The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 17-03-2023

1. Pestilent (Adjective) : विनाशक: likely to cause or capable of causing death

Synonyms: lethal, deadly, harmful

Antonyms: salubrious, beneficial, salutary

Example Sentence: Smallpox is a pestilent disease.

2. Bugbear (Noun) : डरावना: something or someone that causes fear or dread, especially without reason; a particular thing that annoys or upsets you

Synonyms: dread, horror, terror

Example Sentence: The biggest bugbear of the skiing business is a winter with no snow.

3. Pang (Noun): पीडा : a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion.

Synonyms: pain, sting, discomfort

Antonyms: aid, assist, comfort

Example Sentence: The boy experienced a pang of sorrow when he learned his puppy had died.

4. Fulminate (Verb) : विस्फोट : an expression of vehement protest; a violent explosion or a flash like lightning

Synonyms: protest, objection

Example Sentence: At the town hall meeting, residents began to fulminate over the proposed tax increase

5. Fruition (Noun) : सफलता : the realization or fulfillment of a plan or project

Synonyms: accomplishment, fulfillment, attainment

Antonyms: nought, failure, inception

Example Sentence:After much delay, the plan to build the new hospital finally came to fruition.

6. Bailout (Noun) : an act of giving financial assistance to a failing business or economy to save it from collapse

Synonyms: underwrite, give a helping hand

Antonyms: disagreement, infringement

Example Sentence: The government crafted the bailout scheme with little public discussion and without determining who was responsible for the losses.

7. Disseminate (Verb) : फैलाना : spread (something, especially information) widely

Synonyms: propagate, spread, circulate, transmit

Antonyms: repress, suppress, stifle, discountenance

Example Sentence:One of the organization's aims is todisseminate information about the  disease.

8. Rudimentary (Adjective) : प्रारम्भिक  : involving or limited to basic principles

Synonyms: primitive, basic, simple, elementary

Antonyms: advanced, evolved, complex

Example Sentence: You need to have at least a rudimentary understanding of technology before you can upload a video on that website.

9.Mire (Noun): मुसीबत में फसना : a situation or state of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself.

Synonyms: rattrap, difficult situation

Example Sentence: The book tells how a homeless man overcame the mire of business to become a successful entrepreneur.

10. Poltroonery (Noun): कायरता : a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger

Synonyms: fearfulness, cowardice, cravenness

Antonyms: bravery, courage, daring

Example Sentence: Decried the poltroonery of those politicians who caved in to pressure from the special interests.

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