Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 30-07-19

1) gauntlet (noun) — चुनौती

Meaning :  a severe trial / a glove worn with medieval armor to protect the hand / a dress glove extending above the wrist

Synonyms : challenge

Antonyms : accept

Usage : ran the gauntlet of criticism and censure

 

2) fiery (adjective) — उग्र

Meaning : consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly.

Synonyms : burning, blazing, flaming

Antonyms : bland, indifferent

Usage : “the sun was a fiery ball low on the hills”

 

3) rhetoric (noun) — अलंकार शास्र

Meaning : the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

Synonyms : oratory, eloquence, power of speech

Antonyms : inarticulateness

Usage : “he is using a common figure of rhetoric, hyperbole”

 

4) triumvirate (noun) — तीन का समूह या संघ

Meaning : : a group or association of three

Synonyms : threesome, triad, trifecta, trinity, trio, triple, triplet

Usage : In this emergent situation in the State, the rally must have brought some reassurance to the triumvirate of Akhilesh Yadav

 

5) unambiguous (adjective) – स्पष्ट

Meaning : not open to more than one interpretation.

Synonyms : explicit, obvious

Antonyms : ambiguous, indefinite

Usage : “instructions should be unambiguous”

 

6) deference (noun) — सम्मान

Meaning : polite submission and respect.

Synonyms : respect, respectfulness

Antonyms : disrespect

Usage : “he addressed her with the deference due to age”

 

7) coherence (noun) — जुटना

Meaning : the quality of being logical and consistent.

Synonyms : consistency, logicality, good sense

Antonyms : incoherence

Usage : “this raises further questions on the coherence of state policy”

 

8) inheritor (noun) — पैतृक सम्पत्ति पानेवाला

Meaning : a person who inherits something; an heir.

Synonyms : heir, heiress, legatee, recipient

Antonyms : sender

Usage : “we are the inheritors of these cultural traditions”

 

9) rump (noun) – शेष या शेष भाग

Meaning : a small or unimportant remnant of something originally larger.

Synonyms : remainder, remaining part/number

Antonyms : front

Usage : “once the profitable enterprises have been sold the unprofitable rump will be left”

 

10) blunting (verb) — भुथरा करना

Meaning : make or become less sharp.

Synonyms : dull, deaden, dampen, soften, numb

Antonyms : sharpen, hone

Usage : “their determination had been blunted”



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