✍🏻 The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary Today

● PREVALENT (ADJECTIVE): (प्रचलित): widespread

Synonyms: prevailing, frequent

Antonyms: uncommon

Example Sentence:

The ill practices are more prevalent in society today.

● POST (PREPOSITION): (के उपरांत): subsequent to

Synonyms: after

Antonyms: before

Example Sentence:

American poetry post the 1950s hasn't had the same impact.

● ABROGATION (NOUN): (निराकरण): repudiation

Synonyms: revocation, repeal

Antonyms: institution

Example Sentence:

The ministry proposed for the abrogation of the electoral law of 1850.

● EXQUISITE (ADJECTIVE): (अति सुंदर): beautiful

Synonyms: lovely, elegant

Antonyms: crude

Example Sentence:

The place was filled with exquisite, jewel-like portraits.

● ONGOING (ADJECTIVE): (चल रही है): in progress

Synonyms: under way, going on

Antonyms: finished

Example Sentence:

There is an ongoing debate on the issue.

● RAUCOUS (ADJECTIVE): (उग्र): noisy

Synonyms: discordant, loud

Antonyms: mild, quiet

Example Sentence:

Her birthday parties were raucous but fun.

● DIVINE (ADJECTIVE): (मनोरम): lovely

Synonyms: handsome, beautiful

Antonyms: mundane

Example Sentence:

Her face had the most divine smile.

● THRIVE (VERB): (फलना-फूलना): flourish

Synonyms: prosper, burgeon

Antonyms: decline

Example Sentence:

Education groups thrive on organization.

● FUGITIVE (ADJECTIVE): (भगोड़ा): person escaping law

Synonyms: escapee, outlaw

Antonyms: enduring, confronting

Example Sentence:

The fugitive don rarely left his cabin to avoid any social contact.

● LAMENT (VERB): (विलाप करना): mourn

Synonyms: sorrow, wail

Antonyms: celebrate

Example Sentence:

He was lamenting the death of his infant daughter.