Vocab 12 October

CONDESCENSION (NOUN): disdain :(कृपालुता)


Synonyms: civility, haughtiness

Antonyms: humility, inferiority

Example Sentence:

One should never show condescension to others.

2. EDDY (NOUN):current:(भंवर, बवन्डर)

Synonyms: whirlpool, tide

Antonyms: calm, rest

Example Sentence:

Don’t know when will the eddy come to rest?


3. LEAVEN (VERB):ferment:(उत्प्रेरण)

Synonyms: lighten, raise

Antonyms: darken, depress

Example Sentence:

One should always try to leaven one’s knowledge.

4. LOLL (VERB):lay sprawled:(आलस करना)

Synonyms: laze, loiter

Antonyms: straighten, energize

Example Sentence:

They sing, loll and above all they drink.

5. HOOK (VERB):catch:(फँसाना)

Synonyms: clasp, lock

Antonyms: release, unhitch

Example Sentence:

He hooked a large fish.

6. JOCKEY (ADJECTIVE): amusing:(दिलचस्प)

Synonyms: entertaining, playful

Antonyms: boring, unfunny

Example Sentence:

He is such a likeable, amusing man.

7. CAULK (VERB):secure:( सन्दबन्द या कलापट्टी करना)

Synonyms: block, barricade

Antonyms: free, loosen

Example Sentence:

The sensitive area was caulked with the iron rods.

8. CONGRUENT (ADJECTIVE):agreeable:(अनुकूल)

Synonyms: conforming, concurring

Antonyms: unharmonious, disagreeable

Example Sentence:

The committee reached on to a congruent decision.

9. DISSEMBLE (VERB):disguise:(ढोंग करना)

Synonyms: falsify, feign

Antonyms: unmask, disclose

Example Sentence:

The little girl often dissembles her feelings .

10. DOTE (VERB):show excessive fondness:(स्नेह में डूबना)

Synonyms: cherish, fawn

Antonyms: ignore, offend

Example Sentence:

She doted on her two kids