The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 04-01-2020

1. OVERARCHING (ADJECTIVE): (व्यापक) comprehensive or all-embracing.

Synonyms: planetary, worldwide

Antonyms: component, individual

Example Sentence:

This is a single overarching principle.

2. IMPERIAL (ADJECTIVE): (शाही) relating to an empire.

Synonyms: royal, stately

Antonyms: common, probable

Example Sentence:

She belongs from the imperial family.

3. TROOPS (NOUN): (गतिरोध) soldiers or armed forces.

Synonyms: armed forces, combatants

Antonyms: individual, one

Example Sentence: UN peacekeeping troops are present in the rally.

4. PERIPHERY (NOUN): (उपनगर) the outer limits or edge of an area or object.

Synonyms: edge, margin

Antonyms: center, inside

Example Sentence:

New buildings on the periphery of the hospital site.

5. DETOUR (VERB): (चक्कर) to visit somewhere along the way.

Synonyms: deviation, divergence

Antonyms: agreement, normality

Example Sentence:
He had made a detour to a café.

6. SPUR (NOUN): (प्रेरणा) a projection from a mountain or mountain range.

Synonyms: activation, goose

Antonyms: block, deterrent

Example Sentence:

It's an easy walk up the spur that leads to the summit.

7. AMENITY (VERB): (सुविधाए) useful feature or facility of a building or place.

Synonyms: facility, convenience

Antonyms: damage, loss, injury

Example Sentence:
The property is situated in a convenient location, close to all local amenities.

8. MENIAL (NOUN): (सेवक) a person with a menial job.

Synonyms: unskilled, lowly, humble

Antonyms: high, moral, skilled

Example Sentence:

Because Jake never graduated from high school, he is only qualified to do menial jobs.

9. DEPICT (VERB): (चित्रित) portray in words; describe.
Synonyms: describe, detail, relate

Antonyms: hide, conceal

Example Sentence:

Youth is depicted as a time of vitality and good health.

10. DWELL (VERB): (ध्यान केन्द्रित करना) think, speak, or write at length about a particular subject especially anxiety.

Synonyms: reside, live, continue

Antonyms: move, advance, complete

Example Sentence:

I've got better things to do than dwell on the past.

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