The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 13-01-2020

1. HOBNOB (VERB):(मित्रता करना ) mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status.

Synonyms: socialize, associate with 

Antonyms: live alone, disassociate 

Example Sentence: 

Now a days he is hobnobbing with avant-garde musicians. 

2. STASH (NOUN): (छिपाने की जगह ) store (something) safely in a hidden or secret place. 

Synonyms: cache, inventory 

Antonyms: debt, lack 

Example Sentence: 

He got down to brass tacks in keeping the stash fulfilled. 

3. ENTWINE (VERB): (गुथना) wind or twist together; interweave. 

Synonyms: coil, entangle 

Antonyms: unwind, untwist 

Example Sentence: 

The twins lay entwined in each other's arms. 

4. REVELRY (NOUN): (मद्यपान का उत्सव) merrymaking, lively and noisy festivities, 

Synonyms: festivity, celebration 

Antonyms: mourning, sadness 

Example Sentence: 

I called the police when my neighbours refused to settle down and end their revelry. 

5. CLANNISH (ADJECTIVE): (खानदानी ) (of a group or their activities) tending to exclude others outside the group. 

Synonyms: selected, reserved 

Antonyms: welcoming, open 

Example Sentence: 

Celebrities believe in wearing clannish dresses. 

6. RHETORIC (NOUN): ( वक्रपतुता ) an art of effective speech 

Synonyms: hyperbole, oratory 

Antonyms: quiet, conciseness 

Example Sentence: 

Our Principal is rhetoric, and of late he has toned it down. 

7. DISCONCERTINGLY (ADVERB): (चिंताजनक ) shake up, confuse 

Synonyms: agitate, embarrass 

Antonyms: assist, soothe, encourage 

Example Sentence: 

He had a disconcerting habit of offering jobs to people he met at dinner parties. 

8. BELIE (VERB): (झुठलाना) fails to give a true impression of something, contradict 

Synonyms: contradict, negate 

Antonyms: approve, endorse 

Example Sentence: 

The quality of the music seems to belie the criticism. 

9. ORDAINED (VERB): (ठहराया) make someone a priest or minister 

Synonyms: appointed, determined, ordered 

Antonyms: elected, 

Example Sentence: 

Equal punishment was ordained for the two crimes. 

10. MAYHEM (NOUN): (हाथापाई) violent and extreme order 

Synonyms: chaos, disorder, havoc 

Antonyms: calm, peace, harmony 

Example Sentence: 

With 20 kids around, and only me to supervise, it was a complete mayhem.

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