The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 27-05-2023

1. Expunge (Verb) : मिटाना: to rub off or remove information from a piece of writing

Synonyms: erase, delete, abolish

Antonyms: add, allow, construct, insert

Example Sentence: His name has been expunged from the list of members.

2. Obfuscate (Verb) : अस्पष्ट बनाना : To make something unclear, confusing, or difficult to understand.

Synonyms: confuse, complicate, blur, becloud, disrupt

Antonyms: clarify, simplify, illuminate, streamline

Example Sentence: The loan contract was filled with legal words meant to obfuscate

trusting borrowers.

3. Unremitting (Adjective): निरंतर : going on and on without any interruptions

Synonyms: continuous, relentless, incessant

Antonyms: recurrent, intermittent, discontinuous

Example Sentence: As long as continuous efforts, and unremitting struggle, there are no

things that cannot be conquered.

4. Nay (Noun) : अस्वीकार : a negative answer or vote

Synonyms: denial, refusal, negation

Antonyms: yes, positive, approval

Example Sentence: Since only ten percent of the members voted nay, the bill was

passed which was then sent to the president to be signed.

5. Corroborate (Verb): पुष्टि करना : confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)

Synonyms: confirm, verify, endorse

Antonyms: refute, disprove, rebut

Example Sentence: Recent research seems to corroborate his theory.

6. Unfurl (Verb) : खोलना : make or become spread out from a rolled or folded state, especially in order to be open to the wind

Synonyms: unfold, expand, extend, open, outspread

Antonyms: fold, close, reduce, compress

Example Sentence:During the spring, the sprouting leaves begin to unfurl, and each petal that opens will sprout a colorful bloom.

7. Inversion (Noun): विपरीतता : a situation in which something is changed so that it is the opposite of what it was before, or in which something is turned upside down

Synonyms: reversal, reverse, contrary, antithesis

Antonyms: verticality, erectness, stability

Example Sentence: Her account of the case was an inversion of the facts ( it said the opposite of what really happened).

8. Cognoscente (Noun): विशेषज्ञ : a connoisseur; a discerning expert (a person who has expert knowledge in a subject)

Synonyms: expert, authority, specialist

Antonyms: novice, amateur, neophyte

Example Sentence:Michael Meredith, a French cognoscente and librarian at Eton College

in England, is less supportive.

9. Authenticate (Verb):  प्रमाणित करना : to prove that something is real, true, or what people say it is

Synonyms: certify, affirm, attest, guarantee, testify

Example Sentence:They used carbon dating tests to authenticate the claim that the skeleton was two million years old.

10. Cry foul (Idiom) : to say that something that has happened is unfair or illegal

Synonyms: condemn, denounce, bash

Example Sentence: The opposition parties have cried foul at the president’s act, seeing it as a violation of democracy

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