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The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 28-01-19

Mahendra Guru
1. RECIPROCITY (NOUN): (पारस्परिकता) interchange 

Synonyms: mutuality, reciprocation 

Antonyms: separation, disagreement

Example Sentence: 

Without reciprocity, a relationship will eventually begin to feel one-sided.

2. DICTUM (NOUN): (घोषणा) affirmation 

Synonyms: assertion, declaration 

Antonyms: denial, request 

Example Sentence: 

She had a dictum for every mistake I made as a teenager. 

3. RATTLE (VERB): (घबड़ा देना) make someone worried 

Synonyms: upset someone, disturb 

Antonyms: comfort, soothe 

Example Sentence: 

She turned quickly, rattled by his presence". 

4. REINSTATE (VERB): (बहाल करना) restore 

Synonyms: rehabilitate, revive 

Antonyms: destroy, kill 

Example Sentence: 

The union threatened strike action if he was not reinstated. 

5. ALUMNUS (NOUN): (भूतपूर्व छात्र) educated/ ex-student 

Synonyms: old grad, alumna 

Antonyms: undergraduate, uneducated 

Example Sentence: 

He is an intelligent alumnus. 

6. UNCOUTH (ADJECTIVE): (बेढंगा) clumsy, uncultivated 

Synonyms: awkward, barbaric 

Antonyms: agile, couth 

Example Sentence: 

Manoj behaved in an uncouth manner. 

7. TRITE (ADJECTIVE): (घिसे-पिटे) hackneyed 

Synonyms: dull, cliche 

Antonyms: fresh, new 

Example Sentence: 

I don’t want to involve in the trite conversation they were having. 

8. MURKY (ADJECTIVE): (धुंधला) cloudy 

Synonyms: misty, foggy 

Antonyms: bright, clear 

Example Sentence: 

The fight was going on in the murky environment. 

9. PALLIATE (VERB): (शांत करना) abate 

Synonyms: allay, assuage 

Antonyms: increase, intensify 

Example Sentence: 

Perhaps a nap will palliate my headache. 

10. OBLIQUE (ADJECTIVE): (अप्रत्यक्ष) indirect 

Synonyms: backhanded, vague 

Antonyms: constituent, element 

Example Sentence: 

He issued an oblique attack on the President.

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