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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. – Wayward – स्वच्छंद

Meaning – difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour.

Usage – “a wayward adolescent”

Synonyms – wilful, self-willed, headstrong, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, perverse, contrary, rebellious, defiant, uncooperative, refractory, recalcitrant, unruly, wild, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpredictable, capricious, whimsical, fickle, inconstant, changeable, erratic, intractable, difficult, impossible, intolerable.

2. – Wield – फिराना

Meaning – hold and use (a weapon or tool).

Usage – “a masked raider wielding a handgun”

Synonyms – brandish, flourish, wave, twirl, display, flaunt, hold aloft, show off, swing, shake; use, put to use, employ, handle, ply, manipulate, operate.

3. – Wrath – कोप

Meaning – extreme anger.

Usage – “he hid his pipe for fear of incurring his father’s wrath”

Synonyms – anger, rage, fury, annoyance, indignation, outrage, pique, spleen, chagrin, vexation, exasperation, dudgeon, high dudgeon, hot temper, bad temper, bad mood, ill humour, irritation, irritability, crossness, displeasure, discontentment, disgruntlement, irascibility, cantankerousness, peevishness, querulousness, crabbiness, testiness, tetchiness, snappishness; air rage; literaryire, choler.

4. – Bucolic – ग्राम्य

Meaning – relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.

Usage – “the church is lovely for its bucolic setting”

Synonyms – rustic, rural, pastoral, country, countryside, agricultural, agrarian, outdoor, idyllic, unspoilt; literaryArcadian, sylvan; raregeorgic, agrestic.

5. – Bludgeon

Meaning – a thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.

Usage – “maces and spiked bludgeons”

Synonyms – cudgel, club, stick, truncheon, baton, bat, heavy weapon, blunt instrument; nightstick, blackjack; informalcosh.

6. – Bulwark – बांध

Meaning – a defensive wall.

Usage – the inner-city ring road follows the line of the ancient bulwarks”

Synonyms – wall, rampart, fortification, parapet, stockade, palisade, barricade, embankment, earthwork, breastwork, berm; vallum; rarecircumvallation.

7. – Assailant

Meaning – a person who physically attacks another.

Usage – “the police have no firm leads about the identity of his assailant”

Synonyms – attacker, mugger; rareassaulter.

8. – Arraign – छापा मारनेवाला

Meaning – call or bring (someone) before a court to answer a criminal charge.

Usage – “her sister was arraigned on charges of attempted murder”

Synonyms – indict, prosecute, put on trial, bring to trial; denounce, sue, take to court, bring an action against, lay charges against, file charges against, prefer charges against, summons, cite; accuse of, charge with; impeach.

9. – Apropos – अनुरूप

Meaning – with reference to; concerning.

Usage – “she remarked apropos of the initiative, ‘It’s not going to stop the abuse’”

Synonyms – with reference to, with regard to, with respect to, regarding, concerning, respecting, on the subject of, in the matter of, touching on, dealing with, connected with, in connection with, about, re; anent.

10. – Accrue – उपाजित होना

Meaning – (of a benefit or sum of money) be received by someone in regular or increasing amounts over time.

Usage – “financial benefits will accrue from restructuring”

Synonyms – result, arise, follow, ensue, emanate, stem, spring, flow; be caused by, be brought about by, be produced by, originate in, attend, accompany.