Vocabulary for all competitive exams 02-10-2019

1. juvenile (adjective, noun) – किशोर, लड़कपन
Pronunciation: joo-vun-ail
Meaning: for or relating to young people; childish; immature; a young person
Synonyms: young, teenage, teenaged, adolescent; childish, immature; youngster, child
Antonyms: adult, mature
Usage:

  • Juvenile crime is increasing at a terrifying rate. (adjective)
  • This law is related to the sentencing of juveniles. (noun)

2. slavish (adjective) – दासवत, परिश्रमी
Pronunciation: slei-vish
Meaning: having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others; excessively obedient; showing no attempt at originality
Synonyms: subservient, fawning, obsequious, sycophantic; servile, unoriginal, uninspired, unimaginative, uninventive
Antonyms: independent, assertive; original, imaginative
Usage: The women’s slavish obedience disgusted me.

3. trenchant (adjective) – कटु, तीव्र
Pronunciation: tren-ch(u)nt / tren-sh(u)nt
Meaning: (of expression or style) forceful, intelligently analytical, and clearly thought
Synonyms: incisive, cutting, pointed, piercing, penetrating, sharp, keen, acute
Antonyms: woolly, vague
Usage: His comment was trenchant.

4. vigorous (adjective) – फुरतीला, जोरदार
Pronunciation: vig(u)rus
Meaning: strong, healthy, and full of energy; characterized by or involving physical strength, effort, or energy; (of language) forceful
Synonyms: robust, strong, sturdy, healthy; strenuous, powerful, potent, forceful, forcible
Antonyms: frail, weak, feeble
Usage:

  • John is a tall, vigorous, and muscular man.
  • She made a vigorous speech in defense of her friend.

5. mortify (verb) – अपमानित करना
Pronunciation: mo-ti-fai
Meaning: cause (someone) to feel very embarrassed or ashamed; subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline
Synonyms: embarrass, humiliate, chagrin, shame, discomfit, abash; subdue, suppress, subjugate, control
Antonyms: be pleased, be proud, indulge
Usage: If my mother picks me up from school in her pajamas, she will mortify me in front of my friends.

6. occupant (noun) – निवासी, किरायेदार
Pronunciation: okyu-p(u)nt
Meaning: a person who resides or is present in a house, vehicle, seat, etc., at a given time; the holder of a position or office; a person in actual possession of property, especially land
Synonyms: resident, inhabitant, owner, tenant, renter, lessee, lodger, boarder
Usage: Are you the occupant of this house?

7. opulence (noun) – अधिकता, प्रचुरता
Pronunciation: opyu-luns
Meaning: great wealth or luxuriousness
Synonyms: richness, luxury, splendor, magnificence, grandeur
Antonyms: restraint, simplicity, poverty
Usage: This hotel provides rooms of spectacular opulence.

8. expiate (verb) – प्रयाश्चित्त करना
Pronunciation: eks-pi-eit
Meaning: to show that you are sorry for bad behaviour by doing something or accepting punishment
Synonyms: reparation, amends, restitution, redress, compensation
Usage: Their sins must be expiated by sacrifice.

9. vaunt (verb, noun) – दिखावा, अपनी बड़ाई करना
Pronunciation: vo-nt
Meaning: boast about or praise (something), especially excessively, a boast
Synonyms: acclaim, esteem, revere, extol, celebrate, boast about, brag about
Antonyms: criticized, unsung
Usage:

  • China likes to vaunt its military strength. (verb)
  • His vaunt was a humorous proof of his scientific instinct. (noun)

10. moot (adjective, verb, noun) – विवादास्पद, विषय छेड़ना, मंडली
Pronunciation: moot
Meaning: subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty; raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility); an assembly held for debate
Synonyms: debatable, arguable, questionable; raise, bring up, broach, mention
Usage:

  • The rise in temperature due to the greenhouse effect is a moot point. (adjective)
  • The question was first mooted many years ago. (verb)
  • Numerous people attended the moot. (noun)


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