“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 – 277

1. BURGEON (VERB): (फैलाना): expand
Synonyms: shoot up, swell
Antonyms: shrink
Example Sentence:
The city’s suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre.
2. EXPLICABLE (ADJECTIVE): (बोधगम्य): comprehensible
Synonyms: understandable, definable
Antonyms: inexplicable
Example Sentence:
Differences in schools were not explicable in terms of differences in intake.
3. PROTRACT (VERB): (लम्बा करना): prolong
Synonyms: extend, draw out
Antonyms: curtail
Example Sentence:
He had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process.
4. ABREAST (ADVERB): (के साथ): up with
Synonyms: up to date with, in touch with
Antonyms: out of touch with
Example Sentence:
In modern times, one has to keep abreast of developments.
5. RESTITUTION (NOUN): (वापसी): return
Synonyms: restoration, replacement
Antonyms: seizure
Example Sentence:
The ANC had demanded the restitution of land seized from black people.
6. VIABLE (ADJECTIVE): (करणीय): workable
Synonyms: feasible, practicable
Antonyms: impracticable
 
Example Sentence:
The investment was economically viable.
7. ANTIPATHY (NOUN): (विरोधभाव): hostility
Synonyms: antagonism, animosity
Antonyms: liking
Example Sentence:
He certainly had antipathy to capitalism.
8. LIBERAL (ADJECTIVE): (उदार): generous
Synonyms: magnanimous, open-handed
Antonyms: miserly
 
Example Sentence:
Sam was too liberal with the wine.
9. EMPATHY (NOUN): (समवेदना): affinity with
Synonyms: rapport with, togetherness
Antonyms: distance
Example Sentence:
She’d been incapable of empathy or remorse.
10. ACCEDE (VERB): (मान लेना): accept
Synonyms: endorse, go along with
Antonyms: refuse
Example Sentence:
He did not accede to his child’s demands.

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