🔰Saturday ,25 January 2020🔰



1. ADJUDICATING (VERB/NOUN): (न्याययिक निर्णय) make a formal judgement on a disputed matter.
Synonyms: arbitration, judge
Antonyms: defer, ignore
Example Sentence:
The Committee adjudicates on all betting disputes.

2.DEFECTION (NOUN): (दल - बदल ) the desertion of one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one.
Synonyms: disloyalty, withdrawal
Antonyms: harmony, plenty, joyfullness
Example Sentence:
His defection from the Labour Party.

3.PRESIDE (VERB): (सञ्चालन करना) be in the position of authority in a meeting or other gathering.
Synonyms: administer, supervise
Antonyms: follow, abandon
Example Sentence:
The prime minister will preside at an emergency cabinet meeting.

4. AUGURS (NOUN/VERB): (भविष्य बताना) soothsayer, fortune tellers;
Synonyms: harbinger, diviner
Antonyms: unimpressive, irrelevance
Example Sentence:
The end of the cold war seemed to augur well.

5.  COGNITIVE (ADJECTIVE): (संज्ञानात्मक ) connected with thinking or mental process.
Synonyms: emotional, subjective
Antonyms: physical, body
Example Sentence:
The cognitive processes involved in reading.

6. PARADOX (NOUN): (विरोधाभास) act dishonestly to get something, move or touch things.
Synonyms: absurdity, enigma
Antonyms: normality, success
Example Sentence:
It's a curious paradox that drinking too much water makes you feel thirsty.

7. RECALCITRANT (NOUN/ADJ+): (आज्ञा न मानने वाला) having obstinately uncooperative attitude.
Synonyms: unmanageable, contrary
Antonyms: docile, amenable
Example Sentence:
Some politicians are nothing but a stiff-necked recalcitrant and trouble maker.

8. WANTON (ADJECTIVE): (ऊधमी): (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked.
Synonyms: senseless, unjustifiable
Antonyms: rational, reasonable
Example Sentence:
He presented a wanton idea in the meeting.

9. CAVORT (VERB): (उछलना-कूदना): jump about playfully
Synonyms: prank, play
Antonyms: work, study
Example Sentence:
A kid was cavorting around the corner.

10. ABORTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (निष्फल): failing to produce the intended result.
Synonyms: futile, fruitless
Antonyms: profitable, fruitful
Example Sentence:
The rebel officers who led the abortive coup were shot.