Vocab 16 july

LAGGARD (NOUN): (सुस्त): idler

Synonyms: straggler, lingerer

Antonyms: winner, hard worker

Example Sentence:
Ankit was always the laggard who finished in last place.

2. ACQUIESCE (VERB): (मौन स्वीकृति देना): accede

Synonyms: conform, comply

Antonyms: deny, resist

Example Sentence:
I would rather acquiesce to my younger brother’s wish.

3. FLACCID (ADJECTIVE): (शिथिल): nerveless

Synonyms: enfeebled, debilitated

Antonyms: taut, firm

Example Sentence:
The patient’s condition is appearing as flaccid as at first.

4. ABORTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (निष्फल): vain

Synonyms: useless, fruitless

Antonyms: productive, progressive

Example Sentence:
She made an abortive attempt to climb the mountain.

5. CLOUT (NOUN): (प्रभाव): influence

Synonyms: power, dominance

Antonyms: powerlessness, incompetence

Example Sentence:
Ministers often use their clout to get what they want.

6. DITHER (NOUN): (आंदोलन): agitation

Synonyms: tizzy, panic

Antonyms: calm, peace

Example Sentence:
He is in such a dither that he don’t know what to do.

7. ABASEMENT (NOUN): (अपमान): A low or downcast state

Synonyms: abjection, humiliation

Antonyms: praising, commendable

Example Sentence:
Every disaster brought my brother into an attitude of abasement.

8. DELINEATE (VERB): (चित्रित करना): describe

Synonyms: define, depict

Antonyms: distort, confuse

Example Sentence:
It is very difficult to delineate this chapter in few words

9. BLEARY (ADJECTIVE): (अस्पष्ट): blurred

Synonyms: dim, dull

Antonyms: bright, clear

Example Sentence:
I don’t like the bleary atmosphere.

10. DECIMATE (VERB): (बरबाद करना): annihilate

Synonyms: exterminate, obliterate

Antonyms: create, build

Example Sentence:
The corrupt politicians decimated the whole new policy.