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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. Collision – टक्कर

Meaning – an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another.

Usage – “a mid-air collision between two aircraft”

Synonyms – crash, accident, smash, bump, knock, impact, hit, strike, clash; RTA (road traffic accident); wreck; informalsmash-up, pile-up; informalprang, shunt.

2. Excursion – सैर

Meaning – a short journey or trip, especially one taken as a leisure activity.

Usage – “an excursion to London Zoo”

Synonyms – trip, outing, jaunt, expedition, journey, tour; day trip, day out, drive, run, ride; informaljunket, spin, hop.

3. Dessert – मिठाई

Meaning – the sweet course eaten at the end of a meal.

Usage – “a dessert of chocolate mousse”

Synonyms – pudding, sweet, sweet course/dish, second course, last course; informalafters, pud.

4. Decry – दोष देना

Meaning – publicly denounce.

Usage – “they decried human rights abuses”

Synonyms – denounce, condemn, criticize, censure, damn, attack, fulminate against, rail against, inveigh against, blame, carp at, cavil at, run down, pillory, rap, lambaste, deplore, disapprove of, vilify, execrate, revile; disparage, deprecate, discredit, derogate, cast aspersions on; informalslam.

5. Corporal

Meaning – a rank of non-commissioned officer in the army, above lance corporal or private first class and below sergeant.

6. Carcass – शव

Meaning – the dead body of an animal.

Usage – “she saw the mud-covered carcass of a sheep”

Synonyms – corpse, cadaver, dead body, body, remains, skeleton, relics; informalstiff; archaiccorse.

7. Avenge – बदला लेना

Meaning – inflict harm in return for (an injury or wrong done to oneself or another).

Usage – “he vowed in silent fervour to avenge their murders”

Synonyms – take revenge for, take vengeance for, exact retribution for, requite.

8. Beatific – सुखी

Meaning – feeling or expressing blissful happiness.

Usage – “a beatific smile”

Synonyms – rapturous, joyful, ecstatic, seraphic, blissful, serene, happy, beaming, glad.

9. Corpse – लाश

Meaning – a dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal.

Usage – “the corpse of a man lay there”

Synonyms – dead body, body, cadaver, carcass, skeleton; remains, relics; informalstiff; archaiccorse.

10. Coherent – सुसंगत

Meaning – (of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent.

Usage – “they failed to develop a coherent economic strategy”

Synonyms – logical, reasoned, reasonable, well reasoned, rational, sound, cogent; consistent, well organized, systematic, orderly, methodical; clear, lucid, articulate, relevant, intelligible, comprehensible; informaljoined-up.