TODAY - HINDU - VOCABULARY 08.10.2021

1. CAJOLE (VERB): (चापलूसी करना):  persuade

Synonyms: wheedle, coax

Antonyms: bully

Example Sentence:

He hoped to cajole her into selling the house.

2. EMPHATIC (ADJECTIVE): (ज़ोरदार):  vehement

Synonyms: firm, wholehearted

Antonyms: hesitant

Example Sentence:

The children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience.

3. HEGEMONY (NOUN): (नेतृत्व):  leadership

Synonyms: dominance, dominion

Antonyms: self-government

Example Sentence:

Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.

4. AMELIORATE (VERB): (सुधरना):  improve

Synonyms: better, enhance

Antonyms: worsen

Example Sentence:

The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.

5. DISTEND (VERB): (फूलना या फूलाना):  swell

Synonyms: bloat, bulge

Antonyms: shrink

Example Sentence:

The abdomen distended rapidly.

6. HALT (NOUN): (विराम): stop

Synonyms: standstill, cessation

Antonyms: start

Example Sentence:

There was a halt in production.

7. TREACHEROUS (ADJECTIVE): (बेवफ़ा):  traitorous

Synonyms: disloyal, perfidious

Antonyms: loyal

Example Sentence:

He is a treacherous RAW agent.

8. REVULSION (NOUN): (घृणा):  disgust

Synonyms: repulsion, abhorrence

Antonyms: delight

Example Sentence:

News of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion.

9. EBB (VERB): (उतार): recede

Synonyms: go out, retreat

Antonyms: come in

Example Sentence:

The trend began to ebb.

10. BOUNTY (NOUN): (उदारता):  generosity

Synonyms: magnanimity, munificence

Antonyms: meanness

Example Sentence:

For millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty.

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