10 new English words for 20 May 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: किसी के काम की हास्यजनक नक़ल
Synonyms: Parody, Travesty, Lampoon, Imitation, Pastiche, Deride
Example: When I heard the<strong> spoof </strong>of the love song, I could not stop laughing.
Hindi meaning: किसी खबर का फैलना
Synonyms: Disseminated, Distributed, Passed, Circulated, Promulgate
Antonyms: Restrict, Confine, Bound, Circumscribe
Example: Rumours about his resigning as CEO were <strong>doing</strong> the rounds.
Hindi meaning: अनुल्लंघनीय, पवित्र, जिसकी आलोचना ना हो सके
Synonyms: Inviolable, Sacred, Consecrated, Venerated
Antonyms: Sacrilege, Profane, Blasphemy, Impiety
Example: The teacher's book of grades is <strong>sacrosanct, </strong> and someone could be expelled for changing anything in it.
Hindi meaning: निचोडना, मरोड़ना
Synonyms: Wrench, Extract, Extort, Wrest
Antonyms: Wedge, Cram, Implant, Insert
Example: After years of trying to <strong>wring</strong> a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up.
Hindi meaning: पलट देना, ध्वंस करना, व्यवस्था भंग करना
Synonyms: Sabotage, Debase, Vitiate, Overthrow, Destroy
Antonyms: Enhance, Improve, Mend, Meliorate
Example: My stepmother is slowly changing things in our house in an attempt to <strong>subvert</strong> my mother’s traditions
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Hindi meaning: सुचरित्र व्यवहार
Synonyms: Rectitude, Civility, Prudence, Probity, Morality
Antonyms: Vulgarity, Indiscreetness, Depravity, Coarseness
Example: After Harold wore a clown suit to his cousin’s funeral, we had to question his sense of <strong>propriety</strong>
Hindi meaning: गुप्त, जो सिर्फ कुछ ही लोगों को समझ आये
Synonyms: Secret, Occult, Arcane, Mysterious, Abstruse, Perplexing
Antonyms: Exoteric, Common, Obvious, Familiar
Example: The medical research was so <strong>esoteric</strong> that only a few physicians could actually understand the results.
Hindi meaning: बदकिस्मत, दुखिया
Synonyms: Miserable, Luckless, Wretched, Jinxed
Antonyms: Happy, Propitious, Auspicious, Favourable
Example: When Jason lost his wife and job on the same day, he knew he was a <strong>hapless</strong> soul.
Hindi meaning: निर्दयी और हिंसात्मक
Synonyms: Malevolent, Spiteful, Wicked, Barbarous, Bestial
Antonyms: Benevolent, Clement, Tender, Merciful
Example: Mark is a <strong>vicious</strong> person who will spends years plotting how to take revenge on people that hurt him in any way.
Hindi meaning: शोक प्रकट करना, दुख मनाना
Synonyms: Bemoan, Deplore, Grieve, Mourn
Antonyms: Exult, Laud, Jubilate, Revel
Example: My grandmother, as usual, <strong>lamented</strong> the decline in moral standards in today's society.
