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We have identified the 200+ English words that are most important for Learners to know. Study this list to improve your vocabulary.
A
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Ambiguity | Ambiguity is when the meaning of a word, phrase, or sentence is uncertain. | अस्पष्टता | uncertainty | transparency |
Aggravate | to make a bad situation worse | भड़काना | annoy, irritate | peaceful |
Apparently | as far as one knows or can see. | प्रत्यक्ष रूप से | seemingly | unlikely |
Auspicious | giving or being a sign of future success | शुभ | favorable | adverse |
Autumn | the season after summer and before winter | पतझड़ | fall ,harvest | spring |
Appendix | a section or table of subsidiary matter at the end of a book or document | परिशिष्ट | supplement | lessening |
Aggregate | a whole formed by combining several separate elements | पूर्णयोग | collection,total | individual |
Abominable | very bad or unpleasant | घिनौना | disgusting | admirable |
Accomplish | achieve or complete successfully | पूरा करना | achieve | give up |
Admonish | warn or reprimand someone firmly | चेतावनी देना | reprimand | discourage |
Amusement | the state or experience of finding something funny | मनोरंजन | entertainment | depression |
Antagonism | active hostility or opposition | विरोध | Hostility | friend |
Ancestor | a person related to you who lived a long time ago | पूर्वज | forefather | descendant |
Adjourn | break off (a meeting, legal case, or game) with the intention of resuming it later | स्थगित | avoid | terminate |
Adroit | clever or skilful | निपुण | skilful | incompetent |
Amiable | having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner | सब का प्यारा | friendly | unfriendly |
Affliction | a cause of pain or harm | कष्ट | trouble | relief |
Ablaze | burning fiercely | प्रज्वलित | Burning | Calm |
Accede | go beyond what is allowed or stipulated by | अधिक होना | Agree | Disagree |
Accomplice | a person who helps someone else to commit a crime | साथी | Associate | Adversary |
Adequate | satisfactory or acceptable | पर्याप्त | Capable | Insufficient |
Adolescent | transitional phase of growth and development between childhood and adulthood. | किशोर | Young | Adult |
Adulation | excessive admiration or praise | चापलूसी | Flattery | criticism |
B
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Bias | inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group | पक्षपात | favoritism | fairness |
Benevolent | well meaning and kindly | उदार | generous | unkind |
Blandish | someone with kind words or flattery | चापलूसी | entice | discourage |
Bewilder | to confuse or puzzle | भुलाना | forget | enlighten |
Barricade | to disallow entry | बाधा | check | entry |
Beguile | charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way | मोहित करना | Cheat | Enlighten |
Bemoan | express discontent or sorrow over (something) | शोक करना | Grieve | Enjoy |
C
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Chaos | complete disorder and confusion. | अव्यवस्था | disorder | order |
Catastrophe | an event causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering | विनाश | collapse, crisis | fortune |
Courteous | polite, respectful, or considerate in manner | विनम्र | docile | rude |
Conceit | excessive pride in oneself | दंभ | ego | humility |
Condemn | express complete disapproval of | निंदा करना | condemn | praise |
Curiosity | a strong desire to know or learn something | जिज्ञासा | eagerness | apathy |
Consequence | a result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant | परिणाम | outcome | cause |
Charitable | relating to the assistance of those in need | उदार | gracious | selfish |
Condensed | made denser or more concise | गाढ़ा | grumous | decompress |
Courtier | a companion of a queen, king, or other ruler in their official home | राजदरबारी | companion | civilian |
Calamity | an event causing great and often sudden damage or distress | विपत्ति | disaster | blessing |
Clamor | a loud and confused noise | शोर | noise | silence |
Capacious | having a lot of space inside | लंबा-चौड़ा | giant | small |
Chivalrous | a chivalrous man is polite and kind and shows respect to women | उदार | elegant | rude |
Consummate | showing great skill and flair | समाप्त | finished | incomplete |
Connive | secretly allow (something immoral, illegal, or harmful) to occur | बढ़ावा देना | Instigate | punish |
Capricious | given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour. | सनकी | impulsive | stable |
D
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Demise | a person’s death | मृत्यु | death | birth |
Dauntless | showing fearlessness and determination | निडर | bold | afraid |
Deface | to damage and spoil the appearance of something | बिगाड़ना | disfigure | beautify |
Distinct | recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type | विशिष्ट | Clear | Vague |
Dwindle | diminish gradually in size, amount, or strength | क्षीण होना | Decrease | Increase |
Desultory | lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm | अनियमित | irregular | systematic |
Debacle | a sudden and ignominious failure | शिकस्त | defeat | success |
Diffident | modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence | संकोची | shy | confident |
E
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Exhibit | publicly display in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair | प्रदर्शन करना | display | hide |
Enormous | very large in size, quantity, or extent | बहुत बड़ा | immense | tiny |
Enthusiastic | having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval | उत्साही | ardent | apathetic |
Effeminate | having characteristics regarded as typical of a woman | नारी जैसा | womanish | manly |
Enmity | a state or feeling of active opposition or hostility | शत्रुता | enmity | friendship |
Essential | a thing that is absolutely necessary | अनिवार्य | essential | optional |
Endeavour | an attempt to achieve a goal | प्रयास | effort | idleness |
Etiquette | the customary code of polite behaviour in society | शिष्टाचार | manners | immorality |
Elaborated | involving many carefully arranged parts or details | विस्तृत | complicated | simple |
Eccentric | a person of unconventional and slightly strange views or behaviour | विलक्षण | freak | conventional |
Elegance | he quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner | शिष्टता | Gracefulness | Ugliness |
Enchantment | a feeling of great pleasure | आकर्षण | charm | repulsion |
Emancipate | free from legal, social, or political restrictions | बंधनमुक्त करना | independent | dependent |
Ersatz | not real or genuine | कृत्रिम वस्तु | Belongings | genuine |
Eulogize | praise highly in speech or writing | सराहना | Praise | criticize |
Entangle | cause to become twisted together with or caught in | उलझा हुआ | Entrap | release |
Entice | attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage | लुभाना | tempt | disgust |
Exacerbate | make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse | तीक्ष्ण करना | sharpen | reduce |
Effrontery | insolent or impertinent behaviour | धृष्टता , गुस्ताख़ी | audacity | respect |
F
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Futile | incapable of producing any useful result | व्यर्थ | futile | useful |
Ferocious | of great value | बहुमूल्य | precious | worthless |
Forfeit | lose or be deprived of as a penalty for wrongdoing | जब्त | surrender | retain |
Furious | extremely angry | उग्र | violent | calm |
Fatal | leading to failure or disaster. | घातक | deadly | beneficial |
Forthwith | without delay | तत्काल | Immediately | Later |
Foment | instigate or stir up | उत्तेजित करना | provoke | Calm Down |
Frailty | the condition of being weak and delicate | दोष | Defect | Perfection |
Forbid | refuse to allow | रोकना | Prohibit | permit |
G
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Generosity | the quality of being kind and generous | उदारता | liberality | meannes |
Grievous | very severe or serious | गंभीर | serious | light |
Gaudy | extravagantly bright or showy | भड़कीला | lurid | dull |
Gnaw | bite at or nibble something persistently | कुतरना | bite | construct |
Grandeur | splendour and impressiveness | वैभव | glory | insignificance |
Germinate | come into existence and develop | उगना | grow | decay |
Grotesque | a very ugly or comically distorted figure or image | विचित्र | bizarre | ordinary |
Gingerly | in a careful or cautious manner | एहतियाती | cautious | carelessly |
H
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Humorous | causing laughter and amusemen | विनोदपूर्ण | amusing | serious |
Haphazard | lacking any obvious principle of organization | अव्यवस्थित | disorgnized | systematic |
Hymn | a religious song or poem of praise to God | स्तोत्र | prayer | reprimand |
Hoax | trick or deceive (someone) | छल | Cheat | Honesty |
I
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Insincere | not expressing genuine feelings | निष्ठाहीन | false | honest |
Illuminate | light up | उजागर करना | clarify | confuse |
Impulsive | acting or done without forethought | आवेशपूर्ण | conducive | cautious |
Ignominy | public shame or disgrace | कलंक | Contempt | Honour |
Impeach | charge (the holder of a public office) with misconduct. | अभियोग लगाना | Accuse | Defend |
Impetuous | acting or done quickly and without thought or care | जल्दबाज | Hasty | Deliberate |
Ingenious | (of a person) clever, original, and inventive | शानदार | Skilful | untrained |
Incense | to cause someone to be extremely angry | कुद्ध करना | Make angry | Calm down |
Immaculate | perfectly clean, neat, or tidy | निष्कलंक | Spotless | Corrupt |
J
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Jumpy | anxious and uneasy | चिड़चिड़ा | jittery | calm |
Jocund | cheerful and light-hearted | प्रफुल्ल | hilarious | sad |
Jester | a professional joker | विदूषक | joker | tragedian |
Juvenile | for or relating to young people | किशोर | adolescent | adult |
Jest | a thing said or done for amusement | परिहास | Joke | seriously |
K
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Kindred | similar in kind | आत्मीय | cognate | unrelated |
Kinsman | a man who is one of a person’s blood relations | स्वजन | kinsman | stranger |
Knavish | dishonest or unscrupulous. | दुष्टी | unprincipled | noble |
L
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Lenient | more merciful or tolerant than expected | उदार | generous | merciless |
Languor | tiredness or inactivity | थकान | Weakness | Enthusiasum |
Loath | Unwilling | अनिच्छुक | Reluctant | Willing |
Liquidate | wind up the affairs of (a business) | नष्ट करना | Clean off | Owe |
Lucrative | producing a great deal of profit | लाभप्रद | Advantageous | Harmful |
M
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Melancholy | a feeling of pensive sadness | उदासी | sadness | happiness |
Maiden | first | प्रथम | Damsel | Lad |
Meddle | interfere in something that is not one’s concern | हस्तक्षेप करना | Interfere | Help |
Meretricious | apparently attractive but having no real value | दिखावे का | Gaudy | Simple |
Meticulous | very careful and precise | सूक्ष्म | Attentive | Careless |
Monotonous | lacking in variety and interest. | नीरस | Dull | Diverse |
Meagre | lacking in quantity or quality | अल्प | little | abundant |
Morbid | of the nature of or indicative of disease | रोगी | diseased | healthy |
Malleable | able to be hammered or pressed into shape without | लचीला | Adaptable | intractable |
N
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Nymph | a mythological spirit of nature imagined as a beautiful | अप्सरा | Diana | |
Naive | showing a lack of experience | अनुभवहीन | innocent | experienced |
O
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Overhaul | take apart (a piece of machinery or equipment) in order to examine it | पूरी मरम्मत | transmutation | damage |
Obsolete | no longer produced or used | जीर्ण-शीर्ण | outdated | modern |
Outrageous | shockingly bad or excessive. | अपमानजनक | abusive | moderat |
Offensive | causing someone to feel resentful | अपमानजनक | revolting | polite |
Obstinate | very difficult to change or overcome | जिद्दी | stubborn | amenable |
Obliterate | make invisible or indistinct | काटना | reap | establish |
P
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Pretence | an attempt to make something that is not the case appear true | दिखावा | faking | reality |
Provision | the action of providing or supplying something for use | नियम | rule | oversight |
Peril | serious and immediate danger | जोखिम | danger | safety |
Profound | (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense | गम्भीर | sober | mild |
Perpetual | never ending or changing | लगातार | constant | temporary |
Perceive | become aware or conscious of | समझना | understand | neglect |
Palatable | acceptable or satisfactory | सुहावना | Pleasant | Unacceptable |
Pernicious | having a harmful effect | हानिकारक | Hurtful | Beneficial |
Pompous | affectedly grand | गर्वित | Majestic | Modest |
Prolific | productive | उपजाऊ | Fertile | Barren |
Perennial | living for several years | चिरस्थायी | eternal | ending |
Patronize | treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful | संरक्षण | protect | humble |
Perfidious | deceitful and untrustworthy | द्रोही | Insidious | loyal |
Q
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Quarry | a place from which stone or other materials are or have been extracted | खदान | excavate | predator |
Quaint | attractively unusual or old-fashioned | विलक्षण | bizarre | normal |
R
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Retrospect | a survey or review of a past course of events | बीती बातों की जांच | to look back upon | anticipation |
Reclaim | retrieve or recover (something previously lost | सुधारना | improve | forfeit |
Radiant | shining or glowing brightly | चमकीला | Bright | Dull |
Radical | relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something | मौलिक | Original | Unimportant |
Raise | lift or move to a higher position or level | बढ़ाना | Promote | Degrade |
Recline | lean or lie back in a relaxed position | झुकना | Rest | Erect, |
Rectify | put right | सही करना | Correct | Damage |
Redundant | not or no longer needed or useful | अनावश्यक | Superfluous | Necessary |
S
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Spacious | having ample space | विस्तृत | extensive | restricted |
Scrutinize | examine or inspect closely and thoroughly. | ताकना | sight | glance at |
Slacken | make or become slack | शिथिल करना | Lessen | Enlarge |
Sophisticate | developed to a high degree of complexity. | जटिल | Corrupt | Reform |
Sagacious | having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement | बुद्धिमान | Wise | Stupid |
Schism | caused by differences in opinion or belief. | मतभेद | Discord | unity |
Sedition | conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch. | राज – द्रोह | Rebellion | loyalty |
T
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Turmoil | a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertaint | उथल-पुथल | panic | calm |
Tangible | perceptible by touch | वास्तविक | Solid | Spiritual |
Tantamount | equivalent in seriousness to | बराबर | Equal | Antonymous |
Temperate | showing moderation or self-restraint. | नरम | Moderate | Rigid |
Triumph | a great victory or achievement. | विजय | Courageous | defeat |
Taciturn | reserved or uncommunicative in speech | अल्पभाषी | Silent | talkative |
U
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Unrivaled | better than everyone | बेमिसाल | unique | average |
Uncouth | lacking good manners | अनोखा | unique | refined |
Uproot | pull (something, especially a tree or plant) out of the ground | जड़ से उखाड़ना | eradicate | settle |
Utter | absolute | पूर्ण | Extreme | patial |
Unscrupulous | having or showing no moral principles | निर्लज्ज | Unprincipled | Honest |
Utility | the state of being useful | उपयोगिता | Advantage | Futility |
V
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Vigilant | keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties. | जागरूक | watchful | negligent |
Vernacular | the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. | मातृभाषा | spoken language | formal language |
Vandalism | action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property | बर्बरता | Barbarism | Prosperity |
Veracity | conformity to facts | सच्चाई | Credibility | Fiction |
Vicious | deliberately cruel or violent | भ्रष्ट | Corrupt | Pure |
Vehement | showing strong feeling | रफ़्तार | Furious | mild |
W
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Wanton | (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked. | प्रचंड | intense | justifiable |
Wrinkle | a slight line or fold in something, | शिकन | crease | smooth |
Whirl | move or cause to move rapidly round and round. | चक्कर | Spin | Straight |
Wrathful | full of or characterized by intense anger | प्रकोप | Angry | Calm |
Weary | feeling or showing extreme tiredness, | सुस्त | Fatigued | Fresh |
Weird | suggesting something supernatural | विचित्र | bizarre | normal |
X
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Xenial | relating to, hospitality or relations between host and guest | आतिथ्य संबंधी | friendly | hostile |
Xeric | Being deficient in moisture | शुष्क | very dry | hydric |
Y
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Yield | produce or provide | उपज | produce | resist |
Yokelish | rude, uncouth | अशिष्ट | rude | refined |
Z
Word | Meaning | Meaning (In Hindi) | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Zenith | the time at which something is most powerful or successful. | शीर्षबिंदु | apex | bottom |
Zonal | characterized by or relating to a zon | आंचलिक | regional | whole |