The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 27-01-2020

1. OPPRESSION (NOUN): (उत्पीड़न) the state of being subject to oppressive treatment., misery;

Synonyms: despotism, maltreatment

Antonyms: kindness, affection

Example Sentence: 

Pakistan is nation that is known for its oppression.

2. DAWDLE (VERB): (समय नष्ट करना) waste time; be slow.

Synonyms: loiter, procrastinate

Antonyms: hasten, hurry

Example Sentence:

She warned her son to not to dawdle.

3. NOXIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (हानिकारक) harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant; deadly, injurious.

Synonyms: destructive, harmful

Antonyms: helpful, kind

Example Sentence:

This is a noxious chemical.

4. CONFISCATE (VERB): (ज़ब्त करना): take or seize (someone's property) with authority.

Synonyms: appropriate, impound 

Antonyms: free, release 

Example Sentence: 

They confiscated mobile phones propaganda material. 

5. YORE (NOUN): (बीता हुआ समय): time gone by

Synonyms: history, antiquity 

Antonyms: future, present

Example Sentence: 

In the days of yore, the Internet did not exist. 

6. INVINCIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (अजेय): too powerful to be defeated or overcome, indestructible; 

Synonyms: impregnable, invulnerable 

Antonyms: beatable, breakable 

Example Sentence: 

The team proved it was not invincible when it lost the last game of the season.

7. WHEEDLE (VERB): (खुशामद से मना लेना): flatter

Synonyms: cajole, coax 

Antonyms: disgust, bully

Example Sentence: 

To wheedle your boss is not a solution of every problem.

8. RAMBUNCTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (उधमी): loud, energetic

Synonyms: boisterous, noisy 

Antonyms: calm, quiet

Example Sentence:

It was a rambunctious party.

9. FANATICAL (ADJECTIVE): (कट्टर): narrow minded

Synonyms: orthodox, biased 

Antonyms: liberal, unprejudiced

Example Sentence: 

In old days most of the people had fanatical thinking.

10. EPIGRAM (NOUN): (चुटकुला): joke

Synonyms: witticism, quirk 

Antonyms: seriousness, sincerity

Example Sentence:

He is an expert in cracking epigrams.

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