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The Complete Vocabulary (Page No.12 Set-11)

Morose (adjective)
Hindi Meaning: उदास, चिड़चिड़ा
English Meaning: Unhappy, unwilling to speak or smile
Usage: He was very morose after his wife left him.

Synonyms: Gloomy, depressive, dreary, morbid, dejected,

melancholy
Gloomy (adj.)
unhappy and without hope: a gloomy person/expression

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dreary (adj.)
boring and making you feel unhappy:
She had spent another dreary day in the office.
Morbid (adj.)
too interested in unpleasant subjects, especially death:
a morbid fascination with death
dejected (adj.)
unhappy, disappointed, or without hope:
She looked a bit dejected when they told her she didn't get the job.
Melancholy (adj.)
sad:
a melancholy piece of music
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 Antonyms: Blithe, buoyant, merry, hopeful, optimistic
Blithe (adj.)
happy and without worry:
She shows a blithe disregard for danger.
Buoyant (adj.)
happy and confident:
After reading the letter he was in a buoyant mood.
Merry (adj.)
happy or showing enjoyment:
the merry sound of laughter
optimistic (adj.)
hoping or believing that good things will happen in the future:
She is optimistic about her chances of winning a gold medal.
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Dogmatic (adjective)
Hindi Meaning: कट्टर, हठधर्मी
English Meaning: Certain that you are right and others are
wrong, strongly opinionate
Usage: I don’t mean to come across as dogmatic, but I am certain I
am correct on this issue!

Synonyms: Opinionated, doctrinaire, adamant, inflexible,

perverse

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Doctrinaire (adj.)
based on and following fixed beliefs rather than considering practical problems:
He has a somewhat doctrinaire approach to running the company.

Adamant (adj.)
impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision
I've told her she should stay at home and rest but she's
adamant that she's coming.

Inflexible (adj.)
fixed and unable or unwilling to change:
This type of computer is too slow and inflexible to meet many business needs.

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Perverse (adj.)
strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy:
He was being perverse and refusing to agree with anything we said.
Antonyms: Receptive, broadminded, undoctrinaire, latitudinarian
Receptive (adj.)
willing to listen to and accept new ideas and suggestions:
The government is not receptive to the idea of a Freedom of
Information Act.
Latitudinarian (adj./noun)
free-thinking, undogmatic or broadminded or not insisting on strict
conformity

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 Affluent (adjective)
Hindi Meaning: धनी, प्रिरु
English Meaning: Having a lot of money or things or possessions

Usage: We live in an affluent neighborhood.

Synonyms: Opulent, rich, wealthy, well-to-do, flourishing,

propertied, privileged

Opulent (adj.)
expensive and luxurious: an opulent lifestyle

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flourishing (adj.)
growing or developing successfully:
There's a flourishing trade in these kind of items.

Propertied (adj.)
(of a person or group) owning property and land, especially in large
amounts.
"a propertied country gentleman"

Privileged (adj.)
having an advantage or opportunity that most people do not have
Only a privileged few are allowed to enter this room.

Antonyms: Unaffluent, deprived, bankrupt, insolvent

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Deprived (adj.)
not having the things that are necessary for a pleasant life, such as
enough money, food, or good living conditions:
She had a deprived childhood/comes from a deprived background.

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 Utility (noun)
Hindi Meaning: उपयोचिता
English Meaning: The usefulness of something
Usage: Its basic utility lies in being able to drive where other
vehicles cannot go.

Synonyms: Avail, aid, relevance, worth, mileage, serviceability

Avail (noun)
use, purpose, advantage, or profit:
We tried to persuade her not to resign, but to no avail (= did
not succeed).

Avail (verb)
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to help or be useful to someone or something:
Our efforts availed us nothing (= did not help).
Aid (noun)
help or support:
He gets about with the aid of a walking stick.
Mileage (noun) more than one meaning
1. the advantage that you can get from a situation:

There's no mileage in complaining to the director - she'll

just ignore you.

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 Antonyms: Inapplicability, worthlessness, uselessness
Inapplicability
the quality or state of not having anything to do with the matter at
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