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The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 24-05-19

Mahendra Guru
1. CORNUCOPIA (NOUN): Abundance: (प्रचुरता) 

Synonyms: bounty, fullness 

Antonyms: need, lack 

Example Sentence: 

I shall come from London Town with a cornucopia of presents. 

2. FRET (VERB): Feel uneasy: (चिड़चिड़ाना) 

Synonyms: be upset, be anxious 

Antonyms: please, delight 

Example Sentence: 

She was always fretting about something or the other. 

3. ETHEREAL (ADJECTIVE): Extremely delicate: (कोमल) 

Synonyms: light, sublime 

Antonyms: earthly, indelicate 

Example Sentence: 

In this ethereal realm are the currents that make possible wireless telegraphy. 

4. UNLETTERED (ADJECTIVE): Uneducated: (निरक्षर) 

Synonyms: ignorant, illiterate 

Antonyms: educated, literate 

Example Sentence: 

Such misconceptions have not been confined to the unlettered masses. 

5. SPRIGHTLY (ADJECTIVE): Lively: (प्रमुदित) 

Synonyms: agile, active 

Antonyms: spiritless, lethargic 

Example Sentence: 

The sprightly old woman walks two miles every day. 

6. SANCTIMONIOUS (ADJECTIVE): Self-righteous: (पाखंडी) 

Synonyms: insincere, hypocritical 

Antonyms: honest, sincere 

Example Sentence:

His sanctimonious expressions explained his intentions. 

7. REFUTE (VERB): Rebut: (खंडन करना) 

Synonyms: contradict, disprove 

Antonyms: support, concur 

Example Sentence: 

These claims have not been convincingly refuted. 

8. HOSTILITY (ADJECTIVE): (विरोधभाव): bitterness 

Synonyms: ill will, enmity 

Antonyms: good will, friendliness 

Example Sentence: 

The townspeople showed open hostility to outsiders. 

9. CONTRITE (ADJECTIVE): Chastened: (पछताया हुआ

Synonyms: repentant, sorrowful 

Antonyms: indifferent, unapologetic 

Example Sentence: 

He was so contrite that he wrote me a letter of apology. 

10. PRUNE (VERB): Pare down:(काटना/ छाँटना) 

Synonyms: trim, reduce 

Antonyms: include, increase 

Example Sentence: 

Economic hard times are forcing the companies to prune their budget.


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