The Hindu & Other Newspapers’ Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams. ” The More You Read, The More You Learn”.

• Ammunition (Noun) : गोला बारूद
  Synonyms: Armament, Cartridge

• Sulky (Adjective) : उदास : morose, bad-tempered, and resentful; refusing to be cooperative or cheerful.
  Synonyms: Sullen, surly, pouting, petulant

• DILIGENT (ADJECTIVE): (मेहनती): hard-working
  Synonyms: industrious, assiduous

• Inchoate (adjective) ; प्रारंभिक : just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.
  Synonyms: budding, inceptive, incipient, nascent

• HEGEMONY (NOUN): (नेतृत्व): leadership
  Synonyms: dominance, dominion

• AMNESTY (NOUN): (सर्व-क्षमा): pardon
  Synonyms: reprieve, release

• DEFER (VERB): (प्राप्ति): yield
  Synonyms: submit, give way

• INCEPTION (NOUN): (आरंभ): establishment
  Synonyms: institution, foundation

• Substantive (adjective) ; मूल : having a firm basis in reality and so important, meaningful, or considerable.
  Synonym: biggish, considerable

• NTENTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (विवादास्पद): controversial
  Synonyms: disputable debatable

• ENGENDER (ADJECTIVE): (जन्माना): cause
  Synonyms: produce, create

• Peculiar (Adjective) : अनोखा : different to what is normal or expected; strange.
  Synonyms: strange, unusual, curious, abnormal

• Pander (Verb) : बढ़ावा देना/ ख़ुश करना : gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste).
  Synonyms: indulge, gratify, fulfill, humor

• Throng (Noun) ; भीड़ : A crowd of people or animals
  Synonym: stream, swarm, flock,

• EXPEDITE (VERB): (शीघ्र): accelerate
  Synonyms: speed up, hurry

• Accrual (Noun) ; परिणाम : the accumulation or increase of something over time, especially payments or benefits.
  Synonym: result, arise

• CONUNDRUM (NOUN): (पहेली): enigma
  Synonyms: paradox, problem

• Conflate (verb) ; मिलाना : combine (two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc.) into one.
  Synonyms: amalgamate, converge, unify, fuse.

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