English Vocab

1. Spoof (noun): A funny and silly piece of writing, music, theatre, etc. that copies the style of an original work: (किसी के काम की हास्यजनक नक़ल)

Synonyms: Parody, Travesty, Lampoon, Imitation, Pastiche, Deride

Example: When I heard the spoof of the love song, I could not stop laughing.

 

2. Doing the rounds (idiom): To be passed from one person to another person and become widely known. (किसी खबर का फैलना)

Synonyms: Disseminated, Distributed, Passed, Circulated, Promulgate

Antonyms: Restrict, Confine, Bound, Circumscribe

Example: Rumours about his resigning as CEO were doing the rounds.

 

3. Sacrosanct (adjective): Not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with. (अनुल्लंघनीय, पवित्र, जिसकी आलोचना ना हो सके)

Synonyms: Inviolable, Sacred, Consecrated, Venerated,

Antonyms: Sacrilege, Profane, Blasphemy, Impiety

Example: The teacher's book of grades is sacrosanct, and someone could be expelled for changing anything in it.

 

4. Wring (verb) : To squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid. (निचोडना, मरोड़ना)

Synonyms: Wrench, Extract, Extort, Wrest

Antonyms: Wedge, Cram, Implant, Insert

Example:  After years of trying to wring a decent profit out of the business, he is finally giving up.

Related: Wring, Wrung

      

5.Subvert (verb): To try to destroy or damage something, especially an established political system: (पलट देना, ध्वंस करना, व्‍यवस्‍था भंग करना)

Synonyms: Sabotage, Debase, Vitiate, Overthrow, Destroy

Antonym: Enhance, Improve, Mend, Meliorate

Example: My stepmother is slowly changing things in our house in an attempt tosubvert my mother’s traditions

 

6. Propriety (adjective): The state or quality of being correct and proper. (सुचरित्र व्यवहार)

Synonyms: Rectitude, Civility, Prudence, Probity, Morality

Antonyms: Vulgarity, Indiscreetness, Depravity, Coarseness

Example: After Harold wore a clown suit to his cousin’s funeral, we had to question his sense of propriety

7. Esoteric (adjective): Intended for or understood by only a few people who have special knowledge: (गुप्त, जो सिर्फ कुछ ही लोगों को समझ आये)

Synonyms: Secret, Occult, Arcane, Mysterious, Abstruse, Perplexing

Antonyms: Exoteric, Common, Obvious, Familiar

Example: The medical research was so esoteric that only a few physicians could actually understand the results.

 

8. Hapless (adjective): Unlucky and unfortunate: (बदकिस्मत, दुखिया)

Synonyms: Miserable, Luckless, Wretched, Jinxed

Antonyms: Happy, Propitious, Auspicious, Favourable

Example: When Jason lost his wife and job on the same day, he knew he was a haplesssoul.

 

9. Vicious (adjective): Deliberately cruel or violent. (निर्दयी और हिंसात्मक)

Synonyms: Malevolent, Spiteful, Wicked, Barbarous, Bestial

Antonyms: Benevolent, Clement, Tender, Merciful

Example: Mark is a vicious person who will spends years plotting how to take revenge on people that hurt him in any way.

10. Lament (verb): To express sadness and feeling sorry about something: (शोक प्रकट करना, दुख मनाना)

Synonyms: Bemoan, Deplore, Grieve, Mourn

Antonyms: Exult, Laud, Jubilate, Revel

Example: My grandmother, as usual, lamented the decline in moral standards in today's society.

 Related forms: Lament, Lamented