Courtesy: The Hindu (Bilateral Ties)
1.Moribund (adjective): ((Of a thing) in terminal decline/lacking vitality or vigor. (अन्त के करीब)
Synonyms: Declining, Waning, Dying, Stagnating, Decaying, Crumbling, Atrophying.
Antonyms: Developing, Growing, Reviving
Example: Without water, the plants will soon enter a moribundstate.
Origin: from Latin mori ‘to die’.
2.Fatuity (noun): (Pointless foolishness and stupidity) (मूर्खता/बेवकूफ़ी)
Synonyms: Absurdity, Asininity, Foolishness, Idiocy, Stupidity.
Antonyms: Intelligence, Shrewdness, Wisdom, Sagacity.
Example: After receiving a windfall, the foolish man showed his fatuity by spending every dime on frivolous purchases.
Related words:
Fatuous (adjective) – मूर्खतापूर्ण
3. Gloss over (phrasal verb): Try to conceal or disguise (something unfavorable) by treating it briefly or representing it misleadingly. (छिपाना)
Synonyms: Conceal, Cover Up, Hide, Camouflage, Disguise, Mislead, Misrepresent, Veil
Antonyms: Disclose, Divulge, Expose
Example: She tried to gloss overher role, when the project met a fiasco.
Verb forms: Glossed over, Glossed over, Glossed over.
4. Run into the ground (idiom):(Exhaust oneself by working or running very hard.) (हद से ज़्यादा थकना)
Synonyms: To exhaust oneself, Wear oneself out, Strain oneself.
Antonyms: Make light of, Be idle.
Example: If you keep working 80-hour weeks, you'll drive run into the ground sooner than later.
5. Foray (noun): (A sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something)(आक्रमण/धावा)
Synonyms: Attack, Assault, Incursion, Swoop, Raid, Invasion.
Example: After the orders of Commander, the troops made anforay across the border.
Verb forms: Foray, Forayed, Forayed.
Related words:
Foray (verb) - Make or go on a foray.
6. Dote (verb) (Be extremely and uncritically fond of) (अत्यधिक स्नेह करना)
Synonyms: Adore, Love dearly, Blandish, Cherish, Lavish affection on.
Antonyms: Insult, Offend, Criticize.
Example: They were looking for a babysitter who would dote on their children as much as they would.
Verb forms: Dote, Doted, Doted.
Related words:
Doting (adjective): (Fond)
7. Liturgy (noun): (A form or formulary according to which something is conducted/ preset practices that are carried out during a religious service or event) (पद्धति)
Synonyms: Ritual, Rite, Custom, Practice, Tradition, Rubric.
Example: Jack has not missed a day of worship in forty years and as such knows the church’s liturgywell enough to perform most rites.
Origin: from Greek leitourgos lēitos ‘public’ + -ergos ‘working’.
8.Mollycoddle (verb): (Treat (someone) in an indulgent or overprotective way.) (लाड़ प्यार करना/ (अत्यधिक ध्यान देना))
Synonyms: Pamper, Cosset, Coddle, Overindulge, Wrap in cotton wool.
Antonyms: Ignore, Neglect.
Example: Being the only girl in the team, Sweety is mollycoddled by everyone.
Verb forms: Mollycoddle, Mollycoddled, Mollycoddled.
9. Inimical (adjective):(Unfriendly; hostile/Tending to obstruct or harm) (अहितकर/प्रतिकूल)
Synonyms: Harmful, Injurious, Detrimental, Deleterious, Pernicious, Antagonistic
Antonyms: Favorable, Friendly, Helpful
Example: Not wearing a helmet while driving a scooter can beinimical to your life.
Origin: from Latin inimicus (enemy).
10. Infraction (noun): (A violation or infringement of a law or agreement.) (अतिक्रमण/उलंघन)
Synonyms: Infringement, Contravention, Breach, Violation, Transgression, Breaking.
Antonyms: Obedience, Compliance.
Example: When the soldier committed a very seriousinfraction, he was dishonorably discharged from the military.
Verb forms: Infringe, Infringed, Infringed.
Related words:
Infringe (verb) - Actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc.).
Origin: from Latin infringere, from in- ‘into’ + frangere ‘to break
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