10 new English words for 20 April 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: पीड़ा देना
Synonyms: Excruciate, Torment, Trouble, Beset, Persecute, Rack
Antonyms: Comfort, Relieve, Solace, Soothe, Succour
Example: He was <strong>afflicted</strong> with severe asthma.
Hindi meaning: रोग, बीमारी
Synonyms: Indisposition, Lurgy, Infirmity, Ailment, Disorder, Malaise
Antonyms: Fitness, Healthiness, Heartiness, Robustness, Soundness, Wholeness, Wholesomeness, Fettle
Example: Aunt Lois suffers from the painful <strong>malady</strong> of osteoarthritis
Trick: Bacho ko drate hai ki zyada melody kahoge to malady ho jahegi.
Hindi meaning: चेतावनी
Synonyms: Warning, Caution, Admonition, Monition, Proviso, Condition, Stipulation, Provision, Clause
Antonyms: Heedlessness, Negligence, Ignorance, Indiscretion
Example: Since it was the young girl's first time getting pulled over, the police officer let her off with the <strong>caveat</strong> that next time he would not be so lenient.
Trick: Cave me jane se caveat di.
Hindi meaning: अनिवार्य रूप से, स्पष्ट रूप से
Synonyms: Ineluctably, Inescapably, Inevitably, Necessarily, Needs, Perforce, Unavoidably, Involuntarily
Antonyms: Unnecessarily, Unessential
Example: You admit you fired the gun and we now know that the shot killed the victim so you are, <strong>ipso facto, </strong> responsible for his death.
Trick: Fact baat Ipso facto boli jati hai
Hindi meaning: वैध, क़ानूनी, न्यायसंगत
Synonyms: Lawful, Legit, Legal, Licit, Justifiable, Warrantable, Constitutional, Admissible
Antonyms: Illegal, Illegitimate, Illicit
Example: Defense lawyers argued that such payments are <strong>legitimate</strong> and customary in newspaper deals.
Trick: Litigation lgane pe court ne legitimate diya.
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Hindi meaning: नुकसान न पहुंचानेवाला
Synonyms: Harmless, Innocuous, Safe, Anodyne, Gracious Genial
Antonyms: Unfriendly, Hostile Malignant, Adverse, Baleful, Detrimental, Nocuous, Pernicious, Noxious
Example: His humor was <strong>benign, </strong> never cruel or hurtful.
Trick: Bee Benign nhi hai .
Hindi meaning: उलझना
Synonyms: Entangled, Involved, Overwhelmed, Embroiled, Enmeshed, Encumbered, Impeded
Antonyms: Detach, Expedite, Advance, Emancipate
Example: We were hoping to open the restaurant by the holidays, but we've gotten <strong>bogged down</strong> with regulations and permits.
Trick: Car bida kar down kar diya to Be Bogged down ho gye
Hindi meaning: हिरासत में लेना/ समझ लेना
Synonyms: Arrest, Catch, Capture, Seize, Incarcerate, Understand, Comprehend, , Recognize, Discern, Perceive, Grasp
Antonyms: Emancipate, Liberate, Release, Unbind, Unchain/ Misapprehend, Misconceive, Misconstrue, Misinterpret, Misperceive, Misunderstand
Example: The police have finally apprehended the killer./The child couldn't quite <strong>apprehend</strong> the idea of going to school every day, making the first few weeks difficult.
Trick: Hand me chain daalkar Apprehend kiya
Hindi meaning: वार्ताकार
Synonyms: Colloquist, Conversationalist, Dialogist, Interviewer
Antonyms: Listener, Eavesdropper
Example: After Lynn listened to her friends’ conversation for a while, she became an <strong>interlocutor</strong> and expressed her opinion.
Trick: International manch pe me ye humare Interlocutor hai.
Hindi meaning: मुख्य नहीं
Synonyms: Secondary, Subsidiary, Unimportant, Nonessential, Immaterial, Superficial, Ancillary, Irrelevant, Extraneous
Antonyms: Central, Vital, Fundamental, Principal
Example: First of all, we had to find out who the thief was – getting the money back was a <strong>peripheral</strong> issue.
Trick: Pero ki strength peripheral nhi hai.
