Vocabulary for all competitive exams 05-09-2019

1. chubby (adjective) – गोल-मटोल
Pronunciation: 
chubi
Meaning: having a full rounded shape
Synonyms: plump, tubby, roly-poly, rotund, portly, stout, dumpy, chunky
Antonyms: skinny, slender
Usage: Sophia is a pretty child with chubby cheeks.

2. jitter (noun, verb) – घबराना
Pronunciation:
 ji-ter
Meaning: feelings of extreme nervousness; act nervously
Synonyms: nervousness, nerves, uneasiness, anxiety, anxiousness, tension, agitation, fretfulness, restlessness
Antonyms: calmness, serenity
Usage: I always get the jitters before exams.

3. originator (noun) – जनक, आरंभक
Pronunciation:
 urij-in-eit-ur
Meaning: a person who creates or initiates something
Synonyms: inventor, creator, architect, author, maker, initiator, innovator, founder
Usage: Wegener was the originator of the theory of continental drift.

4. savagery (adjective) – क्रूरता, जंगलीपन, असभ्यता, बहशीपन
Pronunciation:
 sav-ij(u)ri
Meaning: the quality of being fierce or cruel
Synonyms: brutality, ferocity, violence, viciousness, cruelty, barbarity
Antonyms: mildness, gentleness
Usage: The police were shocked by the savagery of the attacks.

5. dismount (verb) – उतरना, नीचे आना
Pronunciation:
 dis-maunt
Meaning: get off a horse, bicycle, or anything that one is riding; cause to fall off a horse, bicycle, etc.
Synonyms: alight, get off, get down
Antonym: mount
Usage: I had to dismount from my bicycle halfway up the hill.

6. compel (verb) – दबाव डालना, मजबूर करना
Pronunciation:
 kum-pel
Meaning: force someone to do something; make someone legally or morally bound to do something; bring about (something) by the use of force or pressure
Synonyms: force, pressure, impel, drive, press, push, urge, oblige
Usage: A sense of duty compelled Harry to answer her questions.

7. gruesome (adjective) – भयंकर, भयानक
Pronunciation: 
groo-s(u)m
Meaning: causing repulsion or horror; extremely unpleasant
Synonyms: grisly, ghastly, frightful, horrid, horrifying, fearful, hideous, macabre, spine-chilling, horrible, horrendous
Antonym: pleasant
Usage: I heard stories of gruesome tortures in prisons.

8. perpetrate (verb) –  दोष करना, पाप करना
Pronunciation: 
per-pit-reit
Meaning: carry out or commit (a harmful, illegal, or immoral action)
Synonyms: commit, carry out, execute
Usage: A crime has been perpetrated against a sovereign state.

9. venture (noun) – जोखिम का काम, उपक्रम, उद्योग
Pronunciation:
 ven-chur
Meaning: a risky or daring journey or undertaking a business enterprise, typically one that involves risk; undertake a risky or daring journey or course of action; dare to do or say something that may be considered adventurous
Synonyms: enterprise, undertaking, project, pursuit; travel, journey
Usage:

  • I won’t venture a step farther.
  • Any business venture contains an element of risk.

10. derogatory (adjective) – अपमानजनक, अनादरसूचक
Pronunciation: 
diro-gut(u)ri
Meaning: showing a critical or disrespectful attitude
Synonyms: disparaging, belittling, diminishing, slighting, deprecatory, depreciative
Antonyms: complimentary, flattering
Usage: He made some derogatory comment about her appearance.



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