10 IMPORTANT VOCABULAR WORDS (HELPFUL FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS)

10 IMPORTANT VOCABULARY WORDS

1. Homicide   = The crime of killing somebody deliberately.

Synonyms = Assassination

Antonyms =  Birth

Example = Drink and drive causes so many Homicide cases in India.

  2. Iconoclast   =  A person who criticizes popular beliefs / established customs and ideas.

Synonyms = Nonconformist

Antonyms =  Conformist

Example =  A person who is iconoclast doesn't mean that he /she doesn't believe in God.

3. Illegible  =  Difficult to read

Synonyms = Crabbed

Antonyms = Legible

Example = A person who suffers from hypermetropia disease is illegible to read near by things. 

4. Insomnia   =  The condition of being unable to sleep

Synonyms = Sleeplessness

Antonyms = Hypersomnia

Example = Insomnia occurs when we do a lot of work without taking rest.

5. Nepotism   = Giving unfair advantages to your own family if you are in position of power especially by giving them jobs

Synonyms  = Partiality

Antonyms = Impartiality

Example = Nepotism is  not only seen in Bollywood but in every kind of profession. 

6. Obsolete  = No longer used because something new has been invented

Synonyms = Out - dated

Antonyms = Modern

Example = Emperors who did not do good things in their reign are obsolete.

7 Incorrigible  = Having bad habits which cannot be changed or improved

Synonyms = Habitual

Antonyms = Repentant 

Example = Some of our bad habits are incorrigible.

8. Stoic   = A person who is able to suffer pain without complaining or showing what they are feeling

Synonyms = Sober

Antonyms = Emotional

Example =  Some people have quality to be stoic.

9. Queer  = Different from ordinary    (2017 UPSC )

Synonyms = Strange

Antonyms= Customary

Example = Painting drawn by Pablo Picasso were queer.

10. Fundamental   = A central or primary rule on which something is based    (2017 UPSC )

Synonyms = Essential

Antonyms = Unimportant

Example = The fundamental character of an individual defines his entire life.