The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 26-12-2021

1.CONVALESCE (VERB) (निरामय होना): recuperate

Synonyms: recover, improve

Antonyms: deteriorate

Example Sentence:

He spent eight months convalescing after the stroke.

2.SLAPDASH (ADJECTIVE): (असावधान): careless

Synonyms: slipshod, lackadaisical

Antonyms: careful

Example Sentence:

She has a very slapdash approach to keeping accounts.

3.HAPHAZARD (ADJECTIVE): (बेतरतीब): random

Synonyms: unplanned unsystematic

Antonyms: systematic

Example Sentence:

The music business works in a haphazard fashion.

4.CHARY (ADJECTIVE): (सावधान): wary

Synonyms: cautious, circumspect

Antonyms: heedless

Example Sentence:

She had been chary of telling the truth.

5.HALCYON (ADJECTIVE): (शांत): serene

Synonyms: calm, pleasant

Antonyms: stormy

Example Sentence:

The halcyon days of the mid 1980s, when profits were soaring.

6.GREGARIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (सुसामाजिक): social

Synonyms: sociable, companionable

Antonyms: unsociable

Example Sentence:

He was a popular and gregarious man.

7.ABHORRENT (ADJECTIVE): (घृणित): detestable

Synonyms: detested, hateful

Antonyms: admirable

Example Sentence:

Racism is abhorrent to us all.

8. DESPERATE (ADJECTIVE): (निराश): despairing

Synonyms: hopeless, anguished

Antonyms: cheerful

Example Sentence:

A desperate sadness engulfed his son.

9. RELUCTANT (ADJECTIVE): (अनिच्छुक): unwilling

Synonyms: disinclined, unenthusiastic

Antonyms: willing

Example Sentence:

He is always reluctant in doing anything.

10.DISCARD (VERB): (ठुकराना): throw away

Synonyms: throw out, get rid of

Antonyms: keep

Example Sentence:

I bundled up the clothes I had discarded.

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