The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 04-12-19

1. EXPEDIENT (ADJECTIVE): appropriate:(फ़ायदेमंद) 

Synonyms: feasible, practicable 

Antonyms: unfeasible, unseemly 

Example Sentence:

We gave them an expedient solution to their problems. 

2. CRUMBLING (ADJECTIVE): rotting:(कमज़ोर पड़ना) 

Synonyms: disintegrating, collapsing 

Antonyms: healing, restorative 

Example Sentence:

The crumbling building got destroyed in minutes. 

3. PROVOKING (ADJECTIVE): annoying:(गुस्सा भड़काने वाला) 

Synonyms: tormenting, vexing 

Antonyms: pleasing, soothing 

Example Sentence:

The provoking words of the boss made him resign. 

4. RENDERED (ADJECTIVE): performed:(प्रतिपादन करना) 

Synonyms: concluded, accomplished 

Antonyms: incomplete, unfinished 

Example Sentence:

They rendered a brilliant act of the play. 

5. BOLSTER (VERB): help:(सहारा) 

Synonyms: reinforce, sustain 

Antonyms: halt, neglect 

Example Sentence:

His actions bolstered our actions. 

6. GRAVELY (ADVERB): very much; desperately:(गंभीर भाव से) 

Synonyms: deeply, seriously 

Antonyms: lightly, calmly 

Example Sentence: 

She listened to her father gravely. 

7. DIAPHANOUS (ADJECTIVE): light, airy, transparent:(पारदर्शी) 

Synonyms: flimsy, clear 

Antonyms: opaque, thick 

Example Sentence: 

Sunlight poured in through the diaphanous curtains, brightening the room.

8. BLANDISHMENT (NOUN): flattery:(चापलूसी) 

Synonyms: adulation, cajolery 

Antonyms: criticism, condemnation 

Example Sentence: 

At first he used his arts of blandishment and honeyed words in order to lure his boss.

9. QUACKERY (NOUN): charlatanism:(नीमहकीमी) 

Synonyms: trickery, deception 

Antonyms: reality, frankness

Example Sentence: 

The meanest and most contemptible kind of cheating is quackery.

10. AVENGE (VERB): retaliate:(बदला लेना)

Synonyms: vindicate, punish 

Antonyms: cheer, forgive

Example Sentence: 

Hamlet delayed avenging the murder of his father.

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