English Vocabulary Words – 62

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English Vocabulary Words – 62

English vocabulary is a very important part of English section. Many questions in the competitive exams are directly related to your vocabulary skills.
Here is today’s 10 English words with their meaning (English/Hindi), a sentence, antonyms and synonyms. Keep following us for more updates
1.Discrete(Adj):- Separate
synonyms-unconnected, detached, different, distinct, disconnected
use-A store room is a discrete place within a house.
2.Abjure(V):- Give up
synonyms-Renounce, take back, renege, repudiate
use- I request you to abjure smoking.
3.obdurate(Adj):- stubborn
synonyms-shameless, inflexible, callous, stuborn
use- The shopkeeper is very obdurate to collect the due amount.
4.Peril(N):-Destruction
synonyms- Dandger, grave risk, loss
use- Spending night in jungle will leave us in peril.
5.Mutate(V):- To change
synonyms- alter, modify, vary
use- Vaccines are available and, as long as the flu does not mutate too far from the known strains.
6. Enervate (V) :- To enervate is to weaken, wear down, or even bum out.
Synonyms: castrate, desiccate, devitalize.
Uses: she was slow to recover from her illness; even a short walk to the window enervated her.

7. Garrulous (Adj) :- A garrulous person just won’t stop talking (and talking, and talking, and talking…).
Synonyms: chatty, gabby, loquacious, talkative, talky.
Uses: If you discover that you have a garrulous neighbor sitting next to you on the plane, you might just want to feign sleep, unless you really want to hear everything going through his mind for the entire trip.

8. Grandiloquent (Adj) :- The word grandiloquent generally refers to the way a person behaves or speaks.
Synonyms: pompous; bombastic;magniloquent, tall.
Uses: They are grandiloquent, magnificent, magical, stupendous, fabulous, unbelievable, and extraordinary.

9. Dilapidated (Adj) :- bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse.
Synonyms: crumble, decay.
Uses: The buildings were dilapidated and covered with graffiti.

10. Crescendo (N) :- i) Increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage, climax; (music) a gradual increase in loudness.
ii) the peak of gradual increase.
Synonyms: culmination, meridian, pinnacle, apex.
Uses: The “Avengers: Age of Ultron” promotional push is reaching its crescendo, with the movie opening Friday.