Post #4026

Vocabulary Entice (verb) Meaning: attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage. (लुभाने) Synonyms: tempt, allure, lure Antonyms: alert, caution, forewarn Sentence: A show that should entice a new audience into the theatre. Bribery (noun) Meaning: the giving or offering of a bribe. (रिश्वत) Synonyms: corruption, subornation, payola Sentence: Ministers have dismissed the rumors of a bribery scandal as nonsense. Protract (verb) Meaning: to make longer (फैलना) Synonyms: prolong, extend, stretch out Antonyms: abridge, reduce, shorten Sentence: Let’s not protract the debate any further. Hegemony (noun) Meaning: leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others. (नायकत्व) Synonyms: leadership, dominance, supremacy Antonyms: impotency, powerlessness Sentence: Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871. Smirch (verb) Meaning: make (something) dirty (मैला करना) Synonyms: contaminate, defile, pollute Antonyms: clean, freshen, renew Sentence: Their clothes were smirched by dust from the trail. Naive (adj.) Meaning: (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment. (अनाड़ी) Synonyms: childish, immature, inexperienced Antonyms: cosmopolitan, experienced, sophisticated Sentence: The rather naive young man had been totally misled. Supple (adj.) Meaning: bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible. (लचीला) Synonyms: lithe, limber, nimble Antonyms: inflexible, rigid, stiff Sentence: The gloves were made of very supple leather. Extricate (verb) Meaning: free (someone or something) from a constraint or difficulty. (समाधान करना) Synonyms: extract, free, release Antonyms: embroil, entangle Sentence: He was trying to extricate himself from official duties. Laggard (noun) Meaning: a person who makes slow progress and falls behind others. (सुस्त) Synonyms: straggler, loiterer, sluggard Antonyms: expeditious, scrambler Sentence: Bhutan has been a laggard in securing alternative energy resources overseas. Hubris (noun) Meaning: excessive pride or self-confidence. (अभिमान) Synonyms: arrogance, conceit, conceitedness Antonyms: humbleness, humility, modesty Sentence: The self-assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s.