Quagmire: नाज़ुक हालत
Meaning: a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
Synonyms: bind, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jam, mire, pickle, predicament, spot
Antonyms: advantage, solution, agreement, contentment
Usage: He’s caught in a quagmire of debt.
Proffer: निवेदन करना
Meaning: to put before another for acceptance or consideration
Synonyms: extend, offer, tender, propose, give in, submit.
Antonyms: decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, reject.
Usage: It is the ultimate manifestation of the marketplace of ideas; the more people who proffer their ideas to the world, the better the outcome will be for us all.
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Insouciant: बेपरवाह
Meaning: showing a casual lack of concern
Synonym: nonchalant, untroubled, unworried,
Antonym: anxious, concerned
Usage: His insouciant handling of the oil spill in the Gulf is under fire from all sides.
Vanquish : विजय प्राप्त करना
Meaning: defeat thoroughly.
Synonym: conquer, defeat
Antonym: surrender
Usage: She wouldn’t be as easy to vanquish as she had been outside the Feelgood Saloon.
Agile: चुस्त
Meaning: able to move quickly and easily.
Synonym: acrobatic, dexterous, deft,
Antonym: clumsy, stiff, slow, dull
Usage: At 20 years old he was not as agile as he is now.
Lackadaisical: भावुक
Meaning: lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.
Synonym: lax, unenthusiastic, half-hearted, uninterested, lukewarm, indifferent,
Antonym: enthusiastic, excited
Usage: The food was nice enough but the service was rather lackadaisical.
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
Usage: His repertoire includes a large number of Scottish folk songs.
Amicable: मैत्रीपूर्ण
Meaning: Friendly
Synonym: Cordial, Harmonious
Antonym: impolite, uncivil
Usage: The two parties have reached an amicable settlement.
Imbibe सोखना
Meaning: absorb or assimilate (ideas or knowledge).
Synonym: assimilate, absorb, soak up, take in, digest
Antonym: abstain, fast
Usage: It was advantageous to animals digest and imbibe soybean’s nutrition composition.
Opulent: दौलतमन्द
Meaning: ostentatiously costly and luxurious.
Synonym: luxurious, sumptuous, palatial
Antonym: penniless, poor, impoverished, penurious
Usage: Most of the cash went on supporting his opulent lifestyle.
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Vocabulary of The Day- 28 October
