The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 09-01-2020

1. UPSURGE (NOUN): (चढाव) an upward surge in the strength or quantity of something; an increase.

Synonyms: boom, upturn, improvement 

Antonyms: downturn, decline 

Example Sentence: 

This is an upsurge in vandalism and violent crime.

2. RETRIEVE (VERB):(पुनः प्राप्त करना) get or bring (something) back from somewhere. 

Synonyms: recover, salvage 

Antonyms: break, endanger, destroy 

Example Sentence: 

I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden.

3. SHRIFT (NOUN): (पापमोचन) confession, especially to a priest. 

Synonyms: absolution, remorse 

Antonyms: happiness, joy 

Example Sentence: 

He lost his place, his money, and at last came to beg for shrift and punishment.

4. CLAPTRAP (NOUN): (दिखावटी) absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas.

Synonyms: bombast, bunk 

Antonyms: sense, feel 

Example Sentence: 

Such sentiments are just pious claptrap.

5. PETITION (NOUN): (प्रार्थना) a formal written request, 

Synonyms: application, prayer 

Antonyms: answer, demand 

Example Sentence: 

She was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields. 

6. DICHOTOMY (NOUN): (विरोधाभास)a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed 

Synonyms: disunion, difference 

Antonyms: sameness, similarity 

Example Sentence: 

The nature of the universe is proved too subtle for this dichotomy. 

7. TURF (VERB): (हटाना) force (someone) to leave somewhere. 

Synonyms: remove, eject 

Antonyms: unmask, cleanness 

Example Sentence: 

They were turfed off the bus.

8. SWAY (NOUN): (बोलबाला) control or influence (a person or course of action).

Synonyms: influence, affect, bias 

Antonyms: inefficiency, weakness 

Example Sentence: 

He's easily swayed by other people.

9. DISINTER (VERB): (खोदकर निकालना) discover (something that is well hidden). 

Synonyms: exhume, unearth, expose 

Antonyms: conceal, refrain 

Example Sentence: 

He has disinterred an important collection of writings.

10.COW(VERB): (डराना) an unpleasant person or thing. 

Synonyms: terrorize, intimidate 

Antonyms: soothe, comfort 

Example Sentence: 

Then the cow shook her foot to free it and the skin rattled.

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