SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS FOR NDA
SET II
SYNONYMS - A word is given and out of four options, one has to mark the most similar in meaning to word in question as his/her answer choice.
ANTONYMS - A word is given and out of four options, one has to mark the most dissimilar in meaning to word in question as his/her answer choice.
Below is the list of words with their MEANING, SYNONYMS and ANTONYMS that are really very helpful for AFCAT, CDS and NDA written exam.
20 LIST OF ANTONYMS AND SYNONYMS FOR NDA
WORD
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DEFINITION
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SYNONYMS
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ANTONYMS
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OUST
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to cause or force to leave a position of power, a competition
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banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss
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crown, enthrone, throne
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REVELERY
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joyful or festive activity
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conviviality, festivity, gaiety, jollification, jollity
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killjoy, party pooper
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STANCE
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a publicly stated opinion
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attitude, carriage, poise, posture, station
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DEFIANT
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refusing to obey something or someone
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balky, contrary, contumacious, disobedient
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amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable
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SHELLACKING
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failure to win a contest
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beating, drubbing, licking, loss, lump, overthrow, plastering, rout
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success, triumph, victory, win
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SUPPLANT
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to take the place of
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cut out, relieve, substitute, supersede, replace
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UNFATHOMABLE
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impossible to understand
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bottomless, boundless, endless, fathomless, horizonless, illimitable
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bounded, circumscribed, confined, definite, finite, limited, restricted
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CONTEMPLATE
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to think deeply or carefully about (something)
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chew over, cogitate, consider, ponder, debate, deliberate
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RENOUNCE
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to say that you will no longer have or accept (something)
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abnegate, cede, relinquish, abdicate, resign, step aside
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adhere
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ALTRUISM
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feelings and behavior that show a desire to help other people and a lack of selfishness
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AGITATE
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to disturb, excite, or anger (someone)
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stir, churn, swirl, wash, whirl
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calm, compose, quiet, settle, soothe, tranquilize
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STIPULATION
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something that is required as part of an agreement
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contingency, provision, proviso, qualification, reservation, condition
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ENDEAVOR
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to seriously or continually try to do (something)
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an effort to do or accomplish something
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INCESSANT
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continuing without stopping
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ceaseless, continual, continued, continuing, continuous
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discontinuous, non-continuous
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PERVADE
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to exist in every part of (something)
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interpenetrate, permeate, riddle, suffuse, transfuse
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KINDLE
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to set (something) on fire
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enkindle, fire, ignite, inflame, enflame, burn, light, torch
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douse
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TRANSCEND
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to rise above or go beyond the normal limits of (something)
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beat, better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outclass, outdistance
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BLISS
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complete happiness
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heaven, elysian fields, Elysium, empyrean, kingdom come
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Gehenna, hell, Pandemonium, perdition
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RABBLE
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people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class
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proletariat, rabblement, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rout, scum
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elite, gentry, quality, society, upper class
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MANDATE
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the power to act that voters give to their elected leaders
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accreditation, authorization, delegation, empowerment, license
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