HinKhoj Dictionary

English Hindi Dictionary | अंग्रेज़ी हिन्दी शब्दकोश

One Word Substitution List for Collection/ Group


A group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place - Battery
A large bundle bound for storage or transport - Bale
A large gathering of people of a particular type - Bevy
An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present - Bouquet
A family of young animals - Brood
A group of things that have been hidden in a secret place - Cache
A group of people, typically with vehicles or animals travelling together - Caravan
A closed political meeting - Caucus

 

 

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Important vocabulary for competitive exams


Macabre: Horrible अप्रिय और डरावना
Modality: A Specific mode in which something is expressed or is experienced something exists तौर-तरीका
Nullify: Make void रद्द करना
Ostensible: Seeming or stated to be real or true, but not necessarily real or true दिखावटी
Oust: To force somebody out of a job or position of power, especially in order to take his/her place बेदखल करना/ बाहर निकालना
Overt: Done in an open way and not secretly खुले तौर पर किया गया

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Know the meaning of these idioms/ phrases


Bring to light - राज खोलना
The C.I.D. brought to light a hideous conspiracy to assassinate the police chief.
Broad daylight - दिन दहाड़े
Yesterday, the bank near our house was robbed in broad daylight.
Brown study - विचारों में मग्न रहना
Shyam is in the habit of getting into brown study.
By and By - आहिस्ता-आहिस्ता
By and by people began to come into the lecture hall.
By the way - बात-बात में यूँ ही
By the way, are you going to office?

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Root word Demo के बारे में जानें


Demo - Greek word demos से आया है जिसका मतलब होता है people. Thus, words with the word root demo- either refers to people or to population.

Democracy - Rule of/by the people
Demagogue: A leader of a popular faction or of the mob (negative)
Democide: Killing of a mass/people
Democrat: One who supports the rule by the people
Demogenic: Based on citizenship rather than kinship of people (society or community)
Demography: Branch of sociology that deals with statistics of populations (for example: that is births, deaths, marriages)
Demophile: A friend of the people
Demophobe: One who has an aversion to people

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English words of African origin


banana
banjo
chimpanzee
cola
coffee
dengue
jazz
jumbo
mumbo jumbo
yam
zebra
zombie

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