Daily Vocabulary Word 23rd August- Daily Use Words

1. Agile : चुस्त
Meaning: able to move quickly and easily.
Synonym: acrobatic, dexterous, deft,
Antonym: clumsy, stiff, slow, dull
Sentence: At 20 years old he was not as agile as he is now.

2. Opulent : दौलतमन्द
Meaning: ostentatiously costly and luxurious.
Synonym: luxurious, sumptuous, palatial
Antonym: penniless, poor, impoverished, penurious
Sentence: Most of the cash went on supporting his opulent lifestyle.

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3. Insouciant : बेपरवाह
Meaning: showing a casual lack of concern
Synonym: nonchalant, untroubled, unworried,
Antonym: anxious, concerned
Sentence: His insouciant handling of the oil spill in the Gulf is under fire from all sides.

4. Lackadaisical: भावुक
Meaning: lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.
Synonym: lax, unenthusiastic, half-hearted, uninterested, lukewarm, indifferent,
Antonym: enthusiastic, excited
Sentence: The food was nice enough but the service was rather lackadaisical.

5. Pejorative : उत्कंठित
Meaning: expressing contempt or disapproval.
Synonym: disparaging, derogatory, deprecatory,
Antonym: complimentary,
Sentence: Make sure students realise that ‘fat’ is an unflattering or pejorative word.

6. Repertoire : प्रदर्शनों की सूची
Meaning: a stock of plays, dances, or items that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.
Synonym: collection, stock, range, repertory
Sentence: His repertoire includes a large number of Scottish folk songs.

7. Sojourn : डेरा डालना
Meaning: a temporary stay., stay somewhere temporarily.
Synonym: stay, visit, stop, stopover, residence;
Sentence: The film is about only a very brief sojourn in Gauguin’s otherwise racy biography.

8. Vanquish : विजय प्राप्त करना
Meaning: defeat thoroughly.
Synonym: conquer, defeat
Antonym: surrender
Sentence: She wouldn’t be as easy to vanquish as she had been outside the Feelgood Saloo

9. Amicable : मैत्रीपूर्ण
Meaning: Friendly
Synonym: Cordial, Harmonious
Antonym: impolite, uncivil
Sentence: The two parties have reached an amicable settlement.

10. Imbibe : सोखना
Meaning: absorb or assimilate (ideas or knowledge).
Synonym: assimilate, absorb, soak up, take in, digest
Antonym: abstain, fast
Sentence: It was advantageous to animals digest and imbibe soybean’s nutrition composition.