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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. Staggeringly – hugely, अत्यधिकता

Meaning – walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall.

Usage – “he staggered to his feet, swaying a little”

Synonyms – lurch, walk unsteadily, reel, sway, teeter, totter, stumble, wobble, move clumsily, weave, flounder, falter, pitch, roll etc.

2. Fumble – टटोलना

Meaning – do or handle something clumsily.

Usage – “she fumbled with the lock”

Synonyms – grope, feel about, search blindly, scrabble around, muddle around.

3. Flinch – बच निकलना

Meaning – make a quick, nervous movement of the face or body as an instinctive reaction to fear or pain.

Usage – “she flinched at the acidity in his voice”

Synonyms – wince, start, shy (away), recoil, shrink, pull back, back away, shy away, draw back, withdraw, blench, cringe, squirm, quiver, shudder, shiver, tremble, quake, shake, quail, cower, waver, falter, hesitate, get cold feet, blanch.

4. Debonair – आकर्षक

Meaning – (of a man) confident, stylish, and charming.

Usage – “all the men looked debonair and handsome in white tie and tails”

Synonyms – suave, urbane, sophisticated, cultured, self-possessed, self-assured, confident, charming, gracious, well mannered, civil, courteous, gallant, chivalrous, gentlemanly, refined, polished, well bred, genteel, dignified, courtly; well dressed, well groomed, well turned out, elegant, stylish, smart, dashing, dapper, spruce, trim, attractive; soigné; informalsmooth, swish, swanky, snappy, sharp, cool.

5. polemical – विवादात्मक

Meaning – of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech.

Usage – “a polemical essay”

Synonyms – critical, hostile, bitter, polemic, virulent, vitriolic, venomous, waspish, corrosive, biting, caustic, trenchant, cutting, acerbic, sardonic, sarcastic, scathing, acid, sharp, keen, tart, pungent, stinging, astringent, incisive, devastating, piercing; rareacidulous, mordacious.

6. Inclination – tendency, इरादा

Meaning – a person’s natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition.

Usage – “John was a scientist by training and inclination”

Synonyms – tendency, propensity, proclivity, leaning; predisposition, disposition, predilection, weakness, proneness; desire, wish, readiness, impulse; bent etc.

7. Knead – फेंटना

Meaning – work (moistened flour or clay) into dough or paste with the hands.

Usage – make (bread or pottery) by kneading flour or clay.

Synonyms – pummel, work, pound, squeeze, wring, twist, crush, form, shape, mould, mix, blend; raremalaxate.

8. Remonstrate -प्रतिवादकरना

Meaning – make a forcefully reproachful protest.

Usage – “he turned angrily to remonstrate with Tommy”

Synonyms – protest, complain, expostulate.

9. Melancholy – उदासी

Meaning – a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

Usage – “an air of melancholy surrounded him”

Synonyms – desolation, sadness, pensiveness, woe, sorrow.

10. Exodus – गमन

Meaning – a mass departure of people.

Usage – “the annual exodus of sun-seeking Canadians to Florida”

Synonyms – mass departure, withdrawal, evacuation, leaving, exit; migration, emigration, hegira, diaspora; flight, escape, retreat, fleeing.