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  1. LAGGARD (NOUN): (सुस्त):idler

Synonyms:  straggler, lingerer

Antonyms: winner, hard worker

Example Sentence:

Ankit was always the laggard who finished in last place.

  1. ACQUIESCE (VERB): (मौन स्वीकृति देना):accede

Synonyms: conform, comply

Antonyms: deny, resist

Example Sentence:

I would rather acquiesce to my younger brother’s wish.

 

  1. FLACCID (ADJECTIVE): (शिथिल):nerveless

Synonyms: enfeebled, debilitated

Antonyms: taut, firm

Example Sentence:

The patient’s condition is appearing as flaccid as at first.

  1. ABORTIVE (ADJECTIVE):(निष्फल): vain

Synonyms: useless, fruitless

Antonyms: productive, progressive

Example Sentence:

She made an abortive attempt to climb the mountain.

  1. CLOUT (NOUN):(प्रभाव):influence

Synonyms: power, dominance

Antonyms: powerlessness, incompetence

Example Sentence:

Ministers often use their clout to get what they want.

  1. DITHER (NOUN):(आंदोलन): agitation

Synonyms: tizzy, panic

Antonyms: calm, peace

Example Sentence:

He is in such a dither that he don’t know what to do.

  1. ABASEMENT (NOUN):(अपमान):A low or downcast state

Synonyms: abjection, humiliation

Antonyms: praising, commendable

Example Sentence:

Every disaster brought my brother into an attitude of abasement.

  1. DELINEATE (VERB): (चित्रित करना):describe   

Synonyms: define, depict

Antonyms: distort, confuse

Example Sentence:

It is very difficult to delineate this chapter in few words

  1. BLEARY (ADJECTIVE): (अस्पष्ट): blurred

Synonyms: dim, dull

Antonyms: bright, clear

Example Sentence:

I don’t like the bleary atmosphere.

  1. DECIMATE (VERB):(बरबाद करना): annihilate

Synonyms: exterminate, obliterate

Antonyms: create, build

Example Sentence:

The corrupt politicians decimated the whole new policy.

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