Important Vocabulary For Government Exams

Dear Students,

In this modern era, everything seems incomplete without the involvement of English in our daily life. And no one can deny the importance of Vocabulary that is a momentous section to score up to the mark. SSC CHSL Exam is a nearby opportunity and then other exams conducted by SSC are in a loop this year where dealing with English Section may demand a grip over enticingly illustrious words. Envisaging the anxiety and perplexity of the aspirants who find it an uphill task to learn new words, we are providing important vocab facilitated with synonyms, antonyms, their proper usage through examples which will surely ease your grapple of storing apt number of  words in your memory for longer time and in an effective way. It will be our pleasure to add up in your efficiency with each passing day leaving you well prepared for vying part of life.

1. IRIDESCENT (adjective): इंद्रधनुषी

Meaning: Showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles.

Synonyms: shining, glittering, sparkling, shimmering, polychromatic, opalescent 

Antonyms: colorless, dull, plain, fixed, monochrome 

Usage: When the jeweler looked at the iridescent gems, he was made speechless by their brilliant colors.

2. THROWAWAY (adjective) : अस्थायी

Meaning: Denoting or relating to products that are intended to be discarded after being used once or a few times.

Synonyms: casual, passing, careless, offhand, ill-considered 

Antonyms: adopt, embrace, take on, keep, retain, conserve

Usage: She was very upset at what to him was just a throwaway remark.

3. PRUNE (verb) : छटना, छँटाई करना

Meaning: Trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth.

Synonyms: reduce, cut/trim, decrease.

Antonyms: elongate, extend, lengthen

Usage: Ideally, you should start pruning your tree to limit its size before it reaches full size.

4. STRIDE (noun) : प्रगति, छलांग

Meaning: A long step or stage in making progress.

Synonyms: clump, tramp, stomp, stalk

Antonyms: amble, meander, ramble, stroll, wander

Usage: In two bounding strides the woman was in the street, kneeling over her friend.

5. VEXATIOUS (adjective) : अफ़सोसनाक

Meaning: Causing or tending to cause annoyance, frustration, or worry.

Synonyms: annoying, vexing, irritating, irksome, displeasing, infuriating, maddening, exasperating

Antonyms: helpful, pleasing, soothing, aiding, assisting

Usage: This vexatious problem was resolved, incompletely, by civil war and secession.

6. STODGY (adjective) : सुस्त और उदासीन; मौलिकता या उत्तेजना की कमी

Meaning: Dull and uninspired; lacking originality or excitement

Synonyms: uninteresting, dreary, deadly, unimaginative, uninspired, unexciting, monotonous, humdrum

Antonyms: exciting, entertaining, digestible, creative, breathtaking, enthralling

Usage: Most of my students used informal, asymmetrical balance, as formal balance can seem stodgy and dull.

7. PURPORTEDLY (adverb) : कथित रूप से

Meaning: As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; allegedly.

Synonyms: allegedly, professedly, supposedly, seemingly, superficially

Antonyms: absolutely, authentically, certainly, earnestly, exactly

Usage: The woman found a letter purportedly signed by the Prime Minister.

8. AMELIORATE (verb) : सुधारना

Meaning: make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better

Synonyms: better, reformed, revamped/improved, amend, elevate

Antonyms: worsen, aggravate, decline, blemish, debase, deprave

Usage: Ameliorate the relationship with your distant mother by sending a letter.

9. STARK (adjective) : निरा

Meaning: Unpleasantly or sharply clear.

Synonyms: blunt, bare, straightforward, plain, unadorned, unembellished, harsh, grim

Antonyms: adorned, bright, lush, bleak, cheerful, opulent

Usage: His evidence in chief stood in stark contrast to his evidence on cross-examination.

10. TOUCHSTONE (noun) : मापदंड

Meaning: a criterion by which something is judged

Synonyms: benchmark, criterion, grade, mark, measure, metric, standard, yardstick

Antonyms: aberration, deviation, abnormality

Usage: An understanding of grammar is often considered a touchstone by which all language skills are compared to.

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