Word | Part of Speech | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms | Example |
Harbinger | Noun | (अग्र-दूत) A person or something who initiates a major change. | Angel, Foregoer, Forerunner, Precursor | – | The development of the vaccine was seen as a harbinger to end the pandemic. |
Anomaly | Noun | (नियमहीनता) A deviation from the common rules. | Aberration, Exception, Oddity, Oddment, Rarity, Inconsistency | Conformity, Normality, Regularity, Sameness | Growing saffron in this part of the country is an anomaly. |
Ostensibly | Adverb | (प्रकट रूप से) Apparently and Seemingly | Evidently, Presumably, Putatively, Supposedly | Improbably, Obscurely, Unlikely | Rajesh was supposed to come at 5 PM, ostensibly he is not coming at all. |
Alleviate | Verb | (शान्त करना) To reduce the pain of something. | Relieve, Allay. Ease, Mitigate, Pacify | Increase, Intensify, Irritate, Agitate, Incite, Upset | It is the role of UNO to alleviate any warlike development across the globe. |
Parley | Verb | (बातचीत) To hold an informal conference. | Advice, Confab, Confabulate, Confer, Consult | Quiet, Silence | The industrialist parleyed with the villagers to tell about the benefits of the industry to be set up in their village. |
Debilitating | Adjective | (दुर्बल) Causing or tending to cause impairment of strength. | Exhausting, Taxing, Draining, Sapping | Strengthening, Bolster | He always had a debilitating fear of public speaking. |
Missive | Noun | (राजनीतिक संदेश) A written communication. | Dispatch, Epistle, Memo, Letter | Silence, Speech | He received a missive from the authority regarding his tax return. |
Rationalising | Verb | (तर्कसंगत) To think with reason. | Horizon, Reason, Acumen, Analysis | Reality, Truth, Irrationality, Nonsense | He was trying to prove his point by providing facts, I think he was rationalizing. |
Pencilling | Verb | (लिखना या बनाना) To write or draw. | Address, Compose, Create, Draft | Destroy, Ignore, Ruin, Keep | The parley organized by the CEO before pencilling any final decision is appreciated by all. |
Patchwork | Noun | (सिले हुए टुकड़ों का काम) Something made up of a variety of pieces. | Jumble, Plaid, Miscellany, Tartan | Calm, Method, Order, System | The Amber Fort is a patchwork of three different generations. |
Rollback | Noun | (वापस लेना) A return or withdrawal to an earlier level or stage. | Abate, Abolish, Abrogate, Compromise | Disagreement, Denial, Difference, Fighting | The government ordered a rollback of three farm laws. |
Revive | Verb | (पुनर्जीवित) To return to life or to restore consciousness. | Reanimate, Recharge, Arouse, Encourage | Bore, Break, Damage, Depress, Agitate, Weaken | The NGO was trying to revive the greenery in the neighborhood. |