English Vocab

1. Remunerative  (adjective):Paying a lot of money. (लाभदायक, मुनाफ़ेवाला)

Synonyms: Rewarding, Profitable, Lucrative, Bankable, Worthwhile

Antonyms: Unpaid, Unfavourable, Unprofitable, Disadvantageous

Example: Because Ann really loves money, she will not date a man unless he has aremunerative job

2. Fallibility (noun): The tendency to make mistakes or be wrong. ( त्रुटिपूर्ण, अशुद्ध)

Synonyms:  Errancy, Imperfection, Fault , Unreliable

Antonyms: Perfect, Reliable, Unerring, Correct

Example:  The crime-solving techniques of a couple of decades ago were much morefallible than today’s methods.

3. Indebted (adjective): Grateful to someone because of help that person has given you: (ऋणी होना, आभारी होना, कर्जदार)

Synonyms: Obliged, Beholden, Grateful, Gratitude

Antonyms: Critical, Overlook, Disregard

Example: I will be for ever indebted to people in those roles who encouraged me and who have taken an interest in improving my life. 

4. Subvention (noun) : The provision of assistance or financial support( by govt. or company) (आर्थिक सहायता)

Synonyms:  Grant, Annuity, Assistance, , Endowment, Appropriation

Example:  The association is funded by an annual subvention from the government.

subsidy

5. Cumulative (adjective): Increasing by one addition after another: ( संचयी,  इकठ्ठाहोनेवाला)

Synonyms:  Accumulative, Additive, Conglomerative, Incremental

Antonyms: Regressive, Decrement, Retrograding, Receding

Example: Skin cancer can becaused by the cumulative effect of years of exposure to the sun.

6. Waiver (noun) : An agreement that you do not have to pay or obey something: (छूट,त्याग)

Synonyms: Relinquishment, Renunciation, Disclaimer, Forswear, Remission, Abdication

Antonyms: Approval, Agreement, Permission, Allowance

Example: The college got a special waiver from the municipality  to exceed the building height limit.

7. Augmentation (noun): The action or process of making or becoming greater in size or amount. (वृद्धि, बढ़त)

Synonyms: Accretion, Increment, , Addendum, Proliferation

Antonyms: Abatement , Diminution , Decrement, Demotion

Example: For the  augmentation  of attendance at basketball games, the league is giving away free tickets each month.

8. Sluggish (adjective) : Moving, acting, or working with less than usual speed or energy: (सुस्त, मंदगति)

Synonyms: Dallying, Dawdling Creeping, Languid,Tardy.

Antonyms: Expeditious, Active, Vivacious, Kinetic

Example: After staying up all night, the tired teenager was sluggish when morning arrived..

9. Rebate (noun): Money that is returned to you after you pay for goods or services.(बट्टा, घटौती, छूट)

Synonyms: Discount, Deduction, Refund, Abatement , Concession

Antonyms: Surcharge, Escalation, Increase

Example: You will be entitled to a 20 per cent rebate off each standard fare.

10. Harbour (verb): Keep (a thought or feeling, typically a negative one) in one's mind, especially secretly. (मन में रखे रहना)

Synonyms:  Bear, Cherish, Nurse, Hold

Antonyms: Ignore, Neglect, Overlook, Forsake

Example : He still harbours deep feelings of resentment toward his former employer, who high- handedly fired him without cause

Related forms: Harbour, Harboured, Harboured