The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 26-10-2021

1. DEFALCATION (NOUN): (गबन): Default

Synonyms: Disaster, Failure

Antonyms: Accomplishment, Achievement

Example Sentence:

Ravi made defalcation in funds.

2. CANDOR (NOUN): (निष्कपटता): Frankness

Synonyms: Directness, Fairness

Antonyms: Dishonesty, Unfairness

Example Sentence:

She has done her task with complete candor.

3. CESSATION (NOUN): (ठहराव): Abeyance

Synonyms: Breather, Discontinuance

Antonyms: Activity, Continuity

Example Sentence:

Since the bad weather has caused a temporary building cessation, the office building will not be completed on time.

4. DEVIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (कपटी): Deceitful

Synonyms: Duplicitous, Insidious

Antonyms: Honest, Forthright

Example Sentence:

He plays a devious character.

5. BANKRUPT (ADJECTIVE): (दिवालिया): Insolvent

Synonyms: Bankrupted, Failed

Antonyms: Solvent

Example Sentence:

His father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home.

6. ACQUIT (VERB): (बरी करना): Absolve

Synonyms: Clear, Exonerate

Antonyms: Cnvict

Example Sentence:

One was brought to trial on a charge of affray and was acquitted.

7. OUST (VERB): (बाहर निकालना): Expel

Synonyms: Force out, Remove

Antonyms: Readmit

Example Sentence:

The reformists were ousted from power.

8. RIG (VERB): (वस्र पहनना): Dress

Synonyms: Equip, Furnish

Antonyms: Disrobe, Uncover

Example Sentence:

The children return from Box Hill, and are rigged out for church.

9. ENTANGLE (VERB): (उलझाना): Involve

Synonyms: Confuse, Complicate

Antonyms: Clarify, Exclude

Example Sentence:

Don’t entangle those people in your project as they are not trustworthy.

10. PREMEDITATED (ADJECTIVE): (पूर्वचिन्तित): Planned

Synonyms: Calculated, Deliberate

Antonyms: Accidental, Casual

Example Sentence:

Had it really been premeditated that he should fall into that camp?

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