“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 – 309

1. DENOUEMENT (NOUN): (उपसंहार): outcome

Synonyms: upshot, consequence

Antonyms: origin

Example Sentence:

I waited by the eighteenth green to see the denouement.

2. GRIM (ADJECTIVE): (अरूचिकर): stern

Synonyms: forbidding, uninviting

Antonyms: amiable

Example Sentence:

He gave a grim expression to me.

3. ABROGATION (NOUN): (निराकरण): repudiation

Synonyms: revocation, repeal

Antonyms: institution

Example Sentence:

The abrogation of the bogus constitution was very necessary.

4. DEBILITATE (VERB): (दुर्बल करना): weaken

Synonyms: enfeeble, enervate

Antonyms: strengthen

Example Sentence:

Hard drugs destroy families and debilitate communities.

5. ADVERSARY (NOUN): (प्रतिद्वंद्वी): opponent

Synonyms: rival, enemy

Antonyms: ally

Example Sentence:

I beat his old adversary in the quarter-finals.

6. BENIGN (ADJECTIVE): (सौम्य): kindly

Synonyms: kind, warm-hearted

Antonyms: unfriendly

Example Sentence:

His mannerisms are firm yet benign.

7. RECALCITRANT (ADJECTIVE): (अक्खड़): uncooperative

Synonyms: intractable, unmanageable

Antonyms: amenable

Example Sentence:

It is a class of recalcitrant ten-year-olds.

8. BREAKTHROUGH (ADJECTIVE): (उन्नत): advance

Synonyms: development, step forward

Antonyms: setback

Example Sentence:

It was a major breakthrough in DNA research.

9. DECEPTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (भ्रामक): misleading

Synonyms: illusory, illusive

Antonyms: honest

Example Sentence:

He put the question with deceptive casualness.

10. BOHEMIAN (ADJECTIVE): (अपरंपरागत): unconventional

Synonyms: nonconformist, unorthodox

Antonyms: conventional

Example Sentence:

As an artist, you live a bohemian lifestyle. 

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