10 new English words for 22 January 2024, 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 Designation (noun)

Designation - Appoint (someone) to a specified office or post.

Appoint (someone) to a specified office or post.

Hindi meaning: नामित

Synonyms: Appoint, Nominate, Depute, Delegate

Antonyms: Avoidable, Unscheduled

Example: She has been <strong>designated</strong> to organize the meeting.

Trick: The client created the designated place.

2 Obligation (noun)

Obligation - Require or compel (someone) to undertake a legal or moral duty.

Require or compel (someone) to undertake a legal or moral duty.

Hindi meaning: बाध्य

Synonyms: Oblige, Compel, Commit, Bind

Antonyms: Faltering, Hesitant, Indecisive, Irresolute

Example: You are legally <strong>obligated</strong> to repay the loan.

Trick: The guard obligated the directed people.

3 Prompting (noun)

Prompting - To move to action.

To move to action.

Hindi meaning: प्रेरित किया

Synonyms: Cause, Occasion, Elicit, Produce

Antonyms: Deter, Restrain, Slow

Example: The actor had to be <strong>prompted</strong> by someone who was standing offstage.

Trick: The man interrupted when the dog prompted.

4 Outreach (noun)

Outreach - The extent or length of reaching out.

The extent or length of reaching out.

Hindi meaning: आगे निकल जाना

Synonyms: Exceed, Community, Advocacy, Excel.

Antonyms: Recoil, Retract, Withdraw, Flinch

Example: The singer's talent <strong>outreaches</strong> the dull songs she is asked to perform.

Trick: The team outreach by the nice speech.

5 Impede (verb)

Impede - Delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them.

Delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them.

Hindi meaning: रोकना

Synonyms: Obstruct, Hamper, Delay, Disrupt

Antonyms: Gone, Past, Distant, Later

Example: We need to challenge the laws that <strong>impede</strong> progress.

Trick: The teammates were impeding him for the pending work.

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6 Starving (adjective)

Starving - Suffering or death caused by lack of food.

Suffering or death caused by lack of food.

Hindi meaning: भुखमरी

Synonyms: Deprivation, Famine, Malnutrition, Inanition

Antonyms: Satisfaction, Satiation, Fullness, Satiety

Example: Thousands died of <strong>starvation</strong>.

Trick: Strict actions must be taken against starvation.

7 Evacuation (noun)

Evacuation - The act of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe.

The act of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe.

Hindi meaning: निकास

Synonyms: Expulsion, Clearing, Discharge, Emptying

Antonyms: Retention, Arrival, Coming, Entrance

Example: They organised the <strong>evacuation</strong> of the town

Trick: The evacuation process need fluctuation.

8 Complicate (verb)

Complicate - To make something more difficult to deal with, do, or understand.

To make something more difficult to deal with, do, or understand.

Hindi meaning: जटिल बनाना

Synonyms: Convolute, Impede, Involve, Muddle

Antonyms: Enlighten, Explain, Order, Arrange

Example: All he does is <strong>complicate</strong> things.

Trick: They don’t appreciate to complicate the things.

9 Threaten (verb)

Threaten - A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.

A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.

Hindi meaning: धमकी

Synonyms: Warning, Ultimatum, Commination, Menaces

Antonyms: Certainty, Safety, Surety.

Example: The country is a great/major/serious <strong>threat</strong> to world peace.

Trick: Unke threats soch ko affect karte h

10 Triggered (adjective)

Triggered - Caused by particular action, process, or situation.

Caused by particular action, process, or situation.

Hindi meaning: उत्प्रेरित

Synonyms: Cause, Generate, Produce, Prompt

Antonyms: Destroy, End, Halt, Prevent

Example: His remarks <strong>triggered</strong> a public outcry.

Trick: The thief triggered and disappeared.

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