Daily Vocabulary – 28 December 2017

Synonyms: Hostile, Unwelcoming, Unfriendly, Threatening, Ominous, Menacing

Antonyms: Nice, Gentle, Kind, Friendly, Un-Daunting

Example: The dark and <strong>forbidding</strong> sky during the day was the indication for students at picnic that storm was brewing.

Trick: Friend na bano to Forbidding bi na bno.

Synonyms: Understand, Comprehend, Grasp, Apprehend, Twig, Suss

Antonyms: Ignore, Neglect

Example: If your marketing expert is not <strong>savvy</strong> enough to take advantage of social media advertising, then you need to hire another marketer.

Trick: Pani me kisi ko save karna sabko Savvy karna chahiye.

Synonyms: Advantageous, Profitable, Expedient, Beneficial

Antonyms: Disadvantageous, Harmful, Unprofitable

Example: Bob writes the novels on his own experience, so everything that happens to him is <strong>grist to/for the mill. </strong>

Trick: Mill workers ke liye grist to the mill kiya.

Synonyms: Perfect example of, Classic case of, Model of, Exemplar of, Embodiment of, Incarnation of, Personification of, Epitome of.

Example: The high school athlete who won the good citizen award became the <strong>byword</strong> of what a great student should be.

Trick: Inke word youth ke liye byword hai.

Synonyms: Massacre, Mass Murder, Decimation, Holocaust

Antonyms: Peace, Calmness, Harmony

Example: Nuclear attack in 1945 over Japan was a <strong>carnage. </strong>

Trick: Salman ki car ne carnage kiya.