Daily Vocabulary: 24th January 2020

BENIGN (adjective) : सौम्य
Meaning: Gentle and kind.
Synonyms: Favorable, Gentle, mild, amiable
Antonyms: Harmful, Unkind, Violent.
Example: Most seizures are benig

INACTION (noun) : निष्क्रियता
Meaning: lack of action where some is expected or appropriate.
Synonyms: inertia, passivity, stagnation, acedia
Antonyms: busyness, energy, happiness, liveliness
Example: Now every minute’s inaction increased this spirit of restlessness.

AMNESTY (noun) : आम माफ़ी
Meaning: an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences.
Synonyms: forgiveness, immunity, reprieve, absolution
Antonyms: acquittal, amnesty, compurgation, exculpation
Example: It’s a thieves’ amnesty at this moment, and I must not lose the opportunity.

BANE (noun) : विपत्ति
Meaning: a cause of great distress or annoyance.
Synonyms: scourge, plague, ruination, destruction.
Antonyms: benefit, blessing, boon, felicity.
Usage: That evil is malevolent violence, a curse that is the bane of our human existence.

VITIATE (Verb) : भ्रष्ट करना
Meaning: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.
Synonyms: annihilate, negate, quash
Antonyms: allow, permit
Usage: You made a good decision, so don’t vitiate it by boasting about your success.

BENIGNANT (adjective) : कृपालु
Meaning: having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others.
Synonyms: benevolent, compassionate, humane, kindhearted.
Antonyms: atrocious, brutal, callous, fiendish.
Usage: The queen had a benignant reputation and was loved for her caring treatment of others.

IMPART(Verb) : प्रदान करना
Meaning:to transmit, bestow, or disclose
Synonyms:impose,bestow
Antonyms:keep, withhold
Example:Parents must impart common sense to their children.

SLEAZY (Adjective) : निर्बल
Meaning: dirty, cheap, or not socially acceptable, especially relating to moral or sexual matters
Synonyms: trashy, sordid
Antonyms: good, nice
Example: This part of town is full of sleazy bars and restaurants.

MANOEUVRE (noun) : कुशलता
Meaning: a carefully planned or cunning scheme or action.
Synonyms: stratagem, tactic, gambit, ploy.
Antonyms: innocence, candor, simplicity, incapacity.
Example: A reasonable bridge building effort between activists and experts on both sides to try to address the issues through tactical maneuvers might be useful.

MALADY (Noun) : रोग
Meaning: a disease or ailment.
Synonyms: affliction,disorder, illness, disability
Antonyms: comfort, health
Example: in the olden days people were always suffering from some unknown malady.

SECLUSION (Noun) : तनहाई
Meaning: the state of being alone, away from other people
Synonyms: remoteness, aloneness
Antonyms: open, public
Example: In some societies women are kept in seclusion, so that they are hardly ever seen in public.

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