Enhance your vocabulary with vocab words - 25th Aug 2023

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Scathing: (adjective)

Meaning: Witheringly scornful (सख़्त)

Synonym: Devastating, Withering, Blistering, Coruscating

Antonym: Mild, Gentle, Complimentary

Example: He was very scathing about the report, saying it was inaccurate.

Related Words:

Scathingly

Trick: The boy is acting so scathing.

Extending: (adjective)

Meaning: Made larger (विस्तारित)

Synonym: Expand, Enlarge, Increase, Lengthen

Antonym: Reduce, Shrink, Narrow

Example: He extended a hand in greeting.

Related Words:

Extended

Trick: The doctor pretended that the patient had extended the flu.

Scam: (noun)

Meaning: A dishonest scheme. (घोटाला)

Synonym: Blackmail, Deceit, Deception, Extortion

Antonym: Candor, Honesty, Ingenuousness, Sincerity

Example: She was the victim of an insurance scam.

Related Words:

Scammed

Trick: Hacker spam to scam people.

Jurisdiction: (noun)

Meaning: The official power to make legal decisions and judgements. (क्षेत्राधिकार)

Synonym: Authority, Control, Power, Dominion

Antonym: Impotence, Incapacity, Powerlessness, Submission

Example: The court has jurisdiction over most criminal offenses.

Related Words:

Jurisdictional, Jurisdictionally

Trick: The jurisdiction has to take strict action against the criminals.

Intervention: (noun)

Meaning: The act of interfering with the outcome or course especially of a condition or process (हस्‍तक्षेप)

Synonym: Interference, Mediation, Arbitration

Antonym: Combine, Connect, Join

Example: Military intervention in the crisis

Related Words:

Intervene, Interventional

Trick: He is doing the intervention during the inspection.

Crisis: (noun)

Meaning: A time of intense difficulty or danger. (संकट)

Synonym: Catastrophe, Calamity, Cataclysm, Emergency

Antonym: Agreement, Benefit, Blessing, Breakthrough

Example: She was dealing with a family crisis at the time.

Trick: The hypnosis can cause crisis.

Violence: (noun)

Meaning: Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. (हिंसा)

Synonym: Assault, Attack, Clash, Confusion

Antonym: Calm, Health, Kindness, Method

Example: They need to learn how to settle their arguments without resorting to violence.

Related Words:

Violent

Trick: The violence needs maintenance.

Relevant: (adjective)

Meaning: closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered. (उपयुक्त)

Synonym: pertinent, applicable, apposite, material

Antonym: improper, inapplicable, inappropriate, incompatible

Example: the data are not relevant to the issue

Related Words:

Relevance, Relevantly

Trick: The conditions are relevant for the vacant people

Tragic: (adjective)

Meaning: An event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe. (त्रासदी)

Synonym: Disaster, Calamity, Catastrophe, Cataclysm

Antonym: Fortune, Joy, Advantage, Benefit

Example: Her son's death was a terrible tragedy.

Related Words:

Tragedy, Tragically

Trick: The tragedy changes the strategy

Incidents: (noun)

Meaning: An instance of something happening; an event or occurrence. (घटनाएं)

Synonym: Circumstance, Episode, Event, Fact

Antonym: Cessation, Inaction, Inactivity, Stoppage

Example: Two people were shot yesterday in two separate incidents.

Related Words:

Incidentally

Trick: These incidents are subsequent.

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