English Vocab

1. Bemoan (verb): To complain or express sadness about something: (शोक करना, दुखप्रकट करना)

Synonyms: Lament, Bewail, Deplore, Grieve

Antonyms: Rejoice, Exult, Gloat, Cheer

Example: Because Helen’s injury did not seem to be healing, she began to bemoan her treatment.

Related: Bemoaned, Bemoaned

2. Culminate (verb): Each a climax or point of highest development. (समापन होना,पराकाष्ठा पर पहुँचना)

Synonyms: Conclude, Terminate, Finish, Wind Up

Antonyms: Commence, Begin, Start, Inaugurate

Example: My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and finally culminated in my resignation.

3. Impoverished (adjective): Lacking money or material possessions. (गरीब, कंगाल)

Synonyms: Destitute, Impecunious, Penurious, Broke, Poor

Antonyms: Affluent, Luxuriant, Opulent, Copious

Example: The impoverished man could not afford to send his daughter to summer camp.

4. Suburb (noun): An outlying district of a city, especially a residential one. (उपनगर,शहर का बाहरी भाग)

Synonyms: Outskirts, Hamlet, Fringe, Periphery

Antonyms: Centre, Metropolis, Downtown

Example: Realtors usually steer families to the suburb of a city so that they can buy a bigger house with yard space.

5. Proliferation (noun): Rapid increase in the number or amount of something. (प्रसार,तीव्र वृद्धि)

Synonyms: Reproduction, Augmentation, Propagation, Escalation

Antonyms: Abatement, Decrement, Decline, Diminution

Example: Small businesses have proliferated in the last ten years.

6. Redemption (noun): The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil. (मोचन, पाप मुक्ति)

Synonyms: Salvation, Rescue, Atonement, Emancipation

Antonyms: Endanger, Jeopardize, Abandon, Imperil

Example: God's plans for the redemption of his world.

7. Peculiarity (noun): A strange or unusual feature or habit. (अनोखापन, विशेषता,ख़ासियत)

Synonyms: Feature, Trait, Idiosyncracy, Attribute,

Antonyms: Normality, Usualness, Simplicity, Sameness

Example: Wearing a wide-brimmed red hat and a bright flowery outfit, the peculiarityof the woman caught everyone’s attention

8. Umpteen (adjective): Indefinitely many; a lot of. (अनेक, बहुत)

Synonyms: Numerous, Innumerable, Multitudinous, Myriad,

Antonyms: Fewer, Little, Some, Limited

Example: We've been there umpteen times and she still can't remember the way.

9. Contemporary (adjective): Belonging to or occurring in the present. (आधुनिक,समकालीन)

Synonyms: Modern, Present-Day, Coeval, Concurrent

Antonyms: Old-Fashioned, Archaic, Obsolete

Example: Contemporary medicine is much more effective than the medicines produced twenty years ago.

10. Emulate (adjective): Match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation. (बराबरी करना, अनुकरण करना, की तरह काम करना)

Synonyms: Imitate, Mimic, Copy, Follow

Antonyms: Reverse, Oppose, Be Original

Example: Most rulers wished to emulate Alexander the Great