Daily Vocabulary : 7 अप्रैल, 2020

EXPUNGE (verb) : मिटाना
Meaning: obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant).

अर्थ: पूरी तरह से तिरछे या हटाएं (कुछ अवांछित या अप्रिय)।
Synonyms: eradicate, eliminate, abolish, annihilate.
Antonyms: renovate, repair, restore, revamp.
Example: Time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here.

FRAY (noun) : दंगा
Meaning: a battle or fight.
अर्थ: लड़ाई
Synonyms: skirmish, altercation, tussle, struggle.
Antonyms: agreement, truce, harmony, tranquility.
Usage: Police officers pushed several against cars to separate them from the fray as the fight spilled into a parking garage.

DETERRENCE (Noun) : विघटनकारी
Meaning: the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
अर्थ: संशय उत्पन्न करने या परिणामों के भय से किसी क्रिया या घटना को हतोत्साहित करने की क्रिया।
Synonyms: determent, disincentive, dissuasion
Usage: Deterrence of aggression also demands forward defense.

CONNIVANCE(Noun) : उपेक्षा
Meaning: Secretly involved in immoral or illegal activity.
अर्थ: अनैतिक या अवैध गतिविधि में गुप्त रूप से शामिल।
Synonym: Involvement, assistance, conspiracy, intrigue
Antonym: Disapprobation, rejection, dislike
Usage:  With the connivance of the government, the Indian army planned a surgical strike.

NONPAREIL (adjective) : अतुलनीय
Meaning: having no match or equal; unrivaled.
अर्थ: जिसका कोई मेल या बराबर न हो; बेजोड़।
Synonyms: incomparable, matchless, unrivaled, inimitable.
Antonyms: familiar, frequent, normal, ordinary.
Usage: The champions deserved the title because they were nonpareil all season and won every game.

Plaintive (Adjective) : दुखी
Meaning: expressing suffering or sadness, sounding sad and mournful.
अर्थ: दुख या दुख व्यक्त करना, दु: खी और शोकाकुल लगना।
Synonym: aching, agonized, bitter, mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, lamentable
Antonym: delighted, exulting, glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant, jocus, blithesome, euphoric.
Example:- We could hear the plaintive cry of the wounded animal in the woods.

PANDER (verb) : कृतार्थ
Meaning: gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste)
अर्थ: तृप्ति या भोग (एक अनैतिक या अरुचिकर इच्छा या स्वाद या ऐसी इच्छा या स्वाद वाला व्यक्ति)
Synonyms: indulge, gratify, satisfy, yield.
Antonyms: dissatisfy, deny, refuse, disturb.
Example: She tries to hold on to as much genuine stuff as she can while pandering to fancier tastes.

BLOC (noun) : संघ
Meaning: a group of countries or political parties with common interests who have formed an alliance.
अर्थ: समान हितों वाले देशों या राजनीतिक दलों के एक समूह ने गठबंधन बनाया है।
Synonyms: association, coalition, federation, confederation.
Example: The parliamentary members tended to coalesce in blocs, which were alliances in support of particular philosophies.

STRUT (Verb) : अकड़
Meaning: walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait.
अर्थ: एक कठोर, सीधा, और स्पष्ट रूप से अभिमानी या गर्भित चाल के साथ चलना।
Synonyms: swagger, swank, parade,
Example: The rooster would strut in the yard when trying to impress the hens.