11 Vocabulary by Jaideep Singh

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Emaciate (verb)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: Very thin and weak because of illness or
extreme hunger
Usage: There were pictures of emaciated children on the cover of
the magazine.
Synonyms: Cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted,

scraggy, underfed, starving
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Cadaverous (adj.)
looking pale, thin, and ill
A visitor described their appearance as cadaverous and said that
they all looked in poor health.
Gaunt (adj.)
very thin, especially because of sickness or hunger:
Her face was gaunt.
Haggard (adj.)
looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes:
He'd been drinking the night before and was looking a bit haggard.
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Skeletal (adj.)
1. of or like a skeleton (= frame of bones)
Her body was skeletal (= very thin).
2. used to describe something that exists in its most basic form:
The newspaper report gave only a skeletal account of the debate.
Wasted (adj.)
1. Wasted time, money, etc. is time, money, etc. that is not
used effectively
He wasn't in when I got there, so it was a completely wasted journey.
2. very thin and weak as a result of being ill or having no food:
Underneath the hospital blankets I could see the outline of
her poor wasted body.
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Scraggy (adj.)
very thin and not looking healthy:
He was wearing a scarf to hide his scraggy neck.
Underfed (adj.)
not having had enough food to eat:
A lot of the elephants are underfed and overworked,
and become very thin.
Antonyms: Healthy, chubby, obese, rotund, flabby, gained
Chubby (adj.)
fat in a pleasant and attractive way:
chubby legs
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obese (adj.)
extremely fat in a way that is dangerous for health:
She was not just overweight; she was clinically obese.
Rotund (adj.)
rounded or fat:
a rotund man
flabby (adj.)
soft and fat:
I was starting to get a bit flabby around my waist.
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Disparage (verb)
Hindi Meaning:
English Meaning: To criticize someone or something, represent as
being of little worth
Usage: He never missed an opportunity to disparage his

competitors.
Synonyms: Belittle, decry, denigrate, vilipend, censure, defame,

malign, disgrace
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Belittle (verb)
to make a person or an action seem as if he, she or it is
not important:
Though she had spent hours fixing the computer, he belittled
her efforts.
Decry (verb)
to criticize something as bad, without value, or unnecessary:
Lawyers decried the imprisonment of several journalists.
Denigrate (verb)
to say that someone or something is not good or important:
You shouldn't denigrate people just because they have
different beliefs from you.
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Vilipend (verb)
to hold or treat as of little worth or account
He is one of those who regularly vilipends popular culture.
Censure (verb/noun)
to express strong criticism or disapproval or
strong criticism or disapproval
Ministers were censured during the crisis.
His dishonest behaviour came under severe censure.
Defame (verb)
to damage the reputation of a person or group by saying or
writing bad things about them that are not true:
He claimed the editorial had defamed him.
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Malign (adj.)
causing or intending to cause harm or evil:
Foreign domination had a malign influence on local politics.
Disgrace (noun)
embarrassment and the loss of other people's respect,
or behaviour that causes this:
They were sent home in disgrace.
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Antonyms: Acclaim, applaud, exalt, extol, glorify, laud, magnify

Acclaim (noun)
public approval and praise:
Despite the critical acclaim, the novel did not sell well.
Applaud (verb)
to show enjoyment or approval of something such as
a performance or speech by clapping the hands repeatedly to make
a noise:
He was applauded for a full five minutes after his speech.
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Exalt (verb)
to praise someone a lot
He felt an exalted (adjective) sense of power now that he was
in line to run the company.
Glorify (verb)
to praise and honour God or a person
A statue was erected to glorify the country's national heroes.
Laud (verb)
to praise:
They lauded his initiative.
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ENGLISH BY JAIDEEP SINGH

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The Complete Vocabulary Batch (free Batch on YouTube)

Synonyms: Cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, skeletal, wasted,

Usage: He never missed an opportunity to disparage his

Synonyms: Belittle, decry, denigrate, vilipend, censure, defame,

Antonyms: Acclaim, applaud, exalt, extol, glorify, laud, magnify

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