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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. Privilege – विशेषाधिकार

Meaning – a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.

Usage – “education is a right, not a privilege”

Synonyms – advantage, right, benefit, prerogative, entitlement, birthright, due; concession, freedom, liberty etc.

2. Envisage – परिकल्पना की गई है

Meaning – contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event.

Usage – “the Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers”

Synonyms – foresee, predict, forecast, foretell, anticipate, expect, think likely, envision; intend, propose etc.

3. Ameliorate – सुधारना

Meaning – make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.

Usage – “the reform did much to ameliorate living standards”

4. Mitigation – शमन

Meaning – the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.

Usage – “the identification and mitigation of pollution”

synonyms – alleviation, reduction, diminution, lessening, easing, weakening, lightening, assuagement, palliation, cushioning, dulling, deadening; soothing ETC.

5. Reiterate – बार बार दुहराना

Meaning – say something again or a number of times, typically for emphasis or clarity.

Usage – “she reiterated that the government would remain steadfast in its support”

synonyms – repeat, say again, restate, retell, recapitulate, go over (and over), iterate, rehearse, belabour, dwell on, harp on, hammer away at; informaldo over; archaicingeminate etc.

6. Blandishment – flattering, खुशामद

Meaning – a flattering or pleasing statement or action used as a means of gently persuading someone to do something.

Usage – “the blandishments of the travel brochure”

synonyms – flattery, cajolery, coaxing, wheedling, honeyed words, smooth talk, soft words, blarney; fulsomeness, simpering, fawning, toadying, ingratiating, ingratiation etc.

‪7. Refutation – disproof, खंडन

Meaning – to prove wrong by argument or evidence :, show to be false or erroneous.

Usage – refuted the allegations.

 

8. ‪Inexorably – continuously, बिना रुके

Meaning – not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties.

Usage – an inexorable creditor.

9. Prevalence – widespread, प्रचलन

Meaning – the fact or condition of being prevalent; commonness.

Usage – “the prevalence of obesity in adults”

synonyms – commonness, currency, widespread presence, generality, pervasiveness, universality, extensiveness, ubiquity, ubiquitousness; rampancy, rifeness; frequency, regularity; familiarity, acceptance; popularity, fashionableness.

10. Archive – पुरालेख

Meaning – a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.

Usage – “a section of archive film”

synonyms – records, annals, chronicles, registers, accounts; papers, documents, rolls, dossiers, files, deeds, ledgers; history, information, evidence; documentation, paperwork.