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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

THΣ HIΠDU ΣDITΩRIΔL WORDS- 26th Dec 2017*


1. Memoir (noun): (A historical account or biography written from personal knowledge.) (वृतांत/ संस्मरण)

Synonyms: Historical Account, Biography, Chronicle, Life Story.

Example: Since the eight-year-old boy knew he was dying because of cancer, he decided to write amemoir so his parents would always have him near.

Verb forms:

Origin:  From French mémoire ‘memory’.
2.Commiserate (verb): (Feel or express pity or sympathy for (someone).)  (समवेदना प्रकट करना/सहानुभूति प्रकट करना)

Synonyms: Console, Solace, Offer Sympathy To, Condole With, Empathize With, Feel Pity For.

Antonyms: Be Indifferent, Turn Away.

Example: Until you have walked in someone’s shoes, you cannotcommiserate with him.

Verb forms: Commiserate, Commiserate, Commiserate.

Related words:

Commiseration (noun) - Sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

Origin: From Latin commiserari, from com- ‘with’ + miserari ‘to lament’ (from miser ‘wretched’).
3.Upfront (adjective): (Bold, honest, and frank/ truthful and straightforward) (सुस्पष्ट/स्पष्टवादी)

Synonyms: Frank, Candid, Forthright, Plain-Spoken, Bluff.

Antonyms: Evasive, Prevaricating, Elusive, Ambiguous, Equivocal.

Example: Because the politician made a speech in upfront manner, he earned the respect of the voters.
4. Exigency (noun): (An urgent need or demand/ something that is necessary in a particular situation) (अत्यावश्यकता/जरूरत)

Synonyms: Need, Contingency, Requirement, Urgency, Essential, Requisite

Antonyms: Availability, Abundance.

Example: Keeping money in a savings account is a financialexigency that will serve you well if you ever lose your job.

Related words:

Exigent (adjective) – अत्यावश्यक
5.Expunge (verb): Obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant).(मिटाना)

Synonyms: Erase, Remove, Delete, Rub Out, Wipe Out, Efface, Eradicate.

Antonyms: Construct, Establish, Create.

Example: A beautiful day at the beach was more than enough toexpunge Jane’s  recall of a difficult week at the office.

Verb forms: Expunge, Expunged, Expunged.

Related words:

Expunction (noun) - Deletion by an act of expunging or erasing
6.Spectre (noun): (Something widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence) (आशंका/खतरा)

Synonyms: Threat, Menace, Danger, Peril, danger.

Antonyms: Safety, Surety, security.

Example: The conflict between manager and employees is always a spectre for the company.

Origin: from French spectre
7.Incorrigible (adjective): ((Of a person or their behaviour) not able to be changed or reformed.) (असुधार्य)

Synonyms: Incurable, Irrecoverable, Irredeemable, Irreformable

Antonyms: Recoverable, Redeemable, Reformable, Remediable

Example: Even after spending years in jail, some people remainincorrigible and unafraid of the law.

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Corrigible (adjective) – सुधार्य

Origin: From Latin incorrigibilis, from in- ‘not’ + corrigere ‘to correct’. 
8. Loom (verb): ((Of an event regarded as threatening) seem about to happen.) (सम्भावना होना/संकट मँडराना)

Synonyms: Be imminent, Be on the horizon, Impend, Be ominously close, Threaten, be threatening.

Antonyms: Be remote, Be distant.

Example: When the storm began to loom over the horizon, they decided to go back to the safe place. .

Verb forms: Loom, Loomed, Loomed. 
9. Candour (noun): (The quality of being open and honest;) (स्पष्टवादिता/सरलता)

Synonyms: Frankness, Honesty, Candidness, Truthfulness, Sincerity, Forthrightness.

Antonyms: Deceit, Dishonesty, Unfairness, Artifice, Deception

Example: Because the author writes with such candour about his experiences, his readers will feel as if they are actually a part of his life.

Origin: from Latin candor ‘whiteness’
10. Perturb (verb): (Make (someone) anxious or unsettled.) (बेचैन करना/घबरा देना/व्याकुल करना)

Synonyms: Worry, Upset, Unsettle, Disturb, Disquiet, Discompose, Disconcert, Discomfit, Unnerve.

Antonyms: Calm, Soothe, Please, Mollify.

Example: Knowing there is a criminal living in her neighborhood makes her veryperturbed.

Verb forms: Perturb, Perturbed, Perturbed.

Related words:

Perturbate (adjective) - व्याकुल/उद्विग्न

Perturbation (noun) - घबराहट/बेचैनी

Origin: from Latin perturbare, from per- ‘completely’ + turbare‘disturb’.

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