TODAY - HINDU - VOCABULARY -- 14.03.2021

1. SUBDUED (ADJECTIVE): (विषादपूर्ण): sombre

Synonyms: low-spirited, downcast

Antonyms: lively

Example Sentence:I felt strangely subdued as I drove home.

2. COMPETITIVE (ADJECTIVE): (वाजिब): reasonable

Synonyms: moderate, economical

Antonyms: exorbitant

Example Sentence:We offer prompt service at competitive rates.

3. CONCILIATION (NOUN): (शांति):  appeasement

Synonyms: peacemaking, peacebuilding

Antonyms: provocation

Example Sentence:He held his hands up in a gesture of conciliation.

4. ALARMING (ADJECTIVE): (डरावना):  worrying

Synonyms: disturbing, frightening

Antonyms: reassuring

Example Sentence:Our countryside is disappearing at an alarming rate.

5. DEFIANCE (NOUN): (प्रतिरोध):  resistance

Synonyms: opposition, confrontation

Antonyms: submission

Example Sentence:There was challenge and defiance in her gaze.

6. MISLAY (VERB): (गंवाना): lose

Synonyms: misplace, lose track of

Antonyms: find

Example Sentence:I seem to have mislaid my car keys.

7. WHIP (VERB): (भागना): dash

Synonyms: rush, race

Antonyms: dawdle

Example Sentence:He whipped round to face them.

8. STALL (VERB): (बाधा डालना):  obstruct

Synonyms: impede, hinder

Antonyms: facilitate

Example Sentence:His career had stalled, hers taken off.

9. SHUN (VERB): (बचना): avoid

Synonyms: evade, eschew

Antonyms: accept

Example Sentence:He shunned fashionable society.

10. (DEFER (VERB): (झुक जाना):  yield

Synonyms: submit, give way

Antonyms: stand up to, disobey

Example Sentence:He deferred to Tim's superior knowledge. 

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