The Vocab Master For All Competitive Exams | 15-11-2023

 

1. VAUNT (VERB): (प्रशंसा करना): acclaim

Synonyms: esteem, revere

Antonyms: criticize

Example Sentence:

He was initially vaunted by the West for his leadership of the country.

2. EMPHATIC (ADJECTIVE): (ज़ोरदार): vehement

Synonyms: firm, wholehearted

Antonyms: hesitant

Example Sentence:

The children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience.

3. HEGEMONY (NOUN): (नेतृत्व): leadership

Synonyms: dominance, dominion

Antonyms: self-government

Example Sentence:

Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.

4. AMELIORATE (VERB): (सुधरना): improve

Synonyms: better, enhance

Antonyms: worsen

Example Sentence:

The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.

5. MALAISE (NOUN): (अप्रसन्नता): unhappiness

Synonyms: restlessness, uneasiness

Antonyms: comfort

Example Sentence:

An infected person will feel a general malaise.

6. HALT (NOUN): (विराम): stop

Synonyms: standstill, cessation

Antonyms: start

Example Sentence:

There was a halt in production.

7. TREACHEROUS (ADJECTIVE): (बेवफ़ा): traitorous

Synonyms: disloyal, perfidious

Antonyms: loyal

Example Sentence:

He is a treacherous RAW agent.

8. CELLAR (NOUN): (तहखाना): basement

Synonyms: vault, crypt

Antonyms: attic

Example Sentence:

The servants led us down into a cellar.

9. EBB (VERB): (उतार): recede

Synonyms: go out, retreat

Antonyms: come in

Example Sentence:

The trend began to ebb.

10. BOUNTY (NOUN): (उदारता): generosity

Synonyms: magnanimity, munificence

Antonyms: meanness

Example Sentence:

For millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty.

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