Vocab 6 October

IMPECUNIOUS (ADJECTIVE): having little or no money:(निर्धन)

Synonyms: penniless, penurious


Antonyms: wealthy, affluent

Example Sentence:

Back in the eighties he was an impecunious, would-be racing driver.


2. IMPERTURBABILITY (NOUN): balance:(स्थिरता)

Synonyms: aplomb, coolness

Antonyms: agitation, anxiety

Example Sentence:

His imperturbability always had the effect of a goad upon his father’s temper.


3. MERETRICIOUS (ADJECTIVE): gaudy, flashy:(बनावटी शोभा युक्त)

Synonyms: garish, loud

Antonyms: genuine, real

Example Sentence:

He believes in living a meretricious life.

4. AUGURY (NOUN): omen:(शकुन)

Synonyms: auspice, harbinger

Antonyms: short-sighted, assurance

Example Sentence:

This incident of his infancy was accepted as an augury of his maturity, and he did not
belie it.

5. GLIB (ADJECTIVE): slick, smooth-talking:(चिकनी चुपड़ी बातें करने वाला)

Synonyms: artful, facile

Antonyms: stuttering, inarticulate

Example Sentence:

She advises women with similar issues not to settle for glib explanations.

6. OSTRACISM (NOUN): banishment:(बहिष्कार)

Synonyms: avoidance, boycott

Antonyms: acceptance, allowance

Example Sentence:

Only cruel teachers can follow ostracism and ill-treat their children.

7. REPINE (VERB): complain:(शिकायत करना)

Synonyms: grumble, lament

Antonyms: appreciate, praise

Example Sentence:

She likes to repine about her colleagues.

8. FEINT (NOUN): pretense:(भुलावा)

Synonyms: ruse, bluff

Antonyms: honesty, truth

Example Sentence:

She pretended to be making great efforts to cope up with the course but it was merely a feint.

9. INURE (VERB): accustom:(अभ्यस्त करना)

Synonyms: familiarize, habituate

Antonyms: neglect, soften

Example Sentence:

Poverty has inured them living in slums.

10. RECONDITE (ADJECTIVE): mysterious, obscure:(गूढ़)

Synonyms: arcane, cabalistic

Antonyms: simple, straightforward

Example Sentence:

How else to explain the popularity of a novel so free of plot, so obsessed with existential rumination and recondite philosophy?

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