1. ENSCONCE (verb) छिपना
Meaning: to put into a hiding place
Synonyms: bury, cache, conceal, hide, install, establish, park, shut, plant, lodge, position, seat, entrench, shelter.
Antonyms: divulge, unveil, uncover, disclose, confuse.
Usage: Ensconced in the closet, the woman hoped the home invader would not find her.
2. MOTE (noun) कण
Meaning: a tiny piece of a substance; a speck.
Synonyms: bit, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, nugget, particle, patch, scrap, scruple, snip, snippet.
Antonyms: hunk, lump, slab, abundance, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion.
Usage: A mote of sand in the girl’s shoe irritated her until she stopped to wipe it away.
3. APROPOS (adjective) अनुरूप
Meaning: very appropriate to a particular situation.
Synonyms: pertinent, relevant, apposite, apt, applicable, suitable, germane, befitting, significant, opportune, felicitous, timely.
Antonyms: inappropriate, inapt, inadmissible, extraneous, immaterial, inapplicable, irrelative, irrelevant, pointless.
Usage: Since Sameer just left the room, this is the apropos moment for us to discuss his surprise party.
4. CONCOMITANT (adjective) सहगामी
Meaning: naturally accompanying or associated.
Synonyms:attendant, collateral, related, connected, linked, accessory, auxiliary, resultant, consequent.
Antonyms: unassociated, unconnected, unrelated, indifferent, unbound.
Usage: That it is apparently devoid of psychical concomitant need not imply that the impressions concerned in it are crude and inelaborate.
5. ELYSIAN (adjective) स्वर्गिक
Meaning: relating to or characteristic of heaven or paradise.
Synonyms: heavenly, paradisal, paradisiacal, celestial, empyrean, superlunary, divine.
Antonyms: earthly, terrestrial, worldly, anti-utopian, dystopian, hellish, infernal
Usage: Falling down from the heavens, the elysian rays made the water sparkle and twinkle.
6. STULTIFY (verb) वृथा करना
Meaning: cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative, especially as a result of a tedious or restrictive routine.
Synonyms: hamper, impede, obstruct, thwart, suppress, smother, repress, counteract, trammel, restrain.
Antonyms: consolidate, augment, glorify, exacerbate, exalt, stir, elevate, accentuate, strengthen.
Usage: By referencing actual statistics, he was able to stultify his opponent’s argument.
7. NIHILISM (noun) शून्यवाद
Meaning: the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless.
Synonyms: cynicism, rejection, repudiation, renunciation, denial, abnegation; disbelief, non-belief, unbelief, skepticism.
Antonyms: belief, faith, optimism, approval, discipline, ratification.
Usage: The rebels urged the people to grab hold of nihilism and remove all government officials from office.
8. BADINAGE (noun) परिहास
Meaning: humorous or witty conversation.
Synonyms: banter, chaff, jesting, joshing, raillery, repartee, barb, gag, gambit, jest, joke, quip.
Antonyms: bullying, criticism, argument, fight.
Usage: The president was in a good mood as he walked through the crowd and made several voters laugh with his witty badinage.
9. MELLOW (adjective) मधुर
Meaning: (especially of a sound, flavour, or color) pleasantly smooth or soft; free from harshness.
Synonyms: dulcet, sweet-sounding, tuneful, euphonious, melodious, mellifluous; fruity, smooth, warm, rich, mellifluent.
Antonyms: rugged, abrading, irritating, roughening, grim, gruff, abrasive, caustic, coarse, hard, harsh, rough, scathing, stern.
Usage: His mellow voice and his qualitative speech made everyone applaud him.
10. EXCORIATE (verb) आलोचना करना
Meaning: to criticize harshly and usually publicly.
Synonyms: abuse, assail, attack, bash, castigate, lambaste, savage, scathe, slam, vituperate, decry, imprecate.
Antonyms: acclaim, commend, compliment, hail, laud, praise, glorify, admire, exalt.
Usage: The stern judge will excoriate the behavior of the repeat offender by sentencing him to thirty years in prison.
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