English Vocab

1. Obfuscation (noun): To deliberately make something less clear and harder to understand. (असंबद्ध सूचना डालकर बात को अस्पष्ट करना, उलझाना)

Synonyms: Mystification, Bewilderment, Bemusement, Befuddlement

Antonyms: Clarification, Elucidation, Illumination

Example: When confronted with sharp questions they resort to obfuscation.    

2. Candour (noun): The quality of being open and honest. (सच्चापन, निष्कपटता)

Synonyms: Frankness, Candidness, Outspokenness, Unreserved

 Antonyms: Deceit, Dishonesty, Chicanery, Fraud

 Example: The politician’s candour and honesty made him the favourite candidate in the election.

3. Fortuitous (adj): Happening by a lucky chance. (संयोगी, भाग्यशाली)

Synonyms: Accidental, Fluky, Inadvertent, Unintentional, Unpremeditated 

Antonyms: Premeditated, Intentional, Deliberate

Example: Your arrival just before the thunderstorm was fortuitous

4. Feign (noun): To present a false appearance of. (बहाना करना, ढोंग करना)

Synonyms: Pretend, Sham, Fake, Bluff

Antonyms: True, Honest

Example: I would never feign illness just to get out of a test.

5. Smoking gun (idiom): Something that serves as conclusive evidence or proof. (सबूत)

Synonyms: Clue, Evidence, Proof

Example: This document is the smoking gun that proves that he was lying.

  

6. Inextricable (adj): Impossible to disentangle or separate. (उलझा हुआ, जटिल)

Synonyms: Knotty, Complicated, Inseparable, Intricate, Tangled

Antonyms: Simple, Separable, Extricable

Example: An inextricable knot.

7. Jettison (verb): To get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed. (गैर ज़रूरी सामानों को फेंक कर उनसे छुटकारा पाना)

Synonyms: Discard, Dispose, Dump, Riddance, Scrap

Antonyms: Keep, Retain, Accumulation, Acquisition

Example: With his ship rapidly sinking, the captain ordered a last-ditch jettison of much of its cargo.

Related: Jettisoned, Jettisoned

8. Indigenous (adj): Belonging to a particular place by birth or origin. (स्वदेशी)

Synonyms: Aboriginal, Domestic, National, Native

Antonyms: Imported, Alien, Exotic, Foreign 

Example: India has achieved another milestone after the first indigenous-built floating dock for the Indian Navy.

9. Outlay (noun): An amount of money spent on something. (खर्च, लागत)

Synonyms: Expenditure, Spending, Disbursement, Payment

Antonyms: Income, Savings

 Example: For a relatively small outlay, you can start a home hairdressing business.    

10. Sketchy (adj): Not thorough or detailed. (अधूरा)

Synonyms: Incomplete, Inadequate, Fragmentary, Vague

Antonyms: Detailed, Exhaustive, Full

Example:  Details of what actually happened are still sketchy.