Monthly Editorial May 2019

May Month Editorial Vocabulary - 2019
Editorial 01 – 05 – 2019 4) Volatile (Adjective) – अिस्थर

1) Ally (Noun) - सहयोगी, सहकम�, �मत्र
Meaning: Liable to change rapidly and
Meaning: A person or organization that unpredictably, especially for the worse
cooperates with or helps another in a particular Synonyms: Tense, strained, fraught, uneasy,
activity uncomfortable
Synonyms: Associate, colleague, friend, Antonyms: Stable, calm
confederate, partner Usage: The political situation was becoming more
Antonyms: Enemy, opponent volatile
Usage: He was forced to dismiss his closest
political ally
5) Trespass (Verb) - अ�तचार करना
Meaning: Make unfair claims on or take

2) Incumbent (Adjective) - अवलंबी
advantage of (something).
Meaning: (Of an official or regime) currently Synonyms: Take advantage of, impose on, make
holding office use of, play on, exploit, abuse
Synonyms: Current, existing, present, in office, in Antonyms: Behaving, obeying, retreating,
power; reigning keeping off
Antonyms: Past, future Usage: She really must not trespass on his
Usage: The incumbent President had been hospitality
defeated
6) Intimidation (Noun) - अ�भत्रास

3) Dispensation (Adjective) – व्यवस्था या योजना
Meaning: The action of intimidating someone, or
Meaning: A political, religious, or social system the state of being intimidated
prevailing at a particular time Synonyms: Frightening, menacing, terrifying,
Synonyms: System, order, scheme, plan, scaring, alarming, terrorization
arrangement, organization Antonyms: Approachable
Antonyms: Reservation, injunction, prohibition, Usage: The intimidation of witnesses and jurors
enforcement
Usage: Scholarship is conveyed to a wider
7) Apparently (Adverb) - जा�हरा
audience than under the old dispensation
Meaning: As far as one knows or can see
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Synonyms: Seemingly, evidently, by all accounts, 1) Crisis (Noun) - संकटकाल
so it seems; ostensibly, outwardly
Meaning: A time of intense difficulty or danger
Antonyms: Dubiously, improbably, questionably,
Synonyms: Catastrophe, calamity, cataclysm,
uncertain
emergency, disaster; predicament
Usage: The child nodded, apparently content with
Antonyms: Advantage, agreement, benefit,
the promise
blessing, boon, breakthrough
Usage: The current economic crisis
8) Scrutiny (Noun) - संवी�ा
Meaning: Critical observation or examination 2) Impact (Verb) - प्रभाव

Synonyms: Inspection, survey, scan, study,
Meaning: A marked effect or influence
perusal
Synonyms: Effect, influence, impression,
Antonyms: Glance, cursory look
footprint; results
Usage: Every aspect of local government was
Antonyms: Understate, underestimate, belittle
placed under scrutiny
Usage: Our regional measures have had a
significant impact on unemployment
9) Rigorous (Adjective) - अत्यंत गहन और
सावधान 3) Perspective (Noun) - प�रप्रे�य
Meaning: Extremely thorough and careful Meaning: A view or prospect

Synonyms: Meticulous, punctilious, Synonyms: View, vista, panorama, prospect
conscientious, careful, diligent, attentive Antonyms: Cloudiness, fogginess, haziness,
Antonyms: Careless, slipshod, lackadaisical, duskiness, fuzziness
hasty, hurried Usage: A perspective of the whole valley
Usage: The rigorous testing of consumer products
4) Formidable (Adjective) - दज
ु �य
10) Pursue (Verb) – पीछा करना
Meaning: Inspiring fear or respect through being
Meaning: Follow or chase (someone or impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable
something) Synonyms: Intimidating, forbidding,
Synonyms: Go after, run after, follow, chase redoubtable, daunting, alarming, frightening,
Antonyms: Avoid, flee terrifying,
Usage: The officer pursued the van Antonyms: Pleasant-looking, comforting, easy,
weak
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Synonyms: Aware, awake, wide awake, compos
5) Regime (Noun) - शासन mentis, alert
Antonyms: Unconscious, unaware
Meaning: A government, especially an
Usage: Although I was in pain, I was conscious
authoritarian one
Synonyms: Government, authorities, system of
9) Credence (Noun) - �वश्वास
government, rule, reign, dominion
Antonyms: Impotence, incapacity, powerlessness, Meaning: Belief in or acceptance of something as
submission true
Usage: Ideological opponents of the regime Synonyms: Acceptance, belief, faith, trust,
confidence, reliance, traction
6) Nonentity (Noun) - तुच्छता Antonyms: Disbelief, discredit, distrust, doubt,
mistrust, nonbelief
Meaning: A person or thing with no special or
Usage: Psychoanalysis finds little credence among
interesting qualities; an unimportant person or
laymen
thing
Synonyms: Nobody, cipher, non-person, man of
10) Indeed (Adverb) - वास्तव म�
straw, nothing
Antonyms: Somebody, celebrity, heavyweight Meaning: Used to emphasize a statement or
Usage: A political nonentity response confirming something already suggested
Synonyms: Truly, actually, really, in reality
7) Conflict (Verb) - संघषर् होना Antonyms: Doubtfully, dubiously, indefinite,
questionably
Meaning: Be incompatible or at variance; clash
Usage: It was not expected to last long, and indeed
Synonyms: Clash, be incompatible, be
it took less than three weeks
inconsistent, be incongruous, be in opposition
Antonyms: Congruous, coordinated, matching,
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balanced, proportional
1) Grim (Adjective) - बहुत गंभीर
Usage: Parents' and children's interests
sometimes conflict Meaning: Very serious or gloomy
Synonyms: Stern, forbidding, uninviting,
8) Conscious (Adjective) - सचेतन unapproachable, aloof, distant; formidable
Antonyms: Amiable, pleasant
Meaning: Aware of and responding to one's
Usage: His grim expression
surroundings
2) Audacity (Noun) - दस्

ु साहस

Meaning: A willingness to take bold risks
Synonyms: Boldness, daring, fearlessness, 6) Nimble (Adjective) - फुत�ल�
intrepidity, bravery, courage
Meaning: Quick and light in movement or action;
Antonyms: timidity
agile
Usage: He whistled at the sheer audacity of the
Synonyms: Agile, lithe, sprightly, acrobatic, light-
plan
footed, nimble-footed
Antonyms: Stiff, clumsy, lumbering
3) Blithely (Adjective) - आनंद पूवक
र्
Usage: With a deft motion of her nimble fingers
Meaning: In a way that shows a casual and
cheerful indifference considered to be callous or 7) Deployed (Verb) – तैनात करना
improper
Meaning: Move (troops or equipment) into
Synonyms: Carefree, careless, cavalier, easygoing
position for military action
Antonyms: Sadly, unhappily, gloomily,
Synonyms: Position, station, post, place, install,
grudgingly, unwillingly
locate, situate
Usage: Her arrest order was blithely ignored by
Antonyms: Concluded, disarranged, disordered,
the police chief
displaced
Usage: Forces were deployed at strategic locations
4) Ambush (Verb) - घात लगाना
Meaning: A surprise attack by people lying in wait 8) Perish (Verb) – मरना या नष्ट हो जाना
in a concealed position
Meaning: Die, especially in a violent or sudden
Synonyms: Attack by surprise, trap, surprise,
way
pounce on, lay a trap for
Synonyms: Die, lose one's life, be killed, fall,
Antonyms: Frankness, honesty
expire
Usage: They were ambushed and taken prisoner
Antonyms: Breathe, live, appear, arrive, bear
by the enemy
Usage: A great part of his army perished of hunger
and disease
5) Denial (Noun) - इनकार
Meaning: The action of denying something 9) Beckon (Verb) - इशारा करना

Synonyms: Contradiction, counterstatement,
Meaning: Make a gesture with the hand, arm, or
refutation, rebuttal, repudiation
head to encourage
Antonyms: Confirmation, proof, testimony,
Synonyms: Gesture, signal, wave, gesticulate
endorsement, authentication
Antonyms: The guard beckoned to Benny
Usage: She shook her head in denial

Usage: Miranda beckoned to Adam 4) Succour (Noun) – परे शानी म� सहायता
Meaning: Assistance and support in times of
10) Hostile (Adjective) - शत्रत
ु ापण
ू र् hardship and distress
Synonyms: Aid, help, a helping hand, assistance;
Meaning: showing or feeling opposition or
ministration, comfort
dislike; unfriendly
Antonyms: Enemy, blockage, hindrance, hurt,
Synonyms: aggressive, confrontational,
injury
belligerent, bellicose
Usage: The wounded had little chance of succour
Antonyms: friendly, mild
Usage: a hostile audience
5) Lacklustre (Adjective) – भावशन्
ू य
Meaning: Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction;
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uninspired or uninspiring
1) Buoyancy (Noun) – उछाल
Synonyms: Uninspired, uninspiring,
Meaning: A high level of activity in an economy or
unimaginative, dull, humdrum, colourless,
stock market
characterless
Synonyms: Strength, high level of activity,
Antonyms: Inspired, brilliant
burgeoning, resilience, growth
Usage: No excuses were made for the team’s
Antonyms: Depression
lacklustre performance
Usage: There is renewed buoyancy in the demand
for steel
6) Advent (Noun) – आगमन
Meaning: The arrival of a notable person or thing
2) Tepid (Adjective) – थोड़ा उत्साह �दखा
Synonyms: Arrival, appearance, emergence,
Meaning: Showing little enthusiasm
materialization, surfacing, occurrence
Synonyms: Unenthusiastic, apathetic, half-
Antonyms: Departure, disappearance
hearted, indifferent, cool, lukewarm, uninterested
Usage: The advent of television
Antonyms: Enthusiastic, passionate
Usage: The applause was tepid
7) Myriad (Noun) – असंख्य
Meaning: A countless or extremely great number
3) Harbinger (Noun) – अग्र-दत
ू
of people or things
Meaning: A person or thing that announces or
Synonyms: Multitude, a large/great
signals the approach of another
number/quantity, a lot, scores, quantities, mass,
Synonyms: Herald, sign, indicator, indication,
crowd
signal, prelude, portent
Antonyms: Countable, enumerable, numberable,
Antonyms: Conceal, deny, hide, secret
bounded, calculable
Usage: Witch hazels are the harbingers of spring
Usage: Myriads of insects danced around the light
above my head

Antonyms: Shorten, ignore

8) Coalition (Noun) – गठबंधन Usage: A trail of blood on the grass
Meaning: A temporary alliance for combined
action, especially of political parties forming a 2) Flatten (Verb)
government Meaning: Make or become flat or flatter
Synonyms: Alliance, union, partnership, Synonyms: Compress, press down, crush, squash,
affiliation, bloc, caucus compact
Antonyms: Detachment, disassociation, Antonyms: Roughen, make uneven
disconnection, disunion, division Usage: He had trampled around and flattened the
Usage: A coalition between Liberals and grass
Conservatives
3) Midst (Noun)
9) Nurture (Verb) – पालन - पोषण करना Meaning: The middle part or point
Meaning: Care for and protect (someone or Synonyms: Middle, centre, midpoint, halfway
something) while they are growing point, kernel
Synonyms: Bring up, care for, provide for, take Antonyms: Perimeter, periphery, exterior
care of, attend to, look after, rear, support Usage: He left his flat in the midst of a rainstorm
Antonyms: Neglect, hinder
Usage: Jarrett was nurtured by his parents in a 4) Intense (Adjective)
close-knit family Meaning: Of extreme force, degree, or strength
Synonyms: Great, acute, enormous, fierce, severe,
10) Exaggerate (Verb) – अ�तरं जना करना extreme, high
Meaning: Represent (something) as being larger, Antonyms: Mild, lenient, clement, light
better, or worse than it really is Usage: The job demands intense concentration
Synonyms: Overstate, overemphasize, overstress,
overestimate, overvalue, magnify 5) Coincide (Verb)
Antonyms: Play down, understate, understated Meaning: Occur at the same time
Usage: He was apt to exaggerate any aches and Synonyms: Coexist, concur; clash, conflict
pains Antonyms: Vary, diverge
Usage: Publication is timed to coincide with a
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major exhibition
1) Trail (Noun)
Meaning: A mark or a series of signs or objects 6) Convene (Verb)
left behind by the passage of someone or Meaning: Come or bring together for a meeting or
something activity; assemble
Synonyms: Series, stream, string, line, chain, row

Synonyms: Assemble, gather, meet, get together, Usage: A man who had brought her nothing but
come together, congregate misery
Antonyms: Disperse, disband, separate, scatter
Usage: He had convened a secret meeting of Editorial 08 – 05 – 2019
military personnel
1) Impervious (Adjective) –
Meaning: Not allowing fluid to pass through
7) Daunt (Verb) –
Synonyms: Impermeable, impenetrable,
Meaning: make (someone) feel intimidated or
impregnable, waterproof, watertight
apprehensive
Antonyms: Permeable, absorbent, absorptive
Synonyms: intimidate, abash, shake, ruffle, throw
Usage: An impervious layer of basaltic clay
Antonyms: encourage, hearten
Usage: some people are daunted by technology
2) Perhaps (Adverb) –
Meaning: Used to express uncertainty or
8) Regime (Noun)
possibility
Meaning: A government, especially an
Synonyms: Maybe, it may be (that), it is possible
authoritarian one
(that), possibly, conceivably, feasibly
Synonyms: Government, authorities, system of
Antonyms: Impossibly
government, rule
Usage: Perhaps I should have been frank with him
Antonyms: Disorder, lawlessness
Usage: Ideological opponents of the regime
3) Stark (Adjective) –
Meaning: Severe or bare in appearance or outline
9) Scant (Adjective)
Synonyms: Evident, clear, clear-cut, graphic,
Meaning: Barely sufficient or adequate
striking
Synonyms: Little, little or no, minimal, hardly
Antonyms: Fuzzy, indistinct, pleasant,
any, limited
comfortable, ornate
Antonyms: Abundant, ample, sufficient
Usage: The ridge formed a stark silhouette against
Usage: Companies with scant regard for the safety
the sky
of future generations
4) Devise (Verb) –
10) Misery (Noun) –
Meaning: Plan or invent (a complex procedure,
Meaning: A state or feeling of great physical or
system, or mechanism) by careful thought
mental distress or discomfort
Synonyms: Conceive, think up, come up with,
Synonyms: Unhappiness, distress, wretchedness,
concoct, design, frame, invent, coin, originate
hardship, suffering
Antonyms: Borrowed, destroyed, disordered,
Antonyms: Contentment, pleasure
disorganized, forgot

Usage: A training programme should be devised

9) Crumble (Verb) –
5) Homily (Noun) – Meaning: Break or fall apart into small fragments,
Meaning: A religious discourse which is intended especially as part of a process of deterioration
primarily for spiritual edification rather than Synonyms: Disintegrate, fall down, fall to pieces,
doctrinal instruction fall apart, collapse
Synonyms: Sermon, lecture, discourse, address, Antonyms: Ameliorate, improve, meliorate, build,
lesson develop
Antonyms: Conversation Usage: The plaster started to crumble
Usage: She delivered her homily about the need
for patience 10) Pulpit (Noun) –
Meaning: A raised enclosed platform in a church
6) Propensity (Noun) – or chapel from which the preacher delivers a
Meaning: An inclination or natural tendency to sermon
behave in a particular way Synonyms: Stand, lectern, platform, podium,
Synonyms: Tendency, inclination, predisposition, stage, staging
proneness, proclivity, readiness Antonyms: Offshoot, subsidiary, supplement,
Antonyms: Antipathy, disinclination, dislike, branch
hate, hatred Usage: Many ministers delivered political
Usage: His propensity for violence guidance from their pulpits
7) Remorse (Noun) – 11) Dismal (Adjective) –

Meaning: Deep regret or guilt for a wrong Meaning: Causing a mood of gloom or depression
committed Synonyms: Dingy, dim, dark, gloomy, sombre,
Synonyms: Contrition, deep regret, repentance, dreary, drab, dull
penitence, guilt, Antonyms: Bright, cheerful
Antonyms: Indifference Usage: The dismal weather made the late
Usage: They were filled with remorse and shame afternoon seem like evening
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8) Egregious (Adjective) –
1) Alliance (Noun) – गठबंधन
Meaning: Outstandingly bad; shocking
Meaning: A relationship based on similarity of
Synonyms: Shocking, appalling, horrific,
interests, nature, or qualities
horrifying, horrible, terrible, awful
Synonyms: Relationship, affinity, association,
Antonyms: Marvelous, amazing, astounding,
connection, closeness
astonishing, awesome
Antonyms: Distance, separation
Usage: Egregious abuses of copyright

Usage: An alliance between medicine and morality

6) Unequivocal (Adjective) – असं�दग्ध
2) Rival (Noun) – प्र�तद्वंद्वी Meaning: Leaving no doubt; unambiguous
Meaning: A person or thing competing with Synonyms: Unambiguous, unmistakable,
another for the same objective or for superiority in indisputable, incontrovertible, indubitable
the same field of activity Antonyms: Equivocal, ambiguous, vague
Synonyms: Competitor, opponent, contestant, Usage: An unequivocal answer
contender, challenger;
Antonyms: Partner, ally 7) Antithetical (Adjective) – �वरोधात्मक
Usage: He has no serious rival for the job Meaning: Directly opposed or contrasted;
mutually incompatible
3) Antipathy (Noun) – सहज-�वरो�ध Synonyms: (Directly) opposed to, contrary to,
Meaning: A deep-seated feeling of aversion contradictory to, conflicting with, incompatible
Synonyms: Hostility, antagonism, animosity, with,
aversion, animus, opposition, enmity, dislike Antonyms: Same, identical, like
Antonyms: Liking, affinity, rapport Usage: People whose religious beliefs are
Usage: His fundamental antipathy to capitalism antithetical to mine
4) Coalition (Noun) – गठबंधन 8) Despite (Preposition) – के बावजद

ू
Meaning: A temporary alliance for combined Meaning: Without being affected by; in spite of.
action, especially of political parties forming a Synonyms: In spite of, notwithstanding,
government regardless of, in defiance of
Synonyms: Alliance, union, partnership, Antonyms: Because of
affiliation, bloc, caucus; federation Usage: He remains a great leader despite age and
Antonyms: Detachment, disassociation, infirmity
disconnection, disunion
Usage: A coalition between Liberals and 9) Resilience (Noun) – लचीलाता
Conservatives Meaning: The ability of a substance or object to
spring back into shape; elasticity
5) Abstain (Verb) – परहे ज रखना Synonyms: Flexibility, pliability, suppleness,
Meaning: Formally decline to vote either for or plasticity, elasticity
against a proposal or motion Antonyms: Rigidity, fragility, vulnerability,
Synonyms: Not vote, decline/refuse to vote weakness
Antonyms: Vote Usage: Nylon is excellent in wearability, abrasion
Usage: Forty-one voted with the Opposition, and resistance and resilience
some sixty more abstained

10) Delineate (Verb) – �च�त्रत या वणर्न करना 3) Accusation (Noun) – दोषारोप

Meaning: Describe or portray (something) Meaning: A charge or claim that someone has
precisely done something illegal or wrong
Synonyms: Describe, set forth, set out, present, Synonyms: Allegation, charge, claim, assertion,
outline, depict, portray, represent asseveration, attribution
Antonyms: Confuse, distort Antonyms: Approval, commendation,
Usage: The law should delineate and prohibit compliment
behaviour which is socially abhorrent Usage: Accusations of bribery
11) Manoeuvre (Verb) – प�तरे बाज़ी करना 4) Elusive (Adjective) – मायावी

Meaning: Move skilfully or carefully Meaning: Difficult to find, catch, or achieve
Synonyms: Steer, guide, drive, negotiate, Synonyms: Difficult to catch/find, difficult to
navigate, pilot, direct track down; evasive, slippery, shifty
Antonyms: Destroy, disorganize, forget, neglect Antonyms: Attracting, confronting, definite,
Usage: The lorry was unable to manoeuvre encountering, enticing, facing
comfortably in the narrow street Usage: Success will become ever more elusive
5) Outburst (Noun) – नाराजगी

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1) Scathing (Adjective) – गंभीर रूप से Meaning: A sudden release of strong emotion
Synonyms: Eruption, explosion, burst, outbreak,
Meaning: Witheringly scornful; severely critical
flare-up, blow-up
Synonyms: Devastating, withering, blistering,
Antonyms: Implosion, calm, harmony, order,
extremely critical, coruscating, searing
peace
Antonyms: Mild, gentle, complimentary
Usage: Angry outburst from the prime minister
Usage: She launched a scathing attack on the
Prime Minister
6) Insurgent (Noun) – �वद्रोह�
2) Revoke (Verb) – रद्द करना Meaning: A person fighting against a government

or invading force; a rebel or revolutionary
Meaning: Officially cancel (a decree, decision, or
Synonyms: Rebel, revolutionary, revolutionist,
promise)
mutineer, agitator, subversive
Synonyms: Cancel, repeal, rescind, reverse,
Antonyms: Loyalist
abrogate, annul, nullify
Usage: An attack by armed insurgents
Antonyms: Introduce, enact, ratify
Usage: The men appealed and the sentence was
7) Stalemate (Noun) – ग�तरोध
revoked

Meaning: A situation in which further action or 1) Inadequacy (Noun) – अपयार्प्तता

progress by opposing or competing parties seems Meaning: The state or quality of being
impossible inadequate; lack of the quantity or quality required
Synonyms: Deadlock, impasse, standstill, dead Synonyms: Insufficiency, deficiency, scantness,
end, stand-off, draw, tie scarcity, scarceness
Antonyms: Advance, headway, progress Antonyms: Abundance, surplus, competence,
Usage: The war had again reached stalemate strong point
Usage: The inadequacy of available resources
8) Endorse (Verb) – समथर्न करना
Meaning: Recommend (a product) in an 2) Contradict (Verb) – खंडन करना
advertisement Meaning: Deny the truth of (a statement) by
Synonyms: Support, back, approve (of), be in asserting the opposite
agreement with, favour Synonyms: Deny, refute, rebut, dispute, counter
Antonyms: Oppose Antonyms: Confirm, verify, agree with
Usage: He earns more money endorsing sports Usage: The survey appears to contradict the
clothes than playing football industry’s claims
9) Morale (Noun) – मनोबल 3) Envisage (Verb) – प�रकल्पना करना

Meaning: The confidence, enthusiasm, and Meaning: Contemplate or conceive of as a
discipline of a person or group at a particular time possibility or a desirable future event
Synonyms: Confidence, self-confidence, self- Synonyms: Foresee, predict, forecast, foretell,
esteem; spirit, spirits anticipate, expect
Antonyms: Diffidence, insecurity, self-distrust, Antonyms: Doubt, be amazed,s be surprised
self-doubt Usage: It was envisaged that such hospitals would
Usage: The team’s morale was high be opened in all the principal towns
10) Forge (Verb) – बनाना 4) Adverse (Adjective) – �वपर�त

Meaning: create (something) strong, enduring, or Meaning: Preventing success or development;
successful harmful; unfavourable
Synonyms: build, build up, construct, form, Synonyms: unfavourable, disadvantageous,
create, establish inauspicious, unpropitious, unfortunate, unlucky
Antonyms: break, demolish, destroy, dismantle Antonyms: Favourable, beneficial, positive,
Usage: the two women forged a close bond friendly
Usage: Taxes are having an adverse effect on
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5) Curtail (Verb) – कम करना 9) Exacerbate (Verb) – ख़राब करना

Meaning: Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a Meaning: Make (a problem, bad situation, or
restriction on negative feeling) worse
Synonyms: Reduce, cut, cut down, cut back, Synonyms: Aggravate, make worse, worsen,
decrease, lessen, diminish inflame, compound
Antonyms: Increase, lengthen Antonyms: Calm, reduce
Usage: Civil liberties were further curtailed Usage: The exorbitant cost of land in urban areas
only exacerbated the problem
6) Rhetoric (Noun) – अलंकार शास्र
Meaning: The art of effective or persuasive 10) Precedent (Noun) – �मसाल या पव
ू र् उदाहरण
speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of Meaning: An earlier event or action that is
figures of speech and other compositional regarded as an example or guide to be considered
techniques in subsequent similar circumstances
Synonyms: Oratory, eloquence, power of speech, Synonyms: Model, exemplar, example, pattern,
command of language, expression previous case, prior case, previous
Antonyms: Inarticulateness instance/example
Usage: He is using a common figure of rhetoric, Antonyms: After, later, product, outgrowth
hyperbole Usage: There are substantial precedents for using
interactive media in training
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threads) 1) Vitiate (Verb) – �नष्फल करना
Synonyms: Untangle, disentangle, straighten out,
Meaning: Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency
separate out, unsnarl, unknot, unwind,
of
Antonyms: Entangle, tangle
Synonyms: Cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch,
Usage: He cut the rope and started to unravel its
degrade
strands
Antonyms: Elevate, ennoble, uplift
Usage: Development programmes have been
8) Circumvent (Verb) – दर�कनार करना
vitiated by the rise in population
Meaning: Find a way around (an obstacle)
Synonyms: Avoid, get round, find a way round, 2) Ferocity (Noun) – क्रूरता
evade, get past, bypass
Meaning: The state or quality of being ferocious
Antonyms: Follow, keep, obey, observe, aid, allow
Synonyms:Savagery, brutality, brutishness,
Usage: If you come to an obstruction in a road you
barbarity, fierceness, violence
can seek to circumvent it

Antonyms: Gentleness, kindness, kindliness, Usage: He reckons that the army should pull out
tenderness entirely
Usage: The ferocity of the storm caught them by
surprise 7) Astute (Adjective) – चतुर
Meaning: Having or showing an ability to
3) Adversary (Adjective) – �वरोधी accurately assess situations or people and turn this
Meaning: One’s opponent in a contest, conflict, or to one’s advantage
dispute Synonyms: Shrewd, sharp, sharp-witted, razor-
Synonyms: Opponent, rival, enemy, foe, nemesis, sharp, acute, quick
antagonist, combatant, challenger Antonyms: Stupid, unintelligent, ignorant, dense,
Antonyms: Ally, supporter brainless, mindless
Usage: Davis beat his old adversary in the quarter- Usage: An astute businessman
finals
8) Controversy (Noun) – �ववाद
4) Unprecedented (Adjective) – अभूतपूवर् Meaning: Prolonged public disagreement or
Meaning: Never done or known before heated discussion
Synonyms: Unparalleled, unequalled, Synonyms: Disagreement, dispute, argument,
unmatched, unrivalled debate, dissension, contention
Antonyms: Normal, common Antonyms: Agreement, accord
Usage: The government took the unprecedented Usage: The design of the building has caused
step of releasing confidential correspondence controversy
5) Ecstasy (Noun) – परमानंद 9) Devastating (Adjective) – �वनाशकार�

Meaning: An overwhelming feeling of great Meaning: Highly destructive or damaging
happiness or joyful excitement Synonyms: Destructive, ruinous, disastrous,
Synonyms: Rapture, bliss, elation, euphoria, catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic
cloud nine, seventh heaven Antonyms: Nondestructive, blessed, fortunate
Antonyms: Misery, unhappiness, distress Usage: A devastating cyclone
Usage: There was a look of ecstasy on his face
10) Exertion (Noun) – शार��रक या मान�सक प्रयास
6) Reckon (Verb) – मानना Meaning: Physical or mental effort
Meaning: Be of the opinion Synonyms: Effort, strain, struggle, toil,
Synonyms: Believe, think, be of the opinion, be endeavour, hard work
of the view, be convinced, suspect, Antonyms: Entertainment, fun, happiness,
Antonyms: Misunderstand idleness, inaction, inactivity
Usage: She was panting with the exertion

5) Contend (Verb) – संघषर् करना

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1) Peter (Verb) – धीरे धीरे कम हो जाना Meaning: Struggle to surmount (a difficulty)
Synonyms: Cope with, face, grapple with, deal
Meaning: Decrease or fade gradually before
with, take on, pit oneself against
coming to an end
Antonyms: Abandon, agree, cede,comply
Synonyms: Fizzle out, fade (away), die away/out,
Usage: She had to contend with his uncertain
dwindle, diminish, taper off, tail off
temper
Antonyms: Ascending, assisting, building,
developing, enlarging, expanding
6) Revival (Noun) – पन
ु ः प्रवतर्न
Usage: The storm had petered out
Meaning: An improvement in the condition,
2) Slump (Verb) – मूल्य या रा�श म� अचानक �गरावट strength, or fortunes of someone or something
Synonyms: Improvement, rallying, picking up,
होना
betterment, amelioration
Meaning: Undergo a sudden severe or prolonged
Antonyms: Downturn
fall in price, value, or amount
Usage: A revival in the fortunes of the party
Synonyms: Fall steeply, plummet, plunge,
tumble, drop, go down
7) Robust (Adjective) – मजबत
ू
Antonyms:Rise, soar
Meaning: Strong and healthy; vigorous
Usage: Land prices slumped
Synonyms: Strong, vigorous, sturdy, tough,
powerful, powerfully built, solidly built
3) Drought (Noun) – अनाविृ ष्ट
Antonyms: Weak, frail
Meaning: A prolonged period of abnormally low
Usage: The Caplanfamily are a robust lot
rainfall, leading to a shortage of water
Synonyms: Dry spell, dry period, lack of rain,
8) Transition (Noun) – संक्रमण
shortage of water
Meaning: The process or a period of changing
Antonyms:Deluge, downpour, flood, inundation
from one state or condition to another
Usage: The cause of Europe’s recent droughts
Synonyms: Change, move, passage,
transformation, conversion, adaptation,
4) Belie (Verb) – झुठलाना
adjustment
Meaning: (Of an appearance) fail to give a true
Antonyms: Stagnation, idleness, remission,
impression of (something)
standstill, suspension
Synonyms: Contradict, be at odds with, call into
Usage:Students in transition from one programme
question, give the lie
to another
Antonyms: testify to, reveal
Usage: His lively, alert manner belied his years
9) Predecessor (Noun) – पूवार्�धकार�

Meaning: A person who held a job or office before Meaning: Showing a deliberate and obstinate
the current holder desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or
Synonyms: Former/previous holder of the post, unacceptable
forerunner, precursor, antecedent Synonyms: Awkward, contrary, difficult,
Antonyms: Successor unreasonable, uncooperative, unhelpful
Usage: The new President’s foreign policy is very Antonyms: Accommodating, cooperative
similar to that of his predecessor Usage: Kate’s perverse decision not to cooperate
held good
10) Daunting (Adjective) – डराना
Meaning: Seeming difficult to deal with in 3) Arbitrary (Adjective) – मनमाना
prospect; intimidating Meaning: Based on random choice or personal
Synonyms: Intimidating, formidable, whim, rather than any reason or system
disconcerting, unnerving, unsettling, dismaying; Synonyms: Capricious, whimsical, random,
discouraging chance, erratic, unpredictable, inconsistent
Antonyms: Encouraging, heartening, cheering, Antonyms: Rational, reasoned
comforting Usage: An arbitrary decision
Usage: A daunting task
4) Apparently (Adverb) – जा�हरा
11) Deft (Adjective) – कुशल या �नपुण Meaning: As far as one knows or can see
Meaning: Demonstrating skill and cleverness Synonyms: Seemingly, evidently, it seems (that),
Synonyms: Skilful, adept, adroit, dexterous, agile, it would seem (that), ostensibly, outwardly
nimble, neat, nimble-fingered, handy Antonyms: Dubiously, improbably, questionably,
Antonyms: Clumsy, awkward, inept uncertain, unlikely
Usage: The script was both deft and literate Usage: The child nodded, apparently content with
the promise
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5) Acrimony (Noun) – कड़वाहट या बीमार भावना
1) Oppressive (Adjective) – उत्पीड़क
Meaning: Bitterness or ill feeling
Meaning: Inflicting harsh and authoritarian
Synonyms: Bitterness, rancour, resentment, ill
treatment
feeling, ill will, bad blood, animosity
Synonyms: Harsh, cruel, brutal, repressive,
Antonyms: Goodwill
crushing, tyrannical
Usage: The AGM dissolved into acrimony
Antonyms: Lenient, humane
Usage: An oppressive dictatorship
6) Append (Verb) – संलग्न करना
2) Perverse (Adjective) – �वकृत Meaning: Add (something) to the end of a written

document

Synonyms: Add, attach, affix, adjoin, include, put Usage: He was overthrown in an army coup
in/on
Antonyms: Abate, bate, deduct, remove, subtract, 11) Topple (Verb) – �गर पड़ना
detach Meaning: Overbalance or cause to overbalance
Usage: The results of the survey are appended to and fall
this chapter Synonyms: Fall, tumble, overturn, overbalance,
tip, keel, drop, pitch, plunge
7) Gratuitous (Adjective) – �बना अच्छे कारण के Antonyms: Rise, uprise, ascend, get up, hold,
Meaning: Done without good reason; uncalled for increase
Synonyms: Unjustified, without reason, uncalled Usage: She toppled over when I touched her
for, unwarranted
Antonyms: Justifiable, necessary 12) Dogged (Adjective) – दृढ़
Usage: Gratuitous violence Meaning: Having or showing tenacity and grim
persistence
8) Blatant (Adjective) – ज़बरदस्त Synonyms: Tenacious, determined, resolute,
Meaning: (Of bad behaviour) done openly and resolved, purposeful, persistent
unashamedly Antonyms: Hesitant, half-hearted
Synonyms: Flagrant, glaring, obvious, Usage: Having or showing tenacity and grim
undisguised, unconcealed, overt, open persistence
Antonyms: Inconspicuous, subtle
Usage: Blatant lies 13) Stance (Noun) – आसन
Meaning: The way in which someone stands,
9) Aberrant (Adjective) – असामान्य especially when deliberately adopted (as in cricket,
Meaning: Departing from an accepted standard golf, and other sports); a person’s posture
Synonyms: Deviant, deviating, divergent, Synonyms: Posture, body position, pose, attitude,
abnormal, atypical, anomalous bearing
Antonyms: Normal, typical Antonyms: Evenness, fairness, level
Usage: This somewhat aberrant behaviour Usage: She altered her stance, resting all her
requires an explanation weight on one leg
10) Coup (Noun) – तख्तापलट 14) Erode (Verb) – धीरे -धीरे नष्ट होना
Meaning: A sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of Meaning: Gradually destroy or be gradually
power from a government destroyed
Synonyms: Seizure of power, overthrow, Synonyms: Wear away/down, abrade, scrape
takeover, ousting, deposition, regime change away, grind down, crumble, dissolve, weather
Antonyms: Election Antonyms: build, construct, fix, ignore, neglect

Usage: This humiliation has eroded what 4) Slate (Verb) – आलोचना करना
confidence Jean has Meaning: Criticize severely
Synonyms: Criticize harshly, attack, pillory,
15) Renege (Verb) – वादे से मुकर जाना lambaste, condemn
Meaning: Go back on a promise, undertaking, or Antonyms: Praise, commend, applaud
contract Usage: His work was slated by the critics
Synonyms: Default on, fail to honour, go back
on, break, back out of, pull out of, withdraw from 5) Provocation (Noun) – उकसावा
Antonyms: Keep, honour Meaning: Action or speech that makes someone
Usage: The government had reneged on its angry, especially deliberately
election promises Synonyms: Incitement, rousing, stirring,
stimulation, prompting, inducement,
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1) Sporadic (Adjective) – �छटपुट Antonyms: Counterincentive, disincentive,

compliment, discouragement
Meaning: Occurring at irregular intervals or only
Usage: You should remain calm and not respond
in a few places; scattered or isolated
to provocation
Synonyms: Occasional, infrequent, irregular,
periodical, periodic
6) Rhetoric (Noun) – अलंकार शास्र
Antonyms: Frequent, regular, steady, continuous
Meaning: The art of effective or persuasive
Usage: Sporadic fighting broke out
speaking or writing
2) Defensive (Adjective) – र�ात्मक Synonyms: Oratory, eloquence, power of speech,

command of language, expression
Meaning: Used or intended to defend or protect
Antonyms: Inarticulateness
Synonyms: Defending, guarding, safeguarding,
Usage: He is using a common figure of rhetoric,
protecting, protective, shielding
hyperbole
Antonyms: Attacking
Usage: Defensive barriers
7) Strait (Noun) – जलसंयोगी
3) Devoid (Adjective) – र�हत Meaning: A narrow passage of water connecting

two seas or two other large areas of water
Meaning: Entirely lacking or free from
Synonyms: Channel, sound, narrows, inlet,
Synonyms: Lacking, without, free from/of, empty
stretch of water, arm of the sea
of, vacant of
Antonyms: Closure, comfort, ease
Antonyms: Filled, flush, fraught, full
Usage: The Straits of Gibraltar
Usage: Lisa kept her voice devoid of emotion
8) Unrelenting (Adjective) – बेददर्


Meaning: Not yielding in strength, severity, or Meaning: make (something) physically stronger
determination or more solid.
Synonyms: Implacable, inflexible, Synonyms: combine, unite, merge, integrate,
uncompromising, unyielding amalgamate
Antonyms: Acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, Antonyms: segregate, separate
compliant, complying, flexible Usage: “all manufacturing activities have been
Usage: The heat was unrelenting consolidated in new premises”
9) Despite (Noun) – के बावजद

ू 3) Prolonged (verb) – द�घर्काल�न करना
Meaning: Without being affected by; in spite of Meaning: extend the duration of.
Synonyms: In spite of, notwithstanding, Synonyms: lengthen, make longer, extend,
regardless of, in defiance of extend the duration of
Antonyms: Because of Antonyms: shorten
Usage: He remains a great leader despite age and Usage: “an idea which prolonged the life of the
infirmity engine by many years”
10) Immune (Noun) – प्र�तर��त 4) Accumulated (verb) – सं�चत करना

Meaning: Resistant, not subject, not liable, Meaning: gather together or acquire an
unsusceptible increasing number or quantity of.
Synonyms: Resistant, not subject, not liable,
unsusceptible, not vulnerable Synonyms: gather, collect, assemble
Antonyms: Susceptible Antonyms: dissipate
Usage: They are immune from legal action Usage: “investigators have yet to accumulate
• enough evidence”
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1) Anxious (Adjective) — �चिन्तत 5) bruised (adjective) – चोट लगना
Meaning: feeling or showing worry, nervousness, Meaning: (of a person or body part) having a
or unease about something with an uncertain bruise or bruises.
outcome. Synonyms: contuse, injure, mark
Synonyms: worried, concerned, apprehensive, Antonyms: aid, compliment, cure
fearful, uneasy Usage: “I fell and bruised my knee”
Antonyms: carefree, unconcerned
Usage: “she was extremely anxious about her 6) dissent (noun) — असहम�त
exams”
Meaning: the holding or expression of opinions at
variance with those commonly or officially held.
2) Consolidate (verb) — समेकन करना

Synonyms: lack of agreement, difference of

opinion, argument, dispute
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Usage: “there was no dissent from this view”
1) Rapporteurs (noun) — �ल�खत प्रमाण रखने
वाला
7) Integrity (verb) – सत्य�नष्ठा होना
Meaning: a person who is appointed by an
Meaning: the quality of being honest and having
organization to report on the proceedings of its
strong moral principles.
meetings.
Synonyms: honourableness, upstandingness,
Synonyms: recorder, record-keeper, registrar
good character, principle(s), ethics, morals,
Antonyms: employer
righteousness, morality, nobility
Usage: “the UN rapporteur”
Antonyms: Dishonesty
Usage: “a gentleman of complete integrity”
2) Prejudices (noun) — पव
ू ार्ग्रह�
Meaning: preconceived opinion that is not based
8) Breached (verb) — का उल्लंघन करना
on reason or actual experience.
Meaning: make a gap in and break through (a
Synonyms: preconceived idea, preconception,
wall, barrier, or defence).
preconceived notion; prejudgement
Synonyms: break (through), burst (through),
Antonyms: calm, detachment, dispassion,
rupture, force itself through, split
indifference
Antonyms: respecting, upholding
Usage: “English prejudice against foreigners”
Usage: “the river breached its bank”
3) Sovereignty (noun) — संप्रभत

ु ा
9) Preempted (verb) — पूवक्र
र् य से प्राप्त करना
Meaning: supreme power or authority.
Meaning: take action in order to prevent (an
Synonyms: jurisdiction, supremacy, dominion,
anticipated event) happening; forestall.
power, ascendancy, suzerainty
Synonyms: forestall, prevent
Antonyms: subservience, subjection
Antonyms: doubt, fail
Usage: “the sovereignty of Parliament”
Usage: “many tables were already pre-empted by
family parties”
4) Invasive (adjective) — आक्रमण का
Meaning: tending to spread very quickly and
10) Divisive (adjective) — �वभाजनकार�
undesirably or harmfully.
Meaning: tending to cause disagreement or
Synonyms: invasive, trespassing, encroaching
hostility between people.
Antonyms: unintrusive convex protrusive
Synonyms: alienating, estranging, isolating,
extrusive
schismatic
Usage: “patients suffering from invasive cancer”
Antonyms: unifying
Usage: “the highly divisive issue of abortion”

5) Quell (verb) — खत्म करना Meaning: the quality of being full of energy,
Meaning: put an end to (a rebellion or other excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience.
disorder), typically by the use of force. Synonyms: ebullience, buoyancy, cheerfulness,
Synonyms: put an end to, stamp out, put a stop sunniness
to, end, finish, get rid of, crush Antonyms: gloom, meagreness
Antonyms: bring about, prompt Usage: “a sense of youthful exuberance”
Usage: “extra police were called to quell the
disturbance” 10) Uncertainties (noun) — अ�निश्चतताओं
Meaning: the state of being uncertain.
6) Disengaged (adjective) — भावनात्मक रूप से Synonyms: riskiness, chanciness, precariousness,
अलग unsureness
Meaning: emotionally detached. Antonyms: certainty, predictability, confidence
Synonyms: remove, detach, disentangle, Usage: “times of uncertainty and danger”
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Usage: “the students were oddly disengaged, as if
1) Penetrate (verb) — भीतर आना
they didn’t believe they could control their lives”
Meaning: go into or through (something),
7) Brutality (noun) — पाशवता especially with force or effort.
Meaning: savage physical violence; great cruelty. Synonyms: pierce, puncture, make a hole in,
Synonyms: bloodthirstiness, viciousness, perforate, stab, prick
ferocity, barbarity, wickedness Antonyms: depart, exit, leave
Antonyms: gentleness, kindness Usage: “the shrapnel had penetrated his head”
Usage: “brutality against civilians”

2) Obstructed (verb) — बा�धत
8) Vulnerable (adjective) — भेद्य Meaning: block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be
Meaning: exposed to the possibility of being or get in the way of.
attacked or harmed, either physically or Synonyms: block up, clog, clog up, get/stand in
emotionally. the way of, cut off
Synonyms: in danger, in peril, in jeopardy, at Antonyms: clear
risk, endangered, unsafe Usage: “she was obstructing the entrance”
Antonyms: well protected, invulnerable, resilient,

3) Susceptible (adjective) — अ�तसंवेदनशील
immune to
Usage: “we were in a vulnerable position” Meaning: likely or liable to be influenced or
harmed by a particular thing.
9) Exuberance (noun) — अ�धकता Synonyms: open to, receptive to, vulnerable to,
defenceless against

Antonyms: immune, resistant Meaning: close observation, especially of a

Usage: “patients with liver disease may be suspected spy or criminal.
susceptible to infection” Synonyms: observation, scrutiny, watch, view,
inspection
4) Scatter (verb) – �बखराव करना Antonyms: ignorance, neglect
Meaning: throw in various random directions. Usage: “he found himself put under surveillance
Synonyms: disperse, break up, disband, separate by British military intelligence”
Antonyms: assemble, converge, congregate
Usage: “the roar made the dogs scatter” 9) Solicit (verb) — याचना करना
Meaning: ask for or try to obtain (something)
5) Haze (noun) — धुन्ध from someone.
Meaning: a slight obscuration of the lower Synonyms: ask for, request, apply for, put in for,
atmosphere, typically caused by fine suspended seek
particles. Antonyms: report
Synonyms: blur, daze, confusion, vagueness, Usage: “he called a meeting to solicit their views”
muddle
Antonyms: alertness, levelheadedness 10) Dissent (noun) — असम्म�त
Usage: “the cold air has no pollution and very Meaning: the holding or expression of opinions at
little haze” variance with those commonly or officially held.
Synonyms: lack of agreement, difference of
6) Aperture (noun) — �छद्र opinion, argument, dispute
Meaning: an opening, hole, or gap. Antonyms: agreement, acceptance
Synonyms: opening, hole, gap, space, slit, slot, Usage: “there was no dissent from this view”
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Usage: “the bell ropes passed through apertures in
1) Definitive (adjective) — �निश्चत
the ceiling”
Meaning: (of a conclusion or agreement) done or
7) Indigenous (adjective) — दे शज reached decisively and with authority.
Meaning: originating or occurring naturally in a Synonyms: conclusive, final, ultimate
particular place; native. Antonyms: provisional
Synonyms: native, aboriginal, local Usage: “a definitive decision”
Antonyms: expatriate, migrant, adventitious

2) Inflection (noun) — संयुग्मन
Usage: “the indigenous peoples of Siberia”
Meaning: a change in the form of a word
8) Surveillance (noun) — �नगरानी (typically the ending) to express a grammatical

function or attribute such as tense, mood, person, Synonyms: stamp, punch, print, impress, mark,
number, case, and gender. engrave
Synonyms: conjugation, declension Antonyms: blot out, erase, expunge, obliterate
Antonyms: monotone Usage: “tyre marks were imprinted in the snow”
Usage: “she spoke slowly and without inflection”
7) Distinctive (adjective) — �वशेष
3) Catapulted (verb) – प्र�ेपण करना Meaning: characteristic of one person or thing,
Meaning: hurl or launch (something) with or as if and so serving to distinguish it from others.
with a catapult. Synonyms: distinguishing, characteristic, typical,
Synonyms: send flying, send, let fly, let loose, individual
fire, blast Antonyms: common
Antonyms: catch, hold Usage: “juniper berries give gin its distinctive
Usage: “the explosion catapulted the car 30 yards flavour”
along the road”
8) Sweep (verb) – आसानी से �हलना
4) Relegating (verb) – पदावनत करना Meaning: clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or
Meaning: assign an inferior rank or position to. litter./ move swiftly and smoothly.
Synonyms: lower in rank/status, put down, move Synonyms: glide, sail, dash, charge, rush, streak,
down speed, fly, zoom, swoop
Antonyms: upgrade, promote Antonyms: flounder, struggle
Usage: “they aim to prevent women from being Usage: “a large black car swept past the open
relegated to a secondary role” windows”
5) Endorsement (noun) — पष्ृ ठांकन 9) Outlive (verb) — अ�धक समय तक रहना

Meaning: support, backing, approval, seal of Meaning: (of a person) live longer than (another
approval person).
Synonyms: seal of approval, agreement, Synonyms: live on after, live longer than, outlast,
acceptance, recommendation, advocacy remain alive after
Antonyms: opposition Antonyms: cease
Usage: “the issue of full independence received Usage: “the organization had largely outlived its
overwhelming endorsement” usefulness”
6) Imprint (verb) — छापना 10) Creed (noun) — पंथ

Meaning: impress or stamp (a mark or outline) Meaning: a system of religious belief; a faith.
on a surface. Synonyms: religious belief(s), religious
persuasion, religious conviction

Antonyms: agnosticism, know-nothingism dependent on.

Usage: “people of many creeds and cultures” Synonyms: chance, accidental, fortuitous,
possible, unforeseen
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Antonyms: predictable
1) Bow out (verb)
Usage: “the contingent nature of the job”
Meaning: withdraw or retire from an activity or
role.
5) Offspring (noun)
Synonyms: withdraw from, resign from, retire
Meaning: PRODUCT, RESULT
from, step down from
Synonyms: fruit, get, issue, posterity, progeny,
Antonyms: begin, continue
seed, spawn
Usage: “many artists are forced to bow out of the
Antonyms: ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear
profession at a relatively early age”
Usage: a mother of numerous offspring
2) Acquisitive (adjective)
6) Reeling (verb)
Meaning: excessively interested in acquiring
Meaning: wind something on to a reel by turning
money or material things.
the reel.
Synonyms: greedy, hoarding, covetous,
Synonyms: stagger, lurch, sway, rock, stumble
avaricious, possessive
Antonyms: clearheaded, stable, steady
Antonyms: altruistic, bounteous, bountiful,
Usage: “sailplanes are often launched by means of
charitable
a wire reeled in by a winch”
Usage: “we live in a competitive and acquisitive
society”
7) Decisive (adjective)
Meaning: settling an issue; producing a definite
3) Persistent (adjective)
result.
Meaning: continuing firmly or obstinately in an
Synonyms: deciding, conclusive, determining,
opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or
final
opposition.
Antonyms: insignificant
Synonyms: tenacious, persevering, determined,
Usage: “the archers played a decisive part in the
resolute
victory”
Antonyms: irresolute
Usage: “one of the government’s most persistent
8) Overwhelming (adjective)
critics”
Meaning: very great in amount.
Synonyms: very large, profuse, enormous,
4) Contingent (adjective)
immense, inordinate
Meaning: subject to chance/ occurring or existing
Antonyms: small
only if (certain circumstances) are the case;
Usage: “his party won overwhelming support”

Usage: “it wasn’t easy, but I persuaded him to do

9) Indicative (adjective) the right thing”
Meaning: serving as a sign or indication of
something. 3) Devoid (adjective)
Synonyms: symptomatic, expressive, suggestive, Meaning: entirely lacking or free from.
evocative Synonyms: free from/of, empty of, vacant of, void
Antonyms: unprophetic of, bare of, barren of
Usage: “having recurrent dreams is not Antonyms: furnished, provided, supplied
necessarily indicative of any psychological Usage: “Lisa kept her voice devoid of emotion”
problem”
4) Coherent (adjective)
10) Stark (adjective) Meaning: (of an argument, theory, or policy)
Meaning: severe or bare in appearance or outline. logical and consistent.
Synonyms: sharply delineated, sharp, sharply
defined, Synonyms: logical, reasoned, reasonable, well-
Antonyms: fuzzy, indistinct, pleasant, reasoned
comfortable Antonyms: incoherent, muddled
Usage: “the ridge formed a stark silhouette Usage: “they failed to develop a coherent
against the sky” economic strategy”
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5) Invoked (verb)
1) Dismal (adjective)
Meaning: call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer, as a
Meaning: causing a mood of gloom or depression.
witness, or for inspiration.
Synonyms: dingy, dim, dark, gloomy, sombre,
Synonyms: pray to, call on, appeal to, plead with,
dreary, drab
supplicate
Antonyms: bright, cheerful
Antonyms: waive
Usage: “the dismal weather made the late
Usage: “the antiquated defence of insanity is
afternoon seem like evening”
rarely invoked in England”
2) Persuaded (verb)
6) Hark (verb)
Meaning: induce (someone) to do something
Meaning: listen
through reasoning or argument.
Synonyms: listen, lend an ear
Synonyms: prevail on, talk someone into, coax,
Usage: “just hark at you, speaking all lah-de-dah!”
convince, make, get
Antonyms: dissuade, discourage, deter
7) Unflinchingly (adjective)
Meaning: not flinching or shrinking

Synonyms: determined, dogged, grim, Usage: “their growing disenchantment with the
implacable, relentless, unappeasable, unrelenting, leadership”
unyielding
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Antonyms: afraid, cowardly
1) Inherent (adjective) — �न�हत
Usage: However, now in 2019, facing its toughest
Meaning: existing in something as a permanent,
crisis, the Congress must address the question
essential, or characteristic attribute.
unflinchingly, and in depth, if it is to refresh itself
Synonyms: intrinsic, innate, immanent, built-in
as a political force.
Antonyms: acquired, alien
Usage: “any form of mountaineering has its
8) Symptomatic (adjective)
inherent dangers”
Meaning: serving as a symptom or sign, especially
of something undesirable.
2) Tilt (verb) – झुकाव होना
Synonyms: indicative, signalling, warning,
Meaning: move or cause to move into a sloping
characteristic
position.
Antonyms: atypical, nontypical, uncharacteristic,
Synonyms: lean, tip, list, slope, camber, bank,
untypical
slant
Usage: “these difficulties are symptomatic of
Antonyms: level, right, be/come level
fundamental problems”
Usage: “the floor tilted slightly”
9) Appeal (verb)
3) Ascended (verb) — चढ़ना
Meaning: make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt
request. Meaning: rise or move up through the air.
Synonyms: ask urgently/earnestly, request Synonyms: climb (up), come/go/move up, make
urgently/earnestly, make an urgent/earnest one’s/its way up
request Antonyms: descend
Antonyms: bore, leave someone cold Usage: “she ascended the stairs”
Usage: “police are appealing for information

4) Manifold (adjective) — कई और �व�भन्न
about the incident”
Meaning: many and various.
10) Disenchantment (noun) Synonyms: many, numerous, multiple,
Meaning: a feeling of disappointment about multifarious
someone or something you previously respected or Antonyms: homogeneous, homogenous,
admired; disillusionment. monolithic, unmixed, unvaried
Synonyms: disillusionment, disappointment, Usage: “the implications of this decision were
dissatisfaction manifold”
Antonyms: enchanted, encouraged


5) Amateurs (noun) — शौक�न� Meaning: die, especially in a violent or sudden

Meaning: a person who engages in a pursuit, way.
especially a sport, on an unpaid rather than a Synonyms: lose one’s life, be killed, fall, expire
professional basis. Antonyms: Alive
Synonyms: non-professional, non-specialist, Usage: “a great part of his army perished of
layman hunger and disease”
Antonyms: professional
Usage: “it takes five years for a top amateur to 10) Drubbing (noun) — हार
become a real Tour de France rider” Meaning: a beating; a thrashing.
Synonyms: beating, thrashing, walloping,
6) Fallout (noun) — �ववाद करना thumping
Meaning: radioactive particles that are carried Antonyms: win
into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion and Usage: “I’ll give the scoundrels a drubbing if I
gradually fall back as dust or in precipitation. can!”
Synonyms: altercate, argue, argufy, bicker
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Antonyms: coexist, get along
1) Divisive (adjective)
Usage: “a fallout shelter”
Meaning: tending to cause disagreement or
7) Summiteers (noun) — सरकार के प्रमख hostility between people.

ु � के बीच
Synonyms: alienating, estranging, isolating,
एक बैठक म� भाग लेने वाला।
schismatic
Meaning: a participant in a meeting between
Antonyms: unifying
heads of government.
Usage: “the highly divisive issue of abortion”
Synonyms: hiker, alpinist
Usage: “by tradition, summiteers do not
2) Agonise (verb)
embarrass each other before an election”
Meaning: undergo great mental anguish through
worrying about something.
8) Lure (verb) — लुभाना
Synonyms: worry, fret, fuss, upset oneself, rack
Meaning: tempt (a person or animal) to do
one’s brains
something or to go somewhere, especially by
Antonyms: abet, aid, assist, help
offering some form of reward.
Usage: “I didn’t agonize over the problem”
Synonyms: tempt, entice, attract, induce, coax
Antonyms: deter, put off
3) Introspection (noun)
Usage: “the child was lured into a car but
Meaning: the examination or observation of one’s
managed to escape”
own mental and emotional processes.
9) Perished (verb) — मारे गए


Synonyms: brooding, self-analysis, soul- Usage: “the college cannot condone any behaviour
searching, heart-searching that involves illicit drugs”
Antonyms: unthoughtful
Usage: “quiet introspection can be extremely 8) Embellish (verb)
valuable” Meaning: make (something) more attractive by
the addition of decorative details or features.
4) Remorse (noun) Synonyms: decorate, adorn, ornament, dress
Meaning: deep regret or guilt for a wrong Antonyms: simplify
committed. Usage: “blue silk embellished with golden
Synonyms: contrition, deep regret, repentance, embroidery”
penitence, guilt
Antonyms: indifference 9) Tenacity (noun)
Usage: “they were filled with remorse and shame” Meaning: the quality or fact of being able to grip
something firmly; grip.
5) Mobilization (noun) Synonyms: pertinacity, determination,
Meaning: the action of making something perseverance, doggedness
movable or capable of movement. Antonyms: irresolution, lack of resolve
Synonyms: convening, convocation, muster, Usage: “the sheer tenacity of the limpet”
mustering
Antonyms: disassembly mobilization 10) Slackening (verb)
Usage: “mobilization of the shoulder can be Meaning: make or become slack.
resumed within 10 days following injury” Synonyms: loosen, make looser
Antonyms: tighten
6) Recurring (adjective) Usage: “he slackened his grip”
Meaning: occurring again periodically or
repeatedly.
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Synonyms: happen again, reoccur, occur again
1) Outreach (noun) — पहुंचने क� सीमा या लंबाई
Usage: “gratitude is a recurring theme in the
Meaning: the extent or length of reaching out.
book”
Synonyms: break, exceed, outrun, overpass,
overreach
7) Condoning (verb)
Usage: “the loving outreach of God to the world”
Meaning: accept (behaviour that is considered
morally wrong or offensive).
2) Affinity (noun) — आत्मीयता
Synonyms: deliberately ignore, not take into
Meaning: a natural liking for and understanding
consideration
of someone or something.
Antonyms: condemn, punish

Synonyms: empathy, rapport, sympathy, accord 7) Inaugural (adjective) — उद्घाटन संबंधी

Antonyms: dislike, aversion, antipathy Meaning: marking the beginning of an
Usage: “he had a special affinity with horses” institution, activity, or period of office.
Synonyms: first, initial, introductory, initiatory
3) Incipient (adjective) — प्रारं �भक Antonyms: final, closing
Meaning: beginning to happen or develop. Usage: “his inaugural concert as Music Director”
Synonyms: developing, impending, growing
Antonyms: Full-blown 8) Flattered (verb) — चापलूसी करना
Usage: “he could feel incipient anger building up” Meaning: lavish praise and compliments on
(someone), often insincerely and with the aim of
4) Deliberations (noun) — �ववेचना furthering one’s own interests.
Meaning: long and careful consideration or Synonyms: compliment, praise, commend,
discussion. admire
Antonyms: offend
Synonyms: thought, thinking, consideration, Usage: “she was flattering him in order to avoid
reflection, contemplation doing what he wanted”
Antonyms: Haste
Usage: “after much deliberation we arrived at a 9) Deceive (verb) — धोखा दे ना
compromise” Meaning: deliberately cause (someone) to believe
something that is not true, especially for personal
5) Bragging (noun) — डींग मारने का gain.
Meaning: excessively proud and boastful talk Synonyms: swindle, defraud, cheat, trick,
about one’s achievements or possessions. hoodwink
Synonyms: awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, Antonyms: debunk, expose, reveal, show up,
blue-chip uncloak, uncover, unmask
Antonyms: bad, inferior, low-grade, substandard, Usage: “I didn’t intend to deceive people into
unsatisfactory thinking it was French champagne”
Usage: “she interrupted their endless bragging”
10) Choked (verb) — अव�द्ध होना
6) Swagger (verb) – अकड़के चलना Meaning: fill (a space) so as to make movement
Meaning: walk or behave in a very confident and difficult or impossible.
arrogant or self-important way. Synonyms: gag, retch, cough, struggle for air
Synonyms: strut, parade, stride, roll, prance Antonyms: restore, resuscitate, revive
Antonyms: bemoan, lament, mourn, regret Usage: “Willie choked on a mouthful of tea”
Usage: “he swaggered along the corridor”

Editorial 31 – 05 – 2019 Meaning: (especially of an unwelcome influence
1) Reeling (verb) — लड़खड़ाना
or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an
Meaning: wind something on to a reel by turning area or a group of people.
the reel. Synonyms: prevalent, penetrating, pervading,
Synonyms: stagger, lurch, sway, rock, stumble, permeating, extensive
totter Antonyms: rare, strange, unknown, unusual
Antonyms: stable, steady Usage: “ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our
Usage: “he punched Connolly in the ear, sending society”
him reeling”
6) Persistent (adjective) — दृढ़
2) Obligations (noun) — दा�यत्व�
Meaning: continuing firmly or obstinately in an
Meaning: an act or course of action to which a opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or
person is morally or legally bound; a duty or opposition.
commitment. Synonyms: tenacious, persevering, determined,
Synonyms: duty, commitment, responsibility resolute
Antonyms: grace, postponement, stay Antonyms: intermittent, occasional
Usage: “I have an obligation to look after her” Usage: “persistent rain will affect many areas”
3) Undeniably (adverb) — �न�वर्वाद 7) Sobering (adjective) — गंभीर मनोदशा।

Meaning: unable to be denied or disputed. Meaning: tending to make one thoughtful or
Synonyms: indisputable, indubitable, sober
unquestionable Synonyms: creating a more serious, sensible, or
Antonyms: debatable, questionable solemn mood.
Usage: “it is an undeniable fact that some dogs are Usage: “a sobering thought”
easier to train than others”
8) Irrevocably (adverb) — अप�रवतर्नीय
4) Tremendous (adjective) – अ�धक मात्रा म�
Meaning: in a way that cannot be changed,
Meaning: very great in amount, scale, or reversed, or recovered.
intensity. Synonyms: irreversible, unrectifiable,
Synonyms: very great, huge, enormous, irremediable, irreparable
immense, colossal, massive Antonyms: reversible, temporary
Antonyms: tiny, small, slight, soft Usage: “my life changed irrevocably in an instant”
Usage: “Penny put in a tremendous amount of
time” 9) Uninhabitable (adjective) — �नजर्न
Meaning: (of a place) unsuitable for living in.
5) Pervasive (adjective) — प्रसरणशील
Synonyms: habitable, livable (also liveable)

Antonyms: livable Meaning: sign or give formal consent to (a treaty,

Usage: “the house had been declared contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
uninhabitable” Synonyms: confirm, approve, sanction, endorse
Antonyms: reject, revoke
10) Ratified (verb) — क� पुिष्ट करना Usage: “both countries were due to ratify the
treaty by the end of the year”

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May Month Editorial Vocabulary - 2019

Editorial 01 – 05 – 2019 4) Volatile (Adjective) – अिस्थर

Meaning: Make unfair claims on or take

6) Intimidation (Noun) - अ�भत्रास

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Meaning: Critical observation or examination 2) Impact (Verb) - प्रभाव

सावधान 3) Perspective (Noun) - प�रप्रे�य

Meaning: Extremely thorough and careful Meaning: A view or prospect

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2) Audacity (Noun) - दस्

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Meaning: The action of denying something 9) Beckon (Verb) - इशारा करना

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Antonyms: Shorten, ignore

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Usage: A training programme should be devised

7) Remorse (Noun) – 11) Dismal (Adjective) –

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Usage: An alliance between medicine and morality

4) Coalition (Noun) – गठबंधन 8) Despite (Preposition) – के बावजद

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10) Delineate (Verb) – �च�त्रत या वणर्न करना 3) Accusation (Noun) – दोषारोप

11) Manoeuvre (Verb) – प�तरे बाज़ी करना 4) Elusive (Adjective) – मायावी

5) Outburst (Noun) – नाराजगी

2) Revoke (Verb) – रद्द करना Meaning: A person fighting against a government

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Meaning: A situation in which further action or 1) Inadequacy (Noun) – अपयार्प्तता

9) Morale (Noun) – मनोबल 3) Envisage (Verb) – प�रकल्पना करना

10) Forge (Verb) – बनाना 4) Adverse (Adjective) – �वपर�त

Editorial 13 – 05 – 2019 production

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5) Curtail (Verb) – कम करना 9) Exacerbate (Verb) – ख़राब करना

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5) Ecstasy (Noun) – परमानंद 9) Devastating (Adjective) – �वनाशकार�

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5) Contend (Verb) – संघषर् करना

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2) Perverse (Adjective) – �वकृत Meaning: Add (something) to the end of a written

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1) Sporadic (Adjective) – �छटपुट Antonyms: Counterincentive, disincentive,

2) Defensive (Adjective) – र�ात्मक Synonyms: Oratory, eloquence, power of speech,

3) Devoid (Adjective) – र�हत Meaning: A narrow passage of water connecting

8) Unrelenting (Adjective) – बेददर्

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9) Despite (Noun) – के बावजद

10) Immune (Noun) – प्र�तर��त 4) Accumulated (verb) – सं�चत करना

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Synonyms: lack of agreement, difference of

3) Sovereignty (noun) — संप्रभत

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Synonyms: bloodthirstiness, viciousness, perforate, stab, prick

ferocity, barbarity, wickedness Antonyms: depart, exit, leave

Usage: “brutality against civilians”

Meaning: exposed to the possibility of being or get in the way of.

emotionally. the way of, cut off

Synonyms: in danger, in peril, in jeopardy, at Antonyms: clear

risk, endangered, unsafe Usage: “she was obstructing the entrance”

Antonyms: well protected, invulnerable, resilient,

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Antonyms: immune, resistant Meaning: close observation, especially of a