English Vocab

1. Instigated (verb) : (To urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course:) (भड़काना, उत्तेजित करना)

Synonyms: Incite, Encourage, Goad, Provoke, Spur On, Foment, Stimulate

Antonyms: Dissuade, Discourage, Cessation, Restrain

Example: Cigarette smoke can easily instigate an asthma attack in a person who has a weak respiratory system.

Verb forms: Instigate, Instigated, Instigated

Related words: Instigation, Instigator (noun) Instigative (adjective) Instigatingly (adverb)

2. Veracity (noun) : (Conformity to truth or fact;) (सच्चाई, यथार्थता)

Synonyms: Honesty, Integrity, Probity, Truthfulness, Verity, Reliability

Antonyms: Deceitfulness, Dishonesty, Lying, Mendacious, Mendacity, Falsity

Example: Unless you get your information from a credible website, you should doubt the veracity of the facts until you have confirmed them elsewhere.

Related words: Veracious (adjective)

3. Glint (noun) : (A small amount of emotion seen in a person's eyes) (चमक, दमक ,झलकना)

Synonyms: Gleam, Shine, Flicker, Glisten, Scintillation, Squint

Antonyms: Dullness, Gaze, Stare, Glance, Ogle, Gloat

Example: She saw the glint of excitement in his eyes"

Verb forms: Glint, Glinted, Glinted

Related words: glint (verb) (give out or reflect small flashes of light.)

4. Vendetta (noun) : (Any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention) (प्रतिशोध, बदला)

Synonyms: Feud, Quarrel, Revenge, Dispute, Conflict, Rivalry, Strife

Antonyms: Harmony, Forgiveness, Accord, Amity, Affinity, Clemency

Example: The way young people sort out vendettas nowadays is absolutely horrendous.

Related words: Vendettist (noun)

5. Bourgeois (adjective) : (Of or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes..) (संपत्तिजीवी, पूंजीपति)

Synonyms: Materialistic, Conservative, Capitalist

Antonyms: Divine, Sanctified

Example: After surviving the plane crash, Eric gave up his bourgeois life and joined the priesthood.

Related words: Phrase:- Petty bourgeois (the section of the middle class with the lowest social status)

Bourgeoisification, Bourgeois (noun) (the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.)

6. Soil one’s hands (idiom) : (To partake in especially underhanded, illicit, or illegal work or activities.) (कुछ गलत करना, अवैध काम या गतिविधियों में हिस्सा लेना)

Synonyms: Immoral, Libertine, Frail, Inofficious, Lecherous, Depraved, Iniquitous

Antonyms: Virtuous, Chaste, Conscientious, Ethical, Legitimate

Example: He refused to soil his hands for her.

7. Subaltern (adjective) : (Of lower status.) (आधीन, निम्नपदस्थ)

Synonyms: Inferior, Subordinate, Underling, Lowly, Ancillary

Antonyms: Superior, Uppermost, Leading, Paramount, Zenith

Example: The sergeant gave his subaltern a sarcastic look.

Related words: Subalternity (noun)

8. Shroud (verb) : (To cover; hide from view.) (आवरण, छिपाना)

Synonyms: Cover, Veil, Conceal, Hide, Obscure, Camouflage

Antonyms: Expose, Uncover, Bewray, Reveal

Example: I told my family and friends to keep my husband’s surprise party under a shroud of secrecy.

Verb forms: Shroud, Shrouded, Shrouded

Related words: Shroudless, Shroudlike (adjective)

9. Vaunted (verb) : (Boast about or praise (something), especially excessively.) (अपनी बड़ाई करना, डींग मारना, शेख़ी मारना)

Synonyms: Flaunted, Boasted, Bragged, Swaggered, Exulted, Strutted

Antonyms: Modest, Maidenly, Unassuming

Example: China likes to vaunt its military strength, intimidating her neighbors.

Verb forms: Vaunt, Vaunted, Vaunted

Related words: Vaunter (noun) Vauntingly (adverb)

10. Clerisy (noun) : (Learned or literary people regarded as a social group or class.) (शिक्षित तथा साहित्यिक लोगों को एक सामाजिक समूह)

Synonyms: Intelligentsia, Aristocracy, Elite, Beau Monde, Bon Ton, Nobility, Acumen

Antonyms: Ignoramus, Fatuous, Loggerhead, Imbecile, Uncultured, Simpleton

Example: A society lacking a well-established clerisy with a strong commitment to democratic ideals