23/04/2018
1. Striving (verb) : (Make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.) (यास करना, संघर्य करना)
Synonyms: Effort, Exertion, Endeavor, Drudge, Labor, Moil,
Antonyms: Dillydally, Repose, Indolent, Lethargic, Sluggish
Example: The overweight woman was striving so hard to lose weight that she overexerted herself and ended up in the hospital.
Verb forms: Strive, Strived, Strived
Related words: Striver (noun) Strivingly, (adverb)
2. Topple (verb) : (To fall or cause to fall from an upright position.) (नीचे गिर पड़ना)
Synonyms: Fall, Tumble, Overturn, Overbalance, Stumble, Fall Down
Antonyms: Uprise, Ascend, Upsurge, Levitation, Spurt
Example: The phone company has toppled its local competition.
Verb forms: Topple, Toppled, Toppled
Related words: Untoppled, (adjective)
3. Vandalism (noun) : (Willful or malicious destruction or defacement of public or private property) (जानबूझकर या दुर्भावनापूर्ण विनाश करना या सार्वजनिक या निजी संपत्ति को नुकसान पहुंचना)
Synonyms: Destruction, Hooliganism, Devastation, Barbarism, Sabotage, Atrocity
Antonyms: Er****on, Fabrication, Preservation, Protection, Salvage
Example: A group of teens broke into the public library and tore the pages from hundreds of books in a terrible act of vandalism.
Verb forms: Vandalise, Vandalised, Vandalised
Related words: Vandalistic, Vandalish, (adjective)
4. Despondent (adjective) : (Feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression) (हताश, निराश, हतोत्साह)
Synonyms: Discouraged, Dispirited, Dejected, Depressed, Disconsolate, Doleful, Downcast
Antonyms: Hopeful, Cheerful, Blissful, Buoyant, Jubilant, Gladsome
Example: Whenever I feel despondent, I call my friends to make me smile.
Verb forms: Despond, Desponded, Desponded
Related words: Despond (verb) (become dejected and lose confidence),
Despondently (adverb) Despondency (noun)
5. Chastise (verb) : (To criticize someone harshly for doing something wrong.) (फटकार, निन्दा करना)
Synonyms: Castigate, Reprimand, Scold, Objurgate, Chide, Rebuke
Antonyms: Praise, Compliment, Glorify, Extol, Acclaim
Example: Because my doctor is a kind man, he tries not to chastise me too harshly about my unhealthy habits.
Verb forms: Chastise, Chastised, Chastised
Related words: Chastisement Chastiser (noun)
6. Salutary (adjective) : (Producing a beneficial effect) (लाभदायक, हितकर)
Synonyms: Salubrious, Beneficial, Restorative, Effective, Propitious
Antonyms: Detrimental, Baneful, Noxious, Maleficent, Cankerous
Example: The board hopes the merger of the two companies will have salutary effects that will leave all the shareholders happy.
Related words: Salutarily (adverb) Salutariness (noun)
7. Belligerence (noun) : (An aggressive or truculent attitude, atmosphere, or disposition (आक्रामक या युद्धरत व्यवहार)
Synonyms: Aggressiveness, Assaultiveness, Defiance, Pugnacity, Truculence
Antonyms: Nonaggression, Pacifism, Amenity, Clemency, Continence, Placability
Example: Kim Jong Un’s belligerence has led to a war of words between his regime and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Related words: Belligerent (adjective) Belligerent, Belligerency (noun)
8. Enfranchise (verb) : (To set free; liberate,) (मुक्त करना, स्वतंत्र करना)
Synonyms: Emancipate, Liberate, Set Free, Release, Affranchise, Disenthrall
Antonyms: Enslave, Subjugate, Thrall, Restrain, Trammel
Example: With just a few more signatures, the corporate office will enfranchise the operational rights of one of its entities to your partnership.
Verb forms: Enfranchise, Enfranchised, Enfranchised
Related words: Enfranchisement Enfranchiser (noun)
9. Disentitle (verb) : (To deprive of title, claim, or right) (हक से वंचित करना)
Synonyms: Disqualify, Bereave, Deprive, Incapacitate, Disenable
Antonyms: Bestow, Empower, Grant, Confer, Furnish, Endue
Example: Any default in payment of the arrears in accordance with the scheme shall disentitle the consumer from the benefits of the scheme.
Verb forms: Disentitle, Disentitled, Disentitled
Related words: Disentitlement, (noun)
10. Incendiary (noun) : (Tending to stir up conflict) (उत्तेजक, विद्रोहत्मक, आगलगाऊ)
Synonyms: Agitator, Fomenter, Rabble-Rouser, Instigator
Antonyms: Peacemaker, Reconciler, Uniter, Conciliatory
Example: If the reporter didn’t mean to cause such an uproar among the public, he shouldn’t have written such an incendiary article about the city leaders.
Related words: Incendiary (noun) Incendiary (adjective)