10 new English words for 12 March 2018, each with its meaning, Hindi meaning, synonyms, antonyms and an example sentence. Learn them today and revise them with the daily quiz — useful for SSC, Bank, Railway, UPSC and IELTS.
Hindi meaning: यास करना, संघर्य करना
Synonyms: Effort, Exertion, Endeavor, Drudge, Labor, Moil
Antonyms: Dillydally, Repose, Indolent, Lethargic, Sluggish
Example: The overweight woman was <strong>striving</strong> so hard to lose weight that she overexerted herself and ended up in the hospital.
Trick: Inke dimag me baat strike ho isliye striving kar rhe hai.
Hindi meaning: नीचे गिर पड़ना
Synonyms: Fall, Tumble, Overturn, Overbalance, Stumble, Fall Down
Antonyms: Uprise, Ascend, Upsurge, Levitation, Spurt
Example: The phone company has <strong>toppled</strong> its local competition.
Trick: Topper ki life me bi topple din aate hai.
Hindi meaning: जानबूझकर या दुर्भावनापूर्ण विनाश करना
Synonyms: Destruction, Hooliganism, Devastation, Barbarism, Sabotage, Atrocity
Antonyms: Erection, 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 <strong>vandalism. </strong>
Trick: Van ko Vandalism kar diya.
Hindi meaning: हताश, निराश, हतोत्साह
Synonyms: Discouraged, Dispirited, Dejected, Depressed, Disconsolate, Doleful, Downcast
Antonyms: Hopeful, Cheerful, Blissful, Buoyant, Jubilant, Gladsome
Example: Whenever I feel <strong>despondent, </strong> I call my friends to make me smile.
Trick: Depression me despondent ho jate hai log.
Hindi meaning: 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 <strong>chastise</strong> me too harshly about my unhealthy habits.
Trick: Chess me galat chla to papa ne chastise kiya.
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Hindi meaning: 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 <strong>salutary</strong> effects that will leave all the shareholders happy.
Trick: Salute karte hai hum in salutary soldier ko.
Hindi meaning: आक्रामक या युद्धरत व्यवहार
Synonyms: Aggressiveness, Assaultiveness, Defiance, Pugnacity, Truculence
Antonyms: Nonaggression, Pacifism, Amenity, Clemency, Continence, Placability
Example: Kim Jong Un’s <strong>belligerence</strong> has led to a war of words between his regime and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trick: Atleast Ghar ke bhar to belligerence mat ho.
Hindi meaning: 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 <strong>enfranchise</strong> the operational rights of one of its entities to your partnership.
Trick: Franchise chod di to ab Enfranchise ho gye
Hindi meaning: 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 <strong>disentitle</strong> the consumer from the benefits of the scheme.
Trick: Title se dur to disentitle .
Hindi meaning: 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 <strong>incendiary</strong> article about the city leaders.
Trick: Dairy ke bhar Incendiary ho gya
