Daily Vocabulary : 28th August

COUNTERACT(Verb) : प्रतिक्रिया
Meaning: to work in opposition to
Synonyms: halt, negate

Antonyms: allow, aid
Example: This ingredient seems to counteract the other ones.
Peculiar(Adjective) : अजीब
Meaning: strange, bizarre
Synonyms: distinct, unique
Antonyms: similar, usual
Example: Upon entering the abandoned house, Kate experienced a peculiar feeling, as if someone was watching her.




Refute(Verb) : खंडन 

Meaning: to prove to be untrue, unfounded, or incorrect

Synonyms: counter, expose

Antonyms: agree, aid

Example: The student refuted the professor’s claim in class.



 INCONCEIVABLE(adjective) : समझ से बाहर

Meaning: not capable of being imagined or grasped mentally; unbelievable.

Synonyms: implausible, improbable, incredible, incogitable.

Antonyms: plausible, reasonable, tenable, conceivable.

Example: When I looked at my outrageous hospital bill, I blinked at the inconceivable amount.



NOTION(noun) : धारणा

Meaning: a conception of or belief about something.

Synonyms: approach, perception, impression, conception.

Antonyms: concrete, reality, ignorance, misunderstanding.

Example: When the girl saw how much her friends liked her sugar cookies, she had the notion to open an online bakery.



SUPINE (adjective) : लापरवाह

Meaning: failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence.

Synonyms: spineless, pliant, submissive, inactive.

Antonyms: proactive, fecund, vivacious, tenacious.

Example: My brother-in-law is a lazy fellow who will sleep with his head up in a supine position all day long.




 PRUDENCE (Noun) : विवेक
Meaning: the quality of being prudent; cautiousness.
Synonyms: wisdom, judgment,  sagacity, shrewdness
Antonyms: folly, recklessness
Example: Maybe you'll exercise a little more financial prudence next time.
VITRIOLIC (Adjective) : कटु
Meaning: filled with bitter criticism or malice.
Synonyms: acrimonious, rancorous, bitter, caustic, mordant
Antonyms: pleasant, kind
Example: The newspaper launched a vitriolic attack on the president.
DECRY(Verb) : दोष देना
Meaning: publicly denounce.
Synonyms: denounce, condemn, criticize, censure, damn, attack
Antonyms: praise, overrate
Example: He is impatient with those who decry the scheme.

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