Daily Vocabulary: 10th December 2019

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DIVEST (verb) विनिहित करना
Meaning: to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.
Synonyms: disencumber, rid, emancipate, release.
Antonyms: hamper, restrain, shackle, encumber.
Example: Under the new deal, the company agreed to divest itself of half its revenues, so they could distribute it among their creditors.

BERATE (verb) जोर से डाँटना
Meaning: cold or criticize (someone) angrily.
Synonyms: castigate, chastise, lambaste, reprimand.
Antonyms: approve, extol, laud, praise.
Example: Every time the referee made a questionable call, the fans would berate him and throw beans on the field.

FABLED (adjective) कथा में बर्णन किया हुआ
Meaning: mythical; imaginary.
Synonyms: fictitious, hypothetical, apocryphal, allegorical.
Antonyms: authentic, existent, factual, confirmed.
Example: Long after the kingdoms of southern Arabia disappeared, the fabled riches of the region live on in the popular imagination.

Chronic (Adjective) – स्थायी
Meaning: continuing or occurring again and again for a long time, happening or existing frequently or most of the time, always or often doing something specified
Synonym: natural; persistent, regular,
Antonym: unaccustomed, unused; intermittent, occasional
Example: He suffers from chronic arthritis.

Punctilious (Adjective) – समयनिष्ठ (पाबंद)
Meaning: showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.
Synonym: meticulous, conscientious, careful, diligent, attentive,
Antonym: careless, easy-going, slapdash

Example: While I enjoy cleanliness, I am not so punctilious that I get upset about a little dust on my furniture.

Adjudicate (Verb) – निर्णय करना
Meaning: to make an official decision about who is right in a dispute
Synonym: adjudge, judge, arbitrate, decide, determine
Example: You should never adjudicate a major decision when you are under the influence of alcohol.

SCRUNCH(Verb):कुचलना
Meaning:to make something or yourself smaller to fit into a small space
Synonyms: compress, crunch
Antonyms: expand, uncompressed
Example:The cat was hiding, scrunched up under the sofa.

EVANGELICAL (Adjective) : ईसाई धर्म प्रचारक
Meaning: of or according to the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion.
Synonyms: scriptural, biblical, Bible-believing, fundamentalist, orthodox
Example: He delivered his speech with evangelical fervor.

MIRACULOUS (Adjective) : चमत्कारपूर्ण
Meaning: of the nature of a miracle or having the power to work miracles.
Synonyms: supernatural, preternatural, superhuman, inexplicable, unaccountable
Antonyms: average, believable, credible, common
Example: It was a miraculous talk with a stranger that stopped Jim from ending his life.