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6 Flout (verb)

उल्लंघन करना

Flout meaning

To show that you have no respect for a law, etc. by openly not obeying it.

Synonyms: Defy, Disregard, Scorn, Violate

Antonyms: Obey, Respect, Honour

Example: She likes flouting convention and doing her own thing.

7 Appeasement (noun)

मनुहार

Appeasement meaning

The practice of giving a country what it wants in order to avoid war.

Synonyms: Conciliation, Placation, Pacification, Palliation

Antonyms: Provocation, Aggravation, Disagreement

Example: This is not a time for political accommodation or popular appeasement.

8 Volubly (adverb)

मनुहार

Volubly meaning

In a way that involves a lot of words, spoken confidently and forcefully:

Synonyms: Talkatively, Glibly, Loquaciously

Example: She is talking rather too volubly, waving her hands.

9 Incumbent (adjective)

आवश्यक

Incumbent meaning

Necessary as part of somebody’s duties.

Synonyms: Binding, Obligatory, Mandatory, Compulsory

Antonyms: Unnecessary, Unimportant, Insignificant, Optional

Example: The government realized that it was incumbent on them to act.

10 Tenets (noun)

कार्मिक सिद्धांत नियम

Tenets meaning

One of the principles or beliefs that a theory or larger set of beliefs is based on.

Synonyms: Principle, Belief, Dogma, Credo, Doctrine, Precept

Antonyms: Disbelief, Incredulity

Example: He reminded them of the basic tenets of biblical teaching.

11 Mendicant (noun)

भिखारी

Mendicant meaning

A beggar.

Synonyms: Tramp, Vagrant, Vagabond

Example: As mendicants, they were accustomed to travel and not interested in personal gain.

12 Manumit (verb)

रिहा करना

Manumit meaning

Release from slavery.

Synonyms: Release, Discharge, Let go

Antonyms: Imprison, Bind, Restrain

Example: They manumitted them if they were children of slave women and deeded them property.

13 Minaret (noun)

मीनार

Minaret meaning

A slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.

Synonyms: Turret, Spire, Obelisk

Example: I think the only other mosque with six minarets is the one at Mecca.

14 Spur (verb)

प्रोत्साहित करना

Spur meaning

Promote the development of.

Synonyms: Stimulate, Induce, Propel, Galvanize

Antonyms: Discourage, Hinder

Example: Governments cut interest rates to spur demand.

15 Solitary (noun)

एकांत

Solitary meaning

(of a place) secluded or isolated.

Synonyms: Remote, Out of the way, Outlying

Antonyms: Populated, Inhabited

Example: His nights and days were spent in solitary places where silence reigned supreme.

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