The Vocab Master For All Competitive Exams | 31-10-2025

 

1. Portentous (Adjective) : अमंगल: too serious and trying to be very important; giving a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen

Synonyms: ominous, sinister, menacing, bleak, somber

Antonyms: favorable, promising, propitious

Example Sentence: Mark’s portentous voice made him the perfect narrator for the horror movie.

 

2. Prudence (Noun) : सावधान: behavior that is careful and avoids risks

Synonyms: caution, circumspection, care

Antonyms: recklessness, brashness, carelessness

Example Sentence: The captain said we ought to shorten sail anyway, out of common prudence.

3. Overkill (Noun) : अत्यधिक विनाशकारी क्षमता : much more of something than is needed, resulting in less effectiveness

Synonyms: surplus, excess, overflow, surplusage

Antonyms: Deficiency, deficit, insufficiency

Example Sentence: Some die-hard Sonic fans have been disappointed with some of the annoying characters and the overkill of unnecessary video clips.

4. Disseminate (Verb) : फैलाना: spread (something, especially information) widely

Synonyms: propagate, spread, circulate, transmit

Antonyms: repress, suppress, stifle, conceal

Example Sentence: One of the organization's aims is to disseminate information about the disease.

5. Pogrom (Noun): an act of organized cruel behavior or killing that is done to a large group of people because of their race or religion

Synonyms: genocide, massacre, holocaust, slaughter, carnage

Antonyms: help, refuge, relief, rescue

Example Sentence: The famines and pogroms in 19th-century eastern Europe forced many Jewish refugees to emigrate.

6. Callous (Adjective) : कठोर: showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others

Synonyms: ruthless, merciless, heartless, cruel, unfeeling

Antonyms: sympathetic, compassionate, merciful

Example Sentence: The professor was callous and cold, and no one wanted to remain in the class.

7. Propaganda (Noun) : प्रचार/दुष्प्रचार: information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view

Synonyms: campaign, advertisement, publicity, indoctrination

 

Antonyms:  Truth, Authenticity, Reality

Example Sentence:Voters should listen to facts and not to the propaganda distributed by the media.

8. Pluralism (Noun): the existence of different types of people, who have different beliefs and opinions, within the same society

Synonyms: diversity, heterogeneity, multiplicity, variety

Antonyms: uniformity, similarity, consistency, sameness

Example Sentence: We know it's not easy to maintain the pluralism.

9. Stalled (Verb) : रोकना: stop or cause to stop making progress

Synonyms: halted, stopped, impeded, paused

 

Antonyms: Advanced, Moved, Progressed

Example Sentence: Our car stalled and wouldn't restart