The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 30-05-2022

1. AMELIORATE (VERB): (सुधरना): improve

Synonyms: better, enhance

Antonyms: worsen

Example Sentence:

The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.

2. UNTENABLE (ADJECTIVE): (असमर्थनीय): indefensible

Synonyms: undefendable, unarguable

Antonyms: tenable

Example Sentence:

This argument which he gave in his defense was clearly untenable.

3. AUGMENT (VERB): (बढ़ाना): increase

Synonyms: add to, supplement

Antonyms: decrease

Example Sentence:

He augmented his summer income by painting houses.

4. PRECARIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अनिश्चित): uncertain

Synonyms: insecure unreliable

Antonyms: safe

Example Sentence:

He has made a precarious living as a painter.

5. SOPHISTICATED (ADJECTIVE): (उन्नत): advanced

Synonyms: trailblazing, revolutionary

Antonyms: crude

Example Sentence:

The institute provides highly sophisticated computer systems.

6. BLUNT (VERB): (शिथिल करना): dull

Synonyms: deaden, dampen

Antonyms: intensify

Example Sentence:

Their determination had completely been blunted.

7. ALLEVIATE (VERB): (कम करना): reduce

Synonyms: ease, relieve

Antonyms: aggravate

Example Sentence:

He was able to only alleviate her pain.

8. DISENGAGE (VERB): (छुड़ाना): remove

Synonyms: detach, disentangle

Antonyms: attach

Example Sentence:

I disengaged his hand from mine.

9. COHERE (VERB): (एकीकृत करना): stick

Synonyms: together hold, together bind

Antonyms: fall apart

Example Sentence:

He made the series of fictions cohere into a convincing sequence.

10. ENTRENCHED (ADJECTIVE): (आरोपित हुआ): ingrained

Synonyms: established, well established

Antonyms: superficial

Example Sentence:

I have an entrenched resistance to change.

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