1. FRANTICALLY (adverb) पागलपन
Meaning: in a distraught way owing to fear, anxiety, or other emotion.
Synonyms: amuck, berserk, frenziedly, harum-scarum, hectically, helter-skelter, madly, pell-mell, heedlessly, hotheadedly, recklessly, wantonly, chaotically, riotously.
Antonyms: calmly, collectedly, composedly, coolly, imperturbably, peacefully, placidly, self-composedly, serenely, meekly, mildly, passively.
Usage: The veterinarian ran frantically from room to room looking for the escaped hamster.
2. PETRIFY (verb) हक्का बक्का कर देना
Meaning: to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality.
Synonyms: castrate, dampen, deaden, dehydrate, desiccate, devitalize, enervate, lobotomize
burn out, debilitate, do in, drain, enfeeble.
Antonyms: abet, brace, energize, enliven, invigorate, quicken, stimulate, vitalize, vivify
boost, embolden, fortify, hearten, inspire, lift.
Usage: Peer pressure have so petrified the thinking of the company’s top brass that they haven’t produced an innovative product in years.
3. SWERVE (verb) झटके से मुड़ना
Meaning: change or cause to change direction abruptly.
Synonyms: veer, go off course, deviate, skew, diverge, sheer, curve, twist, weave, zigzag, turn aside, branch off, sidetrack.
Antonyms: straighten, unbend, uncurl.
Usage: The car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road.
4. RIVETING (adjective) दिलचस्प
Meaning: holding the attention or provoking interest
Synonyms: absorbing, arresting, consuming, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, gripping, immersing, interesting, intriguing, involving.
Antonyms: sterile, unexciting, dreary, humdrum, pedestrian, demoralizing, discouraging, boring, monotonous, tedious, uninteresting.
Usage: Dressed in dark clothes with dark hair and olive skin with a dark stare, he was both riveting and frightening.
5. QUAFF (verb) एक ही साँस में पीना
Meaning: drink (something, especially an alcoholic drink) heartily.
Synonyms: swallow, gulp, guzzle, slurp, imbibe, ingest, consume, sup, sip, lap; take alcohol, indulge, tipple, carouse, overdrink, tope, glug, swig, swill, slug.
Antonyms: spit, eject, throw up,
Usage: The huge athlete was able to quaff down a gallon of water in less than two minutes.
6. OTIOSE (adjective) प्रभावहीन
Meaning: producing no results
Synonyms: abortive, barren, fruitless, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, unavailing, unproductive, unprofitable, useless, vain.
Antonyms: feasible, functional, practicable, realizable, usable, workable, deadly, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, fruitful, potent, productive, virtuous.
Usage: Since you haven’t read the book, I suppose that it would be otiose to inquire what you thought of it.
7. HUBRIS (noun) अभिमान
Meaning: excessive pride or self-confidence.
Synonyms: arrogance, conceit, conceitedness, haughtiness, pride, vanity, self-importance, self-conceit, pomposity, superciliousness, hauteur.
Antonyms: humbleness, modesty, timidity, discreetness, meekness, decency, propriety, virtue, unpretentiousness.
Usage: The leader of the cult had so much hubris he believed the government would never be able to capture him.
8. SLATE (verb) आलोचना करना
Meaning: criticize severely.
Synonyms: attack, pillory, lambaste, condemn, flay, savage, revile, vilify, crucify, hammer, slam, maul, pummel, paddle, thump.
Antonyms: praise, commend, applaud, acclaim, compliment, admiration, extol, glory, kudos, encomium, exaltation, eulogy.
Usage: The new play was slated by the critics.
9. FOIST (verb) थोपना
Meaning: impose an unwelcome or unnecessary person or thing on.
Synonyms: impose, force, thrust, offload, unload, dump, palm off, fob off; shift on to; pass off, impose, inflict, counterfeit, fake, forge, distort, falsify.
Antonyms: aid, help, overlook, prevent.
Usage: Despite public opinion, the president chose to foist his inadequate healthcare plan on the nation.
10. PROCURE (verb) परिश्रम से प्राप्त करना
Meaning: obtain (something), especially with care or effort.
Synonyms: acquire, attain, bag, bring in, capture, carry, come by, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, realize, reap, secure.
Antonyms: accord, give, grant, pay, give up, relinquish, surrender, yield, forfeit, lose.
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