acumen
Sharp, practical judgement in a particular field.
कुशाग्र बुद्धि; व्यावहारिक मामलों की पैनी समझ
“Her commercial acumen saved the deal.”
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Words for mind & perception, each with its meaning in English and Hindi, how to say it, a sentence that shows it in use, and what to say instead or the opposite.
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axiom
A statement taken as self-evidently true.
स्वयंसिद्ध; बिना प्रमाण स्वीकार किया गया सत्य
“It is an axiom of the trade that speed costs money.”
baffle
To confuse someone completely, defeating understanding.
चकरा देना; पूरी तरह उलझन में डाल देना
“The missing entry baffled the auditors.”
batty
Mildly mad, or foolish in a harmless way.
सनकी; हल्की मूर्खता या पागलपन लिए हुए
“The batty scheme somehow worked.”
befogged
Made unclear or confused, as if hidden by fog.
धुंधलाया हुआ; भ्रम से घिरा और अस्पष्ट
“His befogged account helped nobody.”
catholic
Broad in taste or sympathy, including many kinds.
व्यापक रुचि वाला; अनेक प्रकार को समेटने वाला
“Her reading is remarkably catholic.”
consequence
A result that follows from an action or decision.
परिणाम; किसी कार्य से निकला नतीजा
“Every shortcut has a consequence later.”
decipher
To work out the meaning of something obscure.
अर्थ खोल लेना; दुर्बोध को पढ़कर समझ लेना
“Nobody could decipher the handwriting.”
deliberate
Done on purpose after careful thought.
सोच-समझकर किया गया; जानबूझकर और विचारपूर्वक
“The omission looked deliberate.”
immaterial
Not relevant, and so of no real consequence.
असंगत; जिसका कोई महत्व न हो
“The date is immaterial to the claim.”
inclination
A natural tendency or leaning towards something.
प्रवृत्ति; किसी ओर स्वाभाविक झुकाव
“My inclination is to wait a week.”
judicious
Showing good sense in making decisions.
विवेकपूर्ण; सोच-समझकर निर्णय लेने वाला
“A judicious use of the contingency budget.”
keen
Sharp in mind or perception, or strongly eager.
तीक्ष्ण; बुद्धि में पैना अथवा प्रबल उत्सुक
“She has a keen eye for a weak assumption.”
knotty
Full of difficulties that resist untangling.
पेचीदा; उलझनों से भरा और कठिन
“A knotty licensing question stalled it.”
lunacy
Extreme foolishness, or serious mental disorder.
उन्मत्तता; घोर मूर्खता अथवा विक्षिप्तता
“Shipping on Friday was lunacy.”
morbid
Unhealthily preoccupied with death or gloom.
रुग्णचित्त; मृत्यु और विषाद में अस्वस्थ रुचि रखने वाला
“A morbid fascination with failure reports.”
notion
An idea or belief, often only loosely formed.
धारणा; कोई ढीला-सा बना विचार
“The notion that speed is free is wrong.”
obvious
Easily seen or understood without effort.
प्रत्यक्ष; बिना प्रयास के समझ में आ जाने वाला
“The fix was obvious in hindsight.”
optimist
Someone who expects the best outcome.
आशावादी; सर्वोत्तम परिणाम की आशा रखने वाला
“Only an optimist would plan it that way.”
prudence
Careful good judgement about practical risks.
विवेक; जोखिम को तौलकर चलने की समझ
“Prudence argued for a smaller rollout.”
reason
The power of thinking logically, or a cause given.
तर्कबुद्धि; विवेक अथवा दिया गया कारण
“Give me one reason to keep it.”
shrewd
Showing sharp practical judgement.
चतुर-सूझबूझ वाला; व्यावहारिक पैनी समझ का
“A shrewd read of the market.”
utopian
Aiming at an ideal that is not achievable in practice.
आदर्शलोकीय; व्यवहार में असंभव आदर्श वाला
“A utopian roadmap with no staffing.”
abstruse
Hard to penetrate because the thought in it runs so deep.
दुर्बोध; समझने में अत्यंत कठिन
“The professor’s lectures were so abstruse that the students tended to avoid them”
absurd
So contrary to sense that it invites ridicule.
बेतुका; तर्क के विपरीत और हास्यास्पद
“They went to absurd lengths to save a small amount of money.”
amnesia
A partial or total loss of memory.
स्मृतिलोप; याददाश्त का चले जाना
“Consumptions of drugs and alcohol can lead to amnesia.”
ascertain
To find something out for certain.
निश्चित रूप से पता लगाना; जाँचकर तय करना
“Try to ascertain what services the bank is offering before opening an account.”
asinine
Stupid to a degree that is hard to credit.
मूर्खतापूर्ण; अत्यंत बेवकूफ़ी भरा
“I have never heard such an asinine discussion.”
atheist
Someone who holds that no god exists.
नास्तिक; ईश्वर के अस्तित्व को न मानने वाला
“She is an ex-nun who is now an atheist”
baffled
Completely unable to understand or explain something.
हक्का-बक्का; समझ से परे होकर उलझा हुआ
“The children were baffled by the behaviour of the teachers towards them”
bias
A leaning that pulls judgement away from fairness.
पक्षपात; किसी ओर झुका हुआ पूर्वाग्रह
“The child took a biased view because of his mother’s judgement.”
chimerical
Existing only in an unchecked imagination.
कपोलकल्पित; कल्पना में ही संभव
“We all dream of our own chimerical paradise.”
cognition
The mental work of knowing: perceiving, judging and understanding.
संज्ञान; जानने और समझने की प्रक्रिया
“The Armed Forces teach the cadets the cognitive processes of remembering each detail”
cognizant
Fully aware of a fact and of what it implies.
अवगत; जिसे जानकारी हो
“The police chief was cognizant of the difficulties faced by his sub-ordinates.”
connoisseur
Someone whose long study lets them judge quality finely.
पारखी; सूक्ष्म रुचि और गहरी समझ रखने वाला
“He was a connoisseur of fine wines.”
construe
To take something as having a particular meaning.
अर्थ लगाना; किसी बात की व्याख्या करना
“His behaviour was not difficult to construe.”
criterion
The standard against which something is to be judged.
कसौटी; निर्णय का आधार-मानक
“The criterion for admission to business school is academics plus interview.”
cryptic
Deliberately obscure, so the meaning has to be worked out.
गूढ़; रहस्यमय और दुर्बोध
“The new insurance policy is written without any cryptic or mysterious terms.”
deem
To regard something as being a certain way, on one's own judgement.
मानना; अपनी राय में कुछ समझना
“He said he would use force if he deemed it necessary.”
delve
To dig deeply into something in search of what is buried.
गहराई में उतरना; खोजबीन के लिए भीतर तक जाना
“He delved into his rucksack and pulled out a folder.”
deranged
Driven out of one's right mind.
विक्षिप्त; मानसिक रूप से अस्थिर
“He was deranged by the loss of his family in the car-crash.”
dubious
Open to doubt, whether because it is unclear or because it smells wrong.
संदिग्ध; जिस पर भरोसा न हो
“They agreed to my arguments but remained dubious.”
eclectic
Drawing on a wide range of sources rather than on one.
सारग्राही; अनेक स्रोतों से चुनकर बना
“He is a collector of rare and eclectic paintings.”
enigma
Something or someone that resists every attempt to explain them.
पहेली; रहस्यमय और दुर्बोध बात
“This country remained an enigma for the outside world.”
erudite
Showing deep learning gathered over long study.
प्रकांड विद्वान; गहन अध्ययन से संपन्न
“I found him a charming and erudite companion.”
evaluate
To judge the quality, extent or worth of something.
मूल्यांकन करना; जाँचकर मूल्य या स्तर आँकना
“The king got the family jewels evaluated by a renowned jeweler.”
facile
Arrived at too easily, and shallow because of it.
सुगम पर उथला; बिना गहराई के सहज
“His facile win tells us he is in form”
fatuous
Silly in a smug and self-satisfied way.
मूढ़तापूर्ण; आत्ममुग्ध मूर्खता से भरा
“That is not a fatuous argument, it has to be taken seriously”
gist
The central point of what has been said or written.
सारांश; मूल बात का निचोड़
“He related the gist of the conversation to us.”
glean
To gather a little at a time, whether grain or information.
बीन-बीनकर जुटाना; थोड़ा-थोड़ा करके इकट्ठा करना
“At present we are gleaning information from all sources”
gullible
Too ready to believe, and therefore easy to deceive.
भोला; जल्दी बहकावे में आ जाने वाला
“Gullible tourists were taken in by the shell game.”
imbibe
To take something in, whether a drink or an idea.
आत्मसात करना; पीना अथवा विचार ग्रहण करना
“He had imbibed a set of mystical beliefs from his cradle.”
imperceptible
Too slight to be noticed by the senses or the mind.
अलक्ष्य; इतना सूक्ष्म कि पकड़ में न आए
“His hesitation was almost imperceptible”
inane
So empty of sense or substance that it is not worth answering.
निरर्थक; खोखला और बेतुका
“They made inane and affected remarks to one another.”
incisive
Cutting straight to the heart of a matter.
पैना; सीधे मर्म तक पहुँचने वाला
“The teeth of the saw were very incisive.”
incontrovertible
So well established that it cannot sensibly be argued against.
अकाट्य; जिसका खंडन संभव न हो
“There was incontrovertible proof of the defendant’s innocence.”
incredulous
Unwilling or unable to believe what one is being told.
अविश्वासी; मानने को तैयार नहीं
“Incredulous stories about flying saucers were being circulated just to scare the kids in the community.”
indiscriminate
Done without care for distinctions, treating unlike things exactly alike.
अविवेकपूर्ण; बिना भेद किए अंधाधुंध
“The indiscriminate marking by the teacher led to the failure of a number of students.”
indoctrinate
To teach a set of beliefs so that questioning them is not allowed.
मतारोपण करना; एक ही विचार गहरे बैठा देना
“The dictator tried to indoctrinate schoolchildren with the ideas of his party.”
inquisitive
Eager to find things out, sometimes more than is welcome.
जिज्ञासु; जानने को उत्सुक
“The police are proverbially inquisitive.”
introspective
Given to examining one's own thoughts and feelings.
अंतर्मुखी चिंतनशील; अपने भीतर झाँकने वाला
“He is terribly introspective and shy.”
irrational
Not guided by reason, and not defensible by it.
अतार्किक; तर्क के विपरीत
“They behaved in such a bizarre and irrational manner.”
irrelevant
Having no bearing at all on the matter in hand.
असंगत; प्रसंग से कोई संबंध न रखने वाला
“She was disturbed by his irrelevant comments.”
juxtapose
To place two things side by side so that the contrast shows.
सटाकर रखना; तुलना के लिए साथ-साथ रखना
“The judge juxtaposed the statements of the two eye-witnesses to arrive at the conclusion.”
megalomania
An inflated belief in one's own power and importance.
महत्ता-उन्माद; अपने को असाधारण मानने का रोग
“His single-mindedness to succeed never veered into megalomania.”
nebulous
Lacking any definite shape, edge or meaning.
धूमिल; अस्पष्ट और अनिश्चित रूप वाला
“We glimpsed a nebulous figure through the mist.”
oblivious
Entirely unaware of what is going on around one.
बेख़बर; आसपास से अनजान
“She went on working oblivious to the hazards involved”
obscure
To make something harder to see or harder to understand.
अस्पष्ट; दुर्बोध अथवा गुमनाम
“The stars were obscured by the clouds.”
obsess
To occupy someone's thoughts continually and unreasonably.
मन पर छा जाना; लगातार विचार में घेरे रहना
“She is obsessed about her weight.”
occult
Hidden from ordinary view and hard to make out.
गूढ़-गुप्त; रहस्यमय और अप्रकट
“The moon occulted the Mars”
parochial
Narrow in outlook, as if nothing beyond the parish counted.
संकीर्ण; सीमित दायरे तक सोचने वाला
“He was uncomfortable in the stuffy and parochial atmosphere of a small village.”
perceive
To become aware of something through the senses or the understanding.
बोध करना; इंद्रियों या बुद्धि से समझ लेना
“She finally managed to perceive the truth.”
perspicacious
Quick to see and understand what others miss.
सूक्ष्मदर्शी; गहरी पैठ वाली समझ रखने वाला
“He is too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument.”
peruse
To read or examine something carefully and in detail.
मनोयोग से पढ़ना; ध्यानपूर्वक देखना
“He perused the report at his leisure.”
ponder
To think about something carefully and for a long time.
गहन विचार करना; मन में तौलते रहना
“He pondered on the suggestion.”
precocious
Developed far earlier than the usual age, especially in ability.
असमय प्रौढ़; उम्र से पहले परिपक्व
“In some species of magnolias, precocious flowers appear before the leaves.”
premonition
A feeling that something, usually bad, is going to happen.
पूर्वाभास; अनिष्ट का पहले से आभास
“He had a premonition about the bad times ahead.”
profound
Reaching far below the surface in depth or in intensity.
गहन; गहराई और गंभीरता से युक्त
“The overwhelming feeling is of profound shock and anger.”
quandary
A difficult position in which no course of action looks right.
दुविधा; निर्णय न कर पाने की उलझन
“They were in a quandary where to go because of the landslide.”
recondite
Dealing with matters so obscure that few can follow them.
दुर्बोध; केवल विशेषज्ञों की समझ में आने वाला
“His poems are recondite in subject matter.”
reputed
Generally said to be so, though never established.
प्रतिष्ठित; अच्छी ख्याति वाला
“He is a reputed scientist.”
retrospect
A look back over what has already happened.
पूर्वावलोकन; बीते पर पीछे मुड़कर दृष्टि
“One can easily identify one’s faults in retrospect”
ruminate
To turn a subject over in the mind at length.
मनन करना; देर तक सोच-विचार करना
“I had time to ruminate as I drove along on what to do next in life.”
sage
Wise in the way that long experience makes a person wise.
प्रज्ञावान; गहन अनुभव से उपजी बुद्धि वाला
“He was famous for his sage advice to young painters.”
savant
A person of deep and wide-ranging learning.
विद्वान; असाधारण ज्ञान रखने वाला
“PHDs are generally savants in their field of interest.”
scrutinize
To look at something closely and critically, detail by detail.
बारीकी से जाँचना; सूक्ष्म परीक्षण करना
“He scrutinized the documents carefully before replying.”
stereotype
A fixed, oversimplified image applied to a whole group.
रूढ़ छवि; सबको एक ही साँचे में देखने वाली धारणा
“His stereotype lectures were getting difficult to attend.”
stupor
A state of near-unconsciousness in which little registers.
जड़ता; अर्धचेतन और सुन्न अवस्था
“He was drinking himself into a stupor every night.”
superficial
Going no deeper than the surface of a thing.
सतही; गहराई से रहित
“He made only a few superficial changes in the original manuscript.”
surmise
To work something out from evidence that is incomplete.
अनुमान लगाना; संकेतों से कयास करना
“After hearing the disjointed facts the judge surmised that the witness had a lot to hide.”
tenable
Able to be defended, because the reasoning behind it holds.
समर्थनीय; तर्क से टिक सकने वाला
“This argument is simply not tenable.”
vigilant
Keeping steady watch for danger or error rather than trusting that all is well.
सतर्क; हर समय चौकस
“It was difficult to escape the vigilant eye of the town watch.”
wary
Cautious, and watching out for trouble before it arrives.
सतर्क-सशंक; सावधानी से देख-भालकर चलने वाला
“My mother always told me to be wary of strangers.”
arcane
Understood by only a few; requiring secret or specialist knowledge.
गूढ़; केवल कुछ लोगों की समझ में आने वाला रहस्यमय ज्ञान
“The billing rules are so arcane that only two people can explain them.”
oblivion
The state of being completely forgotten, or of being unaware.
विस्मृति; पूरी तरह भुला दिए जाने की अवस्था
“The film sank into oblivion within a month of its release.”
portent
A sign that something, usually bad, is about to happen.
पूर्वसंकेत; आने वाली (प्रायः अशुभ) घटना का संकेत
“The sudden resignation was read as a portent of deeper trouble.”
scruple
A moral hesitation that holds you back from doing something.
नैतिक झिझक; गलत काम से रोकने वाली अंतरात्मा की हिचक
“He had no scruple about billing for hours he had never worked.”
astound
To shock or amaze someone to the point of disbelief.
स्तब्ध कर देना; अत्यधिक विस्मित कर देना
“The turnaround in the final quarter astounded even the sceptics.”
conundrum
A problem that is confusing and hard to solve.
पहेली; उलझन भरी और कठिन समस्या
“The scheduling conundrum has no answer that leaves everyone happy.”
serendipity
The happy accident of finding something good you were not looking for.
सुखद संयोग; बिना खोजे अच्छी वस्तु मिल जाना
“The best hire this year was pure serendipity, not process.”
instinct
A natural impulse to act that owes nothing to reasoning.
सहजवृत्ति; बिना तर्क के उठने वाली स्वाभाविक प्रेरणा
“Her first instinct was to roll back, and it was the right one.”
moot
Open to argument, or to raise a point for discussion.
विवादास्पद; बहस योग्य अथवा चर्चा हेतु उठाया गया
“Whether we rewrite it is moot until the budget is approved.”
foremost
First in position, rank or importance.
अग्रणी; स्थान, पद या महत्त्व में सर्वप्रथम
“Safety is the foremost consideration, ahead even of the date.”
penultimate
Last but one in a sequence.
उपांतिम; क्रम में अंतिम से ठीक पहले वाला
“The penultimate slide is where the argument actually lands.”
flaw
An imperfection that spoils or weakens something.
दोष; कोई ऐसी कमी जो वस्तु को बिगाड़ या कमज़ोर कर दे
“One flaw in the assumptions invalidated the whole forecast.”
contingent
Dependent on something else happening first.
सापेक्ष; किसी अन्य बात के घटने पर निर्भर
“The bonus is contingent on the renewal actually closing.”
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