5 new English words for 12 May 2022, 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 Hindsight (noun)

Hindsight  - Understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed.

Understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developed.

Hindi meaning: दूरंदेश

Synonyms: Looking back, Retrospect, Recollection

Example: With <strong>hindsight</strong> it is easy to say they should not have released him.

Trick: Hindi diwas me hmari mother tongue ka hindsight dekha gaya

2 Snowball (verb)

Snowball  - Increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance.

Increase rapidly in size, intensity, or importance.

Hindi meaning: तेज़ी से बढ़ जाना

Synonyms: Proliferate, Burgeon, Escalate

Antonyms: Lessen, Decrease

Example: The whole incident deteriorated rapidly as the conflicting claims <strong>snowballed</strong> into a near-crisis.

Trick: Wall ke girne se snowball ho gaya incident

3 Seers (noun)

Seers  - A person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future.

A person of supposed supernatural insight who sees visions of the future.

Hindi meaning: ऋषि

Synonyms: Prophet, Augur, Soothsayer, Visionary

Example: She represented herself as a <strong>seer</strong> and used fortune-telling techniques such as palmistry.

Trick: Wo seers ka dear hai

4 Evoke (verb)

Evoke  - To bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind.

To bring a feeling, a memory or an image into your mind.

Hindi meaning: ताज़ा करना

Synonyms: Bring to mind, give rise to, arouse, induce

Antonyms: Suppress, Subdue, Repress

Example: The sight <strong>evoked</strong> pleasant memories of his childhood.

Trick: Vote dene wali feeling evoke ho gayi

5 Construe (verb)

Construe  - To understand the meaning of a word, a sentence or an action in a particular way.

To understand the meaning of a word, a sentence or an action in a particular way.

Hindi meaning: अनुवाद करना

Synonyms: Interpret, Understand, Decode

Antonyms: Misinterpret, Misunderstand, Misread

Example: He considered how the remark was to be <strong>construed. </strong>

Trick: True meaning ko understand karna construe hota hai

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