✅Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 20.11.2022


1. FISHY (ADJECTIVE): (संदेहजनक): Dubious
Synonyms: Doubtful, Suspicious
Antonyms: Truthful, Aboveboard
Example Sentence
I am convinced there is something fishy going on.

2. SCRAMBLE (VERB): (अव्यवस्थित करना): Disarrange
Synonyms: Muddle, Confuse
Antonyms: Organize, Align
Example Sentence:
Maybe the alcohol scrambled his brains.

3. KNAVE (NOUN): (दुष्ट): Fraud
Synonyms: Miscreant, Rogue
Antonyms: Hero, Angel
Example Sentence:
He is known as a notorious knave of this area.

4. LUDICROUS (ADJECTIVE): (ऊटपटांग): Absurd
Synonyms: Bizarre, Comical
Antonyms: Normal, Ordinary
Example Sentence:
It was a ludicrous statement made by her.

5. KUDOS (NOUN): (प्रशंसा): Praise
Synonyms: Esteem, Applause
Antonyms: Dishonour, Denunciation
Example Sentence:
When the football team won the state championship, they were given kudos during a celebratory pep rally.

6. CONSENT (NOUN): (सहमति): Assent
Synonyms: Agreement, Permission
Antonyms: Dissent, Disagreement
Example Sentence:
Change was made without the consent.

7. CULMINATION (NOUN): (परिणति): Climax
Synonyms: Peak, Pinnacle
Antonyms: Nadir
Example Sentence:
The deal marked the culmination of years of negotiation.

8. AIDE (NOUN): (सहयोगी): Assistant
Synonyms: Helper, Adviser
Antonyms: Boss
Example Sentence:
The presidential aide was just 23.

9. CODIFY (VERB): (संहिताबद्ध करना): Organize
Synonyms: Systematize, Arrange
Antonyms: Expunge, Abrogate
Example Sentence:
The statutes have codified certain branches of common law.

10. SHUN (VERB): (टालना): Avoid
Synonyms: Evade, Eshew
Antonyms: Accept, Welcome
Example Sentence:
He shunned fashionable society.

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