The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 27-06-2022

1. PENURY (NOUN): (दरिद्रता): impoverishment

Synonyms: indigence, need

Antonyms: wealth

Example Sentence:

He could not face yet another year of penury.

2. DEFER (VERB): (योग्यता स्वीकार करना): yield

Synonyms: submit, give way

Antonyms: stand up to

Example Sentence:

He deferred to Teresa's superior knowledge.

3. PALATABLE (ADJECTIVE): (सुहावना): pleasant

Synonyms: acceptable, satisfactory

Antonyms: disagreeable

Example Sentence:

A device that made increased taxation more palatable.

4. MOURN (VERB): (शोक करना): deplore

Synonyms: bewail, bemoan

Antonyms: rejoice

Example Sentence:

Publishers mourned declining sales of hardback fiction.

5.HURL (VERB): (वेग से फेंकना): throw

Synonyms: toss, fling

Antonyms: catch

Example Sentence:

Rioters hurled a brick through the windscreen.

6.REBUT (VERB): (खंडन करना): refute

Synonyms: deny, disprove

Antonyms: confirm

Example Sentence:

He had to rebut charges of acting for the convenience of his political friends.

7.ADRIFT (ADJECTIVE): (डाँवाँडोल): drifting

Synonyms: unmoored, unanchored

Antonyms: moored

Example Sentence:

A cargo ship went adrift.

8.CONSUMMATE (ADJECTIVE): (उत्तम): perfect

Synonyms: exemplary, supreme

Antonyms: imperfect

Example Sentence:

She dressed with consummate elegance.

9.CITE (NOUN): (उद्धरण देना): quote

Synonyms: reproduce, mention

Antonyms: conceal

Example Sentence:

Authors who are highly regarded by their peers tend to be cited.

10. STIMULATE (VERB): (उकसाना): encourage

Synonyms: prompt, prod

Antonyms: discourage

Example Sentence:

The reader could not fail to be stimulated by the ideas presented.

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