abhor: (घृणा) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate | abrasive: (निष्फल अपघर्षक) rubbing away; tending to grind down |
abrogate: (रद्द) abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority | absolution: (मुक्ति) act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest |
abstain: (बचना) refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice | abstemious: (संयमी) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
abstruse: (गूढ़) obscure; profound; difficult to understand. | accolade: (accolade) award of merit; expression of approval; praise |
acquiesce: (acquiesce) assent; agree without protesting | acrid: (उग्र) unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent |
acrophobia: (acrophobia) fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places | acuity: (तीक्ष्णता) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness |
adamant: (अटल) extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding | adroit: (निपुण) skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
adulation: (खुशामद) excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise | adversity: (विपत्ति) state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune |
advocate: (वकील) speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something | aesthetic: (सौंदर्य) elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste |
affable: (मिलनसार) easily approachable; warmly friendly | alacrity: (तत्परता) cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness |
alchemy: (कीमिया) medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming | allay: (दूर) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
alleviate: (कम) provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part | aloof: (अलग) apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote |
amass: (एकत्र करना) collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit | ambiguity: (अस्पष्टता) state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty |
ambiguous: (अस्पष्ट) unclear or doubtful in meaning | ambivalence: (ambivalence) state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate |
ambulatory: (चल) able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary | ameliorate: (उन्नति) make or become better; improve; grow better |
amiable: (मिलनसार) good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly | amity: (सौहार्द) friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
amorphous: (अनाकार) formless; lacking shape or definition | analgesic: (एनाल्जेसिक) serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
analogous: (अनुरूप) comparable; similar or alike | anarchy: (अराजकता) absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion |
anecdote: (किस्सा) short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography | animosity: (दुश्मनी) bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act |
annex: (चयक) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit | annex: (चयक) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit |
anomaly: (विसंगति) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order | antagonism: (विरोध) active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor |
antediluvian: (पुराना) antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times | anthology: (संकलन) book of literary selections by various authors |
antiquated: (प्राचीन) too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged | apathetic: (उदासीन) feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent |
apathy: (उदासीनता) lack of caring; indifference | apocryphal: (मनगढ़ंत) untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious |
appease: (तुष्टि) bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve | apprehensive: (आशंकित) capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive |
arable: (कृषि योग्य) fit for growing crops, as by plowing | arbitrary: (मनमाना) randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle |
arcane: (रहस्यमय) secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated | archaic: (पुराने अनुरूप) no longer current or applicable; antiquated |
bigot: (bigot) hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics | bilk: (अदायगी से बचना) defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from |
billowing: (bursar) swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms | blasphemy: (निन्दा) act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity |
blatant: (ज़बरदस्त) flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive | blighted: (पुलकित) suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled |
blithe: (पुलकित) gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted | bolster: (सिलेंडर) support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion |
boorish: (अशिष्ट) rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners | bourgeois: (पूंजीपति) middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional |
braggart: (bowdlerize डींगमार) boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person | brevity: (संक्षिप्तता) quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression |
broach: (सीख) introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce | brusque: (अशिष्ट) abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly |
bulwark: (बांध) earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends | bureaucracy: (नौकरशाही) over-regulated administrative system |
burgeon: (burgeon) grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly | burnish: (चमकाना) make shiny by rubbing; polish |
buttress: (पुश्ता) support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence | cajole: (फुसलाना) influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering |
caldron: (देग़) large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron | callow: (अनुभवहीन) youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers |
candid: (खरा) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial | candor: (स्पष्टवादिता) frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
cantankerous: (झगड़ालू) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious | capacious: (विशाल) capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy |
capitulate: (बोया capitulate) surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply | carping: (बकवास) fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censure |
cartographer: (मानचित्रकार) one who makes maps or charts | castigate: (गाली देना) criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication |
catharsis: (रेचन) purging or cleansing of any passage of body | caucus: (कोकस) private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy |
caustic: (कास्टिक) capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action | cavalcade: (काफिले) ceremonial procession or display; succession or series |
celerity: (ज्लदी) swiftness of action or motion; speed | censorious: (कठोर) critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure |
censure: (निंदा) expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame | cerebral: (प्रमस्तिष्क) relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional |
certitude: (निश्चय) state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence | chary: (संकोची) cautious; sparing or restrained about giving |
chicanery: (वाक्छल) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry | chimerical: (असाध्य) fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
choleric: (चिड़चिड़ा) hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger | circuitous: (सांकेतिक शब्दों में घुमावदार) being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct |
circumlocution: (असंगत) indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing | |
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