English Vocab

1. Indefatigable (adjective) : Never becoming tired. (न थकनेवाला)

Synonyms: Unflagging, Inexhaustible, Tenacious, Indomitable

Antonyms: Lethargic, Weary, Fatigued, Tired

Example: The director of the homeless shelter is an indefatigable woman who works almost eighteen hours every day.

2. Clobber (noun: Hit (someone) hard/ defeat heavily.) (बुरी तरह से मारना) 

Synonyms: Batter, Pummel, Wallop, Drub, Smite, Strike

Example: The police intended to clobber drunk drivers.

Related: Clobber, clobbered, clobbered

 

3. Efface (verb): To remove something intentionally/ erase. (मिटाना)

Synonyms: Obliterate, Expunge, Exterminate, Delete

Antonyms: Build, Create, Restore, Construct

Example:  If I could efface all of my sad memories, I would be a very happy person

Related: Efface, Effaced, Effaced

 

4. Defile (verb): To spoil the purity of something or someone. (अपवित्र करना, मैला करना)

Synonyms: Contaminate, Taint, Sully, Desecrate, Stain

Antonyms:  Sanctify, Purify, Hallow, Sterilize, Clean

Example: It's a shame that such a beautiful area has been defiled by a rubbish dump.

Related: Defile, Defiled, Defiled

 

5. Pioneer (noun): A person who is one of the first people to do something. (पहला, प्रथम अन्वेषक)

Synonyms: Trailblazer, Initiate, Founder, Innovator, Foremost

Antonyms: Following, Last, Ultimate, Latter, Succeeding

Example: During the quest for Spanish expansion, Columbus was a pioneer in global explorations

 

6. Bludgeon (verb): To hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon: (पीटना, मारना)

Synonyms: Clobber, Smash, Trounce, Beat, Thrash

Example: The witness saw the suspect bludgeon the victim with a baseball bat.

 7. Detractor (noun): Someone who criticizes something or someone, often unfairly. (आलोचक, निन्दा करनेवाला)           

Synonyms: Critic, Disparager, Slanderer, Defamer, Mudslinger

Antonyms: Supporter, Proponent, Optimist, Iconodule

 Example: Once the controversial movie was released into theaters, a detractorverbally disapproved in the local newspaper of its success.

   

8. Plunder (verb): Steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder. (लूटना, चुराना)

Synonyms:  Pillage, Loot, Ransack, Despoil, Booty

Antonyms: Give, Gift, Aid

Example: During the protest riots, angry citizens began to plunder goods from closed stores.

9. Jettison (verb): Throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship to make it light. (बोझ गिराना, सामान को फेंक कर उनसे छुटकारा पाना)

Synonyms: Discard, Dump, Shed, Unload, Riddance, Abdicate

 Antonym:  Load, Keep, Retain, Gather

Example: In order to conserve fuel, the pilot was forced to jettison some of his passengers’ suitcases

Related: Jettison, Jettisoned, Jettisoned

10. Cry in the wilderness (idiom): Someone whose suggestions are ignored. (कोई जिसके सुझावों को नजरअंदाज कर दिया जाता है)

Synonyms:  Nonentity, Light Weight, Minion

Example: He was a lone voice in the wilderness as he tried to expose the vast corruption within the organization.