1. ENSCONCE (Verb) : स्थापित करना
Meaning: establish or settle (someone) in a comfortable, safe place.
Synonyms: settle, install, establish, entrench
Antonyms: depart, displace
Example: Clara is comfortably ensconced in a beach chair and has no immediate plans to return to work.
2. SMITHEREENS (Noun) : टुकड़े
Meaning: small pieces.
Synonyms: bit, chunk, fragment
Antonyms: entirely, whole
Example: Using dynamite, railroad workers were able to blast the once solid mountain to smithereens.
3. SURMISE (Verb) : शंका
Meaning: suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it.
Synonyms: guess, conjecture, deduce, infer
Antonyms: know
Example: Jason knew it was wrong of him to surmise his brother had stolen his money without actual proof.
4. SEMINAL (Adjective) : लाभदायक
Meaning: strongly influencing later developments.
Synonyms: influential, formative, innovative
Antonyms: irrelevant, unimportant
Example: Steve Jobs’ inventions were seminal in the world of technology.
5. GOAD (Verb) : उसकाव
Meaning: provoke or annoy (someone) so as to stimulate an action or reaction.
Synonyms: provoke, spur, prick, sting
Antonyms: aid, dissuade
Example: My mother is going to try and goad her dog into getting off the bed by offering him a treat.
6. UNSAVOURY (Adjective) : लज्जाजनक
Meaning: disagreeable and unpleasant because morally disreputable.
Synonyms: disreputable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty
Antonyms: reputable
Example: The club has an unsavoury reputation.
7. PROWESS (Noun) : कौशल
Meaning: skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.
Synonyms: skill, expertise, ability, adroitness
Antonyms: inability, ineptitude
Example: He was complimented on his prowess as an oarsman.
8. GUZZLE (Verb) : लालची की तह भोजन करनेवाला
Meaning: eat or drink (something) greedily.
Synonyms: gulp, devour
Example: People tend to guzzle their calories and it really adds up, often more than they realize.
9. PUNITIVE (Adjective) : दंडात्मक
Meaning: inflicting or intended as punishment.
Synonyms: penal, disciplinary, corrective, correctional
Antonyms: beneficial, rewarding
Example: The US could impose punitive tariffs on exports.
10. JIBE (Noun) : हंसी
Meaning: an insulting or mocking remark; a taunt.
Synonyms: taunt, sneer, jeer, insult
Example: The bank is clearly fed up with the constant jibe that it has no clear management strategy.
Vocabulary of The Day- 28 October
