The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 01-01-2021

 



1. COROLLARY (NOUN): (परिणाम): consequence 


Synonyms: result, upshot 

Antonyms: cause 

Example Sentence: 

The huge increases in unemployment were the corollary of expenditure cuts.

2. FRIVOLOUS (ADJECTIVE): (क्षुद्र): flippant 

Synonyms: glib, waggish 

Antonyms: serious 

Example Sentence: 

At bottom the man was frivolous, selfish and unstable. 

3. CONTEMPT (NOUN): (अपमान): disrespect 

Synonyms: disregard, slighting 

Antonyms: respect 

Example Sentence: 

This action displays an arrogant contempt for the wishes of the majority. 

4. DRENCH (VERB): (भिगाना): soak 

Synonyms: saturate, wet through 

Antonyms: dry 

Example Sentence: 

I fell in the stream and was drenched. 

5. PROPRIETY (NOUN): (शिष्टाचार): decorum 

Synonyms: respectability decency 

Antonyms: impropriety 

Example Sentence: 

She always behaves with the utmost propriety. 

6. REFUTE (VERB): (खंडन करना): disprove 

Synonyms: rebut, confute 

Antonyms: confirm 

Example Sentence: 

These claims have not been refuted at all. 

7. COLLOQUIAL (ADJECTIVE): (बोल-चाल की शैली): informal 

Synonyms: conversational, everyday 

Antonyms: literary 

Example Sentence: 

His colloquial talents were indeed of the highest order. 

8. BEWILDER (VERB): (भरमाना): baffle 

Synonyms: mystify, bemuse 

Antonyms: enlighten 

Example Sentence: 

She was bewildered by his sudden change of mood. 

9. HAPLESS (ADJECTIVE): (अभागे): unfortunate 

Synonyms: unlucky, luckless 

Antonyms: lucky 

Example Sentence: 

I met the hapless victims of the disaster. 

10. INHIBIT (VERB): (रोकना): impede 

Synonyms: hinder hamper 

Antonyms: assist 

Example Sentence: 

Too much cold inhibits plant growth. 

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