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UPDATE YOUR VOCABULARY – 597

1. PROTRUDE (VERB): (बाहर निकलना): stick out

Synonyms: jut, project

Antonyms: sunken

Example Sentence:

It was something like a fin protruded from the water.

2. SHAMBOLIC (ADJECTIVE): (अव्यवस्थात्मक): chaotic

Synonyms: disorganized muddled

Antonyms: efficient

Example Sentence:

The department’s shambolic accounting led to company’s downfall.

3. ALACRITY (NOUN): (उत्सुकता): eagerness

Synonyms: willingness, readiness

Antonyms: apathy

Example Sentence:

She accepted the invitation with pure alacrity.

4. ABJECT (ADJECTIVE): (बिना गर्व या गरिमा के): obsequious

Synonyms: grovelling, crawling

Antonyms: proud

Example Sentence:

An abject apology came from his end today.

5. STIFLE (VERB): (दबाव बनाना): constrain

Synonyms: hinder, hamper

Antonyms: encourage

Example Sentence:

High taxes were stifling private enterprise.

6. CUMBERSOME (ADJECTIVE): (दुष्कर): unwieldy

Synonyms: unmanageable, awkward

Antonyms: manageable

Example Sentence:

Diving suits are usually cumbersome.

7. DECIPHER (VERB): (गूढ़लेख पढ़ना): decode

Synonyms: decrypt, break

Antonyms: encode

Example Sentence:

Authorized government agencies can decipher encrypted telecommunications.

8. SCURRILOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अपमानजनक): abusive

Synonyms: vituperative, derogatory

Antonyms: praising

Example Sentence:

It was a scurrilous attack on his integrity.

9 MUFFLE (VERB): (धीमा करना): deaden

Synonyms: dull, dampen

Antonyms: loud

Example Sentence:

His voice was muffled due to the distance.

10. TRANSGRESS (VERB): (दुर्व्यवहार करना): misbehave

Synonyms: err lapse

Antonyms: obey

Example Sentence:

She had transgressed an unwritten social law.

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