Daily Vocabulary 13th August 2019

Progenitor(Noun)पूर्वज (संज्ञा)
Meaning: a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent.
Synonym: ancestor, a forefatherAntonym: descendant
Usage: Medus was regarded as the eponymous hero and progenitor of the Medes.


Incredulous(adjective)बदगुमान (विशेषण)
Meaning: (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something.
Synonym: disbelieving, unbelieving,
Antonym: credulous
Usage: I made an expression to show that I was as incredulous about this as he was.
Banishment(Noun)निर्वासन (संज्ञा)
Meaning: the punishment of being sent away from a country or other place.
Synonym: deportation, displacement
Antonym: repatriation, return
Usage: He regretted over the banishment imposed on him, five years ago.
Conundrum(Noun)पहेली (संज्ञा)
Meaning: A difficult problem
Synonym: quandary, a dilemma
Antonym: proposition, solution
Usage: She faced the conundrum of finding a job without having experience in the desired field.
Inviolable(Adjective)पवित्र (विशेषण)
Meaning: Secure from the violation or profanation
Synonym:  unchallengeable, unbreakable,
Antonym: partial
Usage:  Everyone has an inviolable right to protection by a fair legal system.
Vexatious(adjective)अफ़सोसनाक (विशेषण)
Meaning: causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry.
Synonym: annoying, vexing,
Antonym: delightful, pleasing
Usage: It was a vexatious summons, and none of them turned up.
SOJOURN (noun) रास्ते का ठहराव (संज्ञा)
Meaning: a temporary stay at one place, esp. while traveling.
Synonyms: stay, tarry, visit, stopover.
Antonyms: journey, migration, departure, advance.
Usage: During Dean’s sojourn in Paris, he spent two weeks visiting all of the city’s cultural attractions.
XENOPHOBIC (adjective) जातिवाद करनेवाला (विशेषण)
Meaning: having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
Synonyms: racist, racialist, ethnocentric, ethnocentrist.
Antonyms: bountiful, permissive, thoughtful, lenient.
Usage: As a result, the new parliament is distinctly more xenophobic and illiberal than its predecessor.
MURKY(Adjective)संदिग्ध (विशेषण)
Meaning: dark and dirty or difficult to see through
Synonyms: cloudy, dark
Antonyms: bright, luminous
Usage: The river was brown and murky after the storm.

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