Lackadaisical: भावुक
Meaning: lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.
Synonym: lax, unenthusiastic, half-hearted, uninterested, lukewarm, indifferent,
Antonym: enthusiastic, excited
Sentence: The food was nice enough but the service was rather lackadaisical.
Opulent: दौलतमन्द
Meaning: ostentatiously costly and luxurious.
Synonym: luxurious, sumptuous, palatial
Antonym: penniless, poor, impoverished, penurious
Sentence: Most of the cash went on supporting his opulent lifestyle.
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Insouciant: बेपरवाह
Meaning: showing a casual lack of concern
Synonym: nonchalant, untroubled, unworried,
Antonym: anxious, concerned
Sentence: His insouciant handling of the oil spill in the Gulf is under fire from all sides.
Pejorative: उत्कंठित
Meaning: expressing contempt or disapproval.
Synonym: disparaging, derogatory, deprecatory,
Antonym: complimentary,
Sentence: Make sure students realize that ‘fat’ is an unflattering or pejorative word.
Repertoire: प्रदर्शनों की सूची
Meaning: a stock of plays, dances, or items that a company or a performer knows or is prepared to perform.
Synonym: collection, stock, range, repertory
Sentence: His repertoire includes a large number of Scottish folk songs.
Sojourn: डेरा डालना
Meaning: a temporary stay., stay somewhere temporarily.
Synonym: stay, visit, stop, stopover, residence;
Sentence: The film is about only a very brief sojourn in Gauguin’s otherwise racy biography.
Vanquish : विजय प्राप्त करना
Meaning: defeat thoroughly.
Synonym: conquer, defeat
Antonym: surrender
Sentence: She wouldn’t be as easy to vanquish as she had been outside the Feelgood Saloo
Imbibe सोखना
Meaning: absorb or assimilate (ideas or knowledge).
Synonym: assimilate, absorb, soak up, take in, digest
Antonym: abstain, fast
Sentence: It was advantageous to animals digest and imbibe soybean’s nutrition composition.
Amicable: मैत्रीपूर्ण
Meaning: Friendly
Synonym: Cordial, Harmonious
Antonym: impolite, uncivil
Sentence: The two parties have reached an amicable settlement.
Superannuated (adjective): वयोवृद्ध
Meaning: outdated or obsolete through age or new developments;
Synonyms: anachronistic, antiquated, defunct, obsolete.
Antonyms: modern, modish, newfangled, modernized.
Usage: The information on my website was superannuated and needed updating.
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Vocabulary of The Day- 28 October
