The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 11-04-2022

1.EARMARK (VERB): (चिह्नित करना): set aside

Synonyms: reserve, appropriate

Antonyms: use up

Example Sentence:

The cash had been earmarked for a big expansion of the programme.

2.EXPERIMENTAL (ADJECTIVE): (परिवर्तनात्‍मक): innovative

Synonyms: new, original

Antonyms: stale

Example Sentence:

She is a huge admirer of experimental music.

3.BELITTLE (VERB): (छोटा करना): disparage

Synonyms: denigrate, run down

Antonyms: praise

Example Sentence:

She belittled my riding and driving skills.

4.SUSCEPTIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (भोला): impressionable

Synonyms: credulous, gullible

Antonyms: sceptical

Example Sentence:

They only do it to tease him as he's too susceptible.

5.AMID (PREPOSITION): (के बीच): in the middle of

Synonyms: among, between

Antonyms: surrounding

Example Sentence:

Our dream home, set amid magnificent rolling countryside.

6.DISCHARGE (VERB): (उतार देना): unload

Synonyms: offload, empty

Antonyms: load

Example Sentence:

The ferry was discharging passengers.

7.ATTUNE (VERB): (लय में करना): accommodate

Synonyms: accustom, adapt

Antonyms: disarrange, disagree

Example Sentence:

We are not attuned to making decisions.

8.CREDENCE (NOUN): (स्वीकृति): acceptance

Synonyms: assurance, certainty

Antonyms: denial, disbelief

Example Sentence:

If a person wants to give credence to his business, he must develop a website for it.

9.STREAM (NOUN) (श्रृंखला): succession

Synonyms: series, string

Antonyms: trickle

Example Sentence:

A woman screamed a stream of abuse.

10.SUCCUMB (VERB): (दबना): yield

Synonyms: give in, give way

Antonyms: resist

Example Sentence:

We cannot merely give up and succumb to despair.

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