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UPDATE YOUR VOCABULARY – 355

1. APPEASE (VERB): (तुष्ट करना): pacify

Synonyms: conciliate, placate

Antonyms: provoke, inflame

Example Sentence:

Amendments have been added to appease local pressure groups.

2. FURNISH (VERB): (प्रदान करना): provide

Synonyms:
 supply, equip


Antonyms:
 divest

Example Sentence:
Fish furnish an important source of protein.

3. TRANSIT (NOUN): (पारवहन): movement

Synonyms: 
transport, transportation

Antonyms: hold, stagnation

Example Sentence:

A painting was damaged in transit.


4. REFRAIN (VERB): (बचना): 
abstain

Synonyms: desist, hold back

Antonyms:
 indulge, venture


Example Sentence:

She refrained from comment.

5. COMPREHENSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यापक): inclusive

Synonyms:
 complete, thorough

Antonyms: partial, selective

Example Sentence:

He showed me a comprehensive collection of photographs.

6. SPURT (VERB): (उछलना): shoot

Synonyms: squirt, spray

Antonyms:
 contain


Example Sentence:

He cut his finger, and blood spurted over the sliced potatoes.


7. BRUNT (ADJECTIVE): (आघात):
 impact

Synonyms: force, shock

Antonyms: resistance, endurance

Example Sentence:

Education will bear the brunt of the cuts.

8. STULTIFY (VERB): (उबा देना): bore

Synonyms: stupefy weary

Antonyms: interest, entertain

Example Sentence:
She is too polite to bore us with anecdotes.

9. HOARD (VERB): (संचय करना): store

Synonyms: cache, stockpile

Antonyms: squander

Example Sentence:
He came back to rescue his little hoard of gold.

10. CONJECTURE (NOUN): (अनुमान): speculation

Synonyms: guess surmise

Antonyms:
 fact

Example Sentence:

Conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied.

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