Important daily 10 Challenging English Words in the Article of the Day with Hindi Meaning, Synonyms, Antonyms and Examples (24-12-2017):
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1. Achilles’ heel (Idiom): (A weakness or vulnerable point/a crippling weakness) (अशक्त बिंदु/ कमजोरी)
Synonyms: Frailty, Deficiency, Susceptibility, Weakness.
Antonyms: Strong Point, Strength, Firmness, Soundness.
Example: Maria is an excellent athlete, but after an injury she suffered two years back, her right knee has become her Achilles’ Heel.
2. Undermine (verb): (Lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously.) (क्षीण करना/अवमूल्यन करना)
Synonyms: Subvert, Cripple, Weaken, Diminish, Reduce, Mar
Antonyms: Strengthen, Shore Up, Support
Example: When engineers came to examine the cracks in the structure of the building, they discovered that years of flooding had worked to undermine the foundation.
Verb forms: Undermine, Undermined, Undermined.
3. Poxy (adjective): (Extremely bad; of poor quality.) (घटिया/रद्दी/व्यर्थ)
Synonyms: Very bad, Abysmal, Appalling, Pathetic, Sub-standard, Inferior.
Antonyms: Excellent, Superlative, First-rate, Superior.
Example: Because Adam was believed to be the Poxy tennis player, everyone was shocked when he beat the number one seed in the first round.
4. Penury (noun): The state of being very poor; extreme poverty. (used as a figurative sense of Lack of something) (गरीबी/कृपणता)
Synonyms: Destitution, Impecuniousness, Impoverishment, Indigence
Antonyms: Affluence, Opulence, Richness, Wealth
Example: When Margot lost all her money gambling, her family was forced to live in penury.
5. Conglomerate (noun): (A large corporation formed by the merging of separate and diverse firms/ A group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization. (समूह/आधिपत्य)
Synonyms: Consortium, Pool, Syndicate.
Antonyms: Scattered, Parted, divided.
Example: The billionaire’s conglomerate includes restaurants, convenience stores, and a chain of hotels.
Verb forms: Conglomerate, Conglomerated, Conglomerated
Related words:
Conglomerate (verb) – एकत्र करना
6. Laggard (adjective): A person who makes slow progress and falls behind others. (मन्द/सुस्त/फिसड्डी)
Synonyms: Straggler, Loiterer, Lingerer, Dawdler, Sluggard, Slug, Snail.
Antonyms: Speedy, Expedite.
Example: As far as technology goes, my uncle is viewed as a laggard because he does not have a mobile phone.
Related words:
laggardly (adverb): (Developing or moving very slowly)
7. Ingenuity (noun): (The quality of being clever, original, and inventive (चालाकी/बुद्धिमता)
Synonyms: Cleverness, Ingeniousness, Inventiveness, Dexterity, Skill, Shrewdness
Antonyms: Clumsiness, Ignorance, Inability, Incapacity, Ineptness
Example: When Jack fixed the jeep, his friends were impressed with his mechanical ingenuity.
Related words:
Ingenious (adjective) – (Of a person) clever, original, and inventive.
8. Prognosis (noun): (A forecast of the likely outcome of a situation.) (पूर्वानुमान)
Synonyms: Forecast, Prediction, Projection, Prognostication.
Example: Since the cancer has already spread through Jim’s body, his life expectancy prognosis is quite poor.
Verb forms: Prognosticate, Prognosticated, Prognosticated
Related words:
Prognosticate (verb) – Make a prediction about; tell in advance
Prognostic (adjective) – Of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
9. Cater (verb): (Provide with what is needed or required.) (आवश्यकताएं पूरी करना)
Synonyms: Serve, Meet the needs/wants of, Accommodate, See to, Look after, Care for.
Example: The company need to cater for demand to establish itself.
Verb forms: Cater, Catered, Catered.
Related words:
Caterer (noun): व्यवस्थापक
10. Acclamatory (adjective): (Expressing strong and enthusiastic praise or approval) (प्रशंसायुक्त/सराहने योग्य)
Synonyms: Admiring, Approbatory, Commendatory, Extolling, Laudatory, Praising.
Antonyms: Castigating, Critical.
Example: If teachers do not make Acclamatory statements to the efforts of their students, the students may become unmotivated to succeed.
Related words:
Acclamation (noun) – Loud and enthusiastic approval.
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