The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams

The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams

1.DEVOURING(NOUN/ADJ):(भक्षण):extremely strong and usually causes damage. 
Synonyms: draining, depleting 
Antonyms: conserving,preserving 
Example Sentence: 
I have no discipline when it comes to the immediate devouring of burritos. 

2. CONSORTIUM (NOUN): (संघ):  
organization or banks joined together as a group 
Synonyms: company,conference 
Antonyms: disunion, separation 
Example Sentence: 
A consortium of banks is led by  
State Bank Of India. 

3.INSISTENCE (NOUN): (आग्रह): demand, command 
Synonyms: dictate, instruction 
Antonyms: challenge, dispute 
Example Sentence: 
At his insistence she continued  
living with her mother. 

4.CONTINGENT(NOUN/ADJ.):(आकस्मिक): subject to chance,  
accidental, unforeseen 
Synonyms: delegacy, delegation 
Antonyms: predictable, expected 
Example Sentence: 
Our success is contingent upon your  
support. 

5. MORATORIUM (ADJ.): (रोक): a temporary prohibition of an  activity, embargo. 
Synonyms: abeyance,dormancy 
Antonyms: renewal, resumption 
Example Sentence: 
They are proposing a five year  
moratorium on nuclear weapon  
testing. 

6. DITHER (NOUN/VERB): (घबराहट):be indecisive, hesitate, state of agitation.
Synonyms: fluster, lather 
Antonyms: calm, composure 
Example Sentence: 
I can't bear people who dither.

7. GRIM (ADJECTIVE): (भयंकर):Very serious, gloomy 
Synonyms: stern, forbidding 
Antonyms: amiable, pleasant 
Example sentence: 
The situation in the drought  
stricken region is grim.

8.RETROACTIVELY(ADVERB): (पुर्वव्यवी): with effect from a date  
before it was approved 
Synonyms: previous, prior 
Antonyms: present, future 
Example Sentence: 
The new rates will apply  
retroactively from January 1.

9.CIPHER(NOUN):(शून्य): Nonexistence 
Synonyms: nonentity, nobody 
Antonyms: entity, somebody 
Example Sentence: 
He is worried of his cipher.

10. HUNCH (NOUN): (सहज प्रवर्ति): a  
humped position or thing,instinct; 
Synonyms: intuition, premonition 
Antonyms: certainty, fact 
Example Sentence: 
The commentators had various hunches about the outcome of the  next election