The Vocab Master For All Competitive Exams |23-08-2024

 1.  PRESUMPTUOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अक्खड़): brazen

Synonyms:  overconfident, arrogant

Antonyms: timid

ExampleSentence:

The man seemed too presumptuous to be a humble leader for the nation.

2.  DELIBERATE (ADJECTIVE): (सविचार): careful

Synonyms: cautious, unhurried

Antonyms:   hasty

Example Sentence:

I have always been a conscientious and deliberate worker.

3.  REPRESSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (दमनकारी): oppressive

Synonyms:  authoritarian, despotic

Antonyms:   democratic

Example Sentence:

It was clear that he could not continue the repressive tactics of his predecessor.

4. OVERWEENING (ADJECTIVE): (आत्माभिमानी): overconfident

Synonyms: conceited, cocksure

Antonyms: modest

Example Sentence:

His modesty is nothing but a cover for his overweening conceit.

5.  DETRIMENT (NOUN): (हानि): harm

Synonyms:  damage, injury

Antonyms: benefit

Example Sentence:

Hurried tests are a detriment to good education.

6. CAPITULATE (VERB): (आत्मसमर्पण करना): surrender

Synonyms: give in, yield

Antonyms:  resist

Example Sentence:

The patriots had to capitulate to the enemy forces.

7.  PROSCRIBE (VERB): (बहिष्कार करना): forbid

Synonyms:  prohibit, ban

Antonyms:  ban

Example Sentence:

Strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces.

8.  UNDERLIE (VERB): (नींव रखना): fundamental

Synonyms: basic, basal

Antonyms: subordinate

Example Sentence:

We discussed the principles that underlay their methods.

9. MARGINAL (ADJECTIVE): (मामूली): slight

Synonyms: small, tiny

Antonyms:  vast

Example Sentence:

It made only a marginal difference.

10. MACABRE (ADJECTIVE): (भयंकर): gruesome

Synonyms:  grisly grim

Antonyms: pleasant

Example Sentence:

A macabre series of murders shocked us.