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4 Brinkmanship (noun)

जोखिम भरी नीति, कगार की राजनीति

Brinkmanship meaning

Pushing a dangerous situation to the very edge to force the other side to give in.

Synonyms: Risky Bluffing, Dangerous Gambit, High-Stakes Play, Sabre-Rattling

Antonyms: Caution, Conciliation, Compromise, Prudence

Example: The two sides moved troops to the border in an act of pure brinkmanship.

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6 Intransigence (noun)

अड़ियलपन, हठ

Intransigence meaning

Stubborn refusal to change one's position or to compromise.

Synonyms: Obstinacy, Rigidity, Stubbornness, Inflexibility

Antonyms: Flexibility, Compromise, Accommodation, Openness

Example: The strike dragged on because of intransigence on both sides of the table.

7 Onerous (adjective)

बोझिल, भारी

Onerous meaning

Involving a heavy burden of work, cost or responsibility.

Synonyms: Burdensome, Taxing, Demanding, Arduous

Antonyms: Easy, Light, Effortless, Undemanding

Example: Caring for the accounts alone became an onerous duty for the young clerk.

8 Circumspect (adjective)

सतर्क, सावधान

Circumspect meaning

Careful and cautious, thinking about all the risks before acting.

Synonyms: Cautious, Prudent, Wary, Guarded

Antonyms: Reckless, Rash, Careless, Impulsive

Example: Be circumspect before signing any agreement you have not read fully.

9 Salutary (adjective)

हितकारी, लाभदायक

Salutary meaning

Having a good, useful or corrective effect, even if unpleasant at first.

Synonyms: Beneficial, Useful, Corrective, Wholesome

Antonyms: Harmful, Damaging, Injurious, Detrimental

Example: The failed test was a salutary lesson that changed his study habits.

10 Exhortation (noun)

आग्रह, उपदेश

Exhortation meaning

A strong appeal or speech urging someone to do something.

Synonyms: Urging, Appeal, Pep Talk, Admonition

Antonyms: Discouragement, Dissuasion, Silence, Indifference

Example: Posters full of exhortation to save water were pasted across the campus.

11 Propitious (adjective)

अनुकूल, शुभ

Propitious meaning

Favourable; giving a good chance of success.

Synonyms: Favourable, Auspicious, Opportune, Promising

Antonyms: Unfavourable, Inauspicious, Adverse, Untimely

Example: With good rain and low prices, it was a propitious time to sow.

12 Sclerotic (adjective)

जड़, कठोर

Sclerotic meaning

Rigid and unable to adapt or change; medically, hardened.

Synonyms: Rigid, Inflexible, Ossified, Stagnant

Antonyms: Flexible, Agile, Adaptable, Dynamic

Example: A sclerotic bureaucracy takes months to approve a simple file.

13 Augur (verb)

संकेत देना, शुभ-अशुभ बताना

Augur meaning

To be a sign of what will happen in future; to foretell.

Synonyms: Foretell, Portend, Presage, Signal

Antonyms: Conceal, Misjudge, Ignore, Obscure

Example: Heavy pre-monsoon showers augur a good harvest this year.

14 Egregious (adjective)

घोर, अत्यंत बुरा

Egregious meaning

Shockingly bad; outstandingly wrong in an obvious way.

Synonyms: Glaring, Flagrant, Outrageous, Blatant

Antonyms: Minor, Trivial, Slight, Excusable

Example: Leaving the fire exit locked was an egregious lapse by the management.

15 Connivance (noun)

मिलीभगत, दुरभिसंधि

Connivance meaning

Secret cooperation in a wrongdoing, or deliberately ignoring it.

Synonyms: Collusion, Complicity, Tacit Consent, Conspiracy

Antonyms: Opposition, Vigilance, Prevention, Honesty

Example: The illegal stalls came up with the connivance of the local inspector.

16 Impunity (noun)

दंडमुक्ति, सज़ा से छूट

Impunity meaning

Freedom from punishment or from the bad consequences of one's actions.

Synonyms: Exemption, Immunity, Licence, Non-Accountability

Antonyms: Accountability, Punishment, Liability, Penalty

Example: Trucks overloaded far beyond the limit ply the highway with impunity.

17 Assiduously (adverb)

लगन से, परिश्रम से

Assiduously meaning

With constant care, attention and hard work.

Synonyms: Diligently, Painstakingly, Persistently, Carefully

Antonyms: Carelessly, Lazily, Casually, Negligently

Example: She assiduously revised one chapter every night before the exam.

18 Chimerical (adjective)

काल्पनिक, असंभव

Chimerical meaning

Imaginary and impossible; based on wild fancy rather than reality.

Synonyms: Illusory, Fanciful, Unreal, Utopian

Antonyms: Real, Practical, Feasible, Concrete

Example: Their plan to build a city on the marsh in one year was chimerical.

19 Protean (adjective)

बहुरूपी, परिवर्तनशील

Protean meaning

Able to change form easily; very variable or versatile.

Synonyms: Versatile, Changeable, Adaptable, Mutable

Antonyms: Fixed, Rigid, Unchanging, Constant

Example: Social media is protean, showing each user a different version of the world.

20 Palimpsest (noun)

पुनर्लिखित पांडुलिपि, परतदार अभिलेख

Palimpsest meaning

A surface reused for new writing where traces of the old still show; a layered thing.

Synonyms: Layered Record, Overwritten Manuscript, Multi-Layered Text, Composite

Antonyms: Blank Slate, Clean Sheet, Original, Single Layer

Example: The old city is a palimpsest of walls, temples and new flyovers.

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