English Vocab 33 By Anoop Verma Sir

1. Incentivize (Verb): Motivate or encourage (Someone) to do something. (प्रोत्साहन देना)  

• Synonyms: Encourage, Motivate, Boost, Stimulate, Actuate, Energize
• Antonyms: Deter, Dis-Incentivize, Discourage, De-Motivate.

Example: Long fixtures of the private sector, end-of year bonuses have the power to incentivize efficiency or workplace innovation.

Verb forms: Incentivize, Incentivized, Incentivized.

Related words:

• Incentive (noun) - प्रोत्साहन

2. Expedient (adjective): (of an action) Convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral. (फ़ायदेमंद)  

• Synonyms: Convenient, Advantageous, Useful, Beneficial, Profitable, Gainful, Effective, Helpful.
• Antonyms: Disadvantageous, Impossible, Unfeasible, Unreasonable, Improper, Inappropriate.

Example: While the patient has no insurance, it is expedient that the hospital staff take all life-saving methods, regardless of their costs.

Related words:

• Expedience (noun) -  फ़ायदा

3. Prevailing (adjective): Having most appeal or influence/ existing at a particular time. (प्राधान्य/प्रचलित)  

• Synonyms: Current, Predominant, Usual, Established, Predominating, Preponderating.
• Antonyms: Limited, Fixed, Minor, Unimportant.

Example: Let us hope justice will be prevailing so the killer will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Verb forms: Prevail, Prevailed, Prevailed.

Related words:

• Prevail (verb) - प्रबल होना

4. Deplete (verb): Use up the supply or resources of. / diminish in number or quantity .(कम होना /खाली होना)

• Synonyms: Exhaust, Use Up, Consume, Expend, Spend, Drain, Empty.
• Antonyms: Replete, Develop, Enlarge, Expand, Fill, Grow, Increase, Rise.

Example: When we continually cut down forests, we are choosing to deplete one of our greatest resources.

Verb forms: Deplete, Depleted, Depleted.

Related words:

• Depletion (noun) -  क्षीणता

5. Aggravate (verb): Make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious. (बिगाड़ देना/और खराब करना)  

• Synonyms: Exacerbate, Exasperate, Worsen, Ruin.
• Antonyms: Delight, Help, Please, Make Happy, Soothe, Appease

Example: Not wanting to aggravate my father, I decided not to give him my report card.

Verb forms: Aggravate, Aggravated, Aggravated.

Related words:

• Aggravation (noun)-  भड़काव

6. Inevitable (adjective): A situation that is unavoidable. (अपरिहार्य /निश्चित)

• Synonyms: Unavoidable, Inescapable, Inexorable, Unpreventable, Assured, Certain.
• Antonyms: Avoidable, Escapable, Exorable, Preventable, Doubtful.

Example: Because the little boy would not stop playing with matches, it was inevitable he would burn himself.

Related words:

• Inevitably (adverb) - अनिवार्य रूप से

7. Procure (verb): To get possession of something by action or effort. (खरीद/प्राप्त करना)

• Synonyms:  Secure, Obtain, Acquire, Get, Find, Come By, Purchase, Buy. 

• Antonyms: Let Go, Lose, Spend, Reject.

Example: In order to make sandwiches to feed the homeless, we will need to procure donations from local businesses.

Verb forms: Procure, Procured, Procured

Related words:

• Procurement (noun) – खरीद

8. Reckon (verb): Establish by calculation. (संगणित करना /हिसाब लगाना)

• Synonyms: Calculate, Compute, Figure, Number, Quantify.
• Antonyms: Guess, Estimate, Ignore, Neglect.

Example: The government reckons the tax increase will bring in well over five million pounds in revenue within the first year.

Verb forms: Reckon, Reckoned, Reckoned.

9. Rosy (adjective): Presaging good fortune (उज्ज्वल)

• Synonyms: Bright, Radiant, Vivid, Orient, Glowing, Blooming.
• Antonyms: Depressing, Hopeless, Pale, Sad.

Example: He has sound knowledge of music and still working very for his rosy future in music industry.

10. Accord (verb): (of a concept or fact) Be harmonious or consistent with. (सहमति होना/स्वीकारिता होना)

• Synonyms: Agree, Tally, Match Up, Concur, Coincide, Be in agreement, Be consistent, Dovetail, Harmonize.
• Antonyms: Disagree, Differ, Discord, Disunite, Refuse.

Example: The parents were arguing because they were not in accord with how to discipline their teenager.

Verb forms: Accord, Accorded, Accorded.

Related words:

• Accordance (noun) - अनुरूपता
• Accordant (adjective) - अनुकूल
• According (adverb) - के अनुसार