| Sr No. | Word | शब्द | Meaning | Example |
| 1 | cabal | साज़िश | small group of persons secretly
united to promote their own interests | The cabal was defeated when its
scheme was discovered. |
| 2 | cache | कैश | hiding place | The detectives followed the
suspects until he led them to the cache where he had stored his loot. |
| 3 | cacophony | कोलाहल | discord | Some people seem to enjoy the
cacophony of an orchestra that is tuning up. |
| 4 | cadaver | शव | corpse | In some states, it is illegal to
dissect cadavers.
|
| 5 | cadaverous | शव का | like a corpse; pale | From his cadaverous appearance,
we could see how the disease had ravaged him. |
| 6 | cadence | ताल | rhythmic rise and fall (of words
or sounds); beat | Marching down the road, the
troops sang out, following the cadence set by the sergeant. |
| 7 | cajole | झूठ बोलना | coax; wheedle | I will not be cajoled into
granting your wish. |
| 8 | calamity | आपदा | disaster; misery | As news of the calamity spread,
offers of relief poured in to the stricken community. |
| 9 | caliber | बुद्धि का विस्तार | ability; capacity | A man of such caliber should not
be assigned such menial tasks. |
| 10 | calligraphy | सुलेख | beautiful writing; excellent
penmanship | As we examine ancient
manuscripts, we became impressed with the calligraphy of the scribes. |
| 11 | callous | कठोर | hardened; unfeeling | He had worked in the hospital
for so many years that he was callous to the suffering in the wards. |
| 12 | callow | अनुभवहीन | youthful; immature | In that youthful movement, the
leaders were only a little less callow than their immature followers. |
| 13 | calorific | कैलोरिफिक | heat-producing | Coal is much more calorific than
green wood. |
| 14 | calumny | चुगली | malicious misrepresentation | He could endure his financial
failure, but he could not bear the calumny that his foes heaped upon him. |
| 15 | camaraderie | सौहार्द | good-fellowship | What he loved best about his job
was the sense of camaraderie he and his co-workers shared. |
| 16 | cameo | कैमिया | shell or jewel carved in relief | Tourists are advised not to
purchase cameos from the street peddlers of Rome who sell poor specimens of
the carver's art. |
| 17 | canard | बेबुनियाद ख़बर | unfounded rumor | It is almost impossible to
protect oneself from such a base canard. |
| 18 | candor | स्पष्टवादिता | frankness | The candor and simplicity of his
speech impressed all, it was all clear he held nothing back. |
| 19 | canine | कुत्ते का | related to dogs; doglike | Some days the canine population
of Berkeley seems almost to outnumber the human population. |
| 20 | canker | नासूर | any ulcerous sore; any evil | Poverty is a canker in the body
politic; it must be cured. |
| 21 | canny | चालाक | shrewd; thrifty | The canny Scotsman was more than
a match for the swindlers. |
| 22 | cant | खिचड़ी भाषा | pious phraseology; jargon of
criminals | Angry that the president had
slashed the education budget, we dismissed his speech on the importance of
education as mere cant. |
| 23 | cantankerous | झगड़ालू | ill-humored; irritable | Constantly complaining about his
treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff, he was a
cantankerous patient. |
| 24 | cantata | कंटाटा | story set to music, to be sung
by a chorus | The choral society sang the new
cantata composed by its leader. |
| 25 | canter | पाखंडी | slow gallop | Because the racehorse had
outdistanced its competition so easily, the reporter wrote that the race was
won in a canter. |
| 26 | canto | कंटो | division of a long poem | Dante's poetic masterpiece The
Divine Comedy is divided into cantos. |
| 27 | canvass | वोट मांगना | determine or seek opinions,
votes, etc. | After canvassing the sentiments
of his constituents, the congressman was confident that he represented the
majority opinion of his district. |
| 28 | capacious | विशाल | spacious | In the capacious areas of the
railroad terminal, thousands of travelers lingered while waiting for their
train. |
| 29 | capillary | केशिका | having a very fine bore | The changes in surface tension
of liquids in capillary vessels is of special interest to physicists. |
| 30 | capitulate | शर्त पर हथियार डाल देना | surrender | The enemy was warned to
capitulate or face annihilation. |
| 31 | caprice | मौज | whim | She was an unpredictable
creature, acting on caprice, never taking thought of the consequences. |
| 32 | capricious | मौजी | fickle; incalculable | The storm was capricious and
changed course constantly. |
| 33 | caption | शीर्षक | title; chapter heading; text
under illustration | I find the captions that
accompany these cartoons very clever and humorous. |
| 34 | captious | छिद्रान्वेषी | faultfinding | His criticisms were always
captious and frivolous, never offering constructive suggestions. |
| 35 | carafe | पिचर | glass water bottle | With each dinner, the patron
receives a carafe of red or white wine. |
| 36 | carapace | कछुवे की पीठ की हड्डी | shell covering the back (of a
turtle, crab, etc) | At the children's zoo, Richard
perched on top of the giant turtle's hard carapace as it slowly made its way
around the enclosure. |
| 37 | carat | कैरट | unit of weight for precious
stones; measure of fineness of gold | He gave her a diamond that
weighed three carats and was mounted in an eighteen-carat gold band. |
| 38 | carcinogenic | कासीनजन | causing cancer | Many supposedly harmless
substances have been revealed to be carcinogenic. |
| 39 | cardinal | कार्डिनल | chief | If you want to increase your
word power, the cardinal rule of vocabulary-building is to read. |
| 40 | careen | झुक जाना | lurch; sway from side to side | The taxicab careened wildly as
it rounded the corner. |
| 41 | caricature | कारटूनवाला | distortion; burlesque | The caricatures he drew always
emphasized personal weaknesses of the people he burlesqued. |
| 42 | carillon | Carillon | set of bells capable of being
played | The carillon in the bell tower
of the Coca-Cola pavilion at the New York World's Fair provided musical
entertainment every hour. |
| 43 | carnage | नरसंहार | destruction of life | The carnage that can be caused
by atomic warfare adds to the responsibilities of our statesmen. |
| 44 | carnal | कामुक | fleshly | The public was more interested
in carnal pleasures than in spiritual matters. |
| 45 | carnivorous | मांसभक्षी | meat-eating | The lion is a carnivorous
animal. |
| 46 | carousal | डटकर शराब पीना | drunken revel | The party degenerated into an
ugly carousal. |
| 47 | carping | छिद्रान्वेषी | petty criticism; fault-finding | Welcoming constructive
criticism, Lexy appreciated her editor's comments, finding them free of
carping. |
| 48 | carrion | सड़ा हुआ | rotting flesh of a dead body | Buzzards are nature's
scavengers; they eat the carrion left behind by other predators. |
| 49 | cartographer | काटोग्रफ़र | map-maker | Though not a professional
cartographer, Tolkien was able to construct a map of the fictional world. |
| 50 | cascade | झरना | small waterfall | We could not appreciate the
beauty of the many cascades as we made detours around each of them to avoid
getting wet. |
| 51 | caste | जाति | one of the hereditary classes in
Hindu society, social stratification; prestige | The differences created by caste
in India must be wiped out if true democracy is to prevail in that country. |
| 52 | castigation | सज़ा | punishment; severe criticism | Sensitive even to mild
criticism, Woolf could not bear castigation that she found in certain
reviews. |
| 53 | casual | आकस्मिक | accidental; not regular or
permanent; careless; informal | It can be argued that physical
laws can be casual as well as inveterate, since it is based on an induction. |
| 54 | casualty | दुर्घटना | serious or fatal accident | The number of automotive
casualties on this holiday weekend was high. |
| 55 | cataclysm | प्रलय | deluge; upheaval | A cataclysm such as the French
Revolution affects all countries. |
| 56 | catalyst | उत्प्रेरक | agent that brings about a
chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged | Many chemical reactions cannot
take place without the presence of a catalyst. |
| 57 | catapult | गुलेल | slingshot; hurling machine | Airplanes are sometimes launched
from battleships by catapults. |
| 58 | cataract | मोतियाबिंद | great waterfall; eye abnormality | She gazed with awe at the mighty
cataract known as Niagara Falls. |
| 59 | catastrophe | तबाही | calamity | The Johnstown flood was a
catastrophe. |
| 60 | catechism | जिरह | book for religious instruction;
instruction by question and answer | He taught by engaging his pupils
in a catechism until they gave him the correct answer. |
| 61 | categorical | स्पष्ट | without exceptions; unqualified;
absolute | Though the captain claimed he
was never, never sick at sea, he finally qualified his categorical denial; he
was hardly ever sick at sea. |
| 62 | catharsis | साफ़ हो जाना | purging or cleansing of any
passage of the body | Aristotle maintained that
tragedy created a catharsis by purging the soul of base concepts. |
| 63 | cathartic | भेदक | purgative | Some drugs act as laxatives when
taken in small doses but act as cathartics when taken in much larger doses. |
| 64 | catholic | कैथोलिक | universal; wide-ranging liberal | He was extremely catholic in his
taste and read everything he could find in the library. |
| 65 | caucus | कोकस | private meeting of members of a
party to select officers or determine policy | At the opening of Congress the
members of the Democratic Party held a caucus to elect the majority leader of
the House and the party whip. |
| 66 | caulk | गहनी करना | to make watertight (by plugging
seams) | When water from the shower
leaked into the basement, we knew it was time to caulk the tiles at the edges
of the shower stall. |
| 67 | causal | करणीय | implying a cause-and-effect
relationship | The psychologist maintained
there was a causal relationship between the nature of one's early childhood
experiences and one's adult personality. |
| 68 | caustic | काटू | burning; sarcastically biting | The critic's caustic remarks
angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm. |
| 69 | cauterize | दाग़ना | burn with hot iron or caustic | In order to prevent infection,
the doctor cauterized the wound. |
| 70 | cavalcade | घुड़सवार-दल | procession; parade | As described by Chaucer, the
cavalcade of Canterbury pilgrims was motley group. |
| 71 | cavalier | घुड़सवार | casual and offhand; arrogant | Sensitive about having her ideas
taken lightly, Marcia felt insulted by Mark's cavalier dismissal of her
suggestion. |
| 72 | cavil | झूठा इलज़ाम | make frivolous objections | I respect your sensible
criticisms, but I dislike the way you cavil about unimportant details. |
| 73 | cede | सौंपना | transfer; yield title to | I intend to cede this property
to the city. |
| 74 | celerity | ज्लदी | speed; rapidity | Hamlet resented his mother's
celerity in remarrying within a month after his father's death. |
| 75 | celestial | आकाशीय | heavenly | She spoke of the celestial joys
that awaited virtuous souls in the hereafter. |
| 76 | celibate | अविवाहित | abstaining from sexual
intercourse; unmarried | Though the late Havelock Ellis
wrote extensively about sexual customs and was considered an expert in such
matters, recent studies maintain he was celibate throughout his life. |
| 77 | censor | सेंसर | overseer of morals; person who
eliminates inappropriate matter | Soldiers dislike having their
mail read by a censor but understand the need for this precaution. |
| 78 | censorious | सख़्त | critical | censorious people delight in
casting blame. |
| 79 | censure | निंदा | blame; criticize | He was censured for his
inappropriate behavior. |
| 80 | centaur | सेंटो | mythical figure, half man and
half horse | I was particularly impressed by
the statue of the centaur in the Roman Hall of the museum. |
| 81 | centigrade | सेंटीग्रेड | denoting a widely used
temperature scale (basically same as Celsius) | On the centigrade thermometer,
the freezing point of water is zero degrees. |
| 82 | centrifugal | केंद्रत्यागी | radiating; departing from the
center | Many automatic drying machines
remove excess moisture from clothing by centrifugal force. |
| 83 | centrifuge | अपकेंद्रित्र | machine that separates
substances by whirling them | At the dairy, we employ a
centrifuge to separate cream from milk. |
| 84 | centripetal | केंद्राभिगामी | tending toward the center | Does centripetal force or the
force of gravity bring orbiting bodies to the earth's surface? |
| 85 | centurion | सेंचुरियन | Roman army officer | Because he was in command of a
company of one hundred soldiers, he was called a centurion. |
| 86 | cerebral | सेरिब्रल | pertaining to the brain or
intellect | The content of philosophical
works is cerebral in nature and requires much thought. |
| 87 | cerebration | मस्तिष्क का कार्य | thought | Mathematics problems sometimes
require much cerebration. |
| 88 | ceremonious | औपचारिक | marked by formality | Ordinary dress would be in
appropriate at so ceremonious an affair. |
| 89 | cessation | समाप्ति | stopping | The workers threatened a
cessation of all activities if their demands were not met. |
| 90 | cession | रियायत | yielding to another; ceding | The cession of Alaska to the
United States is discussed in this chapter. |
| 91 | chafe | मसलना | warm by rubbing | The collar chafed his neck. |
| 92 | chaff | फूस | worthless products of an
endeavor | When you separate the wheat from
the chaff, be sure you throw out the chaff. |
| 93 | chaffing | chaffing | bantering; joking | Sometimes his flippant and
chaffing remarks annoy us. |
| 94 | chagrin | चिढ़ | vexation; disappointment | Her refusal to go with us filled
us with chagrin. |
| 95 | chalice | प्याला | goblet; consecrated cup | In a small room adjoining the
cathedral, many ornately decorated chalices made by the most famous European
goldsmiths were on display. |
| 96 | chameleon | गिरगिट | lizard that changes color in
different situations | Like the chameleon, he assumed
the political coloration of every group he met. |
| 97 | champion | चैंपियन | support militantly | Martin Luther King, Jr., won the
Nobel Peace Prize because he championed the oppressed in their struggle for
equality. |
| 98 | chaotic | अराजक | in utter disorder | He tried to bring order into the
chaotic state of affairs. |
| 99 | charisma | प्रतिभा | divine gift; great popular charm
or appeal | Political commentators have
deplored the importance of a candidate's charisma in these days of television
campaigning. |
| 100 | charlatan | मायावी | quack; pretender to knowledge | When they realized that the
Wizard didn't know how to get them back to Kansas, Dorothy and her friends
were sure they'd been duped by a charlatan. |
| 101 | chary | सावधान | cautious; sparing or restrained
about giving | A prudent, thrifty New
Englander, DeWitt was as chary of investing money in junk bonds as he was
chary of paying people unnecessary compliments. |
| 102 | chase | पीछा | ornament a metal surface by
indenting | With his hammer, he carefully
chased an intricate design onto the surface of the chalice. |
| 103 | chasm | खाई | abyss | They could not see the bottom of
the chasm.
|
| 104 | chassis | हवाई जहाज़ के पहिये | framework and working parts of
an automobile | Examining the car after the
accident, the owner discovered that the body had been ruined but that the
chassis was unharmed. |
| 105 | chaste | पवित्र | pure | Her chaste and decorous garb was
appropriately selected for the solemnity of the occasion. |
| 106 | chasten | दंड देना | discipline; punish in order to
correct | Whom God loves, God chastens. |
| 107 | chastise | दंड देना | punish | I must chastise you for this
offense. |
| 108 | chauvinist | अंधराष्ट्रीवादी | blindly devoted patriot | A chauvinist cannot recognize
any faults in his country, no matter how flagrant they may be. |
| 109 | check | चेक | stop motion; curb or restrain | Thrusting out her arm, Grandma
checked Bobby's lunge at his sister. "Young man," she said,
"you'd better check your temper." |
| 110 | checkered | विविध | marked by changes in fortune | During his checkered career he
had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary boardinghouses. |
| 111 | cherubic | चेस्र्ब सा | angelic; innocent-looking | With her cheerful smile and rosy
cheeks, she was a particularly cherubic child. |
| 112 | chicanery | झूठा इलज़ाम | trickery | Your deceitful tactics in this
case are indications of chicanery. |
| 113 | chide | डांटना | scold | Grandma began to chide Steven
for his lying. |
| 114 | chimerical | असाध्य | fantastic; highly imaginative | Poe's chimerical stories are
sometimes too morbid for reading in bed. |
| 115 | chivalrous | राजपूत का | courteous; faithful; brave | chivalrous behavior involves
noble words and good deeds. |
| 116 | choleric | चिड़चिड़ा | hot-tempered | His flushed, angry face
indicated a choleric nature. |
| 117 | choreography | नृत्यकला | art of dancing | Martha Graham introduced a form
of choreography that seemed awkward and alien to those who had been brought
up on classic ballet. |
| 118 | chronic | जीर्ण | long established, as a disease | The doctors were finally able to
attribute his chronic headaches and nausea to traces of formaldehyde gas in
his apartment. |
| 119 | chronicle | इतिवृत्त | report; record (in chronological
order) | The gossip columnist was paid to
chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities. |
| 120 | churlish | अक्खड़ | boorish; rude | Dismayed by his churlish manners
at the party, the girls vowed never to invite him again. |
| 121 | ciliated | रोमक | having minute hairs | The paramecium is a ciliated,
one-celled animal. |
| 122 | cipher | सिफ़र | nonentity; worthless person or
thing | She claimed her ex-husband was a
total cipher and wondered why she had ever married him. |
| 123 | cipher | सिफ़र | secret code | Lacking his code book, the spy
was unable to decode the message sent to him in cipher. |
| 124 | circlet | चूड़ी | small ring; band | This tiny circlet is very costly
because it is set with precious stones. |
| 125 | circuitous | चक्करदार | roundabout | Because of the traffic
congestion on the main highways, she took a circuitous route. |
| 126 | circumlocution | कपटपूर्ण बातें | indirect or roundabout
expression | He was afraid to call spade a
spade and resorted to circumlocutions to avoid direct reference to his
subject. |
| 127 | circumscribe | प्रतिबंध लगाना | limit; confine | Although I do not wish to
circumscribe your activities, I must insist that you complete this assignment
before you start anything else. |
| 128 | circumspect | चौकस | prudent; cautious | Investigating before acting, she
tried always to be circumspect. |
| 129 | circumvent | दरकिनार | outwit; baffle | In order to circumvent the
enemy, we will make two preliminary attacks in other sections before starting
our major campaign. |
| 130 | citadel | गढ़ | fortress | The citadel overlooked the city
like a protecting angel. |
| 131 | cite | अदालत में तलब करना | quote; commend | She could cite passages in the
Bible from memory. |
| 132 | civil | नागरिक | having to do with citizens or
the state; courteous and polite | Although internal Revenue
Service agents are civil servants, they are not always civil to suspected tax
evaders. |
| 133 | clairvoyant | भेदक | having foresight; fortuneteller | Cassandra's clairvoyant warning
was not heeded by the Trojans. |
| 134 | clamber | संघर्ष | climb by crawling | She clambered over the wall. |
| 135 | clamor | कोलाहल | noise | The clamor of the children at
play outside made it impossible for her to take a nap. |
| 136 | clandestine | गुप्त | secret | After avoiding their chaperon,
the lovers had a clandestine meeting. |
| 137 | clangor | clangor | loud, resounding noise | The blacksmith was accustomed to
the clangor of hammers on steel. |
| 138 | clapper | घंटे का लटकन | striker (tongue) of a bell | Wishing to be undisturbed by the
bell, Dale wound his scarf around the clapper to muffle its striking. |
| 139 | clarion | बिगुल | shrill, trumpetlike sound | We woke to the clarion to muffle
its striking. |
| 140 | claustrophobia | क्लौस्ट्रफ़ोबिया | fear of being locked in | His fellow classmates laughed at
his claustrophobia and often threatened to lock him in his room. |
| 141 | clavicle | हंसली | collarbone | Even though he wore shoulder
pads, the football player broke his clavicle during a practice scrimmage. |
| 142 | cleave | फोड़ना | split asunder | The lightening cleaves the tree
in two. |
| 143 | cleft | फांक | split | Erosion caused a cleft in the
huge boulder. |
| 144 | clemency | दया | disposition ot be lenient;
mildness, as of the weather | The lawyer was pleased when the
case was sent to Judge Smith's chambers because Smith was noted for her
clemency toward first offenders. |
| 145 | cliche | क्लीषे | phrase culled in meaning by
repetition | High school compositions are
often marred by such cliches as "strong as an ox." |
| 146 | clientele | ग्राहक | body of customers | The rock club attracted a young,
stylish clientele. |
| 147 | climactic | चरम | relating to the highest point | When he reached the climactic
portions of the book, he could not stop reading. |
| 148 | clime | जलवायु | region; climate | His doctors advised him to move
to a milder clime. |
| 149 | clique | गिरोह | small, exclusive group | She charged that a clique had
assumed control of school affairs. |
| 150 | cloister | मठ | monastery or convent | The nuns lived in the cloister. |
| 151 | clout | रसूख | great influence (especially
political or social) | Gatsby wondered whether he had
enough clout to be admitted to the exclusive club. |
| 152 | cloying | cloying | distasteful (because excessive);
excessively sweet or sentimental | Disliking the cloying sweetness
of standard wedding cakes, Jody and Tom chose a homemade carrot cake for
their reception. |
| 153 | coagulate | जमना | thicken; congeal; clot | Even after you remove the
pudding from the burner, it will continue to coagulate as it stands. |
| 154 | coalesce | संगठित होना | combine; fuse | The brooks coalesce into one
large river. |
| 155 | coda | कोडा | concluding section of a musical
or literary composition | The piece concluded with a
distinctive coda that strikingly brought together various motifs. |
| 156 | coddle | लाड़ प्यार करना | treat gently; pamper | Don't coddle the children to
much; they need a taste of discipline. |
| 157 | codicil | उपदित्सा | supplement to the body of a will | This codicil was drawn up five
years after the writing of the original will. |
| 158 | codify | सांकेतिक शब्दों में बदलना | arrange (laws, rules) as a code;
classify | We need to take the varying
rules and regulations of the different health agencies and codify them into a
national health code. |
| 159 | coercion | बलात्कार | use of force | They forced him to obey, but
only by great coercion. |
| 160 | coeval | समवयस्क | living at the same time as;
contemporary | coeval with the dinosaur, the
pterodactyl flourished during the Mesozoic era. |
| 161 | cog | दांत | tooth projecting from a wheel | A bicycle chain moves through a
series of cogs in order to propel the bike. |
| 162 | cogent | ठोस | convincing | She presented cogent arguments
to the jury. |
| 163 | cogitate | सोचना | think over | cogitate on this problem; the
solution will come. |
| 164 | cognate | आत्मीय | related linguistically; allied
by blood; similar or akin in nature | The English word
"mother" cognate to the Latin word "mater," whose
influence is visible in the words "maternal" and
"maternity." |
| 165 | cognitive | संज्ञानात्मक | having to do with knowing or
perceiving related to the mental precesses | Though Jack was emotionally
immature, his cognitive development was admirable; he was very advanced
intellectually. |
| 166 | cognizance | हस्तक्षेप | knowledge | During the election campaign,
the two candidates were kept in full cognizance of the international
situation. |
| 167 | cohere | गुथना | stick together | Solids have a greater tendency
to cohere than liquids. |
| 168 | cohesion | एकजुटता | tendency to keep together | A firm believer in the maxim
"Divide and conquer," the emperor, by lies and trickery, sought to
disrupt the cohesion ofthe free nations. |
| 169 | cohorts | साथियों | armed band | Caesar and his Roman cohorts
conquered almost all of the known world. |
| 170 | coiffure | बाल बनाने का प्रकार | hairstyle | You can make a statement with
your choice of coiffure: in the 60's many African-Americans affirmed their
racial heritage by wearing their hair in Afros. |
| 171 | coincident | मुनासिब | occurring at the same time | Some people find the coincident
events in Hardy's novels annoyingly improbable. |
| 172 | colander | कोलंडर | utensil with perforated bottom
used for straining | Before serving the spaghetti,
place it in a colander to drain it. |
| 173 | collaborate | सहयोग | work together | Two writers collaborated in
preparing this book. |
| 174 | collage | महाविद्यालय | work of art put together from
fragments | Scraps of cloth, paper doilies,
and old photographs all went into her collage. |
| 175 | collate | मुक़ाबला करना | examine in order to verify
authenticity; arrange in order | They collated the newly found
manuscripts to determine their age. |
| 176 | collateral | सहायक | security given for loan | The sum you wish to borrow is so
large that it must be secured by collateral. |
| 177 | collation | मिलान | a light meal | Tea sandwiches and cookies were
offered at the collation. |
| 178 | colloquial | बोल-चाल का | pertaining to conversational or
common speech | Your use of colloquial
expressions in a formal essay such as the one you have presented spoils the
effect you hope to achieve. |
| 179 | colloquy | आम बोलचाल | informal discussion | I enjoy our colloquies but I
sometimes wish that they could be made more formal and more searching. |
| 180 | collusion | मिलीभगत | conspiring in a fraudulent
scheme | The swindlers were found guilty
of collusion. |
| 181 | colossal | भारी | huge | Radio City Music Hall has a
colossal stage. |
| 182 | colossus | प्रकांड व्यक्ति | gigantic statue | The legendary Colossus of
Rhodes, bronze statue of the sun god that dominated the harbor of the Greek
seaport, was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. |
| 183 | comatose | अचैतन्य का | in a coma; extremely sleepy | The long-winded orator soon had
his audience in a comatose state. |
| 184 | combustible | दहनशील | easily burned | After the recent outbreak of
fires in private homes, the fire commissioner ordered that all combustible
materials be kept in safe containers. |
| 185 | comely | सुदर्शन | attractive; agreeable | I would rather have a poor and
comely wife than a rich and homely one. |
| 186 | comestible | खाद्य | something fit to be eaten | The roast turkey and other
comestibles, the wines, and the excellent service made this Thanksgiving
dinner particularly memorable. |
| 187 | comeuppance | फटकारना | rebuke; deserts | After his earlier rudeness, we
were delighted to see him get his comeuppance. |
| 188 | comity | शिष्टाचार | courtesy; civility | A spirit of comity should exist
among nations. |
| 189 | commandeer | किलेवार | to draft for military purposes;
to take for public use | The policeman commandeered the
first car that approached and ordered the driver to go to the nearest
hospital. |
| 190 | commemorative | स्मरणीय | remembering; honoring | The new commemorative stamp
honors the late Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| 191 | commensurate | अनुरूप | equal in extent | Your reward will be commensurate
with your effort. |
| 192 | commiserate | सहानुभूति प्रकट करना | feel or express pity or sympathy
for | Her friends commiserated with
the widow. |
| 193 | commodious | विस्तृत | spacious and comfortable | After sleeping in a small
roadside cabins, they found their hotel suite commodious. |
| 194 | communal | सांप्रदायिक | held in common; of a group of
people | When they were divorced, they
had trouble dividing their communal property. |
| 195 | compact | सघन | agreement; contract | The signers of the Mayflower
Compact were establishing a form of government. |
| 196 | compact | सघन | tightly packed; firm; brief | His short, compact body was
better suited to wrestling than to basketball. |
| 197 | compatible | संगत | harmonious; in harmony with | They were compatible neighbors,
never quarreling over unimportant matters. |
| 198 | compelling | सम्मोहक | overpowering; irresistible in
effect | The prosecutor presented a
well-reasoned case, but the defense attorney's compelling arguments for
leniency won over the jury. |
| 199 | compendium | सारांश | brief, comprehensive summary | This text can serve as a
compendium of the tremendous amount of new material being developed in this
field. |
| 200 | compensatory | प्रतिपूरक | making up for; repaying | Can a compensatory education
program make up for the inadequate schooling he received in earlier years? |
| 201 | complacent | प्रसन्न | self-satisfied | There was a complacent look on
his face as he examined his paintings. |
| 202 | complaisant | मेहरबान | trying to please; obliging | The courtier obeyed the king's
orders in a complaisant manner. |
| 203 | complement | पूरक | complete; consummate; make
perfect | The waiter recommended a glass
of port to complement the cheese.
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| 204 | compliance | अनुपालन | conformity in fulfilling
requirements; readiness to yield | The design for the new school
had to be in compliance with the local building code. |
| 205 | compliant | शिकायत | yielding | He was compliant and ready to go
along with his friends' desires. |
| 206 | complicity | सहापराध | participation; involvement | You cannot keep your complicity
in this affair secret very long; you would be wise to admit your involvement
immediately. |
| 207 | component | अवयव | element; ingredient | I wish all the components of my
stereo system were working at the same time. |
| 208 | comport | समान होना | bear one's self; behave | He comported himself with great
dignity. |
| 209 | composure | मानसिक संतुलन | mental calmness | Even the latest work crisis
failed to shake her composure. |
| 210 | compound | यौगिक | combine; constitute; pay
interest; increase | The makers of the popular cold
remedy compounded a nasal decongestant with an antihistamine. |
| 211 | comprehensive | व्यापक | thorough; inclusive | This book provides a
comprehensive review of verbal and math skills for the SAT. |
| 212 | compress | पुलटिस | close; squeeze; contract | She compressed the package under
her arm. |
| 213 | comprise | समावेश करना | include; consist of | If the District of Columbia were
to be granted a statehood, the United States of America would comprise
fifty-onestates, not just fifty. |
| 214 | compromise | समझौता | adjust; endanger the interests
or reputation of | Your presence at the scene of
the dispute compromises our claim to neutrality in this matter. |
| 215 | compunction | मलाल | remorse | The judge was especially severe
in this sentencing because he felt that the criminal had shown no compunction
for his heinous crime. |
| 216 | compute | गणना करना | reckon; calculate | He failed to compute the
interest, so his bank balance was not accurate. |
| 217 | concatenate | जुटना | link as in a chain | It is difficult to understand
how these events could concatenate as they did without outside assistance. |
| 218 | concave | नतोदर | hollow | The back-packers found partial
shelter from the storm by huddling against the concave wall of the cliff. |
| 219 | concede | स्वीकार करना | admit; hield | Despite all the evidence Monica
had assembled, Mark refused to concede that she was right. |
| 220 | conceit | दंभ | whimsical idea; extravagant
metaphor | He was an entertaining
companion, always expressing himself in amusing conceits and witty turns of
phrase. |
| 221 | concentric | गाढ़ा | having a common center | The target was made of
concentric circles. |
| 222 | conception | धारणा | beginning; forming of a idea | At the first conception of the
work, he was consulted. |
| 223 | concerted | ठोस | mutually agreed on; done
together | The girl scouts in the troop
made a concerted effort to raise funds for their annual outing, and emitted a
concerted sigh when their leader announced that they had reached their goal. |
| 224 | concession | रियायत | an act of yielding | Before they could reach an
agreement, both sides had to make certain concessions. |
| 225 | conciliatory | मिलाप करनेवाला | reconciling; soothing | She was still angry despite his
conciliatory words. |
| 226 | concise | संक्षिप्त | brief and compact | When you define a new word, be
concise; the shorter the definition, the easier it is to remember. |
| 227 | conclave | गुप्त सभा | private meeting | He was present at all their
conclaves as an unofficial observer. |
| 228 | conclusive | निर्णयात्मक | decisive; ending all debate | When the stolen books turned up
in John's locker, we finally had conclusive evidence of the identity of the
mysterious thief. |
| 229 | concoct | गढ़ना | prepare by combining; make up in
concert | How did the inventive chef ever
concoct such strange dish? |
| 230 | concomitant | सहगामी | that which accompanies | Culture is not always a
concomitant of wealth. |
| 231 | concord | सामंजस्य | harmony | Watching Tweediedum and
Tweedledee battle, Alice wondered why the two brothers could not manage to
life in concord. |
| 232 | concur | मिलना-जुलना | agree | Did you concur with the decision
of the court or did you find it unfair? |
| 233 | concurrent | समवर्ती | happening at the same time | In America, the colonists were
resisting the demands of the mother contry; at the concurrent moment in
France, the middle class was sowing the seeds of rebellion. |
| 234 | condescend | स्वीकर करना | bestow courtesies with a
superior air | The king condescended to grant
an audience to the friends of the condemned man. |
| 235 | condign | लायक़ | adequate; deservedly severe | The public approved the condign
punishment for the crime. |
| 236 | condiments | मसालों | seasonings; spices | Spanish food is full of
condiments. |
| 237 | condole | शोक प्रकट करना | express sympathetic sorrow | His friends gathered to condole
with him over his loss. |
| 238 | condone | मिलाप करना | overlook; forgive; give tacit
approval; excuse | Unlike Widow Douglass, who
condoned Huck's minor offenses, Miss Watson did nothing but scold. |
| 239 | conducive | अनुकूल | helpful; contributive | Rest and proper diet are
conducive to good health. |
| 240 | conduit | पाइपलाइन | aqueduct; passageway for fluids | Water was brought to the army in
the desert by an improvised conduit from the adjoining mountain. |
| 241 | confidant | विश्वासपात्र | trusted friend | He had no confidants with whom
he could discuss his problems at home. |
| 242 | confiscate | ज़ब्त करना | seize; commandeer | The army confiscated all
available supplies of uranium. |
| 243 | conflagration | आग | great fire | In the conflagration that
followed the 1906 earthquake, much of San Francisco was destroyed. |
| 244 | confluence | संगम | flowing together; crowd | They built the city at the
confluence of two rivers. |
| 245 | conformity | अनुपालन | harmony; agreement | In conformity with our rules and
regulations, I am calling a meeting of our organization. |
| 246 | confound | उलझाना | confuse; puzzle | No mystery could confound
Sherlock Holmes for long. |
| 247 | congeal | जमाना | freeze; coagulate | His blood congealed in his veins
as he saw the dread monster rush toward him. |
| 248 | congenial | अनुकूल | pleasant; friendly | My father loved to go out for a
meal with congenial companions. |
| 249 | congenital | जन्मजात | existing at birth | His congenital deformity
disturbed his parents. |
| 250 | conglomeration | समूह | mass of material sticking
together | In such a conglomeration of
miscellaneous statistics, it was impossible to find a single area of
analysis. |
| 251 | congruence | अनुरूपता | correspondence of parts;
harmonious relationship | The student demonstrated the
congruence of the two triangles by using the hypotenuse-arm theorem. |
| 252 | conifer | शंकुधर वृक्ष | pine tree; cone-bearing tree | According to geologists, the
conifers were the first plants to bear flowers. |
| 253 | conjecture | अनुमान | surmise; guess | I will end all your conjectures;
I admit I am guilty as charged. |
| 254 | conjugal | वैवाहिक | pertaining to marriage | Their dreams of conjugal bliss
were shattered as soon as their temperaments clashed. |
| 255 | conjure | जादू | summon a devil; proactive magic;
imagine; invent | He conjured up an image of a
reformed city and had the voters completely under his spell. |
| 256 | connivance | प्रशय | pretense of ignorance of
something wrong; assistance; permission to offend | With the connivance of his
friends, he plotted to embarrass the teacher. |
| 257 | connoisseur | विशेषज्ञ | person competent to act as judge
of art, ect.; a lover of an art | She had developed into a
connoisseur of fine china. |
| 258 | connotation | अर्थ | suggested or implied meaning of
an expression | Foreigners frequently are
unaware of the connotations of the words they use. |
| 259 | connubial | वैवाहिक | pertaining to maffige or the
matrimonial state | In his telegram, he wished the
newlyweds a lifetime of connubial bliss. |
| 260 | consanguinity | रक्तसंबंध | kinship | The lawsuit developed into a
test of the consanguinity of the claimant to the estate. |
| 261 | conscientious | ईमानदार | scrupulous; careful | A conscientious editor checked
every definition for its accuracy. |
| 262 | conscript | भरती होनेवाला | draftee; person forced into
military service | Did Rambo volunteer to fight in
Vietnam, or was he a conscript, drafted against his will? |
| 263 | consecrate | ज्ञान देना | dedicate; sanctify | We shall consecrate our lives to
this noble purpose. |
| 264 | consensus | आम सहमति | general agreement | The consensus indicates that we
are opposed to entering into this pact. |
| 265 | consequential | अहम | pompous; self-important | Convinced of his own importance,
the actor strutted about the dressing room with a consequential air. |
| 266 | conservatory | संरक्षिका | school of the fine arts
(especiallymusic or drama) | A gifted violinist, Marya was
selected to study at the conservatory. |
| 277 | consign | सुपुर्द करना | deliver officially; entrust; set
apart | The court consigned the child to
her paternal grandmother's care. |
| 278 | consistency | संगति | absence of contradictions;
dependability; uniformity; degree of thickness | Holmes judged puddings and
explanations on their consistency; he liked his puddings without lumps and
his explanations without improbabilities. |
| 279 | console | कंसोल | lessen sadness or
disappointment; give comfort | When her father died, Marius did
his best to console Cosette. |
| 280 | consonance | तालमेल | harmony; agreement | Her agitation seemed out of
consonance with her usual calm. |
| 281 | consort | बातचीत करना | associate with | We frequently judge people by
the company with whom they consort. |
| 282 | consort | बातचीत करना | husband or wife | The search for a consort for the
young Queen Victoria ended happily. |
| 283 | conspiracy | साजिश | treacherous plot | Brutus and Cassius joined in the
conspiracy to kill Julius Caesar. |
| 284 | consternation | आतंक | anxiety, dismay | Lincoln is famous for saying
that the consternations during the civil war had left him decrepit. |
| 285 | constituent | घटक | supporter | The congressman received
hundreds of letters from angry constituents after the Equal Rights Amendment
failed to pass. |
| 286 | constraint | बाधा | compulsion; repression of
feelings | There was a feeling of
constraint in the room because no one dared to criticize the speaker. |
| 287 | construe | टीका करना | explain; interpret | If I construe your remarks
correctly, you disagree with the theory already advanced. |
| 288 | consummate | समाप्त | complete | I have never seem anyone who
makes as many stupid errors as you do; you must be a consummate idiot. |
| 289 | contagion | छूत | infection | Fearing contagion, they took
drastic steps to prevent the spread of the disease. |
| 290 | contaminate | दूषित | pollute | The sewage system of the city so
contaminated the water that swimming was forbidden. |
| 291 | contempt | अपमान | scorn; disdain | Even if you feel superior to
others, it is unwise to show your contempt for them. |
| 292 | contend | संघर्ष करना | struggle; compete; assert
earnestly | In Revolt of the Black Athlete,
sociologist Harry Edwards contends that young black athletes have been
exploited by some college recruiters. |
| 293 | contentious | विवादास्पद | quarrelsome | We heard loud and contentious
noises in the next room. |
| 294 | contest | प्रतियोगिता | dispute | The defeated candidate attempted
to contest the election results. |
| 295 | context | प्रसंग | writings preceding and following
the passage quoted | Because these lines are taken
out of context, they do not convey the message the author intended. |
| 296 | contiguous | मिला हुआ | adjacent to; touching upon | The two countries are contiguous
for a few miles; then they are separated by the gulf. |
| 297 | continence | संयम | self-restraint; sexual chastity | She vowed to lead a life of
continence. |
| 298 | contingent | आकस्मिक | conditional | The continuation of this
contract is contingent on the quality of your first output. |
| 299 | contortions | contortions | twistings; distortions | As the effects of the opiate
wore away, the contortions of the patient became more violent and
demonstrated how much pain she was enduring. |
| 300 | contraband | तस्करी | illegal trade; smuggling;
smuggled goods | The coast guard tries to prevent
contraband in U.S. waters. |
| 301 | contravene | अवहेलना करना | contradict; oppose: infringe on
or transgress | Mr. Barrett did not expect his
frail daughter Elizabeth to contravene his will by eloping with Robert
Browning. |
| 302 | contrite | पछताया हुआ | penitent | Her contrite tears did not
influence the judge when he imposed sentence. |
| 303 | contrived | काल्पनिक | forced; artificial; not
spontaneous | Feeling ill at ease with his new
in-laws; James made a few contrived attempts at conversation and then
retreated into silence. |
| 304 | controvert | शर्त लगाना | oppose with arguments;
contradict | To controvert your theory will
require much time but it is essential that we disprove it. |
| 305 | contumacious | उद्दंड | disobedient; resisting authority | The contumacious mob shouted
defiantly at the police. |
| 306 | contusion | नील | bruise | She was treated for contusions
and abrasions. |
| 307 | conundrum | पहेली | riddle; difficult problem | During the long car ride, she
invented conundrums to entertain the children. |
| 308 | convene | बुलाना | assemble | Because much is needed
legislation had to be enacted, the governor ordered the legislature to
convene in special session by January 15. |
| 309 | convention | सम्मेलन | social or moral custom;
established practice | Flying in the face of
convention, George Sand (Amandine Dudevant) shocked her contemporaries by
taking lovers and wearing men's clothes. |
| 310 | conventional | पारंपरिक | ordinary; typical | His conventional upbringing left
him wholly unprepared for his wife's eccentric family. |
| 311 | conversant | दक्ष | familiar with | The lawyer is conversant with all the evidence. |
| 312 | converse | उलटा | opposite | The inevitable converse of peace is not war but annihilation. |
| 313 | convert | बदलना | one who has adopted a different religion or opinion | On his trip to Japan, though the President spoke at length about the merits of American automobiles, he made few converts to his beliefs.
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| 314 | convex | उत्तल | curving outward | He polished the convex lens of his telescope. |
| 315 | conveyance | वाहन | vehicle; transfer | During the transit strike, commuters used various kinds of conveyances. |
| 316 | conviction | दोषसिद्धि | strongly held belief | Nothing could shake his conviction that she was innocent. |
| 317 | convivial | खुशनुमा | festive; gay; characterized by joviality | The convivial celebrators of the victory sang their college songs. |
| 318 | convoke | समाह्वान करना | call together | Congress was convoked at the outbreak of the emergency. |
| 319 | convoluted | जटिल | coiled around; involved; intricate | His argument was so convoluted that few of us could follow a it intelligently. |
| 320 | copious | प्रचुर | plentiful | She had copious reasons for rejecting the proposal. |
| 321 | coquette | नखरा दिखाना | flirt | Because she refused to give him an answer to his proposal of marriage, he called her a coquette. |
| 322 | cordial | हार्दिक | gracious; heartfelt | Our hosts greeted us at the airport with a cordial welcome and a hearty hug. |
| 323 | cordon | घेरा | extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress | The police cordon was so tight that the criminals could not leave the area. |
| 324 | cornice | कंगनी | projecting molding on building (usually above columns) | Because the stones forming the cornice had been loosened by the storms, the police closed the building until repairs could be made. |
| 325 | cornucopia | cornucopia | horn overflowing wiht fruit and grain; symbol of abundance | The encyclopedia salesman claimed the new edition was a veritable cornucopia of information, an inexhaustible source of knowledge for the entire family. |
| 326 | corollary | परिणाम | consequence; accompaniment | Brotherly love is a complex emotion, with a sibling rivalry its natural corollary. |
| 327 | corporeal | मूर्त | bodily; material | He was not a churchgoer; he was interested only in corporeal matters. |
| 328 | corpulent | चर्बीयुक्त | very fat | The corpulent man resolved to reduce. |
| 329 | correlation | सह-संबंध | mutual relationship | He sought to determine the correlation that existed between ability in algebra and ability to interpret reading exercises. |
| 330 | corroborate | मंडित कतना | confirm | Unless we find a witness to corroborate your evidence, it will not stand up in court. |
| 331 | corrosive | संक्षारक | eating away by chemicals or disease | Stainless steel is able to withstand the effects of corrosive chemicals. |
| 332 | corrugated | नालीदार | wrinkled; ridged | She wished she could smooth away the wrinkles from his corrugated brow. |
| 333 | cosmic | ब्रह्मांडीय | pertaining to the universe; vast | cosmic rays derive their name from the fact that they bombard the earth's atmosphere from outer space. |
| 334 | coterie | मंडली | group that meets socially; select circle | After his book had been published, he was invited to join the literary coteri that lunched daily at the hotel. |
| 334 | countenance | मुखाकृति | approve; tolerate | He refused to countenance such rude behavior on their part. |
| 335 | countenance | मुखाकृति | face | Whe Jose saw his newborn daughter, a proud smile spread across his countenance. |
| 336 | countermand | countermand | cancel; revoke | The general countermand the orders issued in his absence. |
| 337 | counterpart | समकक्ष | a thing that completes another; things very much alike | Night and day are counterparts. |
| 338 | coup | तख्तापलट | highly successful action or sudden attack | As the news of his coup spread throughout Wall Street, his fellow brokers dropped by to congratulate him. |
| 339 | couple | युगल | join; unite | The Flying Karamazovs couple expert juggling and amateur joking in their nightclub act. |
| 340 | courier | संदेशवाहक | messenger | The publisher sent a special courier to pick up the manuscript. |
| 341 | covenant | वाचा | agreement | We must comply with the terms of the covenant. |
| 342 | covert | प्रच्छन्न | secret; hidden; implied | She could understand the covert threat in the letter. |
| 343 | covetous | लोभी | avaricious; eagerly desirous of | The child was covetous by nature and wanted to take the toys belonging to his classmates. |
| 344 | cow | गाय | terrorize; intimidate | The little boy was so cowed by the hulking bully that he gave up his lunch money without a word of protest. |
| 345 | cower | cower | shrink quivering, as from fear | The frightened child cowered in the corner of the room. |
| 346 | coy | विनीत | shy; modest; coquettish | She was coy in her answers to his offer. |
| 347 | cozen | मूंड़ना | cheat; hoodwink; swindle | He was the kind of individual who would cozen his friends in a cheap card game but remain eminently ethical in all his business dealings. |
| 348 | crabbed | crabbed | sour; peevish | The children avoided the crabbed old man because he scolded them when they made noise. |
| 349 | crass | मूर्ख | very unrefined; grossly insensible | The philosophers deplored the crass commercialism. |
| 350 | craven | डरपोक | cowardly | When he saw the enemy troops advancing, he had a craven impulse to run for his life. |
| 351 | credence | प्रत्यय | belief | Do not place any credence in his promises. |
| 352 | credo | मूलमंत्र | creed | I believe we may best describe his credo by saying that it approximates the Goldren Rule. |
| 353 | credulity | भोलापन | belief on slight evidence | The witch doctor took advantage of the credulity of the superstitious natives. |
| 354 | creed | पंथ | system of religious or ethical belief | In any loyal American's creed, love of democracy must be emphasized. |
| 355 | crescendo | तेज | increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climax | The overture suddenly changed from a quiet pastoral theme to a crescendo featuring blaring trumpets and clashing cymbols. |
| 356 | crestfallen | crestfallen | dejected; dispirited | We were surprised at his reaction to the failure of his project; instead of being crestfallen, he was busily engaged in planning new activities. |
| 357 | crevice | दरार | crack; fissure | The mountain climbers found footholds in the tiny crevices in the mountainside. |
| 358 | cringe | चापलूसी | shrink back, as if in fear | The dog cringed, expecting a blow. |
| 359 | criteria | मानदंड | standards used in judging | What criteria did you use when you selected this essay as the prize winner? |
| 360 | crone | Crone | hag | The toothless crone frightened us when she smiled. |
| 361 | crotchety | सनकी | eccentric; whimsical | Although he was reputed to be a crochety old gentleman, I found his ideas substantially sound and sensible. |
| 362 | crux | जड़ | crucial point | This is the crux of the entire problem. |
| 363 | crypt | तहखाना | secret recess or vault usually used for burial | Until recently only bodies of rulers and leading statesmen were interred in this crypt. |
| 364 | cryptic | गुप्त | mysterious; hidden; secret | His cryptic remarks could not be interpreted. |
| 365 | cubicle | क्यूबिकल | small chamberused for sleeping | After his many hours of intensive study in the library he retired to his cubicle. |
| 366 | cuisine | भोजन | style of cooking | French cuisine is noted for its use of sauces and wines. |
| 367 | culinary | पाक | relating to cooking | Many chefs attribute their culinary skill to the wise use of spices. |
| 368 | cull | चुनना | pick out; reject | Every month the farmer culls the nonplaying hens from his flock and sells them to the local butcher. |
| 369 | culmination | परिणति | attainment of highest point | His inauguration as President of the United States marked the culmination of his political career. |
| 370 | culpable | सदोष | deserving blame | Corrupt politicians who condone the activities of the gamblers are equally culpable. |
| 371 | culvert | पुलिया | artificial channel for water | If we build a culvert under the road at this point, we will reduce the possibility of the road at this point, we will reduce the possibility of the road's being flooded during the rainy season. |
| 372 | cumbersome | बोझिल | heavy; hard to manage | He was burdened down with cumbersome parcels. |
| 373 | cumulative | संचयी | growing by addition | Vocabulary building is a cumulative process: as you go through your flash cards, you will add new words to your vocabulary, one by one. |
| 374 | cupidity | अर्थलिप्सा | greed | The defeated people could not satisfy the cupidity of the conquerors, who demanded excessive tribute. |
| 375 | curator | क्यूरेटर | superintendent; manager | The members of the board of trustees of the museum expected the new curator to plan events and exhibitions that would make the museum more popular. |
| 376 | curmudgeon | कृपण | churlish, miserly individual | Although he was regarded by many as a curmudgeon, a few of us were aware of the many kindnesses and acts of charity that he secretly performed. |
| 377 | cursive | घसीट | flowing, running | In normal writing we run our letters together in cursive form; in printing, we separate the letters. |
| 378 | cursory | सतही | casual; hastily done | A cursory examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson; a more extensive study should be undertaken. |
| 379 | curtail | घटाना | shorten; reduce | During the coal shortage, we must curtail our use of this vital commodity. |
| 379 | cynical | निंदक | skeptical or distrustful of human motives | cynical at all times, he was suspicious of all altruistic actions of others. |
| 380 | cynosure | ऋक्ष | object of general attention | As soon as the movie star entered the room, she became the cynosure of all eyes. |
