TODAY - HINDU - VOCABULARY --10.07.2021--

1. DAWDLE (VERB): (समय नष्ट करना): linger 

Synonyms: dally, take one's time

Antonyms: hurry

Example Sentence:

She mustn't dawdle—she had to make the call now.

2. WRETCHED (ADJECTIVE): (मनहूस): miserable

Synonyms: unhappy sad

Antonyms: cheerful

Example Sentence:

I felt so wretched because I thought I might never see you again.

3. SHORTLY (ADVERB): (एकाएक): sharply

Synonyms: abruptly, bluntly

Antonyms: patiently

Example Sentence:

Do you like cricket?’ ‘I do not,’ she said shortly.

4. BLEAK (ADJECTIVE): (निरावरण): bare

Synonyms: exposed, desolate

Antonyms: lush

Example Sentence:

It was nothing but a bleak moor.

5. SUCCUMB (VERB): (अधीन होना): yield

Synonyms: give in, give way

Antonyms: resist

Example Sentence:

We cannot merely give up and succumb to despair.

6. BENIGN (ADJECTIVE): (सौम्य): kindly

Synonyms: kind, warm-hearted

Antonyms: unfriendly

Example Sentence:

His mannerisms are firm yet benign.

7. RECALCITRANT (ADJECTIVE): (अक्खड़): uncooperative

Synonyms: intractable, unmanageable

Antonyms: amenable

Example Sentence:

It is a class of recalcitrant ten-year-olds.

8. BREAKTHROUGH (ADJECTIVE): (उन्नत): advance

Synonyms: development, step forward

Antonyms: setback

Example Sentence:

It was a major breakthrough in DNA research.

9. DECEPTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (भ्रामक): misleading

Synonyms: illusory, illusive

Antonyms: honest

Example Sentence:

He put the question with deceptive casualness.

10. BOHEMIAN (ADJECTIVE): (अपरंपरागत): unconventional

Synonyms: nonconformist, unorthodox

Antonyms: conventional

Example Sentence:

As an artist, you live a bohemian lifestyle.

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