English learning vocabulary 5

1. POSTULATE (VERB): (स्वयं सिद्ध मान लेना): to assume to be true or existent 
Synonyms: posit, guess 
Antonyms: reject, deny 
Example Sentence: 
Freud postulated that we all have a death instinct. 
2. GEHENNA (NOUN): (कष्ट): place of the condemned; bad situation 
Synonyms: misery, nightmare 
Antonyms: heaven, bliss 
Example Sentence: 
The survivors of the wreck face a different kind of gehenna. 
3. PAUSATION (NOUN): (स्र्कावट): break, pause 
Synonyms: hiatus, interruption 
Antonyms: continuation, closure 
Example Sentence: 
You have to finish the task without pausations. 
4. SUASIVE (ADJECTIVE): (समझाने-बुझाने वाला): effective 
Synonyms: compelling, convincing 
Antonyms: ineffective, invalid 
Example Sentence: 
Ministers of religion as well as physicians have always wielded the authority of suasive powers. 
5. RAZZ (VERB): (चिढाना): ridicule 
Synonyms: jest, joke 
Antonyms: respect, honour 
Example Sentence: 
I take him at his word that this was basically locker-room talk—a joke, meant to razz other players. 
6. MONSTROUS (ADJECTIVE): (विकट/राक्षसी): shockingly devilish 
Synonyms: atrocious, heinous 
Antonyms: moral, sensible 
Example Sentence: 
It is monstrous how badly he is treated. 
7. MORPH (VERB): (रूप बदलना): to change into 
Synonyms: transform, contort 
Antonyms: sustain, stagnate 
Example Sentence: 
Cinematic special effects morphed the villain into a snake. 
8. QUINTESSENTIAL (ADJECTIVE): (सारमय): representing the perfect example of a class or quality. 
Synonyms: classic, ideal 
Antonyms: atypical, unique 
Example Sentence: 
Everybody thinks of him as the quintessential New Yorker. 
9. PREREQUISITE (ADJECTIVE): (शर्त):  required or necessary as a prior condition 
Synonyms: mandatory, expedient 
Antonyms: inessential, voluntary 
Example Sentence: 
Young children can be taught the prerequisite skills necessary for reading. 
10. REVERENT (ADJECTIVE): (श्रद्धालु): showing great respect. 
Synonyms: reverential, appreciative 
Antonyms: impolite, rude 
Example Sentence: 
A reverent silence followed the professor's lecture.
11.STAGGER (VERB): amaze 
Synonyms: astonish, dumbfound 
Antonyms: calm, enlighten 
Example Sentence: 
He has staggered audiences around the world with his magic tricks.. 
12. YIELD (VERB): produce 
Synonyms: earn, generate 
Antonyms: deny, refuse 
Example Sentence: 
The apple trees yielded an abundant harvest. 
13. ENVISION (VERB): conceive 
Synonyms: visualize, contemplate 
Antonyms: disregard, neglect 
Example Sentence: 
I couldn’t envision myself as anything else. 
14. IMPEDE (VERB): to delay 
Synonyms: brake, disrupt 
Antonyms: permit, soothe 
Example Sentence: 
These people can impede performance. 
15. CANTANKEROUS (ADJECTIVE): bad tempered 
Synonyms: captious, choleric 
Antonyms: pleasant, cheerful 
Example Sentence: 
He is little larger and cantankerous. 
16. BAWDINESS (NOUN): dirtiness 
Synonyms: profaneness, filthiness 
Antonyms: decency, sophistication 
Example Sentence: 
There was a comedy with just a right sprinkling of bawdiness. 
17. INCURSION (NOUN): attack 
Synonyms: irruption, intrusion 
Antonyms:  retreat, withdrawal 
Example Sentence: 
The US officials urged Iran to end the incursion. 
18. SOCIABLE (ADJECTIVE): familiar 
Synonyms: convivial, gregarious 
Antonyms: aloof, unsociable 
Example Sentence: 
I’m a lot more sociable with everybody. 
19. DISBURSE (VERB): spend 
Synonyms: dispense, spend 
Antonyms: hold, keep 
Example Sentence: 
$47 million of the pledged aid had already been disbursed. 
20.LICENTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): libertine 
Synonyms: debauched, salacious 
Antonyms: moral, controlled 
Example Sentence: 
Aviraj is licentious and has no regard for the morality of law.