The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 14-04-2023

1. Clairvoyant (Noun) : a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal

Synonyms: sixth sense, foreknowledge, second sight, precognition, foresight

Antonyms: ignorance, inconsideration

Example Sentence:One does not need to be clairvoyant to realize my school’s basketball team is going to win the state championship.

2. Proliferation (Noun) : the fact of something increasing a lot and suddenly in number or amount

Synonyms: increase, addition, boost, rise, gain, uptick

Antonyms: reduction, depletion, decrease

Example Sentence: The doctor explained that the proliferation of the cancer cells shows that the cancer is spreading more rapidly than expected.

3. Surmise (Verb): अंदाजा लगाना : suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.

Synonyms: guess, conjecture, supposition, speculation

Antonyms: ascertain, determine, find out

Example Sentence: He surmised that something must be wrong.

4. Beguile (Adjective): to persuade, attract, or interest someone, sometimes in order to deceive them

Synonyms: fascinate, enchant, captivate, tempt, charm

Antonyms: unappealing, repel

Example Sentence: Games are usually used to beguile small children.

5. Reminisce (Verb) : याद दिलाना : to talk or write about past experiences that you remember with pleasure

Synonyms: remember, recollect, recall

Antonyms: forget, ignore, neglect, repress

Example Sentence: My grandfather used to reminisce about his years in the navy.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Have An Iron Will (Idiom) : to have strong determination, strong will

Synonyms: determination, resolution, decisiveness. ,earnestness, firmness

Example Sentence: He had an iron will, which helped him to overcome any obstacle that came his way.

9. Impetus (Noun) : प्रोत्साहन : something that encourages a particular activity or makes that activity more energetic or effective

Synonyms: encouragement, stimulus, momentum, catalyst

Antonyms: disincentive, discouragement, hindrance, deterrent, impediment

Example Sentence: The high crime rate was the impetus for the hiring of one hundred new police officers in our city.

10.Stringent (Adjective): कठोर : strict, precise, and exacting (of regulations, requirements, or conditions)

Synonyms: strict, rigorous, rigid

Antonyms: lenient, flexible

Example Sentence: The quantity of exports has declined since the early 80s due to the stringent procedures by the government.

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