The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 20-04-2022

1.OMINOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अमंगल): threatening

Synonyms: menacing, baleful

Antonyms: promising

Example Sentence:

There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.

2.IMPLICATION (NOUN): (निहितार्थ): suggestion

Synonyms: inference, insinuation

Antonyms: explicit statement

Example Sentence:

The implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible.

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.LATENT (ADJECTIVE): (निष्क्रिय): dormant

Synonyms: quiescent, inactive

Antonyms: manifest

Example Sentence:

They have a huge reserve of latent talent.

5.CANDOR (NOUN): (निष्कपटता): frankness

Synonyms: directness, fairness

Antonyms: dishonesty, unfairness

Example Sentence:

She has done her task with complete candor.

6.ACQUIT (VERB): (बरी करना): absolve

Synonyms: clear, exonerate

Antonyms: convict

Example Sentence:

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

7.RECURRENT (ADJECTIVE): (आवर्तक): repeated

Synonyms: recurring, repetitive

Antonyms: isolated

Example Sentence:

She had a recurrent dream about falling.

8.MODERATE (VERB): (घटना): abate

Synonyms: let up, lessen

Antonyms: get up

Example Sentence:

I shall not moderate my criticism.

9.DESCRIPTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (वर्णनात्मक): illustrative

Synonyms: expressive, pictorial

Antonyms: undescriptive

Example Sentence:

The text contains some good descriptive passages.

10.DEARTH (NOUN): (दुर्लभता): lack

Synonyms: scarcity, shortage

Antonyms: abundance

Example Sentence:

There was a dearth of evidence.

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