“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 – 388

1. HOBNOB (VERB):(मित्रता करना ) mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status.
Synonyms: socialize, associate with 
Antonyms: live alone, disassociate 
Example Sentence: 
Now a days he is hobnobbing with avant-garde musicians. 
 
2. STASH (NOUN): (छिपाने की जगह ) store (something) safely in a hidden or secret place. 
Synonyms: cache, inventory 
Antonyms: debt, lack 
Example Sentence: 
He got down to brass tacks in keeping the stash fulfilled. 
3. ENTWINE (VERB): (गुथना) wind or twist together; interweave. 
Synonyms: coil, entangle 
Antonyms: unwind, untwist 
 
Example Sentence: 
The twins lay entwined in each other’s arms. 
4. REVELRY (NOUN): (मद्यपान का उत्सव) merrymaking, lively and noisy festivities, 
Synonyms: festivity, celebration 
Antonyms: mourning, sadness 
Example Sentence: 
I called the police when my neighbours refused to settle down and end their revelry. 
 
5. CLANNISH (ADJECTIVE): (खानदानी ) (of a group or their activities) tending to exclude others outside the group. 
Synonyms: selected, reserved 
Antonyms: welcoming, open 
Example Sentence: 
Celebrities believe in wearing clannish dresses. 
6. RHETORIC (NOUN): ( वक्रपतुता ) an art of effective speech 
Synonyms: hyperbole, oratory 
Antonyms: quiet, conciseness 
Example Sentence: 
Our Principal is rhetoric, and of late he has toned it down. 
7. DISCONCERTINGLY (ADVERB): (चिंताजनक ) shake up, confuse 
Synonyms: agitate, embarrass 
Antonyms: assist, soothe, encourage 
Example Sentence: 
He had a disconcerting habit of offering jobs to people he met at dinner parties. 
8. BELIE (VERB): (झुठलाना) fails to give a true impression of something, contradict 
 
Synonyms: contradict, negate 
Antonyms: approve, endorse 
Example Sentence: 
The quality of the music seems to belie the criticism. 
9. ORDAINED (VERB): (ठहराया) make someone a priest or minister 
 
Synonyms: appointed, determined, ordered 
 
Antonyms: elected, 
Example Sentence: 
Equal punishment was ordained for the two crimes. 
10. MAYHEM (NOUN): (हाथापाई) violent and extreme order 
Synonyms: chaos, disorder, havoc 
Antonyms: calm, peace, harmony 
 
Example Sentence: 
With 20 kids around, and only me to supervise, it was a complete mayhem.

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