Daily The Hindu Vocabulary◆

 ◆Daily The Hindu Vocabulary◆

1. SCANDALOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अपमानपूर्ण): discreditable

Synonyms: disreputable, dishonourable

Antonyms: seemly

Example Sentence:

The magazine published scandalous pictures of the movie star.

2. ACQUIT (VERB): (बरी करना): absolve

Synonyms: clear, exonerate

Antonyms: convict

Example Sentence:

One was brought to trial on a charge of affray and was acquitted.

3. RETROGADE (ADJECTIVE): (प्रतिगामी): regressive

Synonyms: negative, downhill

Antonyms: positive

Example Sentence:

To go back on the progress that has been made would be a retrograde step.

4. PERSEVERANCE (NOUN): (दृढ़ता): persistence

Synonyms: tenacity, determination

Antonyms: irresolution

Example Sentence:

His perseverance with the technique illustrates his single-mindedness.

5. BANKRUPT (ADJECTIVE): (दिवालिया): insolvent

Synonyms: bankrupted, failed

Antonyms: solvent

Example Sentence:

His father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home.

6. RECURRENT (ADJECTIVE): (आवर्तक): repeated

Synonyms: recurring, repetitive

Antonyms: isolated

Example Sentence:

She had a recurrent dream about falling.

7. RESUMPTION (NOUN): (पुनरारंभ): restart

Synonyms: restarting, reopening

Antonyms: suspension

Example Sentence:

Resumption of peace talks is expected soon.

8. LATENT (ADJECTIVE): (निष्क्रिय): dormant

Synonyms: quiescent, inactive

Antonyms: manifest

Example Sentence:

They have a huge reserve of latent talent.

9. FORGO (VERB): (त्यागना): do without

Synonyms: go without, give up

Antonyms: keep

Example Sentence:

I'll forgo dessert tonight—I'm trying to lose weight.

10. AFFLUENT (ADJECTIVE): (धनी): wealthy

Synonyms: rich, prosperous

Antonyms: poor

Example Sentence:

I reside in an affluent neighbourhood.

11. RATIFY (VERB): (पुष्टि करना): confirm

Synonyms: approve, sanction

Antonyms: reject

Example Sentence:

Both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year.

12. NEFARIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (कुटिल): wicked

Synonyms: evil, sinful

Antonyms: good

Example Sentence:

The nefarious activities of the organized-crime syndicates.

13. HEGEMONY (NOUN): (नायकत्व): leadership

Synonyms: dominance, dominion

Antonyms: self-government

Example Sentence:

Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.

14. ENORMITY (NOUN): (दुष्टता): wickedness

Synonyms: baseness, blackness

Antonyms: goodness

Example Sentence:

The enormities of war are way too high as expected.

15. APEX (NOUN): (चरम सीमा): climax

Synonyms: culmination, apotheosis

Antonyms: nadir

Example Sentence:

The apex of his career was in 1966 when he hosted aloft the World Cup.

16. ABOLITION (NOUN): (उन्मूलन): scrapping

Synonyms: ending, stopping

Antonyms: retention

Example Sentence:

He was responsible for the abolition of the death penalty.

17. CONCOMITANT (ADJECTIVE): (संगत करने वाला): attendant

Synonyms: accompanying, associated

Antonyms: unrelated

Example Sentence:

She loved travel, with all its concomitant worries.

18. INTRANSIGENT (ADJECTIVE): (सैद्धांतिक): uncompromising

Synonyms: inflexible, unbending

Antonyms: compliant

Example Sentence:

Her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent.

19. ORATORICAL (ADJECTIVE): (भाषण -संबंधी): rhetorical

Synonyms: grandiloquent, magniloquent

Antonyms: plain-spoken

Example Sentence:

He has plenty oratorical skills.

20. SHUN (VERB): (किनारा करना): avoid

Synonyms: evade eschew

Antonyms: accept

Example Sentence:

He shunned fashionable society.