✍ The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary

 🔰 The Hindu Vocabulary

● EARMARK (VERB): (चिह्नित करना): set aside

Synonyms: reserve, appropriate

Antonyms: use up

Example Sentence:

The cash had been earmarked for a big expansion of the programme.

● EXPERIMENTAL (ADJECTIVE): (परिवर्तनात्‍मक): innovative

Synonyms: new, original

Antonyms: stale

Example Sentence:

She is a huge admirer of experimental music.

● BELITTLE (VERB): (छोटा करना): disparage

Synonyms: denigrate, run down

Antonyms: praise

Example Sentence :

She belittled my riding and driving skills.

● ILLUSION (NOUN): (भ्रांति): appearance

Synonyms: impression, imitation

Antonyms: reality

Example Sentence:

They have to showcase an illusion of family togetherness.

● AMID (PREPOSITION): (के बीच): in the middle of

Synonyms: among, between

Antonyms: surrounding

Example Sentence:

Our dream home, set amid magnificent rolling countryside.

● CONSORT (NOUN): (संगी): concomitant

Synonyms: companion, mate

Antonyms: enemy, adversary

Example Sentence:

He is my true consort.

● ATTUNE (VERB): (लय में करना): accommodate

Synonyms: accustom, adapt

Antonyms: disarrange, disagree

Example Sentence:

We are not attuned to making decisions.

● CREDENCE (NOUN): (स्वीकृति): acceptance

Synonyms: assurance, certainty

Antonyms: denial, disbelief

Example Sentence:

If a person wants to give credence to his business, he must develop a website for it.

● STREAM (NOUN) (श्रृंखला): succession

Synonyms: series, string

Antonyms: trickle

Example Sentence:

A woman screamed a stream of abuse.

● SUCCUMB (VERB): (दबना): yield

Synonyms: give in, give way

Antonyms: resist

Example Sentence:

We cannot merely give up and succumb to despair.