The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 20-03-2023

1. BLIGHT (NOUN): (यातना): affliction

Synonyms: scourge, bane

Antonyms: blessing

Example Sentence:

The vacant properties are a blight on the neighbourhood.

2. ASSERTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (मुखर): confident

Synonyms: forceful, self-confident

Antonyms: retiring

Example Sentence:

The job may call for assertive behavior.

3. UNACCEPTABLE (ADJECTIVE): (अस्वीकार्य): intolerable

Synonyms: insufferable, unsatisfactory

Antonyms: acceptable

Example Sentence:

His behaviour was unacceptable.

4.THRIVE (VERB): (फलना-फूलना): flourish

Synonyms: prosper burgeon

Antonyms: increase

Example Sentence:

Education groups tend to thrive on organization.

5. VACANT (ADJECTIVE): (भावशून्य): blank

Synonyms: expressionless, deadpan

Antonyms: expressive

Example Sentence:

I came across a vacant stare.

6-Spillover(Noun) : छलकन: A quantity of something overflow

Synonyms: Deluge , Plethora

Antonyms: Insufficiency , Necessity

Example Sentence: She felt her own tears spill over at the depth of his pain.

7-Pertinent(ADJECTIVE) : संगत: Relevant to something

Synonyms: Connected , Apposite

Antonyms: Improper , Unfitting

Example Sentence: He asked me a lot of very pertinent questions .

8-Threshold(Noun): चौखट: A limit at which an arrangement changes

Synonyms: Commencement , Baseline

Antonyms: Conclusion , Closure

Example Sentence: You know when you cross that threshold, there's no going back.

9-Upend(Verb) : समाप्त कर देना: Turn something upside down

Synonyms: Flipped , Overturned

Antonyms: Give up , Collapse

Example Sentence: I upended the bucket to use as a stool.

10-Buoyed (Verb): प्रसन्‍न रखना: To sustain or encourage

Synonyms: Blissful , Elated

Antonyms: Dejected , Melancholy

Example Sentence: Celina greeted her with an approving smile that buoyed her.

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