English Vocab 57 By Anoop Verma Sir

1. Escape (noun): An act of breaking free from confinement or control. (बच कर भाग जाना)
  • Synonyms: Breakout, Running Away, Absconding, Fleeing, Flit.
  • Antonyms: Capture, Stay, Remaining.
Example: The Escaped prisoners were shot dead in the jungles by encounter specialists.
Verb forms: Escape, Escaped, Escaped.
Related words:
  • Escape (verb) - भाग जाना
  • Escapee (noun)- फरार

2. Nab (verb): To catch or seize in arrest.  (पकड़ा गया /दबोचना) 
  • Synonyms:  Catch, Detain, Capture, Apprehend
  • Antonyms:  Liberate, Release, Let Go, Free
Example: The suspected thief was nabbed by police officials outside the bank.
Verb forms: Nab, Nabbed, Nabbed

3. Dreaded (Adjective): Regarded With Great Fear Or Apprehension. (खतरनाक)  
  • Synonyms: Awful, Dire, Direful, Fearful, Frightening, Horrendous, Horrific, Terrible.
  • Antonyms: Calm, Pleasing, Benevolent.
Example: The police has imposed a curfew in the city after the news of escape of two dreaded terrorist.
Related words:
  • Dreadful (adjective) - भयानक

4. Incarcerate (verb): Imprison or confine./ to lock a person up as a consequence for his or her actions. (कैदी बनाना/ बंदी बनाना)  
  • Synonyms: Gaol, Immure, Imprison, Put Away, Jail, Detain.
  • Antonyms: Free, Let Go, Liberate, Release.
Example: The police are going to incarcerate the teen who keeps committing acts of violence.
Verb forms: Incarcerate, Incarcerated, Incarcerated.
Related words:
  • Incarceration (noun): कैद 

5. Conspiracy (noun): A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful. (षड्यंत्र/ साजिश)  
  • Synonyms: Cabal, Conspiracy, Confederacy, Plot, Treason, Connivance.
  • Antonyms: Faithfulness, Honesty, Ignorance, Loyalty.
Example: The government enacted the laws of conspiracy to deter its enemies from challenging its authority.
Related words:
  • Conspiratorial (adjective):  षड्यंत्रपूर्ण

6. Accomplice (noun): A person who helps another commit a crime. (सहापराधी/ अपराध का साथी)  
  • Synonyms: Accessory, Partner In Crime, Confederate, Fellow Conspirator, Co-Conspirator.
  • Antonyms: Antagonist, Enemy, Adversary, Opponent.
Example: The police are hoping the accomplice will lead them to the mastermind of the crime.

7. Meticulous (adjective): Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise. (कुशल/ अतिसतर्क) 
  • Synonyms: Careful, Conscientious, Diligent, Ultra-Careful, Scrupulous, Punctilious
  • Antonyms: Careless, Imprecise, Inaccurate, Inexact, Negligent, Thoughtless, Uncareful, Uncritical.
Example: Although Jennifer was a meticulous student, she still had difficulty organizing her essay.
Related words:
  • Meticulously (adverb): सतर्कतापूर्वक
  • Meticulousness (noun): सतर्कता
8. Connivance (noun): Willingness to allow or be secretly involved in an immoral or illegal act. (गुप्त सहयोग/ मिली भगत/मौन सहमति)  
  • Synonyms: Collusion, Complicity, Collaboration, Involvement, Abetting, Intrigue, Cabal. 
  • Antonyms: Enmity, Animosity.
Example: The clerk’s connivance allowed her to watch idly by as her supervisor stole thousands of dollars from the bank.

9. Complicity (noun): The fact or condition of being involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong. (सहापराधिता)  
  • Synonyms: Collusion, Involvement, Collaboration, Connivance, Abetment, Confederacy.
  • Antonyms: Ignorance, Innocence, Noninvolvement, Refusal.
Example: Since I did not have any complicity in the case, it was easy for my lawyer to get me released from jail. 
Related words:
  • Accomplice (noun): सहापराधी

10. Laxity (noun): The state of being relaxed, easy-going, or not very strict.  (ढिलाई/शिथिलता)
  • Synonyms: Remissness, Slackness, Sluggishness, Indolence, Relaxation, Lenity.
  • Antonyms: Strictness, Stringent.
Example: The prevalent laxity toward marriage causes the divorce rate to rise.
Related words:
  • Lax (noun) – शिथिलता
  • Laxation (noun) –  शिथिलीकरण

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