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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation inAffairsCloud.com. Here we are providing some difficult words , which is important for IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other !!!

1. Hassle – परेशानी

Meaning – irritating inconvenience.

Usage – “the hassle of child care”

Synonyms – inconvenience, bother, nuisance, problem, struggle, difficulty, annoyance, irritation, thorn in one’s flesh/side, bane of one’s life; trials and tribulations, fuss, trouble; informalaggravation, aggro, stress, headache, pain, pain in the neck/backside.

2. Hearse – रथी

Meaning – a vehicle for conveying the coffin at a funeral.

3. Hobnob – दोस्ती करना

Meaning – mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status.

Usage – “he was hobnobbing with the great and good”

4. Inferno – नरक

Meaning – a large fire that is dangerously out of control.

Usage – “the inferno had swept through the city”

5. Inured – त्रस्त

Meaning – accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.

Usage – “these children have been inured to violence”

Synonyms – harden, toughen, season, temper, condition; accustom, habituate, familiarize, acclimatize, adjust, adapt, attune; desensitize, dehumanize, brutalize, case-harden; rareindurate.

6. Haul – प्राप्त वस्तु

Meaning – (of a person) pull or drag with effort or force.

Usage – “he hauled his bike out of the shed”

Synonyms – drag, pull, tug, heave, hump, trail, draw, tow, manhandle; informallug; informalschlep; archaichale.

7. Hitchhike – लिफ्ट ले

Meaning – travel by getting free lifts in passing vehicles.

Usage – “we hitch-hiked up to Scotland”

8. Inveigle – लुभाना

Meaning – persuade (someone) to do something by means of deception or flattery.

Usage – “he inveigled her back to his room”

Synonyms – cajole, wheedle, coax, persuade, convince, talk; tempt, lure, allure, entice, ensnare, seduce, flatter, beguile, dupe, fool; informalsweet-talk, soft-soap, butter up, twist someone’s arm, con, bamboozle; informalsucker; archaicblandish.

9. Progeny – संतान

Meaning – a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.

Usage – “shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny”

Synonyms – offspring, children, young, family, brood; issue; derogatoryspawn; rareprogeniture, quiverful.

10. Haywire – परेशन

Meaning – erratic; out of control.

Usage – “her imagination had gone haywire”

Synonyms – out of control, out of order, erratic, faulty, not functioning properly; chaotic, confused, crazy, wild, disorganized, disordered, topsy-turvy; informalon the blink, shambolic; informalup the spout, wonky.