The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 23-04-2023

1. 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.

2. 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.

3-. 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.

4. 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.

5-. Cumber (Noun) : बोझ: obstruction, or burden

Synonyms: impediment, hindrance

Antonyms: help, assist, facilitate

Example Sentence: His heavy boots cumbered him in walking.

6-. 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

7-Tantamount(Adjective) : बराबर : Equivalent in value, significance

Synonyms: Commensurate , Identical

Antonyms: Different , Opposite

Example Sentence: His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt.

8--Bode(Verb) : भविष्य-कथन : To be a sign of something good or bad for the future

Synonyms: Augur , Presage

Antonyms: Antinode , Break

Example Sentence:They have a very good relationship and it bodes well.

9--Brink(Noun) : कगार : A crucial or critical point

Synonyms: Edge , Verge

Antonyms: Inside , Centre

Example Sentence: Mismanagement had brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.

10-Allegation(Noun) : आरोप : Accusing someone of something bad.

Synonyms: Assertion , Claim

Antonyms: Exculpation , Denial

Example Sentence: There have been allegations of fraud in the city government.

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