The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 15-09-2022

1. RESOLVE (NOUN): (दृढ़ निश्चय): determination

Synonyms: resolution, purpose

Antonyms: indecision

Example Sentence:

She received information which had strengthened her resolve.

2. PROTRACT (VERB): (बढ़ाना): prolong

Synonyms: extend, draw out

Antonyms: curtail

Example Sentence:

He had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process.

3. CAPACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (लंबा-चौड़ा): roomy

Synonyms: commodious, spacious

Antonyms: cramped

Example Sentence:

She looked for a hairpin in her capacious handbag.

4. POST (PREPOSITION): (के उपरांत): subsequent to

Synonyms: after

Antonyms: before

Example Sentence:

American poetry post the 1950s hasn't had the same impact.

5. IDENTICAL (ADJECTIVE): (समान): one and the same

Synonyms: aforementioned, aforesaid

Antonyms: different

Example Sentence:

She stole from the identical station at which she had been arrested before.

6. EXPEDITIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (शीघ्र): speedy

Synonyms: swift, quick

Antonyms: slow

Example Sentence:

The investigation was supposed to be expeditious.

7. PROMPT (VERB): (प्रेरित करना): induce

Synonyms: make, move

Antonyms: discourage

Example Sentence:

Curiosity prompted him to look inside.

8. REAP (NOUN): (प्राप्त करना): receive

Synonyms: obtain, get

Antonyms: lose

Example Sentence:

The company is reaping the benefits.

9. RATIFY (VERB): (पुष्टि करना): confirm

Synonyms: approve, sanction

Antonyms: reject

Example Sentence:

Both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year.

10. NATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (जन्मजात): innate

Synonyms: inherent, inborn

Antonyms: acquired

Example Sentence:

She has some last vestige of native wit.

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