Daily Vocabulary: 9 नवम्बर, 2019

PURPORTEDLY (adverb) : कथित रूप से
Meaning: As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; allegedly.

अर्थ: जैसा कि प्रतीत होता है या सच कहा जाता है, हालांकि जरूरी नहीं कि; कथित तौर पर।
Synonyms: professedly, supposedly, seemingly, superficially.
Antonyms: absolutely, authentically, certainly, earnestly.
Usage: The fans found a bat purportedly signed by Virat Kohli.

INURE (verb) : आदत
Meaning: accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.

अर्थ: किसी चीज़ के आदी (किसी), विशेष रूप से अप्रिय कुछ।
Synonyms: accustom, habituate, acclimatize, adapt.
Antonyms: enervate, enfeeble, debilitate, incapacitate.
Usage: The hardship of army training inured her to the rigors of desert warfare.

Credence (noun) : प्रत्यय
Meaning: belief in or acceptance of something as true.

अर्थ: किसी वस्तु को सत्य मान लेना या मानना।
Synonym: acceptance, belief, faith, trust
Antonym: distrust, mistrust, suspicion, dubiety.
Sentence: Since you have a history of lying, I find it difficult to give credence to anything you tell me.

Atrabilious (Adjective) : हतोत्साहित
Meaning: given or marked by melancholy

अर्थ: उदासी द्वारा दिया या चिह्नित किया हुआ
Synonyms: Doleful, Lugubrious, discontent, discouraged, rueful, despondent, miserable, morose
Antonyms: placid, easygoing
Sentence:- Since my friend has a atrabilious temper I don’t approach him often.

Piquant (Adjective) : सरस
Meaning: having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour., pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind.

अर्थ: एक सुखद तेज स्वाद या स्वादिष्ट स्वाद।, मन को सुखद रूप से उत्तेजक या रोमांचक।
Synonym: poignant, intriguing, stimulating, interesting, fascinating, zesty
Antonym: bland, insipid, dull, zestless, insipid
Sentence:- Gobblezz restaurant have a secret piquant sauce that makes the dish scrumptious.

Scurrilous (Adjective) : मिथ्या
Meaning: Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.

अर्थ: अपनी प्रतिष्ठा को नुकसान पहुँचाने के इरादे से किसी के बारे में निंदनीय दावे करना या फैलाना।
Synonym: abusive, vituperative, derogatory, disparaging
Antonym: clean, decent, moral, deferential, tempered
Sentence: There were scurrilous attacks on the party leader by the opposition.

HITHERTO (ADVERB) : अब तक
Meaning: up to this or that time

अर्थ: इस समय तक
Synonyms: heretofore, yet, formerly, long ago
Antonyms: henceforth, henceforward, hereafter, currently, presently
Sentence: Hitherto part of French West Africa, Benin achieved independence in 1960.

VOLTE-FACE (NOUN) : पक्ष परिवर्तन
Meaning: a reversal in policy

अर्थ: नीति में उलटफेर
Synonyms: flip-flop, reversal, turnabout, rescinding
Antonyms: enactment, validation
Sentence: After learning that I wrongly accused someone, I did a volte face and was now friends with this person.

INVIDIOUS (ADJECTIVE) : अपमानजनक
Meaning: having or showing mean resentment of another’s possessions or advantages

अर्थ: किसी दूसरे की संपत्ति या फ़ायदों के प्रति आक्रोश होना या दिखाना
Synonyms: calumnious, defamatory
Antonyms: likeable, lovable
Sentence: His invidious acts caused the people to rise up against him.

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