Vocab 25 august

IMPUNITY (NOUN): immunity: (दण्ड से मुक्ति)

Synonyms: dispensation, freedom

Antonyms: imprisonment, incarceration

Example Sentence:

The country cannot be so opaque to history as to say no sale.

2. HEREAFTER (ADVERB): from now on: (इसके बाद)

Synonyms: hence, eventually

Antonyms: incompletely, moderately

Example Sentence:

These people will hereafter be allowed to enter our territory.


3. UNFURL (VERB): unfold: (खोलना)

synonyms: unroll. unwind

Antonyms: close, conceal

Example Sentence:

Kaushik unfolded the map and laid it out on the table.

4. LENIENCY (NOUN): mercy: (उदारता)

Synonyms: tolerance, charity

Antonyms: cruelty, meanness

Example Sentence:

This is not the matter in which we can show leniency.

5. DELINEATE (VERB): describe precisely: (चित्रित करना)

Synonyms: define, limn

Antonyms: confuse, distort

Example Sentence:

The judge delineated the composition of the bench to hear the case.

6. POSTERITY (NOUN): all future generation of people: (भावी पीढ़ी)

Synonyms: progeny, lineage

Antonyms: parent, past

Example Sentence:

This incident is regarded by posterity as an aberration rather than a precedent.

7. PREROGATIVE (NOUN): right: (परमाधिकार)

Synonyms: immunity, advantage

Antonyms: duty, obligation

Example Sentence:

He is the person who has the prerogative to instruct everyone.

8. CONFER (VERB): consult: (मन्त्रणा करना)

Synonyms: huddle, negotiate

Antonyms: refuse, dishonour

Example Sentence:

This community has conferred on a particular brief.

9. VOUCHSAFE (VERB): grant something to someone: (सम्मानित करना)

Synonyms: award, bestow

Antonyms: reject, veto

Example Sentence:

He wondered whether the government would vouchsafe him.

10. TENET (NOUN): principle: (सिद्धांत)

Synonyms: credo, assumption

Antonyms: reality, unbelief

Example Sentence:

Our texts, tenets and traditions mark a departure from modern experience.