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Daily Vocabulary: 3rd March

Daily Vocabulary: 3rd March |_3.1

WHIMSICAL (Adjective) सनकी
Meaning: acting or behaving in a capricious manner.
Synonyms: volatile, capricious, temperamental, impulsive
Antonyms: boring, serious
Usage: The whimsical music made me feel like a little kid again.

MANDATE (noun)शासनादेश
Meaning: an official order or commission to do something.
Synonyms: instruction, directive, direction, decree, command
Antonyms: encourage
Usage: They carried out the governor’s mandate to build more roads.

NEUROSIS (NOUN) विक्षिप्त
Meaning: a mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality
Synonyms: aberration, dementia, hallucinosis, hypomania, paranoia
Antonyms: lucidity, rationality, rationalness, reasonability
Usage: These are givers whose philanthropy has been absent neurosis and aggression

INTRANSIGENCE (Noun) हठ/ कट्टरता
Meaning: refusal to change one’s views or to agree about something.
Synonyms: inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacy
Example: I can’t understand Rachel’s intransigence, considering that we have undeniable proof that her idea is incorrect.

REDACT (verb) संपादित करना
Meaning: edit (text) for publication.
Synonyms: correct, rectify, repair, fix.
Antonyms: befoul, deteriorate, diminish, hinder.
Usage: Some of the conclusions in the report have been redacted.

DILATORY (adjective) धीमा
Meaning: slow to act
Synonyms: sluggish, slothful, lax, slack.
Antonyms: fast, prompt, brisk, quick.
Usage: They were dilatory in providing the researchers with information.

PURLOIN (verb) चुराना
Meaning: steal (something).
Synonyms: loot, pilfer, steal, embezzle.
Antonyms: bestow, contribute, donate, purchase.
Usage: Sometimes it’s impossible to not purloin an excerpt from another person’s blog

SPLENDID(adjective) उत्कृष्ट
Meaning: excellent, or beautiful and impressive
Synonyms: excellent, amazing
Antonyms: dull, normal
Usage: It is a splendid and challenging book which seeks answers to large questions in interesting cultural and psychological agendas.

SLUMP (verb) गिर पड़ना
Meaning: undergo a sudden severe or prolonged fall in price, value, or amount.
Synonyms: plummet, plunge, tumble, decline.
Antonyms: rise, ascend, grow, soar.
Usage: When the task force was putting together its original report, the world price of oil had slumped as low as $10 a barrel.

HABITUAL(adjective)अभ्यस्त
Meaning: usual or repeated
Synonyms: addicted, perpetual
Antonyms: infrequent, occasional
Usage: Longer prison sentences will help keep habitual criminals off the streets.

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