Daily Vocabulary: 16th November 2019

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DISTRATE (adjective)  : असावधान
Meaning: distracted or absent-minded.
Synonyms: forgetful, inattentive, oblivious, heedless.
Antonyms: alert, attentive, focused, unperturbed.
Usage: He grew more and more distrait as hours passed without confirmation that there were survivors of the plane crash

RIPOSTE (noun) : प्रतिकार करना
Meaning: a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.
Synonyms: retort, retaliation, repartee, quip.
Antonyms: request, query, bidding, catechize.
Usage: A riposte to that argument was provided by Sea Containers, the shipping group headed by James Sherwood.

FARRAGO (noun) : गड़बड़झाला
Meaning: a confused mixture.
Synonyms: mishmash, hodgepodge, clutter, turmoil.
Antonyms: constituent, ravel, sequence, categorization.
Usage: The present gun law is a farrago of nonsense as most of it is unenforceable.

Premonition (NOUN)  : पूर्व-सूचना
Meaning: a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.
Synonym: foreboding, presage, presentiment, prognostication, insight, intuition
Usage: He had a premonition of imminent disaster.

Wanton(Adjective) : प्रचंड
Meaning: (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked
Synonym: bawdy, nasty, obscene, deliberate, malicious,
Antonym: clean, decent, acceptable, agreeable, desirable, pleasant, pleasing
Usage: The man is probably going to get the death penalty for his wanton killing of six school children.

Arraign (VERB) : कलंक लगाना
Meaning: to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment
Synonym: appeal, book, cite, summon, accuse, charge, criminate
Antonym: advocate, champion, defend, excuse, forgive, justify
Usage: They wanted to arraign the thief for stealing cars on the same day he was arrested.

Humdrum(Adjective) : नीरस
Meaning: Lacking excitement or variety
Synonym: Dull, boring, monotonous
Antonym: Remarkable, exciting
Usage: No matter how humdrum is your life without a job, once you get it things will go fine.

Axiomatic(Adjective)  : सिद्ध
Meaning: self-evident or unquestionable.
Synonym: Understood, Given, Granted, self-evident
Antonym: Misunderstood, uncertain
Usage: The arithmetic principles are axiomatic in nature.

Connivance(Noun) : मिलीभगत
Meaning: Secretly involved in immoral or illegal activity.
Synonym: Involvement, assistance, conspiracy, intrigue
Antonym: Disapprobation, rejection, dislike
Usage: With the connivance of the government, the Indian army planned a surgical strike.

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