List (81-90)
81. Arable
Etymology:
Meaning in
English: fit for growing crops, capable of producing crops.
Meaning in
Hindi: - कृषि योग्य, खेती के लायक
Usage in
Sentence:
"Arable soil."
Synonyms:
cultivable, plowable.
Antonyms:
infertile.
Mnemonic:
Land in Arab countries is not fertile so they wish for arable land.
82. Arbiter
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin, ‘judge, supreme ruler’.
Meaning in English: person who has power of judging, a
person who settles disputes or has ultimate authority in a matter.
Meaning in Hindi: - पंच, मध्यस्थ
Usage in
Sentence:
"The critic is
considered as arbiter of modern cinema."
Synonyms:
referee, umpire, mediator, judge, middleperson.
83. Arbitrary
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘dependent on one's will or pleasure, discretionary’): from Latin arbitrarius, from arbiter ‘judge, supreme ruler’, perhaps influenced by French arbitraire .
Meaning in
English: unreasonable, having unlimited power, based on random choice,
decided by judge rather than by law.
Meaning in
Hindi: - मनमाना, एकपक्षीय
Usage in
Sentence:
"An arbitrary decision."
Synonyms:
whimsical, random, chance, erratic, unpredictable, inconsistent, tyrannical.
Antonyms:
rational, reasoned.
84. Arbitrate
Etymology:
mid 16th cent.: from Latin arbitrat- ‘judged’, from arbitrari, from arbiter ‘judge, supreme ruler’.
Meaning in
English: act as judge.
Meaning in Hindi: - पंचायत करना, पंच-निर्णय करना
Usage in
Sentence:
"To arbitrate a dispute."
Synonyms:
judge, adjudge, referee, adjudicate, decide, determine.
Mnemonic:
appreHENsive – hen is always fearful.
85. Arboreal
Etymology:
mid 17th cent.: from Latin arboreus, from arbor ‘tree’
Meaning in
English: living in tree
Meaning in Hindi: - वानस्पतिक
Synonyms:
branchy, arborous.
86. Arboretum
Etymology:
early 19th cent.: from Latin, ‘a place with trees’, from arbor ‘tree.
Meaning in
English: place where different trees and shrubs are studies, botanical
garden.
Meaning in
Hindi: - वानस्पतिक वाटिका
Synonyms:
estate, field, garden, pasture, plantation, farmstead.
87. Arcade
Etymology:
late 17th cent.: from French, from Provençal arcada or Italian arcata, based on Latin arcus ‘bow’.
Meaning in
English: an arched passage, a covered walk with shops on both sides.
Meaning in
Hindi: - तोरणपथ, महराबदार रास्ता
Usage in
Sentence:
"A shopping arcade."
Synonyms:
gallery, shopping centre, colonnade, passageway.
88. Arcane
Etymology:
mid 16th cent.: from Latin
arcanus, from arcere ‘to shut up’, from arca ‘chest’.
Meaning in
English: mysterious, secret.
Meaning in
Hindi: - रहस्य का, भेद
Synonyms:
hidden, conceal, covert, dark, cryptic, occult.
Antonyms:
well known, open.
Mnemonic:
Wrestler kane’s face was secret.
89. Archaeology
Etymology:
early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘ancient history’): from modern Latin archaeologia, from Greek arkhaiologia ‘ancient history’, from arkhaios ‘ancient’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.
Meaning in
English: study of artifacts and relics of early human kind.
Meaning in
Hindi: - पुरातत्त्व
Synonyms: excavation, prehistory.
90. Archaic
Etymology:
mid 19th cent.: from French
archaïque, from Greek arkhaikos, from arkhaios, from arkhē ‘beginning’.
Meaning in
English: curved, hooked, like an eagle.
Meaning in
Hindi: - पुरातन, प्राचीन
Synonyms: ancient, obsolete, primitive, antique, out of
date.
Antonyms: contemporary, modern, current, new, present.
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