UPSC_Delhi_14_Oct_2022.pdf

✅Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 14.10.2022
              

1. CONTEST (VERB): (प्रतिवाद करना): Oppose
Synonyms: Challenge, Dispute
Antonyms: Agree with
Example Sentence:
The former orderly contests his dismissal.


2. VIGOUR (NOUN): (शक्ति): Robustness
Synonyms: Hardiness, Strength
Antonyms: Weakness
Example Sentence:
I am 69 but still full of vigour and vitality.


3. PUERILE (ADJECTIVE): (बचकाना): Childish
Synonyms: Immature, Infantile
Antonyms: Mature
Example Sentence:
We had a puerile argument.


4. SUBSEQUENT (ADJECTIVE): (आगामी): Following
Synonyms: Ensuing, Succeeding
Antonyms:Previous
Example Sentence:
The theory was developed subsequent to the earthquake of 1906.


5. INCUMBENT (ADJECTIVE): (वर्तमान): Current
Synonyms: Existing, Present
Antonyms: Past
Example Sentence:
The incumbent President had been defeated.


6. SPURN (VERB): (तिरस्कार करना): Refuse
Synonyms: Decline, Reject
Antonyms: Adore
Example Sentence:
He spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned.


7. RETREAT (VERB): (स्थान छोड़ना): Withdraw
Synonyms: Retire, Draw back
Antonyms: Advance
Example Sentence:
When the enemy attacked, our troops were forced to retreat.


8. MOUNT (VERB): (उठना): Increase
Synonyms: Grow, Rise
Antonyms: Decrease
Example Sentence:
The costs mount up when we buy a home.


9. CONSERVATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (अपरिवर्तनवादी): Traditionalist
Synonyms: Traditional, Conventional
Antonyms: Radical
Example Sentence:
They were very conservative in their outlook.


10. SNAP (VERB): (टूटना): Break
Synonyms: Fracture, Splinter
Antonyms: Hold
Example Sentence:
The strings of the guitar kept snapping.

UPSC-Delhi_15_Oct_2022.pdf

✅Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 15.10.2022

1. COMMERCIAL (ADJECTIVE): (लाभ के उदेश्यवाला): Profit-oriented
Synonyms: Money-oriented, Commercialized
Antonyms: Non-profit-making
Example Sentence:
He hasn’t opened a commercial firm.

2. URGE (VERB): (आग्रह करता हूं): Encourage
Synonyms: Enjoin, Adjure
Antonyms: Discourage
Example Sentence:
Drawing up outside the house, he urged her inside.

3. PREVALENCE (NOUN): (प्रसार): Currency
Synonyms: Generality, Pervasiveness
Antonyms: Infrequency
Example Sentence:
The prevalence of obesity is there in adults.

4. APPEASE (VERB): (शांत करना): Conciliate
Synonyms: Placate, Pacify
Antonyms: Provoke
Example Sentence:
Amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups.

5. DISSIPATE (VERB): (ग़ायब हो जाना): Disappear
Synonyms: Vanish Evaporate
Antonyms: Grow
Example Sentence:
The concern she'd felt for him had wholly dissipated.

6. TRIAL (NOUN): (परीक्षण): Test
Synonyms: Try-out, Experiment
Antonyms: Proven
Example Sentence:
Clinical trials must verify the truth.

7. BIZARRE (ADJECTIVE): (विचित्र): Strange
Synonyms: Peculiar, Odd
Antonyms: Ordinary
Example Sentence:
We had to face a bizarre situation.

8. CAMARADERIE (NOUN): (सौहार्द): Friendship
Synonyms: Comradeship Fellowship,
Antonyms: Solitud
Example Sentence:
Our camaraderie is evident to everyone.

9. CERTAINTY (NOUN): (निश्चय): Confidence
Synonyms: Conviction, Certitude
Antonyms: Uncertainty
Example Sentence:
She knew with certainty that he is dead.

10. ANIMOSITY (NOUN): (बैर): Antipathy
Synonyms: Hostility, Friction
Antonyms: Friendship
Example Sentence:
He no longer felt any animosity towards her.

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