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The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 23-02-19

Mahendra Guru
1. PROTRACTED (ADJECTIVE): long (दीर्घ) 

Synonyms: enduring, sustained 

Antonyms: nadir, bottom

Example Sentence: 

It was a protracted and bitter dispute. 

2. BOLSTER (VERB): aid (मदद करना) 

Synonyms: help, buoy 

Antonyms: discourage, hinder 

Example Sentence: 

Most of them were sitting on the floor which was strewn with cushions, bolsters, and rugs. 

3. PERPETUATE (VERB): keep going (स्थिर रखना)

Synonyms: sustain, maintain 

Antonyms: discontinue, cease

Example Sentence: 

The confusion was perpetuated through inadvertence. 

4. GAMBIT (NOUN): plan (चाल)

Synonyms: plot, trick 

Antonyms: honesty, frankness

Example Sentence:

Andrew’s resignation was a tactical gambit. 

5. PORTEND (VERB): predict (पूर्वाभास या पूर्वसूचना देना) 

Synonyms: presage, foretell 

Antonyms: calculate, measure

Example Sentence:

The eclipses portend some major events. 

6. CANDOR (NOUN): directness (स्पष्टवादिता) 

Synonyms: frankness, outspokenness 

Antonyms: artifice, guile

Example Sentence:

He is the man with refreshing candor. 

7. BLOVIATE (VERB): shout (चीखना)

Synonyms: bellow, cry 

Antonyms: be quiet, be silent

Example Sentence:

She bloviated out of frustration. 

8. POSIT (VERB): suppose (आधार तत्‍व मान लेना)

Synonyms: assume, consider 

Antonyms: ignore, neglect

Example Sentence: 

The plots are posited on a false premise about women's nature as inferior. 

9. TENUOUS (ADJECTIVE): weak (हल्का)

Synonyms: fragile, shaky 

Antonyms: heavy, strong

Example Sentence: 

There was a tenuous link between interest rates and investment. 

10. HITHERTO (ADVERB): already (पहले ही) 

Synonyms: formerly, long ago 

Antonyms: currently, presently 

Example Sentence: 

Hitherto part of French West Africa, Benin achieved independence in 1960.

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