1. IMPECUNIOUS
(ADJECTIVE): having little or no money:(निर्धन)
Synonyms: penniless,
penurious
Antonyms: wealthy,
affluent
Example
Sentence:
Back in the eighties he was an impecunious, would-be racing driver.
2. IMPERTURBABILITY (NOUN):
balance:(स्थिरता)
Synonyms: aplomb, coolness
Antonyms: agitation,
anxiety
Example Sentence:
His imperturbability always
had the effect of a goad upon his father’s temper.
3. MERETRICIOUS (ADJECTIVE):
gaudy, flashy:(बनावटी
शोभा युक्त)
Synonyms: garish, loud
Antonyms: genuine,
real
Example Sentence:
He believes in living a meretricious life.
4. AUGURY (NOUN): omen:(शकुन)
Synonyms: auspice, harbinger
Antonyms: short-sighted,
assurance
Example Sentence:
This incident of his
infancy was accepted as an augury of his maturity, and he did
not
belie it.
5. GLIB (ADJECTIVE): slick, smooth-talking:(चिकनी चुपड़ी बातें करने
वाला)
Synonyms: artful, facile
Antonyms: stuttering,
inarticulate
Example Sentence:
She advises women with
similar issues not to settle for glib explanations.
6. OSTRACISM (NOUN): banishment:(बहिष्कार)
Synonyms: avoidance, boycott
Antonyms: acceptance,
allowance
Example Sentence:
Only cruel teachers
can follow ostracism and ill-treat their children.
7. REPINE (VERB): complain:(शिकायत
करना)
Synonyms: grumble, lament
Antonyms: appreciate,
praise
Example Sentence:
She likes
to repine about her colleagues.
8. FEINT (NOUN): pretense:(भुलावा)
Synonyms: ruse, bluff
Antonyms: honesty,
truth
Example Sentence:
She pretended to be
making great efforts to cope up with the course but it was merely a feint.
9. INURE (VERB): accustom:(अभ्यस्त
करना)
Synonyms: familiarize, habituate
Antonyms: neglect,
soften
Example Sentence:
Poverty has inured
them living in slums.
10. RECONDITE (ADJECTIVE):
mysterious, obscure:(गूढ़)
Synonyms: arcane, cabalistic
Antonyms: simple,
straightforward
Example Sentence:
How else to explain
the popularity of a novel so free of plot, so obsessed with existential rumination
and recondite philosophy?
