English Vocab

1. Errands (noun): A short trip that you make in order to do a job for someone. (दिया गया काम, रोज का काम)

Synonyms: Task, Job, Chore, Assignment, Duties

Example: I'll meet you at six, I've got some errands to do/run first.

 

2. Genteel (adjective): Characterized by exaggerated or affected politeness, refinement, or respectability. (सुशील, सभ्य)

Synonyms: Elegant, Proper, Well Mannered, Sophisticated, Courteous,

Antonyms: Rude, Impolite, Barbaric, Ill-Bred

Example: At the formal dinner, you are expected to behave in a genteel manner.

 

3. Daresay (phrasal verb): Used to indicate that one believes something is probable. (साहास कर पाना)

Synonyms: Suppose, Presume, Suspect, Guess

Antonyms: Disbelieve, Prove, Know

Example: She's got a lot of admirers. “I daresay - she's very beautiful.”

 

4. Flummox (verb): Perplex (someone) greatly. (उलझाना, चक्कर में डालना)

Synonyms: Baffle, Bewilder, Mystify, Bemuse, Puzzle

Antonyms: Clarify, Explain, Illuminate, Enlighten

Example: I have to say that last question flummoxed me.

 

5. Regressive (adjective): Returning to an earlier and less advanced stage of development. (पीछे की ओर हटानेवाला, लौटनेवाला)

Synonyms: Retrograde, Reverting, Deteriorating, Receding

Antonyms: Progressive, Forward, Advance 

Example: The policy has been condemned as a regressive step.

 

6. Unscrupulous (adjective): Having or showing no moral principles. (अनैतिक, बेशरम)

Synonyms: Unprincipled, Unethical, Immoral, Reprobate,

Antonyms: Honest, Moral, Righteous, Principled    

Example: The unscrupulous teacher offered to raise her student’s grade if he gave her one hundred dollars.

 

7. Extrapolation (noun): To predict by projecting past experience or known data. (बाह्य गणन)

Synonyms: Estimate, Forecast, Prognosticate, Projection, Computation

Example We can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one.

 

8. Cremation (noun): The act of burning a dead body, or a part of a funeral ceremony in which this is done: (दाह-संस्कार, दहन)

Synonyms: Incineration, Interment, Inhumation, Obsequies, Burial

Example: We chose cremation over burial

 

9. Resurrect (verb): Revive or revitalize (something that is inactive, disused, or forgotten). (पुनर्जीवित करना)

Synonyms: Resuscitate, Renew, Rekindle, Rejuvenate 

Antonyms: Kill, Destroy, Ruin,

Example: She has been busily trying to resurrect her Hollywood career.

Related: Resurrected, Resurrected

 10. Faux (adjective): Not real, but made to look or seem real. (नकली, जाली)

Synonyms: False, Fake, Ersatz, Unreal

Antonyms: Genuine, Authentic, Sincere, Real

Example: The kitchen counters were made of faux marble.