10 new English words for 1 December 2019, 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.

1 Extensive (adjective)

Extensive  - Meaning: Wide in range and including much detailed information.

Meaning: Wide in range and including much detailed information.

Hindi meaning: विस्तृत, व्यापक

Synonyms: Comprehensive, Thorough, Vast, All-Inclusive

Antonyms: Limited, Restricted, Narrow, Straitened

Example: The restaurant has an <strong>extensive</strong> menu and daily specials.

2 Rosy (adjective)

Rosy  - Meaning: Suggesting good fortune or happiness; hopeful.

Meaning: Suggesting good fortune or happiness; hopeful.

Hindi meaning: उज्ज्वल; आशाजनक

Synonyms: Optimistic, Promising, Sunny, Bright

Antonyms: Bleak, Unpropitious, Dismal, Uninviting

Example: The strategy has produced results beyond the most <strong>rosy</strong> forecasts.

3 Offset (verb)

Offset  - Meaning: To balance one effect against an opposing effect, so that there is no great difference as a result.

Meaning: To balance one effect against an opposing effect, so that there is no great difference as a result.

Hindi meaning: प्रभावहीन करना

Synonyms: Balance, Counterpoise, Compensate, Equipoise

Antonyms: Aid, Assist, Support, Uphold

Example: Prices have risen in order to <strong>offset</strong> the increased cost of materials.

4 Determinant (noun)

Determinant  - Meaning: A factor which decisively affects the nature or outcome of something.

Meaning: A factor which decisively affects the nature or outcome of something.

Hindi meaning: निर्धारक

Synonyms: Cause, Base, Determiner, Factor

Antonyms: Outcome, Product, Conclusion, Result

Example: Social class is a major <strong>determinant</strong> of consumer spending patterns.

5 Prohibitively (adverb)

Prohibitively  - Meaning: Used to emphasize a cost that is so high as to prevent something being done or bought.

Meaning: Used to emphasize a cost that is so high as to prevent something being done or bought.

Hindi meaning: बेहद; अत्यंत

Synonyms: Excessively, Exorbitantly, Ridiculously, Extortionately, Too

Antonyms: Affordably, Inexpensively, Reasonably, Manageably

Example: Car insurance can be <strong>prohibitively</strong> expensive for young drivers.

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6 Entail (verb)

Entail  - Meaning: To make something necessary, or to involve something.

Meaning: To make something necessary, or to involve something.

Hindi meaning: ज़रूरी बनाना

Synonyms: Necessities, Warrant, Presuppose, Call For

Antonyms: Miss Out, Leave Out

Example: Such a large investment inevitably <strong>entails</strong> some risk.

7 Misinterpretation (noun)

Misinterpretation  - Meaning: The act of forming a wrong understanding of something that is said or done.

Meaning: The act of forming a wrong understanding of something that is said or done.

Hindi meaning: गलत अर्थ निरूपण; मिथ्याबोध

Synonyms: Misunderstanding, Delusion, Misapprehension, Misconstruction

Antonyms: Comprehension, Perception, Grasp, Realisation

Example: The message left no room for <strong>misinterpretation</strong>.

8 Precision (noun)

Precision  - Meaning: The quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate.

Meaning: The quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate.

Hindi meaning: यथार्थता, शुद्धता

Synonyms: Exactness, Exactitude, Fidelity, Perfection

Antonyms: Vagueness, Indistinctness, Imprecision, Nebulousness

Example: The whole play was executed with great <strong>precision</strong>.

9 Unambiguously (adverb)

Unambiguously  - Meaning: In a way that makes completely clear what is meant.

Meaning: In a way that makes completely clear what is meant.

Hindi meaning: स्पष्ट रूप से

Synonyms: Clearly, Unmistakably, Explicitly, Definitely

Antonyms: Equivocally, Vaguely, Imprecisely, Nebulously

Example: The rules need to be <strong>unambiguously</strong> clear.

10 Empirical (adjective)

Empirical  - Meaning: Based on what is experienced or seen rather than on theory.

Meaning: Based on what is experienced or seen rather than on theory.

Hindi meaning: प्रयोगसिद्ध

Synonyms: Experimental, Realistic, Pragmatic, Observed

Antonyms: Theoretical, Hypothetical, Conjectural, Speculative

Example: There is <strong>empirical</strong> evidence to support her thesis.

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