The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 10-02-2022

 The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 10-02-2022

1.ASSUAGE (VERB): (राहत देना): relieve

Synonyms: ease, alleviate

Antonyms: aggravate

Example Sentence:

The letter assuaged the fears of most members.

2. WARY (ADJECTIVE): (सावधान): cautious

Synonyms: careful, circumspect

Antonyms: unwary

Example Sentence:

His expression was wary, but he said nothing.

3.EXPEDITIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (शीघ्र): speedy

Synonyms: swift, quick

Antonyms: slow

Example Sentence:

The murder investigation needs to get expeditious.

4.DREADFUL (ADJECTIVE): (भयानक): terrible

Synonyms: frightful, horrible

Antonyms: mild

Example Sentence:

He survived a dreadful accident.

5.CATASTROPHE (NOUN): (तबाही): disaster

Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm

Antonyms: salvation

Example Sentence:

Things may drag on perhaps till July, but then a catastrophe must could come.

6.MARGINAL (ADJECTIVE): (थोड़ा): slight

Synonyms: small, tiny

Antonyms: vast

Example Sentence:

It seems to make just marginal difference.

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

Synonyms: conceited, cocksure

Antonyms: modest

Example Sentence:

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

8. BURGEON (VERB): (प्रसार करना): expand

Synonyms: shoot up, swell

Antonyms: shrink

Example Sentence:

The city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre.

9.FOUNDER (VERB) (असफल होना): fail

Synonyms: fall through, fall flat

Antonyms: succeed

Example Sentence:

The talks foundered on the reform issue.

10.EXPEDITIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (शीघ्र): speedy

Synonyms: swift, quick

Antonyms: slow

Example Sentence:

The murder investigation needs to get expeditious.