“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers…

An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

“The Knowledge Library”

Knowledge for All, without Barriers……….
An Initiative by: Kausik Chakraborty.

The Knowledge Library

UPDATE YOUR VOCABULARY – 461

1. AIDE (NOUN): (सहयोगी): assistant

Synonyms: helper, adviser

Antonyms: boss

Example Sentence:

The presidential aide was just 23.

2. DETAIN (VERB): (ज़ब्त करना): hold

Synonyms: seize, confine

Antonyms: release

Example Sentence:

Customs officers may detain all the goods.

3. SCRAMBLE (VERB): (अव्यवस्थित करना): disarrange

Synonyms: muddle, confuse

Antonyms: organize, align

Example Sentence:

Maybe the alcohol scrambled his brains.

4. EXEMPT (VERB): (छूट देना): spared

Synonyms: free from, not liable to

Antonyms: liable to, subject to

Example Sentence:

These patients are exempt from charges.

5. DWINDLE (VERB): (क्षीण होना): diminish

Synonyms: decrease, reduce

Antonyms: increase, flourish

Example Sentence:

Traffic has dwindled to a trickle.

6. RECUMBENT (NOUN): (समतल): flat

Synonyms: lying, horizontal

Antonyms: erect, standing

Example Sentence:

They are not recumbent, and the hair falling from the head is curled.

7. INCUMBENT (ADJECTIVE): (पदधारी): present

Synonyms: 
current, existing

Antonyms: past, future

Example Sentence:

The incumbent President was defeated.

8. SHUN (VERB): (टालना): avoid

Synonyms: evade, eshew

Antonyms: accept, welcome

Example Sentence:

He shunned fashionable society.

9. AMELIORATE (VERB): (सुधार होना): improve

Synonyms: enhance, better

Antonyms: worsen

Example Sentence:

The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.

10. OUTRAGE (NOUN): (उल्लंघन करना): violate

Synonyms: infuriate, enrage

Antonyms: Compliment

Example Sentence:

The public were outraged at the brutality involved.

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