The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 12-12-19

1. FURLOUGH (NOUN): leave of absence (थोड़े दिन की छुट्टी) 

Synonyms: leave, liberty 

Antonyms: callback, reemployment

Example Sentence: 

He was a civil servant home on furlough. 

2. VESTIGE (NOUN): sign (निशान) 

Synonyms: hint, indication 

Antonyms: information, knowledge 

Example Sentence: 

After the huge fire, only a vestige of the house remained visible among the ashes. 

3. ENTICEMENT (NOUN): bait (प्रलोभन)

Synonyms: inducement, attraction 

Antonyms: disgust, dissuasion

Example Sentence: 

They inclined to check the financial enticements. 

4. UNPRECEDENTED (ADJECTIVE): extraordinary (अभूतपूर्व)

Synonyms: uncommon, unusual 

Antonyms: usual, normal

Example Sentence: 

The Internet has erased distance and given people unprecedented access to each other.

5. POLEMICAL (ADJECTIVE): critical (विवादात्मक) 

Synonyms: virulent, hostile 

Antonyms: cordial, amiable

Example Sentence: 

A person with one blue eye and one green eye is said to have a genetic aberration.

6. QUIRK (NOUN): strange act (विचित्रता) 

Synonyms: knack, quibble 

Antonyms: conformity, normality 

Example Sentence: 

It was just another quirk by Mohit. 

7. NIGGARD (ADJECTIVE): ungenerous (कंजूस) 

Synonyms: penurious, miserly 

Antonyms: generous, kind 

Example Sentence: 

Siya is a niggard landlady. 

8. REPINE (VERB): complain (शिकायत करना) 

Synonyms: grumble, lament 

Antonyms: compliment, praise 

Example Sentence: 

Anjali repined against Abhineet. 

9. PERENNIAL (ADJECTIVE): enduring (बहुवर्षीय) 

Synonyms: continual, never-ending 

Antonyms: ceasing, ending 

Example Sentence: 

Because she is a perennial optimist, it’s unusual for anything to bring her down. 

10. TRYST (NOUN): meeting (गुप्त भेंट) 

Synonyms: appointment, rendezvous 

Antonyms: separation, division 

Example Sentence: 

They had dinner in a moonlight tryst.

Download PDF