
Usage: “the introduction is abridged from the
Meaning: strike (someone or something),
author’s afterword to the novel”
typically with the palm of the hand and as a
punishment.
7) Concession (noun) — ररयायत
Synonyms: slap, hit, strike, spank, cuff
Meaning: a thing that is granted, especially in
Antonyms: abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket,
response to demands.
bundle
Synonyms: compromise, adjustment,
Usage: “Jessica smacked his face, quite hard”
modification
Antonyms: denial, disallowance, disclaimer,
3) Perversity (noun) – ववकृ तत
recantation, rejection, renouncement, repudiation
Meaning: a deliberate desire to behave in an
Usage: “the government was unwilling to make
unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness.
any further concessions”
Synonyms: contrariness, perverseness,
awkwardness
8) Inflammatory (adjective) — सूि न-संबंधी
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Meaning: relating to or causing inflammation of a Synonyms: unravel, wear, wear thin, wear out
part of the body. Antonyms: truce
Synonyms: provocative, provoking, inflaming, Usage: “bucks mark their territory by fraying
incendiary small trees”
Antonyms: uncontroversial
Usage: “inflammatory remarks” 3) Inclusiveness (noun) — समावेश
Meaning: the quality of covering or dealing with a
9) Rampant (adjective) — अतनयंत्रत्रत range of subjects or areas.
Meaning: (especially of something unwelcome) Synonyms: all-embracing, all-in [chiefly British],
flourishing or spreading unchecked. all-inclusive, broad-gauge
Synonyms: uncontrolled, unrestrained, Antonyms: circumscribed, limited, narrow,
unchecked, unbridled restricted, specialized
Antonyms: controlled, under control Usage: “the school promotes an attitude of
Usage: “political violence was rampant” tolerance and inclusiveness”

10) Incarcerate (verb) — कै द कर देना 4) Reinforced (verb) – प्रबल करना

Meaning: imprison or confine. Meaning: strengthen or support (an object or
Synonyms: imprison, put in prison, send to substance), especially with additional material.
prison Synonyms: strengthen, fortify, bolster up, shore
Antonyms: free, release up
Usage: “many are incarcerated for property Antonyms: undercut, undermine, and weaken
offences” Usage: “the helmet has been reinforced with a
double layer of cork”
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1) Proximity (noun) — सामीप्य
5) Buttressed (adjective) – प्रबमलत
Meaning: nearness in space, time, or relationship.
Meaning: (of a building or structure)
Synonyms: closeness, nearness, presence,
strengthened or supported with a buttress.
juxtaposition
Synonyms: strengthen, reinforce, fortify, support,
Antonyms: distance, remoteness
prop up
Usage: “do not operate microphones in close
Antonyms: weaken
proximity to television sets”
Usage: “a buttressed wall”

2) Fray (verb) — तर्स िाना

6) Component (adjective) — र्टक
Meaning: (of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravel or
Meaning: constituting part of a larger whole;
become worn at the edge, typically through
constituent.
constant rubbing.
Synonyms: constituent, integral
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Antonyms: aggregate, composite, compound, Synonyms: prevail on, talk someone into, coax,
mass convince, make, get, press someone into, induce
Usage: “an assembly plant for imported Antonyms: dissuade, discourage, deter
components” Usage: “it wasn’t easy, but I persuaded him to do
the right thing”
7) holistic (adjective) — व्यापक, एकीकृ त
Meaning: Characterized by the belief that the
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parts of something are intimately interconnected 1) Revival (noun) — पुनः प्रवतवन
and explicable only by reference to the whole.
Meaning: an improvement in the condition,
Synonyms: comprehensive, integrated
strength, or fortunes of someone or something.
Antonyms: atomistic, atomistical
Synonyms: improvement, rallying, picking up
Antonyms: downturn
8) Encompass (verb) — र्ेर लेना
Usage: “a revival in the fortunes of the party”
Meaning: surround and have or hold within.
Synonyms: surround, enclose, ring, encircle, 2) Decelerated (verb) — धीमा करना
circumscribe
Meaning: reduce or cause to reduce in speed.
Antonyms: ban, bar, debar, preclude, prevent,
Synonyms: slow down, slow up, slow, go slower,
prohibit
ease up, slack up
Usage: “this area of London encompasses
Antonyms: accelerate
Piccadilly to the north and St James’s Park to the
Usage: “the train began to decelerate”
south”

3) Rebounded (verb) – पलटाव होना

9) Pace (verb) — स्थिर गतत से चलना
Meaning: bounce back through the air after
Meaning: walk at a steady speed, especially
hitting something hard.
without a particular destination and as an
Synonyms: bounce back, spring back, ricochet,
expression of anxiety or annoyance.
boomerang
Synonyms: walk, stride, tread, march, pound,
Antonyms: destroy, deteriorate
patrol
Usage: “his shot hammered into the post and
Antonyms: amble, meander, ramble, stroll,
rebounded across the goal”
wander
Usage: “he’s an aggressive player with plenty of
4) Abiding (adjective) — थिायी
pace”
Meaning: (of a feeling or memory) lasting a long
time; enduring.
10) Persuaded (verb) – मनाना या रािी करना
Synonyms: enduring, lasting, persisting, long-
Meaning: induce (someone) to do something
lasting, lifelong
through reasoning or argument.
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Antonyms: short-lived, ephemeral, transitory

Usage: “he had an abiding respect for her” 9) Extradite (verb) — अपराधी को प्रत्यवपवत करना
Meaning: hand over (a person accused or
5) Spatial (adjective) — थिातनक convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the
Meaning: relating to or occupying space. foreign state in which the crime was committed.
Synonyms: dimensional, geographical, Synonyms: hand over, send back, send home,
contiguous repatriate
Usage: “the spatial distribution of population” Antonyms: save
Usage: “Brazil refused to extradite him to Britain”
6) Prudent (adjective) — वववेकी
Meaning: acting with or showing care and 10) Loophole (noun) — बचाव का राथता या कममयां
thought for the future. Meaning: an ambiguity or inadequacy in the law
Synonyms: wise, well judged, judicious, or a set of rules.
sagacious, sage, shrewd Synonyms: hole, gap, opening, aperture, chink
Antonyms: unwise, imprudent, incautious, and Antonyms: behold
extravagant Usage: “they exploited tax loopholes”
Usage: “no prudent money manager would
authorize a loan without first knowing its purpose”
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1) Prominent (adjective) – प्रमसद्ध
7) Nascent (adjective) — नवोददत, ववकासशील
Meaning: Important; famous
Meaning: (especially of a process or organization)
Synonyms: Important, well known, leading,
just coming into existence and beginning to display
eminent, pre-eminent, distinguished
signs of future potential.
Antonyms: Unimportant, obscure, unknown
Synonyms: just beginning, budding, developing,
Usage: She was a prominent member of the city
growing
council
Antonyms: developed, grown
Usage: “the nascent space industry”
2) Spate (Noun) – बौछार
Meaning: A large number of similar things
8) Extradition (noun) — प्रत्यपवण
coming in quick succession
Meaning: the action of extraditing a person
Synonyms: Series, succession, run, cluster, string,
accused or convicted of a crime.
outbreak
Synonyms: deportation, handover, repatriation,
Antonyms: Drought
refoulement
Usage: A spate of attacks on holidaymakers
Antonyms: hold, keep
Usage: “they fought to prevent his extradition to
3) Ambiguous (Adjective) – अथपष्ट
the US”
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Meaning: Not clear or decided Usage: The college cannot condone any behaviour
Synonyms: Equivocal, ambivalent, open to that involves illicit drugs
debate, open to argument, arguable
Antonyms: Unambiguous, clear 8) Entrant (Noun) – प्रवेशी
Usage: The election result was ambiguous Meaning: A person or group that enters or takes
part in something
4) Viable (Adjective) – व्यवहायव Synonyms: New member, new arrival, beginner,
Meaning: Capable of working successfully; newcomer, fresher
feasible Antonyms: Veteran
Synonyms: Workable, feasible, practicable, Usage: The prize will be awarded to the entrant
practical, applicable who wins the tiebreak
Antonyms: Impracticable
Usage: The proposed investment was 9) Susceptible (Adjective) – अततसंवेदनशील
economically viable Meaning: Likely or liable to be influenced or
harmed by a particular thing
5) Devastating (Adjective) – ववनाशकारी Synonyms: Open to, receptive to, vulnerable to,
Meaning: Highly destructive or damaging defenceless against
Synonyms:Destructive, ruinous, disastrous, Antonyms: Immune, resistant
catastrophic, calamitous Usage: Patients with liver disease may be
Antonyms: Nondestructive, blessed, fortunate susceptible to infection
Usage: A devastating cyclone
10) Self-indulgent (Adjective) – थव कृ पालु
6) Evasive (Adjective) – कपटपण
ू व Meaning: Characterized by doing or tending to do
Meaning: Tending to avoid commitment or self- exactly what one wants, especially when this
revelation, especially by responding only indirectly involves pleasure or idleness
Synonyms:Prevaricating, elusive, ambiguous, Synonyms: Pleasure-seeking, hedonistic,
equivocal sybaritic, indulgent, luxurious
Antonyms: Frank Antonyms: Abstemious, restrained
Usage: She was evasive about her phone number Usage: A self-indulgent extra hour of sleep

7) Condone (Verb) – थवीकार करना

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Meaning: Accept (behaviour that is considered 1) Contestations (noun) – मुक ाबला
morally wrong or offensive)
Meaning: the action or process of disputing or
Synonyms: Deliberately ignore, not take into
arguing.
consideration, disregard, take no notice of
Antonyms: Condemn, punish
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Synonyms: controversy, debate, difference, Usage: “I took my place in the darkened centre
difficulty, disagreement stage”
Antonyms: acceptance, compliance
Usage: “ideological contestation over social policy 6) Straddling (verb) — पैर फै लाकर बैठना
in the European Union” Meaning: sit or stand with one leg on either side
of.
2) Substantive (adjective) – ठोस Synonyms: sit/stand astride, bestride, bestraddle
Meaning: having a firm basis in reality and so Antonyms: side by side
important, meaningful, or considerable. Usage: “he turned the chair round and straddled
Synonyms: biggish, considerable, good, goodly it”
Antonyms: measly, minute, paltry, petty,
picayune, picayunish 7) Agitation (noun) — चचंता या र्बराहट की स्थितत
Usage: “there is no substantive evidence for the Meaning: a state of anxiety or nervous
efficacy of these drugs” excitement.
Synonyms: anxiety, perturbation, disquiet
3) Consensus (noun) — मतैतय Antonyms: calmness, relaxation
Meaning: a general agreement. Usage: “she was wringing her hands in agitation”
Synonyms: agreement, harmony, concord, like-
mindedness 8) Reprisals (noun) — प्रततशोध
Antonyms: disagreement, minority view Meaning: an act of retaliation.
Usage: “there is a growing consensus that the Synonyms: retaliation, counterattack,
current regime has failed” counterstroke
Antonyms: clemency, grace, leniency, lenity,
4) Impasse (noun) — गततरोध mercy
Meaning: a situation in which no progress is Usage: “three youths died in the reprisals which
possible, especially because of disagreement; a followed”
deadlock.
Synonyms: deadlock, dead end, stalemate 9) Endorsed (verb) – पृष्ठांककत करना
Antonyms: solution, boon Meaning: declare one’s public approval or
Usage: “the current political impasse” support of.
Synonyms: countersign, sign on the back
5) Centrestage (noun) — अहम ् थिान Antonyms: baffle, foil, frustrate, interfere,
Meaning: the centre of a stage. oppose, sabotage, thwart
Synonyms: catbird seat, limelight, spotlight, top Usage: “the report was endorsed by the college”
billing
Antonyms: back burner 10) Indefensible (adjective) — असमिवनीय
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Meaning: not justifiable by argument. 4) Duress (noun) — अवपीड़न

Synonyms: inexcusable, unjustifiable, Meaning: threats, violence, constraints, or other
unjustified, unpardonable action used to coerce someone into doing
Antonyms: justifiable, excusable, tenable something against their will or better judgement.
Usage: “this behaviour is morally indefensible” Synonyms: coercion, compulsion, force, pressure
Antonyms: free will
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Usage: “their confessions were extracted under
1) Unambiguously (adverb) – असंददग्ध तरीके से
duress”
Meaning: in a manner that is not open to more
than one interpretation. 5) Conciliatory (adjective) — ममलाप करनेवाला
Synonyms: apparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced,
Meaning: intended or likely to placate or pacify.
bright-line, broad, clear
Synonyms: propitiatory, placatory, appeasing,
Antonyms: incomprehensible, indecipherable,
pacifying, pacific
unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable
Antonyms: antagonistic
Usage: “she answered questions clearly and
Usage: “a conciliatory approach”
unambiguously”

6) Grapple (verb) — हािापाई करना

2) Proclaim (verb) – र्ोषणा करना
Meaning: engage in a close fight or struggle
Meaning: indicate clearly.
without weapons; wrestle.
Synonyms: demonstrate, indicate, show, signify,
Synonyms: wrestle, struggle, tussle
reveal
Antonyms: release, relinquishment
Antonyms: conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress,
Usage: “passers-by grappled with the man after
withhold
the knife attack”
Usage: “the government’s chief scientific adviser
proclaimed that the epidemic was under control”
7) Foresight (noun) — दरू दमशवता
Meaning: the ability to predict what will happen
3) Interlocutors (noun) — वातावकारों
or be needed in the future.
Meaning: a person who takes part in a dialogue or
Synonyms: forethought, anticipation, planning,
conversation.
forward planning
Synonyms: interrogator, interviewer
Antonyms: hindsight
Usage: The government led by Mr. Modi and his
Usage: “he had the foresight to check that his
key interlocutors on trade, including the new
escape route was clear”
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, have sent a
8) Appalling (adjective) — भय उत्पन्न करनेवाला
strong message
Meaning: causing shock or dismay; horrific.

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Synonyms: shocking, horrific, horrifying, Synonyms: arrange, work out, thrash out,
horrible hammer out
Antonyms: admirable, excellent Antonyms: botch, bungle, foozle, fumble, goof
Usage: “the cat suffered appalling injuries during (up), louse up, mess (up), mishandle, muff, scamp
the attack” Usage: “he negotiated a new contract with the
sellers”
9) Grave (noun) — कब्र
Meaning: a hole dug in the ground to receive a 3) Afflicting (verb) — पीड़ा देना
coffin or dead body, typically marked by a stone or Meaning: (of a problem or illness) cause pain or
mound. trouble to; affect adversely.
Synonyms: burying place, tomb, sepulchre, vault, Synonyms: trouble, bother, burden, distress,
burial chamber cause trouble to
Antonyms: carefree, cheerful Antonyms: comfort
Usage: “the coffin was lowered into the grave” Usage: “his younger child was afflicted with a skin
disease”
10) Seizure (noun) — िब्ती
Meaning: the action of capturing someone or 4) Reprisal (noun) — प्रततशोध
something using force. Meaning: an act of retaliation.
Synonyms: capture, occupation, takeover, Synonyms: counterattack, counterstroke,
overrunning comeback
Antonyms: restitution, liberation, release, Antonyms: clemency, grace, leniency, lenity,
ransoming mercy
Usage: “the seizure of the Assembly building” Usage: “three youths died in the reprisals which
followed”

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5) Constraints (noun) — एक सीमा या प्रततबंध
1) Reluctant (adjective) — अतनच्छु क
Meaning: a limitation or restriction.
Meaning: unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
Synonyms: restriction, limitation, curb, check
Synonyms: unwilling, disinclined, unenthusiastic
Antonyms: openness
Antonyms: willing, eager, ready
Usage: “time constraints make it impossible to do
Usage: “today, many ordinary people are still
everything”
reluctant to talk about politics”

6) Envisaged (verb) — पररकल्पना की गई

2) Negotiate (verb) — परिामण करना
Meaning: contemplate or conceive of as a
Meaning: obtain or bring about by discussion.
possibility or a desirable future event.
Synonyms: foresee, predict, forecast
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Usage: “the Rome Treaty envisaged free Meaning: lay siege to.
movement across frontiers” Synonyms: under siege, blockaded, surrounded,
encircled
7) Epicenter (noun) — उपररकें द्र Antonyms: emancipate, free, liberate, release,
Meaning: the point on the earth’s surface rescue
vertically above the focus of an earthquake. Usage: “he led a relief force to the aid of the
Synonyms: axis, base, capital, center, central, beleaguered city”
core
Usage: “the epicentre of labour militancy was the 2) Consortium (noun) — एक संथिा या संर्
capital itself” Meaning: an association, typically of several
companies.
8) Cognizable (verb) — संज्ञेय Synonyms: association, board, brotherhood,
Meaning: capable of being judicially heard and chamber
determined Antonyms: disunion, separation
Synonyms: perceptible; clearly identifiable. Usage: “the amount awarded for loss of
Antonyms: unknowable, transcendent consortium must be included”
Usage: “a cognizable claim”
3) Ironically (adverb) — ववडम्बना से
9) Grievous (adjective) – बहुत गंभीर या कठोर Meaning: in an ironic manner.
Meaning: (of something bad) very severe or Synonyms: ironical, paradoxical, contradictory,
serious. incongruous, satiric
Synonyms: serious, severe, grave, bad, critical Antonyms: logic
Antonyms: slight, trivial, good Usage: “ironically, the rescue craft which saved
Usage: “his death was a grievous blow” her was the boat she was helping to pay for”

10) Adverse (adjective) — ववपरीत 4) Protracted (adjective) — दीर्वकामलक

Meaning: preventing success or development; Meaning: lasting for a long time or longer than
harmful; unfavourable. expected or usual.
Synonyms: unfavourable, disadvantageous Synonyms: prolonged, extended, stretched out
Antonyms: favourable, beneficial, positive, Antonyms: curtail, shorten
friendly Usage: “a protracted and bitter dispute”
Usage: “taxes are having an adverse effect on
production” 5) Contemporary (adjective) — समकालीन
Meaning: belonging to or occurring in the
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present.
1) Beleaguered (verb) — धेर ा डालना

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Synonyms: modern, present-day, present,

current 10) Invaded (verb) – पर आिमण करना
Antonyms: old-fashioned, out of date Meaning: (of an armed force) enter (a country or
Usage: “the tension and complexities of our region) so as to subjugate or occupy it.
contemporary society” Synonyms: occupy, conquer, capture, seize
Antonyms: withdraw from
6) Implosion (noun) — ववथफोट Usage: “during the Second World War the island
Meaning: an instance of something collapsing was invaded by the Axis powers”
violently inwards.
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caused by gravity” 1) Hinge (noun) — काि
Meaning: a movable joint or mechanism on which
7) Outskirts (noun) — शहर के बाहरी दहथसे
a door, gate, or lid swings as it opens and closes or
Meaning: the outer parts of a town or city. which connects linked objects.
Synonyms: outlying districts, edges, fringes, Synonyms: depend, hang, ride, turn
suburbs, suburbia Antonyms: halt, crepitate, jar, grate
Antonyms: center, inside Usage: “the ironing board was set into the wall
Usage: “he built a new factory on the outskirts of and hinged at the bottom”
Birmingham”
2) Stance (noun) — आसन
8) Swathes (noun) — कटी हुई र्ास
Meaning: the way in which someone stands,
Meaning: a row or line of grass, corn, or other especially when deliberately adopted (as in cricket,
crop as it falls or lies when mown or reaped. golf, and other sports); a person’s posture.
Synonyms: wrap, envelop, bind, swaddle, Synonyms: posture, body position, pose, attitude
bandage Antonyms: unsteadiness
Usage: “if the day is windy, the swathes should be Usage: “she altered her stance, resting all her
high and narrow” weight on one leg”

9) Regime (noun) — शासन 3) Hinted (verb) — संकेत ददया

Meaning: a government, especially an Meaning: suggest or indicate something
authoritarian one. indirectly or covertly.
Synonyms: government, authorities, system of Synonyms: imply, insinuate, intimate, suggest
government Antonyms: answer, solution
Antonyms: chaos Usage: “the Minister hinted at a possible change
Usage: “ideological opponents of the regime” of heart”
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Synonyms: restrain, hold back, keep back, hold

4) Unconventional (adjective) — अपरंपरागत in, repress
Meaning: not based on or conforming to what is Antonyms: release
generally done or believed. Usage: “she promised she would curb her temper”
Synonyms: unusual, irregular, unorthodox,
unfamiliar 9) Impediments (noun) — बाधें
Antonyms: conventional, orthodox Meaning: a hindrance or obstruction in doing
Usage: “his unconventional approach to life” something.
Synonyms: hindrance, obstruction, obstacle
5) Aggressively (adjective) — उग्रता के साि Antonyms: Benefit
Meaning: ready or likely to attack or confront; Usage: “a serious impediment to scientific
characterized by or resulting from aggression. progress”
Synonyms: hostile, belligerent, bellicose,
antagonistic 10) Feasibility (noun) — व्यवहायवता
Antonyms: submissive, diffident Meaning: the state or degree of being easily or
Usage: “he’s very uncooperative and aggressive” conveniently done.
Synonyms: practicability, practicality,
6) Synchronizing (verb) – के साि-साि होना workability, workableness
Meaning: cause to occur or operate at the same Antonyms: impracticability
time or rate. Usage: “the feasibility of screening athletes for
Synonyms: accompany, attend, co-occur, coexist, cardiac disease”
coincide, concur
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Usage: “soldiers used watches to synchronize
1) Redouble (verb) — अचधक करना
movements”
Meaning: make or become much greater, more
intense, or more numerous.
7) Stint (verb) — बााँधना
Synonyms: accentuate, amp (up), amplify, beef
Meaning: supply a very ungenerous or inadequate
(up), boost, consolidate
amount of (something).
Antonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen, let up
Synonyms: spell, stretch, period, time, turn
(on), reduce, subdue, tone (down), weaken
Antonyms: cloy, content, fill, glut, sate, satiate,
Usage: “we will redouble our efforts to reform
satisfy, suffice, surfeit
agricultural policy”
Usage: “stowage room hasn’t been stinted”

2) Expectancy (noun) – प्रत्याशा या अपेक्षा

8) Curbing (verb) – रोकना या तनयंत्रण करना
Meaning: the state of thinking or hoping that
Meaning: restrain or keep in check.
something, especially something good, will happen.

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Synonyms: anticipation, expectation, eagerness, Meaning: think, speak, or write at length about (a
hope, hopefulness particular subject, especially one that is a source of
Antonyms: disbelief unhappiness, anxiety, or dissatisfaction).
Usage: “they waited with an air of expectancy” Synonyms: linger over, mull over, muse on,
brood about, brood over
3) Remunerative (adjective) — पाररश्रममक-संबंधी Antonyms: bail, bail out, bug out, buzz (off), clear
Meaning: financially rewarding; lucrative. off
Synonyms: financially rewarding, financially Usage: “I’ve got better things to do than dwell on
worthwhile, moneymaking the past”
Antonyms: disadvantageous, unfavorable
Usage: “highly remunerative activities” 8) Ambiguity (noun) — संददग्धता
Meaning: the quality of being open to more than
4) Rupture (verb) — टूटना one interpretation; inexactness.
Meaning: (especially of a pipe or container, or Synonyms: ambivalence, equivocation
bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break Antonyms: unambiguousness, transparency
or burst suddenly. Usage: “we can detect no ambiguity in this section
Synonyms: sever, break, cut off, break off of the Act”
Antonyms: agreement
Usage: “if the main artery ruptures he could die” 9) Fervor (noun) – िोश
Meaning: intense and passionate feeling.
5) Harnessing (verb) — तनयंत्रत्रत करना Synonyms: passion, ardour, intensity, zeal,
Meaning: control and make use of (natural vehemence
resources), especially to produce energy. Antonyms: apathy
Synonyms: hitch up, put something in harness Usage: “he talked with all the fervour of a new
Antonyms: ignore, neglect convert”
Usage: “attempts to harness solar energy”
10) Impervious (adjective) — अप्रवेश् य
6) Emphasize (verb) — महत्त्व देना Meaning: not allowing fluid to pass through.
Meaning: give special importance or value to Synonyms: impermeable, impenetrable,
(something) in speaking or writing. impregnable, waterproof
Synonyms: bring/call/draw attention to, focus Antonyms: permeable
attention on, highlight Usage: “an impervious layer of basaltic clay
Usage: “they emphasize the need for daily, one-to-
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one contact between parent and child”
1) Restraint (noun) — संयम

7) Dwelt (verb) — बसना

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Meaning: unemotional, dispassionate, or Synonyms: verge, edge, threshold, point

moderate behaviour; self-control. Antonyms: middle
Synonyms: self-control, self-restraint, self- Usage: “the country was on the brink of a
discipline constitutional crisis”
Antonyms: abandon, forwardness,
outspokenness 6) Enrichment (noun) — समृद्ध
Usage: “he urged the protestors to exercise Meaning: the action of improving or enhancing
restraint” the quality or value of something.
Synonyms: ameliorate, amend, better, enhance,
2) Escalating (adjective) – वृद्चध होना help, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine, upgrade
Meaning: increasing rapidly. Usage: “enrichment of the soil for more plant
Synonyms: increase rapidly, soar, rocket, shoot growth”
up
Antonyms: shrink 7) Stranglehold (noun) — गला र्ोंटना
Usage: “the escalating cost of healthcare” Meaning: a grip around the neck of another
person that can kill by asphyxiation if held for long
3) Vibrant (adjective) — ऊिाव और िीवन से भरपूर enough.
Meaning: full of energy and life. Synonyms: throttlehold powerfulness power
Synonyms: full of life, full of spirit, high-spirited, chokehold
energetic, sprightly Antonyms: powerlessness powerless
Antonyms: spiritless, listless, dull unpersuasiveness uninterestingness unable
Usage: “a vibrant cosmopolitan city” Usage: “in France, supermarkets have less of a
stranglehold on food supplies”
4) Tactic (noun) — यस्ु तत
Meaning: an action or strategy carefully planned 8) Recalibration (verb) — अलग ढंग से िांचना
to achieve a specific end. Meaning: calibrate (something) again or
Synonyms: set of tactics, manoeuvre, course/line differently.
of action Synonyms: amend, fix, improve
Antonyms: inopportune, unseasonable, untimely Antonyms: corrupt, harm
Usage: “the minority attempted to control the Usage: “the sensors had to be recalibrated”
Council by a delaying tactic”
9) Strait (noun) — िलसंयोगी
5) Brink (noun) — कगार Meaning: a narrow passage of water connecting
Meaning: a point at which something, typically two seas or two other large areas of water.
something unwelcome, is about to happen; the Synonyms: narrows, inlet, stretch of water
verge. Antonyms: crooked, askew
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Usage: “the economy is in dire straits” Usage: “employers sometimes make erroneous
assumptions”
10) Provocations (noun) – उकसावा
Meaning: action or speech that makes someone 4) Xenophobic (adjective) — नथलवादी
angry, especially deliberately. Meaning: having or showing a dislike of or
Synonyms: goading, prodding, egging on, prejudice against people from other countries.
incitement Synonyms: racist, racialist, ethnocentric,
Antonyms: subduing ethnocentrist
Usage: “you should remain calm and not respond Antonyms: xenomaniac
to provocation” Usage: “xenophobic attitudes”

5) Contentious (adjective) — वववादाथपद

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Meaning: causing or likely to cause an argument;
1) Whittled (verb) — छांटे िाना
controversial.
Meaning: carve (wood) into an object by
Synonyms: controversial, disputable, debatable
repeatedly cutting small slices from it.
Antonyms: uncontroversial
Synonyms: pare, shave, peel, cut, hew, trim,
Usage: “the socio-economic plan had been the
carve
subject of contentious debate”
Antonyms: increase, augment
Usage: “he was sitting at the tent door, whittling a
6) Stipulates (verb) – अनुबंध करना
piece of wood with a knife”
Meaning: demand or specify (a requirement),

2) Flamboyant (adjective) — तेितरावर typically as part of an agreement.

Synonyms: set down, set out, lay down, set forth,
Meaning: (of a person or their behaviour) tending
state clearly
to attract attention because of their exuberance,
Usage: “he stipulated certain conditions before
confidence, and stylishness.
their marriage”
Synonyms: ostentatious, exuberant, confident,
lively, buoyant
7) Suspicion (noun) — संदेह
Antonyms: modest, restrained
Meaning: a feeling or thought that something is
Usage: “the band’s flamboyant lead singer”
possible, likely, or true.
Synonyms: intuition, feeling, impression, inkling,
3) Erroneously (adjective) — ग़लती से
surmise
Meaning: wrong; incorrect.
Antonyms: certainty
Synonyms: wrong, incorrect, mistaken, in error,
Usage: “she had a sneaking suspicion that he was
inaccurate
laughing at her”
Antonyms: right, correct

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8) Castigated (verb) – फटकारना

Meaning: reprimand (someone) severely. 3) Desalination (noun) — अलवणीकरण
Synonyms: reprimand, rebuke, admonish Meaning: the process of removing salt from
Antonyms: praise, commend seawater.
Usage: “he was castigated for not setting a good Synonyms: desalinise desalinize desalt change
example” Antonyms: salinate stay magnetize cool
decontaminate
9) Accrual (noun) — प्रोद्भवन Usage: “the newly constructed plant for the
Meaning: the accumulation or increase of desalination of seawater remains inoperative”
something over time, especially payments or
benefits. 4) Elicited (verb) — प्रकाश में लाना
Synonyms: accretion, addendum, Meaning: evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer,
Antonyms: deduction, subtraction or fact) from someone.
Usage: “all debts must be frozen with no further Synonyms: obtain, bring out, draw out, extract,
accrual of interest” evoke, bring about
Antonyms: disregard, forget, ignore, miss,
10) Vibrant (adjective) — ऊिाव और िीवन से neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over
भरपूर । Usage: “I tried to elicit a smile from Joanna”
Meaning: full of energy and life.
Synonyms: full of life, full of spirit, high-spirited 5) Augment (verb) — ब़िाना
Antonyms: spiritless, listless, dull Meaning: make (something) greater by adding to
Usage: “a vibrant cosmopolitan city” it; increase.
• Synonyms: make larger, make bigger, make
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1) Drought (noun) — अनावृस्ष्ट Antonyms: decrease
Meaning: a prolonged period of abnormally low Usage: “he augmented his summer income by
rainfall, leading to a shortage of water. painting houses”
Synonyms: dry spell, dry period, lack of rain
Antonyms: bountifulness, copiousness 6) Bottlenecks (noun) — बाधाओं
Usage: “the cause of Europe’s recent droughts” Meaning: a narrow section of road or a junction
that impedes traffic flow.
2) Torrid (adjective) — बहुत गमव और शुष्क Synonyms: traffic jam, jam, congestion
Meaning: very hot and dry. Usage: “the bottleneck on Talbot Road”
Synonyms: hot, sweltering, sultry, scorching
Antonyms: cold, cool, wet 7) Sordid (adjective) — तर्नौना
Usage: “the torrid heat of the afternoon”
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Meaning: involving immoral or dishonourable Synonyms: implicit, understood, implied,

actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and inferred
contempt. Antonyms: explicit, stated
Synonyms: sleazy, seedy, seamy, unsavoury, Usage: “your silence may be taken to mean tacit
shoddy agreement”
Antonyms: high-minded, respectable
Usage: “the story paints a sordid picture of bribes
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and scams”
1) Disparities (noun) — असमानताओं
Meaning: a great difference.
8) Lynching (verb) — त्रबना मुक दमे मार डालना
Synonyms: discrepancy, inconsistency,
Meaning: (of a group of people) kill (someone) for
imbalance
an alleged offence without a legal trial, especially
Antonyms: parity, similarity
by hanging.
Usage: “economic disparities between different
Synonyms: hang, hang by the neck
regions of the country”
Antonyms: bear
Usage: “her father had been lynched for a crime
2) Stark (adjective) — तनरा
he didn’t commit”
Meaning: severe or bare in appearance or outline.
Synonyms: sharply delineated, sharp, sharply
9) Vigilante (noun) — शांतत या सुर क्षा व्यवथिापक
defined
सममतत का सदथय
Antonyms: fuzzy, indistinct, pleasant
Meaning: a member of a self-appointed group of
Usage: “the ridge formed a stark silhouette
citizens who undertake law enforcement in their
against the sky”
community without legal authority, typically
because the legal agencies are thought to be 3) Neonatal (noun) — नविात बच्चों से संबंचधत
inadequate.
Meaning: relating to newborn children (or other
Synonyms: avenger, castigator, chastiser,
mammals).
nemesis, punisher, scourge
Synonyms: babe, baby, bambino, child, infant,
Antonyms: ransomed, redeemer, vindicator
newborn
Usage: the danger of these self-appointed
Antonyms: adult, grown-up
vigilantes is that they sometimes go after innocent
Usage: “special attention is given to mortality in
people
the neonatal period”

10) Tacit (adjective) — मतलब रखा हुआ

4) Assessed (verb) — आकलन ककया हुआ
Meaning: understood or implied without being
Meaning: evaluate or estimate the nature, ability,
stated.
or quality of.

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Synonyms: repeat, say again, restate, retell

Synonyms: evaluate, judge, gauge, rate, estimate, Antonyms: cancel
appraise, form an opinion of Usage: “she reiterated that the government would
Antonyms: abate, diminish, lessen remain steadfast in its support”
Usage: “the committee must assess the relative
importance of the issues” 10) Consensus (noun) — मतैतय
Meaning: a general agreement.
5) sober (adjective) – शांत Synonyms: agreement, harmony, concord, like-
Meaning: serious, sensible, and solemn. mindedness
Synonyms: serious, sensible, solemn, thoughtful Antonyms: disagreement, minority view
Antonyms: light-hearted, frivolous Usage: “there is a growing consensus that the
Usage: “a sober view of life” current regime has failed”

6) Laggards (noun) — तनथतेि

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Meaning: a person who makes slow progress and
1) Substantially (adverb)
falls behind others.
Meaning: to a great or significant extent.
Synonyms: loiterer, lingerer, dawdler, sluggard
Synonyms: considerably, significantly, greatly, a
Usage: “staff were under enormous pressure and
great deal
there was no time for laggards”
Antonyms: slightly
Usage: “profits grew substantially”
7) Resounding (adjective) – शानदार
Meaning: unmistakable; emphatic.
2) Bedeviling (verb)
Synonyms: enormous, huge, massive
Meaning: (of a person) torment or harass.
Antonyms: faint
Synonyms: afflict, torment, beset, assail
Usage: “a resounding smack across the face”
Antonyms: Precede
Usage: “he bedevilled them with petty practical
8) truncated (verb) — छोटा कर ददया
jokes”
Meaning: shorten (something) by cutting off the
top or the end.
3) Emphatic (adjective)
Synonyms: shorten, cut, cut short
Meaning: expressing something forcibly and
Antonyms: lengthen, extend
clearly.
Usage: “a truncated cone shape”
Synonyms: vehement, firm, wholehearted,
forceful, forcible
9) Reiterated (verb) — बार बार दुहराना
Antonyms: hesitant, tentative
Meaning: say something again or a number of Usage: “the children were emphatic that they
times, typically for emphasis or clarity.
would like to repeat the experience”
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Antonyms: buttery, smooth, velvety

4) Envisage (verb) Usage: “a granular database”
Meaning: contemplate or conceive of as a
possibility or a desirable future event. 9) Unanimous (adjective)
Synonyms: foresee, predict, forecast Meaning: (of an opinion, decision, or vote) held
Antonyms: disregard or carried by everyone involved.
Usage: “the Rome Treaty envisaged free Synonyms: uniform, consistent, solid, united
movement across frontiers” Antonyms: divided, at odds
Usage: “this requires the unanimous approval of
5) Ubiquitous (adjective) all member states”
Meaning: present, appearing, or found
everywhere. 10) Hurdle (noun)
Synonyms: omnipresent, ever-present Meaning: a problem or difficulty that must be
Antonyms: rare, scarce overcome.
Usage: “his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the Synonyms: obstacle, difficulty, problem, barrier
family” Antonyms: advantage, break, edge
Usage: “many would like to emigrate to the United
6) Plethora (noun) States, but face formidable hurdles”
Meaning: a large or excessive amount of
something.
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Synonyms: excess, abundance, overabundance
1) Xenophobic (adjective)
Usage: “a plethora of committees and
Meaning: having or showing a dislike of or
subcommittees”
prejudice against people from other countries.
Synonyms: racist, racialist, ethnocentric
7) Expedite (verb)
Antonyms: xenomaniac
Meaning: make (an action or process) happen
Usage: “xenophobic attitudes”
sooner or be accomplished more quickly.
Synonyms: speed up, accelerate, hurry, hasten
2) Indicative (adjective)
Antonyms: delay, hinder
Meaning: serving as a sign or indication of
Usage: “he promised to expedite economic
something.
reforms”
Synonyms: symptomatic, expressive, suggestive
Antonyms: concealing
8) Granular (adjective)
Usage: “having recurrent dreams is not
Meaning: resembling or consisting of small grains
necessarily indicative of any psychological
or particles.
problem”
Synonyms: powder, powdered, powdery
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3) Gripped (verb) Synonyms: great, very great, considerable

Meaning: (of an emotion or situation) have a Antonyms: fall short of
strong or adverse effect on. Usage: “she spoke warmly of his exceeding
Synonyms: afflict, affect, take over kindness”
Antonyms: release
Usage: “his knuckles were white as he gripped the 8) Befuddling (verb)
steering wheel” Meaning: cause to become unable to think clearly.
Synonyms: confused, muddled, addled,
4) Indefensible (adjective) bewildered
Meaning: not justifiable by argument. Antonyms: clear
Synonyms: inexcusable, unjustifiable Usage: “even in my befuddled state I could see
Antonyms: justifiable, excusable that they meant trouble”
Usage: “this behaviour is morally indefensible”
9) Adequate (adjective)
5) Litigating (verb) Meaning: satisfactory or acceptable in quality or
Meaning: resort to legal action to settle a matter; quantity
be involved in a lawsuit. Synonyms: sufficient, enough, ample
Synonyms: expedite action process challenge sue Antonyms: less
Antonyms: sink source activation stabilisation Usage: “this office is perfectly adequate for my
stabilization needs”
Usage: “the plaintiff is prepared to litigate”
10) Mere (adjective)
6) Strident (adjective) Meaning: used to emphasize how small or
Meaning: (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating. insignificant someone or something is.
Synonyms: harsh, raucous, rough, grating Synonyms: trifling, meagre, bare, trivial
Usage: “his voice had become increasingly Usage: “questions that cannot be answered by
strident” mere mortals”

7) Exceeding (adjective)
Meaning: very great.

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