The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 30-11-2021

1. INEVITABLY (ADVERB): (अनिवार्य रूप से): unavoidably

Synonyms: automatically, necessarily

Antonyms: avoidably

Example Sentence:

Inevitably some details are already out of date.

2.FRIVOLOUS (ADJECTIVE): (क्षुद्र): flippant

Synonyms: glib, waggish

Antonyms: serious

Example Sentence:

At bottom the man was frivolous, selfish and unstable.

3.CONTEMPT (NOUN): (अपमान): disrespect

Synonyms: disregard, slighting

Antonyms: respect

Example Sentence:

This action displays an arrogant contempt for the wishes of the majority.

4.DRENCH (VERB): (भिगाना): soak

Synonyms: saturate, wet through

Antonyms: dry

Example Sentence:

I fell in the stream and was drenched.

5.PROPRIETY (NOUN): (शिष्टाचार): decorum

Synonyms: respectability decency

Antonyms: impropriety

Example Sentence:

She always behaves with the utmost propriety.

6. FRAUGHT (ADJECTIVE): (बेचैन): anxious

Synonyms: worried, upset

Antonyms: calm

Example Sentence:

There was a fraught silence in the cabin.

7.COLLOQUIAL (ADJECTIVE): (बोल-चाल की शैली): informal

Synonyms: conversational, everyday

Antonyms: literary

Example Sentence:

His colloquial talents were indeed of the highest order.

8.BEWILDER (VERB): (भरमाना): baffle

Synonyms: mystify, bemuse

Antonyms: enlighten

Example Sentence:

She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood.

9.HAPLESS (ADJECTIVE): (अभागे): unfortunate

Synonyms: unlucky, luckless

Antonyms: lucky

Example Sentence:

I met the hapless victims of the disaster.

10.INHIBIT (VERB): (रोकना): impede

Synonyms: hinder hamper

Antonyms: assist

Example Sentence:

Too much cold inhibits plant growth.

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