“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 – 586

1. CONTRAVENE (VERB): (उल्लंघन करना) conflict with (a right, principle, etc.), especially to its detriment.

Synonyms: break, breach

Antonyms: follow, uphold

Example Sentence:

The Privy Council held that the prosecution contravened the rights of the individual.

2.IMPERIL (VERB): (खतरे में डालना)put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed. 

Synonyms
: endanger, risk

Antonyms: save, guard

Example Sentence:

They advised against tax increases for fear of imperilling the recovery.

3.LIBERTY (NOUN): (स्वतंत्रता) the power or scope to act as one pleases.

Synonyms:
 independence, freedom


Antonyms
: dependence, restrain


Example Sentence:

Individuals should enjoy the liberty to pursue their own preferences.

4. INSIDIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (हानिकारक) proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects

Synonyms: stealthy, subtle

Antonyms: fair, honest

Example Sentence:

Harassment is a serious and insidious problem.

5. MISGIVING (NOUN): (आशंका) a feeling of doubt or apprehension about the outcome or consequences of something.

Synonyms: qualm, scruple

Antonyms: assurance, certainity

Example Sentence:

We have misgivings about the way the campaign is being run.

6. PREDICATE (VERB): (स्थापित होना) base, found

Synonyms: build, ground

Antonyms: demolish, destroy

Example Sentence:

The promotion of an employee is predicated on his work.

7. DISCRETION (NOUN): (विवेक) the quality of behaving 

Synonyms
: choice, option

Antonyms: omission, indiscretion

Example Sentence:

She knew she could rely on his discretion.

8. BELLIGERENCE (NOUN): (भावनाओं) aggressive or warlike behaviour.

Synonyms: hostile, truculent

Antonyms: friendly, peaceable

Example Sentence:

Belligerent noises are now coming out of the United Nation.

9. COERCION (NOUN): (दबाव)practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats. 

Synonyms:
 compulsion, insistence, demand

Antonyms: agreement, approval

Example Sentence
:

He submitted the money under coercion.

10. TOTALITARIAN (ADJECTIVE) (सर्वाधिकारवादी): relating to a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.

Synonyms:
 autocratic, tyrrannical

Antonyms: democratic

Example Sentence:

The citizens were relieved to see the old totalitarian regime overthrown.

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