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1.Cavalcade
Hindi Meaning: जूलूस, शोभायात्रा, घुड़सवार-दल
English Meaning: a line of riders, vehicles, etc., moving along in the same direction, a series of related things
Synonym: caravan, fleet, line, motorcade,
Usage: The cavalcade arrived at the hotel.
2.Deplorable
Hindi Meaning: दर्दनाक, खेदजनक, खोटा
English Meaning:: very bad in a way that causes shock, fear, or disgust ,deserving to be deplored
Synonym: contemptible, despicable, dirty,
Usage: we will not tolerate such deplorable behavior in a house of worship
3.Bereavement
Hindi Meaning: मौत, वियोग, शोक
English Meaning: the state of being sad because a family member or friend has recently died
Synonym: loss, deprivation,
Usage: people who have recently suffered bereavements
4.Obliterate
Hindi Meaning: छीलना, मिटाना, मिटा देना
English Meaning: to destroy (something) completely so that nothing is left
Synonym: eradicate, erase
Usage: in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring
5. Acrimonious
Hindi Meaning: उग्र
English Meaning:angry and bitter feelings
Synonym: bitterness
Usage: The dispute began again with increased acrimony.
6.Scintillating
Hindi Meaning: बहुत शानदार, चमकता हुआ
English Meaning: very clever, amusing, and interesting
Synonym: sparkle,flash, shine
Usage: the diamond ring scintillated in the sunlight
7.Proliferate
Hindi Meaning: संख्या में बढ़, बहुप्रसव, पैदा करना
English Meaning: to increase in number or amount quickly
Synonym: accelerate, accumulate, appreciate,
Usage: rumors about the incident proliferated on the Internet.
8.Impunity
Hindi Meaning: अपीड़ा, छुटकारा, दंडाभाव
English Meaning: freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
Synonym: exemption, immunity
Usage: she mistakenly believed that she could insult people with impunity>
9.Renunciation
Hindi Meaning: अस्वीकार, आत्मत्याग, त्याग
English Meaning: the act of renouncing something or someone
Synonym: abnegation, renouncement,
Usage: Their vows include renunciation of all wealth.
10.Mundane
Hindi Meaning: लौकिक, संसारी, सांसारिक
English Meaning: dull and ordinary,relating to ordinary life on earth rather than to spiritual things
Synonym: everyday, nitty-gritty, prosaic
Usage: They lead a pretty mundane life.
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1.Revamp (verb)
Hindi translation: सुधार
Meaning: Give new and improved appearance.
Memory Tip: To walk the ramp, you need to revamp your look.
Use in Sentence: An attempt was made to revamp the image of the brand to boost sales.
2.Averse (adjective)
Hindi translation: प्रतिकूल
Meaning: Having a strong dislike of or opposition to something.
Memory Tip: Averse rhymes with reverse: I wanted to do something but she was averse to it because she wanted to do the reverse.
Use in Sentence: The old man was not averse to my cats playing in his garden, he just did not want them inside his house.
3.Deplete (verb)
Hindi Translation: व्यय करना
Meaning: Fully use up the supply.
Memory Tip: Deplete → Complete (use up/finish)
Use in Sentence: The captain of the ship was concerned because the stock of grains was depleting at a faster rate than he had expected.
4.Aspire (verb)
Hindi translation: आकांक्षा करना
Meaning: Direct one’s ambitions and hopes towards achieving something.
Memory Tip: You are inspired to aspire.
Use in Sentence: The company aspired to reach greater heights with the launch of its new mobile phone.
5.Pique (verb)
Hindi translation: जिज्ञासा पैदा होना OR खीझना
Meaning:
(1) Suddenly create interest or curiosity
(2) Feel irritated
(1) Suddenly create interest or curiosity
(2) Feel irritated
Memory Tip: Piqued → Picked up (Curiosity/Anger)
Use in Sentence:
(1) My curiosity piqued when I saw him enter the store with a woman who was not his wife.
(2) I was piqued by his sudden and unannounced appearance at my house.
(1) My curiosity piqued when I saw him enter the store with a woman who was not his wife.
(2) I was piqued by his sudden and unannounced appearance at my house.
6.Accede (verb)
Hindi translation: मान लेना
Meaning: Agree
Pronounced: A-seed
Memory Tip: After long demands, my mother finally acceded and bought me a seed of the expensive rose flower I wanted.
Use in Sentence: Even though he needed money, Harry did not accede to the bank’s loan agreement.
7.Suite (noun)
Hindi translation: कमरों का सेट
Meaning: A set of rooms in a hotel, designed for a family’s use.
Pronounced: Sweet
Memory Tip: The hotel offered complimentary sweets to the suite guests.
Use in Sentence: She occupied the largest suite on the topmost floor of the building.
Use in Sentence: She occupied the largest suite on the topmost floor of the building.
8.Rancid (adjective)
Hindi translation: खट्टा और बासी
Meaning: Unpleasant taste or smell of decomposed or rotten food.
Memory Tip: Ran + Cid → Ran + Sid → Sid ran towards the washroom as his stomach was upset from eating rancid food.
Use in Sentence: The peanuts had gone rancid sitting outside in the open air.
9.Abyss (noun)
Hindi Translation: अगाध गर्त
Meaning: A bottomless or very deep pit.
Memory Tip: A + byss → Ek + Bees → एक + बीस → यह एक बीस फीट का गहरा कुंड (abyss) है
Use in Sentence: They discovered a new species of blind sharks that live in the ocean abyss.
10.Alimony (noun)
Hindi translation: निर्वाह निधि
Meaning: Payments made regularly to an ex-wife/ex-husband after divorce
Memory Tip: Al + I + Mony → All + I + Money → I lost all my money in the divorce on alimony to my wife.
Use in Sentence: His ex-wife asked for basic alimony and the house in the divorce.
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1. – Umpteen - अनेक
Meaning – indefinitely many; a lot of.
Usage – “you need umpteen pieces of identification to cash a cheque”
2. – Snide - जाली
Meaning – derogatory or mocking in an indirect way.
Usage – “snide remarks about my mother”
Synonyms – disparaging, derogatory, deprecating, deprecatory, denigratory, insulting, vituperative, disapproving, contemptuous; mocking, taunting, ridiculing, sneering, jeering, scoffing; scornful, derisive, sarcastic, caustic, biting, bitchy, shrewish, spiteful, hurtful, nasty, mean; informalsarky; raremordacious.
3. – Echelon - टोली, विभाग
Meaning – a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
Usage – “the upper echelons of the business world”
Synonyms – level, rank, grade, step, rung, tier, stratum, plane, position, order, division, sector.
4. – Fillip - टपटपाना, उत्साह
Meaning – something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity.
Usage – “the halving of car tax would provide a fillip to sales”
Synonyms – stimulus, stimulation, stimulant, boost, encouragement, incitement, incentive, impetus, inducement, motivation; tonic, uplift, lift, reviver, spur, goad, prod, push, prompt, aid, help; informalshot in the arm, pick-me-up.
5. – Impugn - काटना, रद्द करना
Meaning – dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of (a statement or motive); call into question.
Usage – “the father does not impugn her capacity as a good mother”
Synonyms – call into question, challenge, question, dispute, query, take issue with, impeach.
6. – Inveigle - फुसलाना, मनाना
Meaning – persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.
Usage – “he inveigled her back to his room”
Synonyms – cajole, wheedle, coax, persuade, convince, talk; tempt, lure, allure, entice, ensnare, seduce, flatter, beguile, dupe, fool; informalsweet-talk, soft-soap, butter up, twist someone’s arm, con, bamboozle; informalsucker; archaicblandish.
7. – Infidel - अनीश्वरवादी, अशुद्ध
Meaning – a person who has no religion or whose religion is not that of the majority.
Usage – “a crusade against infidels and heretics”
Synonyms – unbeliever, disbeliever, non-believer, heathen, pagan, idolater, idolatress, heretic, agnostic, atheist, non-theist, nihilist, apostate, freethinker, libertine, dissenter, nonconformist; archaicpaynim; rarenullifidian.
8. – Hunch - सूजन, कूबड़
Meaning – raise (one’s shoulders) and bend the top of one’s body forward.
Usage – “Eliot hunched his shoulders against a gust of snow”
Synonyms – arch, curve, hump, bend, bow, curl, crook.
9. – Sleuth - गुप्तचर, जासूस
Meaning – a detective.
Usage – “they make MI5 look like a bunch of amateur sleuths”
Synonyms – private detective, detective, private investigator, investigator; enquiry agent; informalprivate eye, PI, snoop, sleuth-hound; informalprivate dick, dick, peeper, shamus, gumshoe; informalhawkshaw, sherlock.
10. – Secession - अपगमन, अलहदगी
Meaning – the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
Usage – “the republics want secession from the union”
Synonyms – withdrawal, break, breakaway, separation, severance, schism, apostasy, leaving, quitting, split, splitting, disaffiliation, resignation, pulling out, dropping out, desertion, defection.
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1.Dichotomy
Hindi Meaning: द्विभाजन, किसी दो भिन्न पदार्थ या समूह के विभाग
English Meaning: a difference between two opposite things : a division into two opposite groups
Synonym: contradiction, incongruity, paradox
Usage: Her essay discusses the dichotomy between good and evil in the author's novels.
2.Matrilineal
Hindi Meaning: मातृवंशीय
English Meaning: relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the maternal line
Synonym: matrilinear, lineal, direct
Usage: a matrilineal society
3.Brutish
Hindi Meaning: पशुवत्
English Meaning:: cruel, violent, and stupid : resembling or suggesting a beast
Synonym: animalistic, beastly, brutal,
Usage: She is married to a brutish, drunken slob
4.Assimilate
Hindi Meaning: आत्मसात् करना, सम्मिलित होना
English Meaning: to learn (something) so that it is fully understood and can be used
Synonym: analogize, compare, bracket,
Usage: There was a lot of information to assimilate at school.
5.Docile
Hindi Meaning: दब्बू, नम्र
English Meaning: easily taught, led, or controlled
Synonym: obedient, law-abiding, submissive,
Usage: His students were docile and eager to learn.
6.Acquiesce
Hindi Meaning: मान लेना, चुपचाप स्वीकार करना
English Meaning: to accept, agree, or allow something to happen by staying silent or by not arguing
Synonym: accede, agree, assent,
Usage: They demanded it, and he acquiesced.
7.Quotidian
Hindi Meaning: आम, दैनिक
English Meaning: ordinary or very common,done each day
Synonym: commonplace, everyday, familiar
Usage: plagued by a quotidian coughing fit, the result of years of smoking.
8.Juggle
Hindi Meaning: धोखा देना, इन्द्रजाल
English Meaning: to keep several objects in motion in the air at the same time by repeatedly throwing and catching them
Synonym: artifice, device, dodge, fetch
Usage: He juggled four balls at once.
9.Umpteen
Hindi Meaning: बहुत, लंबा
English Meaning: very many, indefinitely numerous
Synonym: innumerable; many.
Usage: "you need umpteen pieces of identification to cash a cheque
10.Patriarch
Hindi Meaning: आचार्य, कुलपति, बूढ़ा
English Meaning: a man who heads a family, group, or government, a respected old man
Synonym: antediluvian, forefather,
Usage: Our grandfather was the family's patriarch.
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1.Remediable (adjective)
Hindi translation: उपचार-योग्य
Meaning: Capable of being cured, treated or fixed.
Memory Tip: Reme + di + able → Remedy + Able→ Don’t throw it away! Remember that you are able to fix it because it is remediable.
Use in Sentence: The doctor thinks the disease is remediable and not permanent.
2.Canvass (verb)
Hindi translation: समर्थन माँगना
Meaning: Try to obtain support or votes.
Memory Tip: Can + vass → कान + बस → कान से बस सुनते रहना पर ध्यान मत देना, यह बस वोट पाने की साज़िश है
Use in Sentence: The campaign was designed to canvass support for Congress party in Tamil Nadu.
3.Conserve (verb)
Hindi Translation: संरक्षण करना
Meaning: Protect from harm or destruction
Memory Tip: Con + serve → कौन + Save → If not you, then कौन save करेगा दुनिया के जीव जंतुओं को?
Use in Sentence: This plant is an endangered species and needs to be conserved immediately to avoid extinction.
4.Deterrent (noun)
Hindi translation: निवारक
Meaning: Something that discourages something (especially bad activities).
Memory Tip: Rhymes with detergent → Detergent discourages stains on clothes.
Use in Sentence: This strict law is slated to act as a major deterrent to crime in Gotham City.
5.Parsimony (noun)
Hindi translation: कृपणता
Meaning: Extreme unwillingness to spend money or resources.
Memory Tip: Purse से जब money नहीं निकलेगा तो होगा parsimony.
Use in Sentence: The government’s parsimony towards the architectural heritage of the city is shameful.
6.Resumption (noun)
Hindi translation: पुनरारंभ
Meaning: Action of beginning something after a pause
Memory Tip: Resumption → Résumé → When I wanted to apply for resumption of my job after a two year break, I had to prepare a fresh resume.
Use in Sentence: The resumption of trade between the two countries after a bitter war brought about prosperity in both nations.
7.Brusque (adjective)
Hindi translation: अशिष्ट
Meaning: Speaking or behaving rudely or without thinking.
Memory Tip: Brusque → brus + que → brush + queue → He will brush past you in the queue and not even apologise because he is brusque.
Use in Sentence: His brusque speech and mannerisms quickly made him the person to avoid in college.
8.Burgeoning (verb, past participle)
Hindi Translation: तेजी से बढ़ते
Meaning: Flourishing OR Growing Fast
Memory Tip: Burge + Oning → Burger + morning → I ate a burger at night and by morning I was already burgeoning at the belly.
Use in Sentence: The burgeoning Roman empire was brought to a standstill by the Barbarian invasions.
9.Caveat (noun)
Hindi translation: चेतावनी
Meaning: A type of warning (usually hidden).
Pronounced: Kav-ee-at
Memory Tip: Cave + at → If you are at the caves, you need to be careful. This is a warning.
Use in Sentence: He told me I could buy two dozen apples for the price of one – the caveat he conveniently forgot to mention was that he charged twice as much as the market price of one dozen apples.
10.Concede (verb)
Hindi translation: स्वीकार करना
Meaning: Admit something is true after denying it initially.
Pronounced: Kun-Seed
Memory Tip: Con + Cede → कौन + सीढ़ी (steps) →First I thought कि कौन सीढ़ी चढ़ेगा but then I conceded that I need to lose weight. So I climbed the stairs.
Use in Sentence: I kept arguing with the professor that my essay deserved more marks but when he showed me my classmate’s essay, I conceded that he had marked me fairly.
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1. – Wayward – स्वच्छंद
Meaning – difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour.
Usage – “a wayward adolescent”
Synonyms – wilful, self-willed, headstrong, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, perverse, contrary, rebellious, defiant, uncooperative, refractory, recalcitrant, unruly, wild, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpredictable, capricious, whimsical, fickle, inconstant, changeable, erratic, intractable, difficult, impossible, intolerable.
2. – Wield – फिराना
Meaning – hold and use (a weapon or tool).
Usage – “a masked raider wielding a handgun”
Synonyms – brandish, flourish, wave, twirl, display, flaunt, hold aloft, show off, swing, shake; use, put to use, employ, handle, ply, manipulate, operate.
3. – Wrath – कोप
Meaning – extreme anger.
Usage – “he hid his pipe for fear of incurring his father’s wrath”
Synonyms – anger, rage, fury, annoyance, indignation, outrage, pique, spleen, chagrin, vexation, exasperation, dudgeon, high dudgeon, hot temper, bad temper, bad mood, ill humour, irritation, irritability, crossness, displeasure, discontentment, disgruntlement, irascibility, cantankerousness, peevishness, querulousness, crabbiness, testiness, tetchiness, snappishness; air rage; literaryire, choler.
4. – Bucolic – ग्राम्य
Meaning – relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.
Usage – “the church is lovely for its bucolic setting”
Synonyms – rustic, rural, pastoral, country, countryside, agricultural, agrarian, outdoor, idyllic, unspoilt; literaryArcadian, sylvan; raregeorgic, agrestic.
5. – Bludgeon
Meaning – a thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.
Usage – “maces and spiked bludgeons”
Synonyms – cudgel, club, stick, truncheon, baton, bat, heavy weapon, blunt instrument; nightstick, blackjack; informalcosh.
6. – Bulwark – बांध
Meaning – a defensive wall.
Usage – the inner-city ring road follows the line of the ancient bulwarks”
Synonyms – wall, rampart, fortification, parapet, stockade, palisade, barricade, embankment, earthwork, breastwork, berm; vallum; rarecircumvallation.
7. – Assailant
Meaning – a person who physically attacks another.
Usage – “the police have no firm leads about the identity of his assailant”
Synonyms – attacker, mugger; rareassaulter.
8. – Arraign – छापा मारनेवाला
Meaning – call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge.
Usage – “her sister was arraigned on charges of attempted murder”
Synonyms – indict, prosecute, put on trial, bring to trial; denounce, sue, take to court, bring an action against, lay charges against, file charges against, prefer charges against, summons, cite; accuse of, charge with; impeach.
9. – Apropos – अनुरूप
Meaning – with reference to; concerning.
Usage – “she remarked apropos of the initiative, ‘It’s not going to stop the abuse’”
Synonyms – with reference to, with regard to, with respect to, regarding, concerning, respecting, on the subject of, in the matter of, touching on, dealing with, connected with, in connection with, about, re; anent.
10. – Accrue – उपाजित होना
Meaning – (of a benefit or sum of money) be received by someone in regular or increasing amounts over time.
Usage – “financial benefits will accrue from restructuring”
Synonyms – result, arise, follow, ensue, emanate, stem, spring, flow; be caused by, be brought about by, be produced by, originate in, attend, accompany.
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1. – IMBECILE – मूर्ख
Meaning – a stupid person.
Usage – “I’d have to be an imbecile to do such a thing”
Synonyms – fool, idiot, cretin, moron, dolt, halfwit, ass, dunce, dullard, simpleton, nincompoop, blockhead, ignoramus, clod; informaldope, thickhead, ninny, chump, dimwit, dummy, dum-dum, dumb-bell, jackass, bonehead, fathead, numbskull, dunderhead, airhead, pinhead, lamebrain, pea-brain, birdbrain, dipstick, donkey, noodle; informalnit, nitwit, twit, numpty, clot, muppet, plonker, berk, prat, pillock, wally, wazzock, divvy; informalbozo, turkey, goofus.
2. – JADED – क्लांत
Meaning – bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something.
Usage – “meals to tempt the most jaded appetites”
Synonyms – satiated, sated, surfeited, glutted, cloyed, gorged; dulled, blunted, deadened, benumbed.
3. – INSIPID – फीका
Meaning – lacking flavour; weak or tasteless.
Usage – “mugs of insipid coffee”
Synonyms – tasteless, flavourless, unflavoured, savourless, bland, weak, thin, watery, watered-down, unappetizing, unpalatable; informalwishy-washy; datedwersh.
4. – INSTILL – टपकाना
Meaning – gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude) in a person’s mind.
Usage – “the standards her parents had instilled into her”
Synonyms – inculcate, implant, fix, ingrain, infuse, impress, imprint, introduce; engender, produce, generate, induce, inspire, promote, foster; hammer into, drum into, drive into, drill into, din into.
5. – IMPUTE – मढ़ना
Meaning – represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done or possessed by someone; attribute.
Usage – “the crimes imputed to Richard”
Synonyms – attribute, ascribe, assign, credit, accredit, chalk up; connect with, associate with, lay on, lay at the door of; informalpin on, stick on.
6. – FALLACY – हेत्वाभास
Meaning – a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments.
Usage – “the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy”
Synonyms – misconception, mistaken belief, misbelief, delusion, false notion, mistaken impression, misapprehension, misjudgement, miscalculation, misinterpretation, misconstruction, error, mistake, untruth, inconsistency, illusion, myth, fantasy, deceit, deception, sophism; sophistry, casuistry.
7. – FEUD – झगड़ा
Meaning – e engaged in a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.
Usage – “Hoover feuded with the CIA for decades”
Synonyms – quarrel, fight, argue, bicker, squabble, dispute, clash, differ, be at odds, be at daggers drawn; wage war, take up arms; informalscrap, fall out, go at it hammer and tongs, fight like cat and dog.
8. – EXULT – मग्न होना
Meaning – show or feel triumphant elation or jubilation.
Usage – “exulting in her escape, Lisa closed the door behind her”
Synonyms – rejoice, be joyful, be happy, be pleased, be glad, be delighted, be elated, be ecstatic, be euphoric, be overjoyed, be as pleased as Punch, be cock-a-hoop, be jubilant, be rapturous, be in raptures, be transported, be beside oneself with joy, be delirious, be thrilled, jump for joy, be on cloud nine, be walking/treading on air.
9. – ENCROACHMENT – अतिक्रमण
Meaning – intrusion on a person’s territory, rights, etc.
Usage – “minor encroachments on our individual liberties”
Synonyms – intrusion into, trespass on, invasion of, infiltration of, incursion into, obtrusion into, overrunning of, usurping of, appropriation of; infringement of, impingement on, impinging on.
10. – TENABLE – लायक़
Meaning – able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
Usage – “such a simplistic approach is no longer tenable”
Synonyms – defensible, justifiable, defendable, supportable, sustainable, maintainable, arguable, able to hold water, reasonable, rational, sound, viable, workable, plausible, credible, believable, conceivable, acceptable, imaginable.
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1.Redundant
Hindi Meaning: अतिरिक्त, अधिक
English Meaning: Repeating something else and therefore unnecessary
Synonym: excess, extra, spare, supererogatory, superfluous,
Sentence: He edited the paper and removed any redundant information or statements.
2.Cajole
Hindi Meaning: फुसलाना, बहलाना
English Meaning: To persuade someone to do something or to give you something by making
promises or saying nice things
Synonym: sweet-talk, coax
sentence: He cajoled me into accompanying him.
3.Brazen
Hindi Meaning: पीतल के समान, तांबे का
English Meaning: Acting or done in a very open and shocking way without shame or embarrassment
Synonym: audacious, bold, bold-faced, brash,
sentence:He exhibited a brazen disregard for other people's feelings.
4.Harbinger
Hindi Meaning: अगुआ, अग्रगामी
English Meaning:something that shows what is coming
Synonym:angel, forerunner, herald, precursor
sentence:her father's successful job interview was seen as a harbinger of better times to come
5.Parochial
Hindi Meaning: ओछा, ग्राम्य
English Meaning: of or relating to a church parish and the area around it. limited to only the things that affect your local area
Synonym: illiberal, Lilliputian, little, narrow-minded,
sentence:voters worried about their own parochial concerns.
6.Sanguine
Hindi Meaning: आशापूर्ण, आशावादी, उत्साही
English Meaning: confident and hopeful, eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing
Synonym: bloody-minded, homicidal, murdering,
sentence: the Civil War remains America's most sanguine conflict
7.Egalitarian
Hindi Meaning: समतावादी, समाधिकारी
English Meaning: aiming for equal wealth, status, etc., for all people
Synonym:democrat, leveler
sentence:egalitarian policies for the redistribution of wealth
8.Gregarious
Hindi Meaning: मिलनसार, संघचारी
English Meaning: enjoying the company of other people
Synonym: companionable, extroverted,outgoing, sociable,
sentence: She is outgoing and gregarious.
9.Enigma
Hindi Meaning: पेचदार बात, पहेली
English Meaning: someone or something that is difficult to understand or explain
Synonym: conundrum, mystery,
sentence:To his friends, he was always something of an enigma.
10.Lecherous
Hindi Meaning: कामुक, लम्पट
English Meaning: having or showing an excessive or disgusting interest in sex
Synonym: lascivious, lustful, lewd,
sentence: most of the male patrons at the bar appeared to be lecherous conventioneers looking for some action
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1.Dubious (adjective)
Hindi translation: संदिग्ध
Meaning: Doubtful
Memory Tip: Du + bious → Dusre (others) + Bias →दुसरो + bias → दुसरो के bias देख के, मुझे results dubiousलगा
Use in Sentence: The relics were of dubious origins, even though the certificate produced by the museum claimed they were original 7th century Greek artefacts.
2.Discreet (adjective)
Do not confuse with: Discrete
Hindi translation: मौनावलंबी OR विचारशील
Meaning: Being careful to avoid revealing a secret ORUsing good judgement
Memory Tip: Dis + screet → This + Secret → You need to be discreet to keep this secret.
Use in Sentence: The officers were discreet with the media as they went about gathering evidence related to the sensitive murder case.
Use in Sentence: The officers were discreet with the media as they went about gathering evidence related to the sensitive murder case.
3.Coarse (adjective)
Hindi translation: खुरदरा OR अशिष्ट
Meaning: Rough OR Rude/Vulgar
Memory Tip: Coir products are coarse.
Use in Sentence: You should abstain from coarse speech – it will not help you with the people if you want to become a good politician.
4.Abstain (verb)
Hindi Translation: परहेज रखना
Meaning: Stopping self from doing or enjoying something
Memory Tip: Ab + Stain → अब (Now) + Stay → पापा ने मुझे बोला ‘अब stay away from those boys who drink alcohol.’
Use in Sentence: You should abstain from eating so much salt if you have high blood pressure.
5.Defer (verb)
(1) Pronounced: Di-fur
Hindi translation: टालना
Meaning: Postpone
Memory Tip: De + fer → Day + फिर → Election Dayफिर से हुआ postpone.
Use in Sentence: The judge deferred the final verdict for next week.
(2) Pronounced: Deaf-er
Hindi translation: मान लेना
Meaning: Accept the superiority or usefulness of something
Memory Tip: Def + er → Definitely + superior → I always defer to my father’s knowledge because it is definitely superior.
Use in Sentence: My parents expect me to defer to their wishes and become an engineer, while I want to become a dancer.
6.Luscious (adjective)
Hindi translation: शीरीन
Meaning: Pleasingly rich (in taste, texture, or quantity).
Memory Tip: Luscious rhymes with Delicious. Pleasingly rich to taste: Delicious. Pleasingly rich to the eyes: Luscious.
Use in Sentence: The luscious greenery of the Western Ghats in the monsoons is a sight worth seeing.
7.Undulating (adjective, present participle)
Hindi translation: लहरदार
Meaning: Move with a wave like motion or have a wavy outline OR Increase and decrease alternately in loudness or frequency.
Memory Tip: Un + Du + Lating → Uncle + Due + Late→ Uncle is sometimes due and sometimes late, always undulating, but never on time.
Use in Sentence: The scary, undulating sound could be heard from miles away, and scared children and grown-ups alike.
8.Avid (adjective)
Hindi translation: उत्सुक
Meaning: Showing a keen interest in something
Memory Tip: A + vid → A + videos → An avid football fan will watch all the videos of his favourite team.
Use in Sentence: An avid football fan will not miss the Euro Cup.
9.Ethereal (adjective)
Hindi translation: स्वर्गीय
Meaning: Heavenly
Memory Tip: Ethereal rhymes with unreal → So heavenly that it’s unreal.
Use in Sentence: She claimed to see ethereal visions that could be interpreted to foretell the future.
10.Debacle (noun)
Hindi Translation: हिमभंग
Meaning: Sudden and embarrassing failure.
Memory Tip: Deba + cle → Digvijay Uncle’s Debacle!
Use in Sentence: All he wanted to do was forget yesterday’s debacle, but the press seemed intent on reminding him that he got out for a duck when his team needed him the most.
Bank & SSC - Important Vocabulary 60
1 – Aquiline – गरूड़ के समान
Meaning – (of a person’s nose) hooked or curved like an eagle’s beak.
Usage – “he had an aquiline nose”
Synonyms – hooked, curved, hook-shaped, hook-like, bent, bowed, angular; technicalfalcate, falciform.
2 – Besotted – फ़िदा
Meaning – strongly infatuated.
Usage – “he became besotted with a local barmaid”
Synonyms – infatuated with, smitten with, in love with, love-struck by, head over heels in love with, hopelessly in love with, obsessed with, passionate about, consumed with desire for, devoted to, doting on, greatly enamoured of, very attracted to, very taken with, charmed by, captivated by, enchanted by, enthralled by, bewitched by, beguiled by, under someone’s spell.
3. – Credulous – विश्रंभी
Meaning – having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.
Usage – “a ceremony staged for credulous tourists”
Synonyms –gullible, naive, impressionable, trusting, over-trusting, over-trustful, exploitable, dupable, deceivable, easily deceived, easily taken in
Antonyms -skeptical, suspecting, suspicious, untrusting
4. – Lament – विलाप
Meaning – a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
Usage – “his mother’s night-long laments for his father”
Synonyms –wail, wailing, lamentation, moan, moaning, groan, weeping, crying, sob, sobbing, keening, howl, complaint
Antonyms -celebrate, compliment, laud, praise
5. Promulgate – एलान करना
Meaning – promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).
Usage – “these objectives have to be promulgated within the organization”
Synonyms – make known, make public, publicize, spread, communicate, propagate, disseminate, circulate, broadcast, promote, announce, proclaim.
6. Perquisite – रिआयत
Meaning – a benefit which one enjoys or is entitled to on account of one’s job or position.
Usage – “the wife of a president has all the perquisites of stardom”
7. Rendition – प्रतिपादन
Meaning – a performance or interpretation, especially of a dramatic role or piece of music.
Usage – “a wonderful rendition of ‘Nessun Dorma’”
Synonyms – performance, rendering, interpretation, presentation, execution, delivery; playing, singing, reading, recitation, recital.
8. Rabid – विक्षिप्त
Meaning – having or proceeding from an extreme or fanatical support of or belief in something.
Usage – “a rabid feminist”
Synonyms – extreme, fanatical, overzealous, over-enthusiastic, extremist, violent, maniacal, wild, passionate, fervent, diehard, uncompromising; intolerant, unreasonable, illiberal, bigoted, prejudiced, biased, partisan.
9. Rumpus – कलह
Meaning – a noisy disturbance; a row.
Usage – “he caused a rumpus with his flair for troublemaking”
Synonyms – disturbance, commotion, uproar, confusion, furore, brouhaha, hue and cry, ruckus, fuss, fracas, melee, tumult, riot, brawl, free-for-all, scuffle, struggle, altercation, quarrel; noise, racket, din, outcry; donnybrook.
10. – Nullify – अमान्य घोषित करना
Meaning – make legally null and void; invalidate.
Usage – “judges were unwilling to nullify government decisions”
Synonyms – annul, declare null and void, render null and void, void, invalidate, render invalid; repeal, reverse, rescind, revoke, set aside, cancel, abolish, undo, abrogate; countermand, veto, dissolve, cast aside, do away with, bring to an end, terminate, quash, obliterate; vacate; archaicrecall; raredisannul.
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