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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. Dementia – पागलपन

Meaning – a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.

Synonyms – mental illness, madness, insanity, derangement, lunacy; senile dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Alzheimer’s; informalsoftening of the brain

2. Dilettante – कलाप्रेमी

Meaning – a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.

Usage – “there is no room for the dilettante in this business”

Synonyms – dabbler, potterer, tinkerer, trifler, dallier; amateur, non-professional, non-specialist, layman, layperson

3. Dispel – दूर हो जाना

Meaning – make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear.

Usage – “the brightness of the day did nothing to dispel Elaine’s dejection”

Synonyms – banish, eliminate, dismiss, chase away, drive away, drive off, get rid of, dissipate, disperse, scatter, disseminate; relieve, allay, ease, calm, quell, check, put to rest.

4. Emeritus –  ससम्मान सेवामुक्त

Meaning – (of the former holder of an office, especially a university professor) having retired but allowed to retain their title as an honour.

Usage – “emeritus professor of microbiology”

5. Evince – जताना

Meaning – reveal the presence of (a quality or feeling); indicate.

Usage – “the news stories evinced the usual mixture of sympathy and satisfaction”

Synonyms – reveal, show, make clear, make plain, make obvious, make manifest, manifest, indicate, display, exhibit, demonstrate, be evidence of, evidence, attest to, testify to, bear witness to; convey, communicate, proclaim, impart, bespeak; disclose, divulge, betray, give away, expose, lay bare.

6. Exacting – मांग करनेवाला

Meaning – making great demands on one’s skill, attention, or other resources.

Usage – “the exacting standards laid down by the organic food industry”

Synonyms – demanding, hard, tough, stringent, testing, challenging, difficult, onerous, arduous, laborious, tiring, taxing, gruelling, punishing, back-breaking, burdensome, Herculean; archaictoilsome; rareexigent.

7. Rebellious – बलवई

Meaning – showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention.

Usage – “I became very rebellious and opted out”

Synonyms – defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, unruly, ungovernable, unmanageable, uncontrollable, turbulent, mutinous, wayward, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, intractable, resistant, dissentient, disaffected, malcontent; nonconformist; informalbolshie; archaiccontumacious.

8. Inebriation – मद्यपान

Meaning – drunkenness; intoxication.

Usage – “they were in an advanced state of inebriation”

Synonyms – intoxication, drunkenness, insobriety, tipsiness; informaltightness

9. Milieu –   परिवेश 

Meaning – a person’s social environment.

Usage – “Gregory came from the same aristocratic milieu as Sidonius”

Synonyms – environment, background, backdrop, setting, context, atmosphere, scene; location, locale, conditions, surroundings, habitat, environs; sphere, world, territory, home, domain, preserve, province, circle, element.

10. discernible – नमूदार

Meaning – able to be discerned; perceptible.

Usage – “the scandal had no discernible effect on his career”

Synonyms – visible, detectable, noticeable, perceptible, observable, perceivable, distinguishable, recognizable, identifiable; apparent, obvious, clear, manifest, conspicuous, patent, plain, evident, distinct, appreciable.