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The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 17-07-19

Mahendra Guru
The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 17-07-19


1. LAGGARD (NOUN): (सुस्त): idler 

Synonyms: straggler, lingerer 

Antonyms: winner, hard worker 

Example Sentence: 

Ankit was always the laggard who finished in last place. 

2. ACQUIESCE (VERB): (मौन स्वीकृति देना): accede 

Synonyms: conform, comply 

Antonyms: deny, resist 

Example Sentence: 

I would rather acquiesce to my younger brother’s wish. 

3. FLACCID (ADJECTIVE): (शिथिल): nerveless 

Synonyms: enfeebled, debilitated 

Antonyms: taut, firm 

Example Sentence: 

The patient’s condition is appearing as flaccid as at first. 

4. ABORTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (निष्फल): vain 

Synonyms: useless, fruitless 

Antonyms: productive, progressive 

Example Sentence: 

She made an abortive attempt to climb the mountain. 

5. CLOUT (NOUN): (प्रभाव): influence 

Synonyms: power, dominance

Antonyms: powerlessness, incompetence

Example Sentence:

Ministers often use their clout to get what they want. 

6. DITHER (NOUN): (आंदोलन): agitation 

Synonyms: tizzy, panic

Antonyms: calm, peace

Example Sentence:

He is in such a dither that he don’t know what to do. 

7. ABASEMENT (NOUN): (अपमान): A low or downcast state

Synonyms: abjection, humiliation

Antonyms: praising, commendable

Example Sentence:

Every disaster brought my brother into an attitude of abasement. 

8. DELINEATE (VERB): (चित्रित करना): describe 

Synonyms: define, depict

Antonyms: distort, confuse

Example Sentence:

It is very difficult to delineate this chapter in few words 

9. BLEARY (ADJECTIVE): (अस्पष्ट): blurred

Synonyms: dim, dull

Antonyms: bright, clear

Example Sentence:

I don’t like the bleary atmosphere. 

10. DECIMATE (VERB): (बरबाद करना): annihilate 

Synonyms: exterminate, obliterate

Antonyms: create, build

Example Sentence:

The corrupt politicians decimated the whole new policy.


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