English Vocabulary For Govt. Jobs Exam
Vocabulary
ANGUISH (noun) : पीड़ा
Meaning: severe mental or physical pain or suffering.
Synonyms: agony, pain, torment, torture, suffering
Antonyms: happiness, contentment
Example: Nothing can take away the anguish of losing a child.
FRET (Verb) : झल्लाहट
Meaning: cause anxiety to.
Synonyms: trouble, bother, concern, perturb, disturb, disquiet,
Antonyms: comfort
Example: Don’t let sorrow fret away your courage.
CONFABULATE (verb) : बातचीत करना
Meaning: to talk informally
Synonyms: cackle, chat, patter, schmooze.
Antonyms: be silent, be quiet.
Example: Guests gathered in the hallway to confabulate about the weather and make small talk.
PRAGMATIC(Adjective) : व्यावहारिक
Meaning: practical, useful
Synonyms: realistic, hardheaded
Antonyms: impractical, unreasonable
Example: It’s not necessarily more pragmatic to study engineering than it is to study philosophy.
REFUTE(Verb) : खंडन
Meaning: to prove to be untrue, unfounded, or incorrect
Synonyms: counter, expose
Antonyms: agree, aid
Example: The student refuted the professor’s claim in class.
DEFERENCE(Noun) : सम्मान
Meaning: to respect or regard
Synonyms: yielding, docile
Antonyms: disregard, fight
Example: Her deference to the elderly makes her the perfect candidate for an internship at the retirement center.
NOTION: (noun) : धारणा
Meaning: a conception of or belief about something.
Synonyms: approach, perception, impression, conception.
Antonyms: concrete, reality, ignorance, misunderstanding.
Example: When the girl saw how much her friends liked her sugar cookies, she had the notion to open an online bakery.
RECUPERATE (Verb) : स्वस्थ हो जाना
Meaning: recover from illness or exertion.
Synonyms: recover, convalesce, improve, mend
Antonyms: deteriorate, hurt
Example: Other mammals and birds recuperate or grow to maturity in outdoor enclosures.
CORUSCATE (verb) : उज्जवल होना
Meaning: (of light) flash or sparkle.
Synonyms: scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle.
Antonyms: converge, darkle, dull.
Example: The flashlight was used to coruscate a message to the other campers across the lake.
Knackered(Adjective) : थका हुआ
Meaning: Feeling very tires
Synonym: worn out, weary
Antonym: Working and fixed
Usage: Reema is feeling knackered after working all day long in the seminar.
Sallow(Adjective) : भूरे रंग का
Meaning: unhealthy looking
Synonym: wan, pale
Antonym: rosy, glowing
Usage: He was suffering from typhoid from last month and not he has started looking sallow. Hoping for his fast recovery.
Exoteric(Adjective) : बाहरी
Meaning: Suitable to be imparted to public
Synonym: Beyond, outmost
Antonym: Middle, Inner
Usage: I just read one exoteric modern novel in my high school.
Afflict(Verb) : पीड़ा देना
Meaning: Cause pain or suffering
Synonym: distress, grieve
Antonym: please, relieve
Usage: This will remove the problems afflicting society, specially those affecting the working class majority.
Divulge(Verb) : प्रकाशित करना
Meaning: Make known something, such as a confidence or secret.
Synonym: promulgate, declare
Antonym: conceal
Usage: She does not want to divulge any information regarding the nature of her speech in order to keep the curiosity alive
Pursy(Adjective) : मोटा
Meaning: Fat; short-winded especially because of corpulence
Synonym: Blown, panting
Antonym: Cleared, lanky
Usage: Never since he was a child did the pursy old gentleman run as fast as he did now.
Bespeak(Verb) : प्रकट करना
Meaning: Indicate or be a sign of
Synonym: show, manifest
Antonym: belie
Usage: Bad language bespeaks ignorance and rudeness.
UNTRAMMELED (adjective) : बेरोक
Meaning: not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.
Synonyms: unobstructed, unhampered, unrestrained, unfettered.
Antonyms: limited, restrained, restricted, obstructed.
Usage: My mother always encourages me to let my untrammeled dreams run wild.
BACKSTOP (noun) पूर्वावधान
Meaning: an emergency precaution or last resort.
Synonyms: safeguard, preventive measure, insurance.
Antonyms: constraint, limitation, restriction, sanction.
Usage: They want the Democrats to act as a backstop for this wild nonsense.
PURITANICAL (adjective) सख़्त
Meaning: having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence.
Synonyms: prudish, puritan, prim, priggish.
Antonyms: lecherous, indulgent, indecent, debauched.
Usage: It just shows that those endless puritanical bromides about the perils of fixating on individual designers are wasted breath.
INTRANSIGENCE (Noun) : कट्टरता
Meaning: refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something.
Synonyms: inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacy
Usage: I can’t understand Rachel’s intransigence, considering that we have undeniable proof that her idea is incorrect.
CARCASS (noun) शव
Meaning: the dead body of an animal.
Synonyms: corpse, cadaver, remains, relics.
Antonyms: revival, alive, essence, resurrection.
Usage: There were a couple of dead animal carcasses on the ground as well.
NUDGE (Verb) :कुहनी से हलका धक्का मारना
Meaning: coax or gently encourage (someone) to do something.
Synonyms: prompt, encourage, coax, stimulate
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade
Usage: After her late night out partying, both parents nudge their daughter to wake her up during the church service.
CULMINATE (Verb) : पराकाष्ठा पर पहुंचना
Meaning: reach a climax or point of highest development.
Synonyms: peak, climax
Antonyms: start, begin
Usage: At the end of the night, the concert will culminate in a huge fireworks display.
Contrition:(Noun) : पछतावा
Meaning:- the state of feeling sorry for bad behaviour: the state of repentance.
Synonyms: contriteness, guilt, penitence, regret, remorse, repentance
Antonyms:-impenitence, remorselessness
Usage:- The defendant pled guilty to the crime and expressed heartfelt contrition for the things he had done.
Plaintive (Adjective) : दर्दनाक
Meaning: expressing suffering or sadness, sounding sad and mournful.
Synonym: aching, agonized, bitter, mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, lamentable
Antonym: delighted, exulting, glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant, jocus, blithesome, euphoric.
Usage:- We could hear the plaintive cry of the wounded animal in the woods.
Piquant (Adjective) : सरस
Meaning: having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour., pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind.
Synonym: poignant, intriguing, stimulating, interesting, fascinating, zesty
Antonym: bland, insipid, dull, zestless, insipid
Usage:- Gobblezz restaurant have a secret piquant sauce that makes the dish scrumptious.
FLAGRANT (Adjective) : कुख्यात
Meaning: (of an action considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive.
Synonyms: blatant, glaring, obvious, overt, evident,
Antonyms: unobtrusive, slight
Usage: The bruises on the boy’s legs revealed the flagrant abuse he had suffered at home.
POCOCURANTE (adjective) : विरक्त
Meaning: indifferent or unconcerned.
Synonyms: apathetic, listless, insouciant, nonchalant.
Antonyms: overprotective, prudent, absorbed, concerned.
Sentence: Since the boy didn’t plan on doing his homework anyway, his pococurante look on his face did not change when the teacher assigned the 10-page essay.
SUBVERT (verb) : पलट देना
Meaning: undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).
Synonyms: destabilize, unsettle, overthrow, overturn.
Antonyms: elevate, ennoble, uplift, exalt.
Sentence: Please reject this underhanded attempt to subvert democracy in Illinois.
REVULSION (noun) : तबदीली
Meaning: a sense of disgust and loathing.
Synonyms: abhorrence, repugnance, nausea, detestation.
Antonyms: penchant, predilection, preference, propensity.
Sentence: Widespread public revulsion at the executions exacerbated a growing alienation from the British administration in Ireland.
Credence (noun) : प्रत्यय
Meaning: belief in or acceptance of something as true.
Synonym: acceptance, belief, faith, trust
Antonym: distrust, mistrust, suspicion, dubiety.
Sentence: Since you have a history of lying, I find it difficult to give credence to anything you tell me.
Malapert (adjective) : असभ्य
Meaning: boldly disrespectful; impudent.
Synonym: impertinent, cheeky, rude, brazen.
Antonyms: courteous, humble, modest, polite.
Sentence: In a fury, she said that he was too malapert to give her such an answer, and affirmed that both he and they should repent it.
PRIGGISH (adjective) : परोपदेशक
Meaning: self-righteously moralistic and superior.
Synonyms: smug, sanctimonious, moralistic, prudish.
Antonyms: broad-minded, permissive, overstrung, uptight.
Sentence: After living with his wife for 30 years, the husband was tired of the nagging and demands made by his priggish woman.
Amicable (adjective) : मैत्रीपूर्ण
Meaning: Friendly
Synonym: Cordial, Harmonious, amiable, polite.
Antonym: impolite, uncivil, rude, unfriendly.
Sentence: Most customer service agents are amicable people who are good at settling disagreements.
OGLE(Verb) : घूरना
Meaning: stare at in a lecherous manner.
Synonyms: stare, gawk
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Usage: Most women dislike being ogled .
TIRADE(Noun) : निंदा–भाषण
Meaning: a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation.
Synonyms: diatribe, invective, polemic, denunciation, rant
Antonyms: compliment, praise
Usage: She launched into a tirade against the policies that ruined her business.
Banter (noun) : मज़ाक
Meaning: the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks.
Synonym: wisecracks, crosstalk, wordplay, ribbing.
Antonym: flattery, praise, work
Sentence: If the banter between the award presenters is not exciting, no one will watch the show.
SUAVE(Adjective) : शिष्ट
Meaning: (especially of a man) charming, confident, and elegant.
Synonyms: charming, sophisticated, debonair, urbane
Antonyms: unsophisticated, rude
Usage: He was tall and suave, careful in dress, careful in behaviour.
QUINTESSENTIAL(Adjective) : सर्वोत्कृष्ट
Meaning: representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.
Synonyms: typical, prototypical, stereotypical, archetypal, classic
Usage: Paris, the quintessential city of freedom and discretion, he could lead a double life.
MAINSTAY (noun) : आधार
Meaning: a person or thing on which something else is based or depends.
Synonyms: cornerstone, bulwark, buttress, bastion.
Antonyms: antagonist, opponent, enemy.
Usage: Smith was a mainstay of the club’s success this season with his running from defence and solid tackling.
FRAY (noun) : दंगा
Meaning: a battle or fight.
Synonyms: skirmish, altercation, tussle, struggle.
Antonyms: agreement, truce, harmony, tranquility.
Usage: Police officers pushed several against cars to separate them from the fray as the fight spilled into a parking garage.
GRAFT (noun) : भ्रष्टाचार
Meaning: bribery and other corrupt practices used to secure illicit advantages or gains in politics or business.
Synonyms: corruption, dishonesty, fraudulence, subornation.
Antonyms: incorruptibility, honesty, sterility, probity.
Usage: Public procurement laws also need urgent reform to prevent graft and corruption.
UNCHARTED (adjective) : अस्पष्टीकृत
Meaning: (of an area of land or sea) not mapped or surveyed.
Synonyms: unexplored, undiscovered, unfamiliar, unplumbed.
Antonyms: familiar, famous, commonplace, known.
Usage: Twice more he struck as if he was securing a flagpole into the soil of a previously uncharted land.
POGROM (noun) : तबाही
Meaning: massacre, mass murder.
Synonyms: holocaust, slaughter, decimation, carnage.
Antonyms: relief, rescue, refuge, support.
Usage: It is unthinkable that anyone could design a pogrom as a means for eliminating a group of people.
ALLEGE(Verb)
Meaning:to say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof
Synonyms:charge, declare
Antonyms:withdraw, object
Example:She is alleged to have been at the center of an international drug ring.
ECHELON (noun)
Meaning: a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
Synonyms: status, rank, grade, stratum.
Antonyms: slope, unemployment, unsettle.
Usage: The prominent college ranks among the top echelon of schools in the nation.
TACIT (adjective)
Meaning: understood or implied without being stated.
Synonyms: implicit, inferred, insinuated, unspoken.
Antonyms: blatant, evident, manifest, explicit.
Usage: In my business, all that is needed for a tacit understanding is a handshake between men.
DESPAIR(Noun)
Meaning:a state in which all hope is lost or absent
Synonyms:misery, pain
Antonyms:joy, peace
Example:To her teacher’s despair, Nicole never does the work that she’s told to do.
PROBE(Noun)
Meaning: a thorough investigation into a crime or other matter.
Synonyms: investigation, inquiry, examination, scrutiny
Example: An independent investigator will probe the allegations of racial bias in police hiring.
INTRANSIGENT (adjective)
Meaning: unwilling or refusing to change one’s views or to agree about something.
Synonyms: uncompromising, resolute, inexorable, inveterate.
Antonyms: submissive, tractable, acquiescent, subservient.
Usage: John remained intransigent in restricting his gift to the rescue children.
RIPARIAN (adjective)
Meaning: relating to or situated on the banks of a river.
Synonyms: riverine, coastal, continental, seaside.
Antonyms: intercontinental, inland.
Usage: This serious defect of solid weirs, where the riparian lands are liable to be injured by inundations, can be slightly mitigated by keeping down the crest of the weir somewhat below the required level.
PEEVISH(Adjective)
Meaning: having or showing an irritable disposition.
Synonyms: irritable, irascible, fractious, fretful, cross, petulant
Antonyms: affable, easy-going
Example: The whole team was peevish after losing the game.
INVIGORATE(Verb) : मज़बूत करना
Meaning: to give new energy or strength to someone or something
Synonyms: boost, stimulate
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade
Usage: They argued that a cut in the tax rate would invigorate the economy.
TRANSIENT(Adjective) : क्षणिक
Meaning: lasting for only a short time; temporary
Synonyms: temporary, short- lived
Antonyms: permanent, forever
Usage: The weakness was transient, and soon I was feeling strong again.
MALAISE(Noun)
Meaning: a general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease whose exact cause is difficult to identify.
Synonyms: unhappiness, restlessness, uneasiness, unease
Antonyms: comfort, well-being
Example: It is a malaise that affects both intellectuals and the masses.
REBOUND(Verb) : पीछे हटना
Meaning: If an action rebounds on you, it does not have the effect you hoped for but has an unpleasant effect on you instead
Synonyms: recoil, recuperate
Antonyms: weaken, hurt
Usage: His continual demands for sympathy rebounded on him because his friends finally stopped listening.
BREVIARY (noun) : प्रार्थना–संग्रह
Meaning: a short statement of the main points.
Synonyms: summary, conspectus, encapsulation, outline.
Antonyms: enlargement, expansion, supplement, amplification.
Usage: The Second Vatican Council revised the Breviary and changed its name to Liturgy of the Hours.
STODGY (adjective) : उदासीन
Meaning: Dull and uninspired; lacking originality or excitement
Synonyms: uninteresting, dreary, uninspired, monotonous.
Antonyms: exciting, creative, breathtaking, enthralling.
Usage: Most of my students used informal, asymmetrical balance, as formal balance can seem stodgy and dull.
RELENT (verb) : तरस खाना
Meaning: to cease resistance (as to another’s arguments, demands, or control).
Synonyms: concede, give in, submit, succumb.
Antonyms: combat, confront, counter, defy.
Usage: Because my father is very angry, he won’t relent on my harsh punishment.
LAUDABLE (adjective) : प्रशंसनीय
Meaning: (of an action, idea, or aim) deserving praise and commendation.
Synonyms: praiseworthy, admirable, meritorious
Usage: Faith ceases to be laudable when it is blind faith.
TEDIOUS (adjective) : थकाऊ
Meaning: too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.
Synonyms: dull, unexciting, unvaried, mundane
Antonyms: exciting, interesting
Usage: The meeting was so long and tedious, he was ready to climb the wall.
BUDGE (verb) : हिलना
Meaning: Change an opinion.
Synonyms: retract, yield, acquiesce, compromise.
Antonyms: resist, object, confront, oppose.
Usage: That’s why the bosses have so far been refusing to budge over the pay and conditions.
PRUDENCE (Noun) : सावधानी
Meaning: the quality of being prudent; cautiousness.
Synonyms: wisdom, judgment, sagacity, shrewdness
Antonyms: folly, recklessness
Usage: Maybe you’ll exercise a little more financial prudence next time.
MEED(Noun) : पारितोषिक
Meaning: a much deserved reward or honor
Synonyms: atonement, compensation
Antonyms: disregard, penalty
Example: The handyman is owed a meed for his work on the home but is yet to be paid.
THRALL(Noun) : ग़ुलाम
Meaning: the state of being under the control of another person
Synonyms: servitude, slavery
Antonyms: mastery, dominance
Example: After experiencing oppression at the thrall of Great Britain, the colonists decided to take action against the giant country in order to make decisions for themselves.
USURIOUS (adjective) : अति ब्याज
Meaning: rate of interest that is unfairly high.
Synonyms: avaricious, acquisitive, rapacious, covetous.
Antonyms: affordable, moderate, generous, undulating.
Usage: Can you lend to the poor without charging usurious interest?
VOLITANT (Noun) : उड़ने वाला
Meaning: flying or moving about rapidly
Synonyms: floating, soaring
Antonyms: slow, grounded
Example: Volitant birds have taken over the beach and quickly fly about the area looking for food.
GRANULAR (adjective) : बारीक
Meaning: Resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.
Synonyms: powdery, grainy, gritty, sandy.
Antonyms: soft, fine, smooth, glossy.
Usage: In the dry state, granular soil particles can be easily separated and identified.
SCALDING(Adjective) : धधकते हुए
Meaning: If a liquid is scalding, it is extremely hot
Synonyms: blazing, blistering
Antonyms: cold, cool
Example: Against her will, hot scalding tears burst from her eyes and down her cheeks.
ADROIT(Adjective) : चतुर
Meaning: very skillful and quick in the way you think or move
Synonyms: adept, artful
Antonyms: clumsy, awkward
Example: She was adroit at removing my armor, which she did well and beautifully.
EXORBITANT(Adjective) : अत्यधिक
Meaning: (of prices and demands) much too large
Synonyms: enormous, outrageous
Antonyms: cheap, good
Example: The interest charged on most credit cards is exorbitant.
CONTRAVENTION (noun) : उल्लंघन
Meaning: An action which offends against a law, treaty, or other ruling.
Synonyms: breach, violation, infringement, transgression.
Antonyms: compliance, conformity, obedience, adoption.
Usage: These powers must be exercised on consideration of the likelihood of damage or distress caused by the contravention of the Act.
HOBBLE (verb) लंगड़ाना
Meaning: walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury.
Synonyms: totter, dodder, falter, lurch.
Antonyms: breeze, glide, sail, stride.
Usage: And the Olympic silver medalist in Sydney looked to be in considerable pain as he hobbled off the track.’
VEST (verb) निहित होना
Meaning: confer or bestow (power, authority, property, etc.) on someone.
Synonyms: entrust, invest, bestow, confer.
Antonyms: impede, inhibit, disqualify, disbar.
Usage: Extensive powers were vested into the hands of the President who headed the executive branch of government.
DRACONIAN (adjective) कठोर
Meaning: excessively harsh and severe.
Synonyms: cruel, brutal, oppressive, ruthless.
Antonyms: mild, amenable, temperate, gentle.
Usage: There was a time when I would have argued that our libel laws were Draconian and should be amended.
ATTRITION(Noun) संघर्षण
Meaning: the process of reducing something’s strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure.
Synonyms: erosion, abrasion, attenuation
Antonyms: strengthening
Usage: As a result of teacher attrition, a lot of classrooms are overcrowded.
SHRILL (Adjective) अनिमेष
Meaning: (of a voice or sound) high-pitched and piercing.
Synonyms: high-pitched, piercing, high, sharp
Antonyms: low, soft, dulcet
Usage: When Rose was stabbed, she let out a shrill scream
STENTORIAN (adjective) बुलंद
Meaning: (of a person’s voice) loud and powerful.
Synonyms: booming, clangorous, piercing, roaring.
Antonyms: soothing, muffled, muted, softened.
Usage: When my father speaks in a stentorian voice, I know I’m in trouble.
SIEGE (Noun) घेराबंदी
Meaning: a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling those inside to surrender.
Synonyms: blockade, barricade, restriction
Antonyms: clearance, opening
Usage: During the siege of the village, the villagers were forced to give up their property.
PURLOIN (verb) चुराना
Meaning: steal (something).
Synonyms: loot, pilfer, steal, embezzle.
Antonyms: bestow, contribute, donate, purchase.
Usage: Sometimes it’s impossible to not purloin an excerpt from another person’s blog.
IMPASSE (Noun) गतिरोध
Meaning: a situation in which no progress is possible, especially because of disagreement; a deadlock.
Synonyms: deadlock, dead end, stalemate, checkmate, stand-off; standstill
Antonyms: solution, boon
Usage: Because of the impasse between workers and management, the factory has been closed for two weeks.
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