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Welcome to Online English Section with explanation inAffairsCloud.com. Here we are providing some difficult words Antonyms and Synonyms, which is important for IBPS PO/CLERK/LIC AAO/RRB & SSC CGL EXAM and other !!!

1. Contagious – संक्रामक

Meaning – (of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another, typically by direct contact.

Synonyms – infectious, communicable, transmittable, transmissible, transferable, spreadable; informalcatching; technicalepidemic, pandemic, epizootic; datedinfective.

Usage – “a contagious disease”

2. Complaisant – मेहरबान

Meaning – willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest.

Synonyms – willing, assenting, acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, cooperative, accommodating, obliging, biddable, compliant, pliant, deferential, docile, obedient, conformable, tractable.

Usage – “he went to join his apparently complaisant wife for Christmas”

3. Collision – टक्कर

Meaning – an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another.

Synonyms – crash, accident, smash, bump, knock, impact, hit, strike, clash; RTA (road traffic accident); wreck; informalsmash-up, pile-up; informalprang, shunt.

Usage – “a mid-air collision between two aircraft”

4. Wrap – लपेटें

Meaning – cover or enclose in paper or soft material.

Synonyms – swathe, bundle up, swaddle, sheathe, muffle, cloak, enfold, envelop, encase, enclose, cover, fold, wind; literarylap.

Usage – “he wrapped up the Christmas presents”

5. Variance – झगड़ा

Meaning – the fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent.

Synonyms – difference, variation, discrepancy, dissimilarity, disagreement, conflict, divergence, deviation, contrast, distinction, contradiction, imbalance, incongruity.

Usage – “her light tone was at variance with her sudden trembling”

6. Beatitude – मोक्ष

Meaning – supreme blessedness.

Synonyms – blessedness, benediction, grace; bliss, ecstasy, exaltation, supreme happiness, heavenly joy, divine rapture, saintliness, sainthood.

Usage – “the expression of beatitude the religious sometimes adopt”

7. Canvass – वोट मांगना

Meaning – solicit votes from (electors or members).

Synonyms – campaign, electioneer, solicit votes, drum up support; stump; informaldoorstep.

Usage – “in each ward, two workers canvassed some 2,000 voters”

8. Allusion – संकेत

Meaning – an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

Synonyms – reference to, mention of, comment on, remark about, citation of, quotation of, hint at, intimation of, suggestion of; implication, insinuation.

Usage – “an allusion to Shakespeare”

9. Antique – प्राचीन वस्तुओं की

Meaning – a collectable object such as a piece of furniture or work of art that has a high value because of its age and quality.

Synonyms –  collector’s item, period piece, museum piece, antiquity, object of virtu; heirloom; treasure, relic, curio; objet d’art; rarebygone.

Usage – “Pauline loves collecting antiques”

10. Accede – मान लेना

Meaning – agree to a demand, request, or treaty.

Synonyms – agree to, consent to, accept, assent to, acquiesce in, endorse, comply with, go along with, concur with, allow, recognize, grant, surrender to, yield to, give in to, give way to, defer to; relent, back down

Usage – “the authorities did not accede to the strikers’ demands”