The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams |19-02-2023

1-Conviction (Noun): दोषसिद्धि, प्रबल मत या आस्‍था: a formal declaration by the verdict or decision of a judge in a court of law that someone is guilty of a criminal offense; firmly held belief or opinion

Synonyms: judgement, sentence, assurance, belief

Antonyms: disbelief, distrust, skepticism

Example Sentence:She takes pride in stating her political convictions.

2. Penury (Noun): दरिद्रता: the state of being very poor; extreme poverty

Synonyms: misery, beggary, indigence, impoverishment

Antonyms: affluence, wealth, opulence, richness

Example Sentence: When Margot lost all her money gambling, her family was forced to live in penury.

3. Transcend (Noun / Verb): to go further, rise above, or be more important or better than something, especially a limit

Synonyms: surpass, exceed, top, excel, outshine, outstrip

Antonyms: fail, lose, surrender

Example Sentence: The athlete hoped the increased training would allow him to transcend Olympic records.

4. Incumbent (Adjective): necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility; currently holding office

Synonyms: required, compulsory, officeholder

Example Sentence: The incumbent president of the company is resigning from office so a younger person can take control of the business.

5. Iridescent (Adjective) : रंग-बिरंग: showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles.

Synonyms: shimmery, glittering, colorful

Example Sentence:Her latest fashion collection features shimmering iridescent materials.

6. Pestilent (Adjective) : बिनाशक : likely to cause or capable of causing death

Synonyms: lethal, deadly, harmful

Antonyms: salubrious, beneficial, salutary

Example Sentence:Smallpox is a pestilent disease.

7. Corpus (Noun) : संग्रह: a collection of written texts, especially the entire works of a particular author or a body of writing on a particular subject.

Synonyms: collection, compilation, body

Example Sentence: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is probably the most well-known work among the corpus of poems.

8. Adeptness (Adjective) : निपुणता: subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising,

or executing something

Synonyms: skillfulness, adroitness, proficiency

Antonyms: ineptitude, ineptness, artlessness

Example Sentence: His quick adeptness was a product of good design.

9. Cumber (Noun) : बोझ: obstruction, or burden

Synonyms: impediment, hindrance

Antonyms: help, assist, facilitate

Example Sentence: His heavy boots cumbered him in walking.

10. Chasten (Verb) : दंड देना: to inflict a penalty for a fault or crime

Synonyms: punish, fine, penalize

Antonyms: spare, excuse, pardon

Example Sentence: When I was a child, my parents would chasten me by taking all of my toys

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