THE HINDU NEWSPAPER VOCABULARY

 🔰The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exam 🔰 || 29.05.21

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🔶 1. UNDERPIN (VERB): 

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(प्रोत्साहित करना): promote

Synonyms: nurture, encourage

Antonyms: hinder

Example Sentence:

The theme of honour underpinning the two books.

🔷 2. EXACERBATE (VERB): 

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(ख़राब करना): aggravate

Synonyms: worsen, inflame

Antonyms: calm

Example Sentence:

The exorbitant cost of land in urban areas only exacerbated the problem.

🔶 3. CATASTROPHE (NOUN):

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(आपदा): disaster

Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm

Antonyms: salvation

Example Sentence:

An environmental catastrophe has hit the country.

🔷 4. MOUNT (VERB):

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(बढ़ना): increase

Synonyms: grow, rise

Antonyms: decrease

Example Sentence:

The costs mount up when you buy a home.

🔶 5. MARGINAL (ADJECTIVE):

╰──────────────────╯ (थोड़ा): slight

Synonyms: small, tiny

Antonyms: vast

Example Sentence:

It seems likely to make only a marginal difference.

🔷 6. FORMIDABLE (ADJECTIVE):

╰──────────────────╯ (डरावना): intimidating

Synonyms: forbidding, redoubtable

Antonyms: comforting

Example Sentence:

Hers is a formidable opponent.

🔶 7. ABOLISH (VERB):

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 (समाप्त करना): put an end to

Synonyms: do away with, get rid of

Antonyms: retain

Example Sentence:

The tax was abolished in 1977.

🔷8. ADULTERATE (VERB):

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(मिलावट करना): degrade

Synonyms: debase, spoil

Antonyms: refine

Example Sentence:

The brewer is said to adulterate his beer.

🔶9. CONSEQUENTIAL (ADJECTIVE):

╰────────────────────╯ (अहम): resulting

Synonyms: resultant, ensuing

Antonyms: casual, unrelated

Example Sentence:

A loss of confidence and a consequential withdrawal of funds.

🔷 10. ALLIANCE (NOUN):

╰───────────────╯ (नाता): affinity

Synonyms: relationship, association

Antonyms: distance

Example Sentence:

An alliance between medicine and morality is to be established.