Daily The Hindu Vocabulary

1. COMMERCIAL (ADJECTIVE): (लाभ के उदेश्यवाला): Lucrative

Synonyms: Moneymaking, Profitable

Antonyms:Loss-making

Example Sentence:

Their work is way too commercial.

2. SUBVERT (VERB): (व्‍यवस्‍था भंग करना): Destabilize

Synonyms: Unsettle, Overthrow

Antonyms: Keep

Example Sentence:

An attempt was made to subvert democratic government.

3. PRECAUTIONARY (ADJECTIVE): (निवारक): Preventative

Synonyms: Preventive, safety

Antonyms: Indifferent

Example Sentence:

We took her to hospital as a precautionary measure.

4. URGE (VERB): (अनुरोध करना): Encourage

Synonyms: Enjoin, adjure

Antonyms: Discourage

Example Sentence:

Drawing up outside, he urged her inside.

5 GROUNDBREAKING (ADJECTIVE): (अभूतपूर्व): Innovative

Synonyms: Pioneering, Advanced

Antonyms: Conservative

Example Sentence:

Groundbreaking research has been done to look into fertility problems

6. INTENSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (गहन): Thorough

Synonyms: In-depth, Concentrated

Antonyms: Superficial

Example Sentence:

She undertook an intensive Arabic course.

7. WANE (VERB): (कम होना): Decrease

Synonyms: Decline, Diminish

Antonyms: Increase

Example Sentence:

Confidence in the dollar has waned.

8. GHASTLY (ADJECTIVE): (भयंकर): Terrible

Synonyms: Frightful, Horrible

Antonyms: Pleasant

Example Sentence:

It was one of the most ghastly crimes ever committed.

9. UNCERTAINTY (NOUN): (अनिश्चितता): Unpredictability

Synonyms: Unreliability, Precariousness

Antonyms: Certainty

Example Sentence:

These are times of uncertainty and danger.

10 LAPSE (VERB): (बिगड़ना): Deteriorate

Synonyms: Decline, Fall

Antonyms: Improve

Example Sentence:

The country has now lapsed into chaos.

MANIACS (CRAZE) 

●A person having a craze for anything english – Anglomaniac (अंग्रजी के प्रति दीवानगी)

●A person having a craze for collecting books – Bibliomaniac (पुस्तकों का प्यार करनेवाला)

●A person having a sickly desire for alcohol – Dipsomaniac (शराब का लती)

●A person with an irresistible desire to steal – Kleptomaniac (चोरी करने की दीवानगी)

●A person with a false impression that he is great and powerful – Megalomaniac (सर्वशक्तिमान समझने की बीमारी)

●A person having an unreasonable interest in any particular living, one idea or area of thought – Monomaniac (किसी एक के प्रति दीवानगी)

●A person who has an irresistible desire to set fire – Pyromaniac (आग लगाने की दीवानगी)

●A person who believes that he is God – Theomaniac (स्वयं को भगवान समझने की बीमारी)

●A person having an excessive attachment to foreign thing – Xenomaniac (विदेशी सामान के प्रति दीवानगी)