The Gds Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 13-08-2022

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1. RIDICULE (VERB): : deride

Synonyms: mock, scorn

Antonyms: praise

Example Sentence:

She shouldn’t ridicule him for the aspirations which he had.

2. SLAPDASH (ADJECTIVE): : careless

Synonyms: slipshod, lackadaisical

Antonyms: careful

Example Sentence:

She has a very slapdash approach to keeping accounts.

3. HAPHAZARD (ADJECTIVE): : random

Synonyms:
 unplanned unsystematic

Antonyms: systematic

Example Sentence:

The music business works in a haphazard fashion.

4. CHARY (ADJECTIVE): : wary

Synonyms: cautious, circumspect

Antonyms: heedless

Example Sentence:

She had been chary of telling the truth.

5. HALCYON (ADJECTIVE): : serene


Synonyms: calm, pleasant

Antonyms: stormy

Example Sentence:

The halcyon days of the mid 1980s, when profits were soaring.

6. ABOLISH (VERB): : put an end to

Synonyms: do away with, get rid of

Antonyms: retain

Example Sentence:


The tax was abolished in 1977.

7 ABHORRENT (ADJECTIVE): : detestable

Synonyms: detested, hateful

Antonyms: admirable

Example Sentence:

Racism is abhorrent to us all.

8. DESPERATE (ADJECTIVE): : despairing

Synonyms: hopeless, anguished

Antonyms: cheerful

Example Sentence:

A desperate sadness engulfed his son.

9. RELUCTANT (ADJECTIVE): : unwilling

Synonyms: disinclined, unenthusiastic

Antonyms: willing

Example Sentence:

He is always reluctant in doing anything.

10. DISCARD (VERB): : throw away

Synonyms: throw out, get rid of

Antonyms: keep

Example Sentence:

I bundled up the clothes I had discarded.


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