Improve your English Set-9

Dear Readers, Many of few have queries of how to improve your English. In this post we provide you vocabulary words and their meanings that are in news recently. It will help you in improveing your English and help in comprehensions in competitive Exams.

1.Scarce- अपर्याप्त
Meaning: (especially of food, money, or some other resource) insufficient for the demand.
Synonym: scanty, meagre, sparse
Antonym: plentiful, abundant
Sentence: "as raw materials became scarce, synthetics were developed"

2.Usurp- हड़पना, छीन लेना
Meaning: take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force.
Synonym: seize, take over, expropriate,
Antonym: release, relinquish
Sentence: "Richard usurped the throne"

3. wither- सूख जाना, निस्तेज होना
Meaning:fall into decay or decline., (of a plant) become dry and shrivelled
Synonym:diminish, dwindle, shrink, lessen, fade
Sentence:"it is not true that old myths either die or wither away"
"the grass had withered to an unappealing brown"

4. winsome- आक, आनंदमय
Meaning:attractive or appealing in a fresh, innocent way.
Synonym:lovable, adorable, lovely, delightful, enchanting, captivating,
Antonym: joyless, sad, unhappy, unsatisfied; dull, lethargic,
Sentence:"a winsome smile"

5.Uncouth- अनोखा, अशिष्ट
Meaning: lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.
Synonym: uncivilized, uncultured, uncultivated, unrefined,
Antonym: refined, cultivated, polite
Sentence: "he is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most of the time"