Daily Vocabulary – 5 November 2019

Synonyms: Stubbornness, Intransigence, Obstinacy, Immovability, Pig-Headedness

Antonyms: Flexibility, Submission, Pliability, Amenability

Example: MPs have accused the government of <strong>obduracy</strong> and called on ministers to reverse their decision.

Trick: Emergency lagana Indira Gandhi ki obduracy thi

Synonyms: Development, Evolution, Gestation, Incubation

Antonyms: Decline, Retrogression, Regression, Deterioration

Example: The rules would stifle the <strong>germination</strong> of new ideas.

Trick: ww2 ke bad Germany ka development germinate hua

Synonyms: Courage, Fortitude, Valour, Pluck, Mettle

Antonyms: Cowardice, Spinelessness, Cravenness, Faintheartedness

Example: The soldiers showed that they had plenty of <strong>grit</strong>.

Trick: Right man mai bahut grit hota h

Synonyms: Seemingly, Outwardly, Supposedly, Presumably

Antonyms: Truly, Actually, Genuinely, Really

Example: She stayed behind at the office, <strong>ostensibly</strong> to work.

Trick: Inke chehre par tention ostensibly h

Synonyms: Suspension, Remission, Dormancy, Quiescence

Antonyms: Operation, Action, Continuation

Example: The law was held in <strong>abeyance</strong> for well over twenty years.

Trick: Machine ni absence mai kam abeyance pada hua h