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Key Features of Budget 2023-24.pdf

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 01.02.2023

1. ASSERTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (मुखर): Confident
Synonyms: Forceful, Self-confident
Antonyms: Retiring
Example Sentence:
The job may call for assertive behavior.

2. SLOPPY (ADJECTIVE): (लापरवाह): Careless
Synonyms: Slapdash, Slipshod
Antonyms: Careful
Example Sentence:
We gave away a goal through sloppy defending.

3. THRIVE (VERB): (फलना-फूलना): Flourish
Synonyms: Prosper Burgeon
Antonyms: Increase
Example Sentence:
Education groups tend to thrive on organization.

4. CONVENTIONAL (ADJECTIVE): (मानक): Normal
Synonyms: Standard, Regular
Antonyms: Original
Example Sentence:
A conventional morality had dictated behavior.

5. SABOTAGE (VERB): (नुक़सान पहुंचाना): Wreck
Synonyms: Vandalize, Destroy
Antonyms: Strengthen
Example Sentence:
Power lines from South Africa were sabotaged by rebel forces.

6. ABEYANCE (ADJECTIVE): (निलम्बन): Suspension
Synonyms: Remission, Suspense
Antonyms: In Hand
Example Sentence:
Matters were held in abeyance pending further enquiries.

7. ABRIDGE (VERB): (संक्षेप करना): Shorten
Synonyms: Cut, Curtail
Antonyms: Lengthen
Example Sentence:
The introduction is abridged from the author's afterword to the novel.

8. SPUR (VERB): (प्रोत्साहित करना): Stimulate
Synonyms: Encourage, Prompt
Antonyms: Discourage
Example Sentence:
Her sons' passion for computer games spurred her to set up a software business.

9. COMPLACENCY (NOUN):(शालीनता): Smugness
Synonyms: Self-satisfaction,Self-approval
Antonyms: Dissatisfaction
Example Sentence:
The figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency.

10. DESCEND (VERB): (उतरना): Drop
Synonyms: Go down, Come down
Antonyms: Ascend
Example Sentence:
The aircraft began to descend.

02 Feb 2023.pdf

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 02.02.2023

1. GARGANTUAN (ADJECTIVE): (विशाल): enormous
Synonyms: massive, huge
Antonyms: tiny
Example Sentence:
Tigers and lions have a gargantuan appetite.

2. RELATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (तुलनात्मक): comparative
Synonyms: respective, comparable
Antonyms: absolute
Example Sentence:
The relative effectiveness of the various mechanisms is not known.

3. SUBSTANTIAL (ADJECTIVE): (प्रबल): sturdy
Synonyms: solid, stout
Antonyms: insubstantial
Example Sentence:
He lives near the row of substantial Victorian villas.

4. EFFICACY (NOUN): (प्रभावोत्पादकता): effectiveness
Synonyms: success, potency
Antonyms: inefficacy
Example Sentence:
There is little information on the efficacy of this treatment.

5. INTRIGUE (VERB): (दिलचस्प बनाना): interest
Synonyms: fascinate, attract
Antonyms: bore
Example Sentence:
The whole class was intrigued by his unique question.

6. BLIGHT (NOUN): (यातना): affliction
Synonyms: scourge, bane
Antonyms: blessing
Example Sentence
The vacant properties are a blight on the neighbourhood.

7. UNACCEPTABLE (ADJECTIVE): (अस्वीकार्य): intolerable
Synonyms: insufferable, unsatisfactory
Antonyms: acceptable
Example Sentence:
His behaviour was unacceptable.

8. CONSIDERABLE (ADJECTIVE): (ध्यान देने लायक़): distinguished
Synonyms: noteworthy, noted
Antonyms: insignificant
Example Sentence:
Snow was a limited, but still considerable, novelist.

9. MENACE (VERB): (खतरे में डालना): threaten
Synonyms: jeopardize, imperil
Antonyms: friendly
Example Sentence:
Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching.

10. VACANT (ADJECTIVE): (भावशून्य): blank
Synonyms: expressionless, deadpan
Antonyms: expressive
Example Sentence:
I came across a vacant stare.