1. NOXIOUS : हानिकारक
Meaning: physically harmful or destructive to living beings
Synonyms: unhealthy, noisome
Antonyms: healthy, healthful
Example: They died from inhaling noxious fumes.
2. WHOLESOME : पौष्टिक
Meaning: promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit
Synonyms: fit, hale
Antonyms: ailing, ill
Example: Wholesome food helps keep you healthy.
3. SALUBRIOUS : स्वास्थ्यप्रद
Meaning: favorable to or promoting health or well-being
Synonyms: medicinal, tonic
Antonyms: unhealthy, insalubrious
Example: Emergent public health and sanitary experts actively sought the most salubrious and efficient means of refuse disposal.
4. INCANDESCENT : उज्ज्वल
Meaning: white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
Synonyms: bright, illuminating
Antonyms: gloomy, murky
Example: The mountain’s snow-white peak was incandescent against the blue sky.
5. ACCRETIVE : संचयी
Meaning: produced by or growing by a series of additions of identical or similar things
Synonyms: cummulative, additive
Antonyms: degressive, decremental
Example: A lower price should also make deal earnings accretive sooner than the current 2013 – 2014 time frame.
6. REBUKE : फटकार
Meaning: an often public or formal expression of disapproval
Synonyms: censure, reproach
Antonyms: citation, commendation
Example: Even one minute’s lateness would earn a stern rebuke.
7. SUPERCILIOUS : घमंडी
Meaning: coolly and patronizingly haughty
Synonyms: arrogant, imperious
Antonyms: lowly, humble
Example: The shop assistant was very supercilious towards me when I asked for some help.
8. HAUGHTY : अकड़बाज़
Meaning: having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude
Synonyms: cavalier, pompous
Antonyms: modest, humble
Example: They were displeased with her haughty airs.
9. DIFFIDENT : संकोची
Meaning: hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
Synonyms: backward, demure
Antonyms: extroverted, immodest
Example: You shouldn’t be so diffident about your achievements – you’ve done really well!
10. RECEDE : दूर जाना, पीछे हटना
Meaning:to move back or away
Synonyms: retreat, retract
Antonyms: approach, distend
Example: The mountain peaks recede into the distance as one leaves the shore.
Vocabulary of The Day- 28 October
