The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 29-03-2022

1.DISPERSE (VERB): (बिखेर देना): scatter

Synonyms: disseminate distribute

Antonyms: gather

Example Sentence:

Storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes.

2.OPAQUE (ADJECTIVE): (गैर-पारदर्शी): non-transparent

Synonyms: cloudy, filmy

Antonyms: transparent

Example Sentence:

All the bottles were filled with a pale opaque liquid.

3.CALAMITY (NOUN): (आपदा): disaster

Synonyms: catastrophe, tragedy

Antonyms: godsend

Example Sentence:

Emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity.

4.MENACE (VERB): (ख़तरे में डालना): threaten

Synonyms: jeopardize, imperil

Antonyms: friendly, auspicious

Example Sentence:

Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching.

5.TORMENT (NOUN): (व्यथा): agony

Synonyms: suffering, torture

Antonyms: pleasure

Example Sentence:

Their deaths have left both families in torment.

6.DETRIMENT (NOUN): (क्षति): harm

Synonyms: damage, injury

Antonyms: benefit, good

Example Sentence:

He sits up very late to the detriment of his health.

7.OBFUSCATE (VERB): (अस्पष्ट करना): obscure

Synonyms: confuse, blur

Antonyms: clarify

Example Sentence:

She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue.

8. FACTION (NOUN): (कलह): infighting

Synonyms: dissension, dissent

Antonyms: harmony

Example Sentence:

The council is increasingly split by faction.

9.UTTERLY (ADVERB): (पूर्णता से): completely

Synonyms: totally, absolutely

Antonyms: partly

Example Sentence:

He looked utterly ridiculous.

10.CLAMOUR (NOUN): (कोलाहल): din

Synonyms: racket, uproar

Antonyms: silence

Example Sentence:

The questions rose to a clamour.

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