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6 Reconnaissance (noun)

प्राथमिक परीक्षा

Reconnaissance meaning

Military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.

Synonyms: Survey, Exploration, Observation

Example: Sections and platoons conduct reconnaissance patrols there daily.

7 Pecking order (noun)

बलाधिक्रम

Pecking order meaning

A hierarchy of status seen among members of a group of people or animals, originally as observed among hens.

Synonyms: Range, Scale, Gamut

Example: They are poorly resourced and have low status in the bureaucratic pecking order.

8 Ephemeral (adjective)

अल्पकालिक

Ephemeral meaning

Lasting for a very short time.

Synonyms: Transitory, Short-Lived, Fleeting, Fugacious, Evanescent, Momentary

Antonyms: Lasting, Enduring, Eternal, Perpetual, Everlasting

Example: It is a critic’s job to follow every ephemeral fashion.

9 Endeavour (noun)

प्रयास

Endeavour meaning

An attempt to do something, especially something new or difficult.

Synonyms: Attempt, Try, Essay, Effort, Venture

Antonyms: Passivity, Inactivity, Idleness

Example: Please make every endeavour to arrive on time.

10 Pompous (adjective)

अति प्रतापी

Pompous meaning

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.

Synonyms: Overbearing, Domineering, Grandiose

Antonyms: Lowly, Simple

Example: ‘But saying something on a grand scale is what fools or pompous pundits usually do.

11 Scourge (noun)

अभिशाप

Scourge meaning

A person or thing that causes trouble, difficulty or mental pain.

Synonyms: Curse, Bane, Affliction, Plague

Antonyms: Blessing, Boon, Benefit

Example: Although I love to see the butterflies fluttering around my flowers, the caterpillars that they come from are a scourge on my garden.

12 Decry (verb)

निंदा करना

Decry meaning

Publicly denounce.

Synonyms: Condemn, Criticize, Censure

Antonyms: Praise, Approve, Applaud

Example: They decried human rights abuses.

13 Covenant (noun)

अनुबंध

Covenant meaning

An agreement.

Synonyms: Contract, Compact, Treaty, Bargain, Indenture, Pact

Antonyms: Disagreement, Denial, Refusal

Example: The marriage covenant is the foundation of the family.

14 Sinister (adjective)

भयावह

Sinister meaning

Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.

Synonyms: Threatening, Ominous, Forbidding, Frightening

Antonyms: Auspicious, Heartening, Promising

Example: Nobody could say that anything sinister was happening.

15 Fallout (noun)

बुरा परिणाम

Fallout meaning

The bad results of a situation or an action.

Synonyms: Repercussion, Consequence, Aftermath, Side-Effect

Antonyms: Cause, Reason, Grounds

Example: Television video recording was practically a fall-out of the military application.

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