The Hindu Vocabulary - Tuesday, 08 June 2021

  The Hindu Vocabulary - Tuesday, 08 June 2021 :beginner:

● TANGIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (वास्तविक): real
Synonyms: actual, solid
Antonyms: abstract
Example Sentence:
The emphasis is now on tangible results.

● CONFER (VERB): (प्रदान करना): bestow on
Synonyms: present with/to, grant to
Antonyms: withhold
Example Sentence:
The Minister may have exceeded the powers conferred on him by Parliament.

● EFFICACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (प्रभावोत्पादक): effective
Synonyms: successful, effectual
Antonyms: inefficacious
Example Sentence:
The treatment was efficacious in some cases.

● HUMILIATE (VERB): (अपमानित करना): embarrass
Synonyms: mortify, humble
Antonyms: aggrandize
Example Sentence:
You'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!

● UNBRIDLED (ADJECTIVE): (निरंकुश): unrestrained
Synonyms: unconstrained, uncontrolled
Antonyms: restrained
Example Sentence:
He had a moment of unbridled ambition.

● SHED (VERB): (बरखास्त करना): dismiss
Synonyms: let go, discharge
Antonyms: hire
Example Sentence:
Many firms use relocation as an opportunity to shed jobs.

● REPREHENSIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (खेदजनक): deplorable
Synonyms: disgraceful discreditable
Antonyms: creditable
Example Sentence:
His complacency and reprehensible laxity.

● DESCEND (VERB): (उतरना): drop
Synonyms: go down, come down
Antonyms: ascend
Example Sentence:
The aircraft began to descend.

● CONSIDERABLE (ADJECTIVE): (ध्यान देने लायक़): distinguished
Synonyms: noteworthy, noted
Antonyms: insignificant
Example Sentence:
Snow was a limited, but still considerable, novelist.

● VEX (VERB): (खीझाना): annoy
Synonyms: irritate, infuriate
Antonyms: mollify
Example Sentence:
The memory of the conversation still vexed him.