The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 25-12-2020

1. ARTICULATE (VERB): (साफ़ साफ़ बोलना): express 

Synonyms: voice, give voice to 

Antonyms: bottle up 

Example Sentence: 

They were unable to articulate their emotions. 

2. INFANTILE (ADJECTIVE): (बचकाना): childish 

Synonyms: babyish, immature 

Antonyms: mature 

Example Sentence: 

Everyone is fed up of his infantile jokes. 

3. DEMARCATE (VERB): (हदबंदी करना): separate 

Synonyms: divide, delimit 

Antonyms: join 

Example Sentence: 

Art was being demarcated from the more objective science. 

4. IMPUGN (VERB): (बहस करना): challenge 

Synonyms: question, dispute 

Antonyms: support 

Example Sentence: 

The father does not impugn her capacity as a good mother. 

5. OSTENSIBLY (ADVERB): (जाहिरा तौर पर): apparently 

Synonyms: seemingly, on the face of it 

Antonyms: genuinely 

Example Sentence: 

The party secretary resigned, ostensibly from ill health. 

6. INFURIATE (VERB): (क्रुद्ध करना): enrage 

Synonyms: incense, anger 

Antonyms: please 

Example Sentence: 

I was infuriated by your article. 

7. DEFER (VERB): (झुक जाना): yield 

Synonyms: submit, give way 

Antonyms: stand up to 

Example Sentence: 

I deferred to his supreme efficiency. 

8. STRICTURE (NOUN): (परिसीमन): constraint 

Synonyms: restriction, limitation 

Antonyms: freedom 

Example Sentence: 

The strictures imposed by the British Board of Film Censors. 

9. DISBURSE (VERB): (चुकाना): pay out 

Synonyms: lay out, spend 

Antonyms: claim 

Example Sentence: 

$67 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed. 

10. ANIMOSITY (NOUN): (बैर): antipathy 

Synonyms: hostility, friction 

Antonyms: goodwill 

Example Sentence: 

He no longer felt any animosity towards her. 

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