“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 – 506

1 PROSCRIBE (VERB): (बहिष्कार करना): forbid

Synonyms: prohibit, ban

Antonyms: ban

Example Sentence:

Strikes remained proscribed in the armed forces.

2. MAGNITUDE (NOUN): (अहमियत): importance

Synonyms: import, significance

Antonyms: triviality

Example Sentence:

History has a lot of events of tragic magnitude.

3 EXPEDITIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (शीघ्र): speedy

Synonyms: swift, quick

Antonyms: slow

Example Sentence:

The murder investigation needs to get expeditious.

4. DREADFUL (ADJECTIVE): (भयानक): terrible

Synonyms: frightful, horrible

Antonyms: mild

Example Sentence:

He survived a dreadful accident.

5. CATASTROPHE (NOUN): (तबाही): disaster

Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm

Antonyms: salvation

Example Sentence:

Things may drag on perhaps till July, but then a catastrophe must could come.

6. MARGINAL (ADJECTIVE): (थोड़ा): slight

Synonyms: small, tiny

Antonyms: vast

Example Sentence:

It seems to make just marginal difference.

7. OVERWEENING (ADJECTIVE): (आत्माभिमानी): overconfident

Synonyms: conceited, cocksure

Antonyms: modest

Example Sentence:

His modesty is nothing but a cover for his overweening conceit.

8. BURGEON (VERB): (प्रसार करना): expand

Synonyms: shoot up, swell

Antonyms: shrink

Example Sentence:

The city’s suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre.

9 FOUNDER (VERB) (असफल होना): fail

Synonyms: fall through, fall flat

Antonyms: succeed

Example Sentence:

The talks foundered on the reform issue.

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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