1. slouch (verb, noun) – झुकना, आलसी
Pronunciation: sla-uch
Meaning: stand, move, or sit in a lazy, drooping way; a lazy, drooping posture or movement
Synonyms: slump, hunch, loll, droop, sag, stoop
Usage:
- He slouched against the wall. (verb)
- He was standing with round-shouldered slouch. (noun)
2. enliven (verb) – सजीव करना, जान डालना
Pronunciation: in-lai-v(u)n / en-lai-v(u)n
Meaning: make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing; make (someone) more cheerful or animated
Synonyms: improve, enhance, season, leaven; uplift, gladden
Antonym: subdue
Usage: Paintings by West Marin artists enliven their living room.
3. preventive (adjective, noun) – प्रतिबंधक
Pronunciation: pri-ven-tiv
Meaning: intended to stop something before it happens; a medicine or other treatment designed to prevent disease or ill health
Synonyms: inhibitory, preventative, deterrent, pre-emptive, obstructive, precautionary; prophylactic, preventative
Usage:
- We must take preventive measures to reduce crime in the area. (adjective)
- This has proved an effective preventive. (noun)
4. intervention (noun) – हस्तक्षेप
Pronunciation: inter-ven-sh(u)n
Meaning: the action or process of taking part in something so as to prevent a result or course of events; interference by a state in another’s affairs
Synonyms: involvement, intercession, interceding, interposing, interposition, mediation
Usage: China has registered a protest over foreign intervention.
5. megalomania (noun) – अभिमान
Pronunciation: mega-lum-einia / mega-lo-mei-nia
Meaning: obsession with the exercise of power
Synonyms: grandiosity, egotism, conceit
Antonyms: modesty, humility
Usage: The singer’s megalomania has turned her into an arrogant woman who is disliked by everyone who truly knows her.
6. slovenly (adjective) – बेसलीका, बेढ़ंगा
Pronunciation: sluv(u)nli
Meaning: (especially of a person or their appearance) untidy and dirty; (especially of a person or action) careless; excessively casual
Synonyms: scruffy, untidy, messy, unkempt, ill-groomed, slatternly, disheveled; careless, slapdash, slipshod, disorganized, unorganized, unsystematic, unmethodical
Antonyms: tidy, neat; careful, meticulous, painstaking
Usage:
- Their landlady was fat and slovenly.
- He grew lazy and slovenly in his habits.
7. interaction (noun) – बातचीत, परस्पर क्रिया
Pronunciation: in-tent
Meaning: reciprocal action or influence; communication or direct involvement with someone or something
Synonyms: interplay, interchange, interactivity, interconnection, interlinkage; contact, relations, connection, association, communion, intercourse, socializing
Usage: The interaction of the two groups produced many good ideas.
8. manifold (adjective) – अनेक, विविध
Pronunciation: mani-fold
Meaning: many and various; having many different forms or elements
Synonyms: many, numerous, multiple, multifarious, multitudinous
Antonyms: few, homogeneous
Usage: He has manifold talents.
9. palaver (verb) – बकवास करना
Pronunciation: pul-aa-ver
Meaning: unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure; lengthy and unproductive discussion; talk unproductively and at length
Synonyms: commotion, trouble, rigmarole, folderol; chatter, gossip, prattle, prate, babble, blather, blether
Antonyms: quiet, silence
Usage: I was late for work after my chatty grandmother held me up with palaver about past economic times.
10. sloth (noun) – आलस
Pronunciation: slo-th
Meaning: reluctance to work or make an effort
Synonyms: laziness, idleness, indolence, slothfulness, inactivity, inertia
Antonym: energy
Usage: Sloth is the mother of poverty.
