The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 06-02-2021

1. BURGEON (VERB): (फैलाना): expand

Synonyms: shoot up, swell

Antonyms: shrink

Example Sentence:

The city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre.

2. EXPLICABLE (ADJECTIVE): (बोधगम्य): comprehensible

Synonyms: understandable, definable

Antonyms: inexplicable

Example Sentence:

Differences in schools were not explicable in terms of differences in intake.

3. PROTRACT (VERB): (लम्बा करना): prolong

Synonyms: extend, draw out

Antonyms: curtail

Example Sentence:

He had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process.

4. ABREAST (ADVERB): (के साथ): up with

Synonyms: up to date with, in touch with

Antonyms: out of touch with

Example Sentence:

In modern times, one has to keep abreast of developments.

5. RESTITUTION (NOUN): (वापसी): return

Synonyms: restoration, replacement

Antonyms: seizure

Example Sentence:

The ANC had demanded the restitution of land seized from black people.

6. VIABLE (ADJECTIVE): (करणीय): workable

Synonyms: feasible, practicable

Antonyms: impracticable

Example Sentence:

The investment was economically viable.

7. ANTIPATHY (NOUN): (विरोधभाव): hostility

Synonyms: antagonism, animosity

Antonyms: liking

Example Sentence:

He certainly had antipathy to capitalism.

8. LIBERAL (ADJECTIVE): (उदार): generous

Synonyms: magnanimous, open-handed

Antonyms: miserly

Example Sentence:

Sam was too liberal with the wine.

9. EMPATHY (NOUN): (समवेदना): affinity with

Synonyms: rapport with, togetherness

Antonyms: distance

Example Sentence:

She'd been incapable of empathy or remorse.

10. ACCEDE (VERB): (मान लेना): accept

Synonyms: endorse, go along with

Antonyms: refuse

Example Sentence:

He did not accede to his child’s demands.

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