Daily English Vocabulary with Synonyms and Antonyms with Hindi Meaning and Examples (17-01-2018)
1)Muddy(verb) ( अस्पष्ट, भ्रमित): muhd-ee
Meaning – make (something) hard or harder to understand.
Synonyms -: obscure, confuse, obfuscate, blur, cloud, befog
Antonyms – bright , clear , clarify , reveal , illuminate
Example – As they have muddied the issue with religion, it has created a riot-like situation in society.
2)Surge (verb) ( उछाल): surj
Meaning – move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward/sudden large increase in something that has previously been steady, or has only increased or developed slowly.
Synonyms -: rise, growth, upswing, upsurge, escalation, jump
Antonyms – decline , decrease
Example – Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation.
3)Deleveraging(verb) ( परिसंपत्तियों को तेजी से बेचकर ऋण के स्तर को कम करने की प्रक्रिया ): dele-ver-aging
Meaning – the process or practice of reducing the level of one’s debt by rapidly selling one’s assets.
Synonyms – reducing , Managing
Example – Company management realized the amount of debt they were carrying had become treacherous and immediately begandeleveraging to reduce the risk.
4)Consolidation(verb) ( समेकन): kun-sol-i-dey-shun
Meaning – the action or process of combining a number of things into a single more effective or coherent whole.
Synonyms -: agglomeration, amalgamation, blend, coalescence
Antonyms – split, dissolution, disunion, division
Example – The bank official asked us toconsolidate our bills and important documents in one place.
5)Promising(verb) ( होनहार, आशाजनक): prom-uh-sing
Meaning – showing signs of future success.
Synonyms -: good, encouraging, favourable, hopeful
Antonyms – unfavourable, inauspicious, ominous
Example – Virat Kohli gave the signs of apromising cricketer in very early age.
6)Transitional (verb) ( अवस्थापरिवर्तनकालिक): tran-si-tion-al
Meaning – belonging or relating to a change, or the process of change, from one form or type to another form or type
Synonyms -: intermediate, middle, midway
Antonyms – permanent , changeless, initial, final
Example – We are still in the transitional stage between the old and new methods.
7)Strain (verb) ( तनाव): streyn
Meaning – a severe or excessive demand on the strength, resources, or abilities of someone or something.
Synonyms -: pressure, demands, burdens, exertions
Antonyms – relax , rest , comfort,decompression
Example – The accusations put a strainon relations between the two countries.
8)Wayside (verb) ( सड़क के किनारे , उपेक्षित): wey-sahyd
Meaning -The side or edge of a road, way, path, or highway / out of consideration, into a condition of neglect or disuse
Synonyms -: neglectable, disuse, abandonment
Example – Luxury items fall by the wayside during a recession.
9)Optimism(verb) ( आशावाद): op-tuh-miz-um
Meaning – hopefulness and confidence about the future or the success of something.
Synonyms -: hope, confidence, buoyancy, cheer
Antonyms – pessimism , gloom , despair
Example – You must maintain a sense of optimism, despite all the mishappenings that happened.
10)Sluggish (verb) ( सुस्त,निष्क्रिय): sluhg-ish
Meaning – slow-moving or inactive.
Synonyms -: quiet, slow, slack, flat, depressed, stagnant
Antonyms – active, fast, lively,energetic
Example – After a sluggish start, team India picked up very well in the middle of the match and won it.
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