Vocab 9 september

THESPIAN (NOUN): artist : (अभिनेता)

Synonyms: entertainer, actor


Antonyms: non-entertainer, non-artist

Example Sentence:

I met a great thespian in Moscow.


2. DILAPIDATION (NOUN): ruin : (नाश)

Synonyms: decrepitude, destruction

Antonyms: development, escalation

Example Sentence:

Yet all this was apart from any extraordinary dilapidation.


3. ESPOUSE (VERB): support : (समर्थन करना)

Synonyms: adopt, advocate

Antonyms: reject, refuse

Example Sentence:

They espoused the notion of equal opportunity for all in education.

4. FIERY (ADJECTIVE): blazing : (उग्र)

Synonyms: burning, flaming

Antonyms: cold, cool

Example Sentence:

Anushka cooked in a fiery furnace.

5. FECKLESS (ADJECTIVE): without purpose : (अबल)

Synonyms: aimless, carefree

Antonyms: purposeful, efficient

Example Sentence:

It was a feckless attempt to make the company a success.

6. MERCURIAL (ADJECTIVE): flighty, temperamental : (चंचल)

Synonyms: changeable, impulsive

Antonyms: constant, stable

Example Sentence:

His mercurial temperament made him difficult to work with his teammates.

7. SPECIOUS (ADJECTIVE): misleading : (दिखावटी)

Synonyms: deceptive, false

Antonyms: genuine, valid

Example Sentence:

His readings are seeming to be specious.

8. WALLOP (VERB): clobber : (वज्रपात)

Synonyms: drub, trounce

Antonyms: lose, surrender

Example Sentence:

The drunken truck driver was walloped by a mob.

9. ZEST (NOUN): flavoring : (उत्तेजकता)

Synonyms: pungency, piquancy

Antonyms: dullness, blandness

Example Sentence:

My brother’s remark added a certain zest to the atmosphere.

10. WHIMSICAL (ADJECTIVE): playful : (सनकी)

Synonyms: amusing, funny


Antonyms: behaving, sensible

Example Sentence:

Anu watched Pranuj with whimsical eyes.

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