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1 Encircle (verb)

घेरना

Encircle meaning

Form a circle around.

Synonyms: Circled, Traversed, Orbited, Ringed

Antonyms: Isolated, Separate, Discrete, Single

Example: The town is encircled by fortified walls.

2 Achieved (verb)

हासिल करना

Achieved meaning

To succeed in finishing something or reaching an aim, especially after a lot of work or effort.

Synonyms: Accomplish, Attain, Complete, Conclude

Antonyms: Abandon, Begin, Commence, Depart

Example: Most pupils are achieving the standards we set.

3 Denounced (verb)

आरोप लगाना

Denounced meaning

Publicly declare to be wrong or evil.

Synonyms: Condemn, Criticize, Blame, Decry

Antonyms: Approve, Endorse, Bless, Indorse

Example: He was widely denounced as a traitor.

4 Confession (noun)

स्वीकारोक्ति

Confession meaning

A written or oral acknowledgment of guilt by a party accused of an offense.

Synonyms: Acknowledgment, Admission, Assertion, Concession

Antonyms: Denial, Refusal, Repudiation, Secret

Example: She still had not been to confession.

5 Provokes (verb)

उकसावा

Provokes meaning

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately.

Synonyms: Affront, Harassment, Indignity, Insult

Antonyms: Normality, Respectful, Despair, Dissuasion

Example: You should stay calm and not respond to provocation.

6 Scrambled (verb)

संघर्ष

Scrambled meaning

The action of scrambling up or over rough or steep ground, especially as a leisure activity.

Synonyms: Clamber, Climb, Crawl, Scrabble

Antonyms: Dawdle, Crawl, Amble, Stroll.

Example: We scrambled up the hill.

7 Restraint (noun)

रोक

Restraint meaning

Intended to keep someone under control or prevent someone from doing something.

Synonyms: Constraining, Forbidding, Governing, Prohibiting

Antonyms: Permit, Promote, Release, Start

Example: When he started fighting, it took four police officers to restrain him.

8 Resisting (verb)

विरोध

Resisting meaning

To fight against something or someone that is attacking you.

Synonyms: Abide, Combat, Confront, Continue

Antonyms: Accept, Encourage, Allow, Assist

Example: I couldn't resist taking a look.

9 Restricted (adjective)

प्रतिबंध

Restricted meaning

A limiting condition or measure, especially a legal one.

Synonyms: Check, Condition, Constraint, Control

Antonyms: Allowance, Liberation, Permission, Advantage

Example: They placed/imposed restrictions on smoking indoors.

10 Simulate (verb)

अनुकरण

Simulate meaning

To do or make something that looks real but is not real.

Synonyms: Affect, Mimic, Replicate, Reproduce

Antonyms: Destroy, Face, Give, Idle

Example: She tried hard to simulate interest in what he was saying.

11 Narrative (noun)

कथा

Narrative meaning

A story or a description of a series of events

Synonyms: Story, Chronology, History, Account

Antonyms: Truth, Fact, Reality, Materiality

Example: He is writing a detailed narrative of his life on the island.

12 Pandemic (noun)

महामारी

Pandemic meaning

A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country or the world at a particular time.

Synonyms: Widespread, Prevalent, Pervasive, Global

Antonyms: Exclusive, Extraordinary, Incomplete, Individual

Example: Their arrival in the colony could not have been more badly timed, coinciding with the 1918 influenza pandemic.

13 Heaped (adjective)

ढेर

Heaped meaning

An untidy collection of objects placed haphazardly on top of each other.

Synonyms: Stack, Mass, Mound, Quantity

Antonyms: Ditch, Individual, Lack, Little

Example: He dumped the grass clippings into the compost heap.

14 Acquittal (noun)

दोषमुक्ति

Acquittal meaning

A judgement or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.

Synonyms: Absolution, Clearing, Exoneration, Exculpate

Antonyms: Accuse, Blame, Charge, Condemn

Example: The case resulted in acquittal of the defendant.

15 Retain (verb)

बनाए रखा

Retain meaning

Continue to have (something)

Synonyms: Absorb, Contain, Enjoy, Maintain

Antonyms: Abandon, Desert, Disperse, Dispossess

Example: She has lost her battle to retain control of the company.

16 Cavalcade (noun)

जूलूस

Cavalcade meaning

A formal procession of people walking, on horseback, or riding in vehicles.

Synonyms: Fleet, Convoy, Parade, Procession

Antonyms: Retreat, Hiding, Confuse

Example: Now you can see a cavalcade of the most famous tractors ever on parade.

17 Itinerant (adjective)

भ्रमणकारी

Itinerant meaning

Travelling from place to place.

Synonyms: Nomadic, Nomad, Peripatetic, Roving

Antonyms: Stationary, Static, Standing, Settled

Example: She works as an itinerant teacher.

18 Foisted (verb)

थोपे

Foisted meaning

To force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably.

Synonyms: Imposed, Inflicted, Wished, Forced

Antonyms: Annoy, Delay, Leave, Let go

Example: He foisted the baby off on the nearest relative.

19 Resurrected (verb)

पुनरुत्थान

Resurrected meaning

To bring back something into use or existence that had disappeared or ended.

Synonyms: Recover, Rejuvenate, Rekindle, Renew

Antonyms: Destroy, Kill, Ruin, Damage

Example: The deal collapsed and has yet to be resurrected.

20 Defeated (adjective)

पराजित

Defeated meaning

Having been beaten in a battle or other contest.

Synonyms: Dejected, Dispirited, Disconsolate, Depressed

Antonyms: Proud, Jubilant, Exultant, Rejoicing

Example: She was defeated by the last steep hill.

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