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1). Hauled (Verb) — ढोना
Definition: (of a person) pull or drag with effort or force.
Synonyms: drag, pull, tug, heave, hump, trail, draw, tow, manhandle
Antonyms: push.
Usage: he hauled his bike out of the shed
2). Colonial (Noun) — औपनिवेशिक
Definition: a native or inhabitant of a colony.
Synonyms: group, joint, together.
Antonyms: separate, disjoint.
Usage: a rebellion by Dutch-speaking colonials
3). Overawe (Verb) – प्रभावित करना
Definition: impress (someone) so much that they are silent or inhibited.
Synonyms: intimidate, daunt, cow, take someone’s breath away, awe, disconcert, blind someone with something
Antonyms: discourage, fail.
Usage: the eleven-year-old was overawed by the atmosphere
4). Absurdity (Noun) – विसंगति, हास्यास्पद
Definition: the quality or state of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable.
Synonyms: preposterousness, ridiculousness, ludicrousness, absurdness, farcicality
Antonyms: reasonableness, sense
Usage: Duncan laughed at the absurdity of the situation
5). Ridiculous (Adjective) — हास्यास्पद
Definition: deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.
Synonyms: laughable, absurd, comical, funny, hilarious, humorous, risible, derisory, droll
Antonyms: serious, sensible, reasonable
Usage: that ridiculous tartan cap
6). Lure (Verb) – लुभाना
Definition: tempt (a person or animal) to do something or to go somewhere, especially by offering some form of reward.
Synonyms: tempt, entice, attract, induce, coax, persuade, inveigle, allure, seduce, win over, cajol
Antonyms: deter, put off
Usage: the child was lured into a car but managed to escape
7). Crippled (Adjective) – पंगु
Definition: (of a person) unable to walk or move properly; disabled.
Usage: a crippled old man
8). Pedestrians (Noun) — पैदल यात्री
Definition: a person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle.
Synonyms: walker, person on foot, hiker, rambler, stroller, wayfarer
Antonyms: driver
Usage: the road is so dangerous pedestrians avoid it
9). Paradigm (Noun) — रूप-निदर्शन
Definition: a set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive choices in particular syntactic roles
Usage: English determiners form a paradigm: we can say ‘a book’ or ‘his book’ but not ‘a his book’
10). Dismal(Adjective) — निराशाजनक
Definition: causing a mood of gloom or depression.
Synonyms: dingy, dim, dark, gloomy, sombre, dreary, drab, dull, desolate, bleak, cheerless, comfortless
Antonyms: bright, cheerful.
Usage: the dismal weather made the late afternoon seem like evening
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