English Vocab 58 By Anoop Verma Sir

1. Override (verb): To prevail over/ to extend or pass over.  (लंघन करना/आगे चले जाना)

Synonyms: Move Over, Pass Over, Transcend, Surpass, Set Aside.

Antonyms: Fall Behind, Lag.

Example: Don't let your anger override common sense.

Verb forms: Override, Overridden, Overridden.

2. Drudgery (noun): Hard menial or dull work/ exhausting work. (अरुचिकर व कठिन  कार्य)

Synonyms: Menial Work, Donkey Work, Labor Work, Plodding.

Antonyms: Fun, Entertainment. 

Example: To me, my summer job at a fast food restaurant was sheer drudgery.

Verb forms: Drudge, Drudged, Drudged.

Related words:

Drudge (verb) - do hard menial work.

3. Atrophy (verb): Gradually decline in effectiveness or vigour due to underuse or neglect. (क्षीण होना/अपक्षय होना)

Synonyms: Dwindle, Deteriorate, Decline, Wane, Fade, Wither, Shrivel.

Antonyms: Ascent, Betterment, Develop, Improve.

Example: According to researchers, the lack of exercise causes muscles to atrophy and become feeble.

Verb forms: Atrophy, Atrophied, Atrophied.

Related words:

Atrophy (noun) - any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

4. Advent (noun): The arrival of a notable person or thing.  (आगमन)

Synonyms: Arrival, Appearance, Emergence, Occurrence, Dawn, Origin, Rise.

Antonyms: Departure, Leaving, End.

Example: With the advent of the Internet the technology has changed a lot.

Related words:

Adventitious (adjective) - आगन्तुक

5. Upsurge (noun): An upward surge in the strength or quantity of something; an increase. (चढ़ाव/वृद्धि)

Synonyms: Boom, Improvement, Upswing, Upturn, Increase, Rise.

Antonyms: Downturn, Downfall.

Example: An upsurge in the violent crime in the city makes it less safe for the people. 

6. Casualties (noun): Loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.  (जनहानि/हताहतों की संख्या)

Synonyms: Fatality, Mortality, Dead and injured/wounded, missing in action.

Antonyms: Safe, Guarded, Protected.

Example: The devastating earthquake causes several casualties in the city.

7. Empathy (noun): The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. (समवेदना/हमदर्दी)

Synonyms: Affinity, Compassion, Sympathy,

Antonyms: Disdain, Hatred, Indifference, Mercilessness.

Example: Bart has a hard time forming healthy relationships because he lacks empathy for others.

Verb forms: Empathize, Empathized, Empathized.

Related words:

Empathize (verb) - समानुभूति होना 

8. Cursory (adjective): Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed. (सरसरी)

Synonyms: Perfunctory, Casual, Superficial, Inattentive.

Antonyms: Careful, Detailed, Complete, thorough.

Example: After a cursory examination of the artifacts, the archaeologist realized that he had probably stumbled on the find of the century.

9. Ammunition (noun): Weapons./ tools, weapons or instruments of a profession. (अस्र-शस्र)

Synonyms: Armament, Weapon, Ordnance, Cartridge.

Example: The gunman arrested by police was apparently carrying enough ammunition to kill hundreds of people.

Related words:

Ammo (noun) - projectiles to be fired from a gun

10. Emanate (verb) : Originate from; be produced by/ to come out from a source. (उत्पन्न होना/निर्गत होना)

Synonyms: Arise, Derive, Emerge, Emit, Originate.

Antonyms: Hold, Keep, Conceal.

Example: If you rub the magical lamp, a genie will emanate from the bottle.

Verb forms: Emanate, Emanated, Emanated.

Related words:

Emanation (noun) - The act of emitting/ causing to flow forth.

11. Flounder (verb): Struggle or stagger clumsily (जूझना)

 Synonyms: struggle, battle, conflict, grapple, fight.

Antonyms: Stable, Secure, Enduring, Established.

Example: After it hit the iceberg, the Titanic was left to flounder in the Atlantic Ocean before it finally sank.

Verb forms: Flounder, Floundered, Floundered