**The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 28-03-2024

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Clandestine (adj.)
Meaning: kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit. (गुप्त)

Synonyms: secret, covert, furtive

Antonyms: open, overt, public

Sentence: The group held weekly clandestine meetings in a church.

Hollering (verb)
Meaning: (of a person) give a loud shout or cry. (चिल्लाना)

Synonyms: shout, yell, cry

Antonyms: mumbling, murmuring, whispering

Sentence: Hollering at me isn’t going to find us a parking place.

Tempting (adj.)
Meaning: appealing to or attracting someone, even if wrong or inadvisable. (मोहक)

Synonyms: enticing, alluring, attractive

Antonyms: boring, irksome, tedious

Sentence: And maybe, I don’t want you tempting me to do something I shouldn’t.

Bonhomie (noun)
Meaning: cheerful friendliness; geniality. (खुशमिज़ाजी)

Synonyms: geniality, congeniality, conviviality

Antonyms: animosity, antagonism, antipathy

Sentence: He was full of bonhomie.

Exuded (verb)
Meaning: to flow forth slowly through small openings (बहाना)

Synonyms: give off/out, discharge, release

Antonyms: gushed, poured

Sentence: A sticky resin exudes from the bark of the tree.

Revile (verb)
Meaning: criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner. (बुरा-भला कहना)

Synonyms: criticize, censure, condemn

Antonyms: acclaim, applaud, commend

Sentence: They feared that he would revile them if they displeased him.

Amicable (adj.)
Meaning: having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest (सौहार्दपूर्ण)

Synonyms: cordial, collegial, sweet

Antonyms: antagonistic, hostile, unfriendly

Sentence: I hope that they will be able to reach an amicable agreement.

Quaint (adj.)
Meaning: attractively unusual or old-fashioned. (विचित्र)

Synonyms: picturesque, charming, old-fashioned

Antonyms: fashionable, modern, stylish

Sentence: A quaint general store on one of the back roads of Vermont.

Pensive (adj.)
Meaning: engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought. (चिंताग्रस्त)

Synonyms: thoughtful, thinking, reflective

Antonyms: unreflective, thoughtless

Sentence: She looked pensive when she heard the news.

Pluck (noun)
Meaning: spirited and determined courage. (साहस)

Synonyms: courage, bravery, daring

Antonyms: timidity, cowardice

Sentence: She showed a lot of pluck in dealing with the intruders.**

**The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 27-03-2024

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Usurpation (noun)
Meaning: the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority (हड़प लेना)

Synonyms: preemption, seizure, takeover

Sentence: the unexpected usurpation of power by the government resulted in the townspeople revolting

Innocuous (adj.)
Meaning: not harmful or offensive. (अहानिकर)

Synonyms: harmless, safe, nondangerous

Antonyms: baleful, baneful, damaging

Sentence: His comment seemed perfectly innocuous.

Licit (adj.)
Meaning: not forbidden; lawful. (जायज)

Synonyms: legitimate, permissible, admissible

Antonyms: illegal, illegitimate, illicit

Sentence: She made some money by licit means.

Perseverance (noun)
Meaning: persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. (धैर्य)

Synonyms: persistence, tenacity, determination

Antonyms: doubt, incertitude, indetermination

Sentence: Perseverance is the only road to success.

Ingratiating (adj.)
Meaning: intended to gain approval or favor; sycophantic. (अनुग्रह पाने)

Synonyms: sycophantic, obsequious, servile

Antonyms: unendearing, uningratiating

Sentence: He said this with an ingratiating smile.

Ad-lib (verb)
Meaning: speak or perform in public without previously preparing one’s words. (बिना तैयारी के)

Synonyms: extempore, without preparation, impromptu

Antonyms: considered, planned, premeditated

Sentence: She ad-libbed her way through the entire speech.

Pittance (noun)
Meaning: a very small or inadequate amount of money paid to someone as an allowance or wage. (अल्प भाग)

Synonyms: very small amount, a tiny amount, an insufficient amount

Antonyms: big buck, treasure

Sentence: The internship offers only a pittance for a salary, but it is a great opportunity to gain experience.

Flabbergast (verb)
Meaning: surprise (someone) greatly; astonish. (हैरत में डालना)

Synonyms: astonish, astound, amaze

Sentence: He was flabbergasted when we told him how cheap it was.

Desecrate (verb)
Meaning: treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate. (तिरस्कार करना)

Synonyms: violate, profane, dishonor

Antonyms: honor, respect

Sentence: She shouldn’t have desecrated the picture of a religious leader.

Wheedle (verb)
Meaning: to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery (चापलूसी से मना लेना)

Synonyms: blandish, blarney, flattery

Antonyms: demand, force

Sentence: She even managed to wheedle more money out of him.**

**The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 25-03-2024

'Vocabulary’

Usurpation (noun)
Meaning: the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority (हड़प लेना)

Synonyms: preemption, seizure, takeover

Sentence: the unexpected usurpation of power by the government resulted in the townspeople revolting

Innocuous (adj.)
Meaning: not harmful or offensive. (अहानिकर)

Synonyms: harmless, safe, nondangerous

Antonyms: baleful, baneful, damaging

Sentence: His comment seemed perfectly innocuous.

Licit (adj.)
Meaning: not forbidden; lawful. (जायज)

Synonyms: legitimate, permissible, admissible

Antonyms: illegal, illegitimate, illicit

Sentence: She made some money by licit means.

Perseverance (noun)
Meaning: persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. (धैर्य)

Synonyms: persistence, tenacity, determination

Antonyms: doubt, incertitude, indetermination

Sentence: Perseverance is the only road to success.

Ingratiating (adj.)
Meaning: intended to gain approval or favor; sycophantic. (अनुग्रह पाने)

Synonyms: sycophantic, obsequious, servile

Antonyms: unendearing, uningratiating

Sentence: He said this with an ingratiating smile.

Ad-lib (verb)
Meaning: speak or perform in public without previously preparing one’s words. (बिना तैयारी के)

Synonyms: extempore, without preparation, impromptu

Antonyms: considered, planned, premeditated

Sentence: She ad-libbed her way through the entire speech.

Pittance (noun)
Meaning: a very small or inadequate amount of money paid to someone as an allowance or wage. (अल्प भाग)

Synonyms: very small amount, a tiny amount, an insufficient amount

Antonyms: big buck, treasure

Sentence: The internship offers only a pittance for a salary, but it is a great opportunity to gain experience.

Flabbergast (verb)
Meaning: surprise (someone) greatly; astonish. (हैरत में डालना)

Synonyms: astonish, astound, amaze

Sentence: He was flabbergasted when we told him how cheap it was.

Desecrate (verb)
Meaning: treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate. (तिरस्कार करना)

Synonyms: violate, profane, dishonor

Antonyms: honor, respect

Sentence: She shouldn’t have desecrated the picture of a religious leader.

Wheedle (verb)
Meaning: to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery (चापलूसी से मना लेना)

Synonyms: blandish, blarney, flattery

Antonyms: demand, force

Sentence: She even managed to wheedle more money out of him.**

**The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 03-02-2024

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Fudging (verb)
Meaning: present or deal with (something) in a vague, noncommittal, or inadequate way, especially to conceal the truth or mislead. (हेरफेर)

Synonyms: evade, dodge, shuffle

Antonyms: clarifying, explaining, illustrating

Sentence: Fudging the numbers on an expense report might be considered fraud in some circles.

Allocation (noun)
Meaning: the action or process of allocating or distributing something. (आवंटन)

Synonyms: allotment, assignment, issuing

Antonyms: disenfranchise, forfeit

Sentence: Inconsistency in the allocation of funds led to a negative balance in one account.

Languish (verb)
Meaning: (of a person or other living thing) lose or lack vitality (दुर्बल)

Synonyms: weaken, deteriorate, fail

Antonyms: strengthen, powerful, strong

Sentence: Away from the sunlight, the plant will languish and eventually die.

Juvenility (noun)
Meaning: youthfulness (जवानी)

Synonyms: youth, youthfulness, youngness

Antonyms: oldness, ripeness, adult

Sentence: He started to train when he was eight years old and during his juvenility, he earned many state and national titles.

Persuasion (noun)
Meaning: the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something. (प्रोत्साहन)

Synonyms: coaxing, convincing, encouragement

Antonyms: dissuasion, exclude

Sentence:. After some persuasion, the boy went with him.

Promulgate (verb)
Meaning: promote or make widely known (घोषणा करना)

Synonyms: make known, make public, publicize

Antonyms: silence, suppress, criticize

Sentence: The actor makes use of social media to promulgate the release of his film projects.

Vandalism (noun)
Meaning: action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property. (बर्बरता)

Synonyms: malicious mischief, devastation, devilry

Antonyms: protection, saving, goodness

Sentence: Two teens were charged with vandalism after they spray-painted curse words on their elderly neighbor’s garage.

Inoculate (verb)
Meaning: treat with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease. (टीका लगाना)

Synonyms: immunize, vaccinate, inject

Antonyms: clear, empty, eject

Sentence: Before doctors were able to inoculate people with a polio vaccine, many people died from the disease.

Cryogenic (adj.)
Meaning: relating to or involving the branch of physics that deals with the production and effects of very low temperatures. (तापमान कम करने वाला अथवा कम तापमान से संबंधित)

Synonyms: subfreezing, subzero, ultracold

Antonyms: blazing, boiling, warmed

Sentence: Ethane can be used as a refrigerant in cryogenic refrigeration systems

Absurd (adj.)
Meaning: wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate. (बेतुका)

Synonyms: preposterous, ridiculous, foolish

Antonyms: meaningful, realistic, reasonable

Sentence: Spending a week in jail for stealing a loaf of bread is an absurd punishment for such a minor crime.**

***The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 02-02-2024

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Accrue (verb)
Meaning: (of sums of money or benefits) be received by someone in regular or increasing amounts over time. (उपाजित होना)

Synonyms: result, arise, follow
Antonyms: abate, decline, diminish
Sentence: A penny-pincher who is accruing a fortune by spending next to nothing.
Unabated (adj.)
Meaning: without any reduction in intensity or strength. (अक्षीण)

Synonyms: assiduous, conscientious, diligent
Antonyms: indolent, lackadaisical, laggard
Sentence: Their effort continued unabated despite the many pitfalls they faced.
Fissiparous (adj.)
Meaning: inclined to cause or undergo division into separate parts or groups. (विभाजित)

Synonyms: division, partition, separation
Antonyms: assemblage, association
Sentence: High-quality, fissiparous yeast can resist high temperature, it is available for summer production, and low down energy cost.
Mediocrity (noun)
Meaning: the quality or state of being mediocre. (सामान्यता)

Synonyms: ordinariness, commonplaceness, averageness
Antonyms: distinction, excellence, excellency
Sentence: She’s a perfectionist who refuses to settle for mediocrity.
Pecuniary (adj.)
Meaning: relating to or consisting of money. (धन-संबंधी)

Synonyms: financial, monetary, economic
Antonyms: nonfinancial
Sentence: She denies obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception.
Ubiquity (noun)
Meaning: the fact of appearing everywhere or of being very common. (हर जगह पर होना)

Synonyms: common, ordinary, omnipresent
Antonyms: rare, seldom, uncommon
Sentence: The ubiquity of mobile phones means you don’t really need a watch.
Emanating (verb)
Meaning: (of something abstract but perceptible) issue or spread out from (a source). (निकलती)

Synonyms: emerge, flow, pour
Antonyms: absorbing, soaking (up), sponging
Sentence: Delicious smells were emanating from the kitchen.
Thumping (adv.)
Meaning: to a great degree (अति)

Synonyms: achingly, almighty, archly
Antonyms: little, negligibly, nominally
Sentence: He wrote several thumping big books on World War II.
Clasp (verb)
Meaning: grasp (something) tightly with one’s hand. (पकड़ना)
Synonyms: grasp, grip, clutch
Antonyms: release, relinquishment
Sentence: He clasped her arm.

Souvenir (noun)
Meaning: a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event. (यादगार)
Synonyms: memento, keepsake, reminder
Antonyms: forgotten
Sentence: The recording provides a souvenir of a great production.**

**The Hindu Editorial VOCABULARY: 1st February 2024

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Obstreperous (adj.)
Meaning: given to resisting authority or another’s control (अड़ियल)

Synonyms: rebellious, rebel, stubborn

Antonyms: obedient, docile, amiable

Sentence: Giles Gosling himself was somewhat scandalized at the obstreperous nature of their mirth.

Penultimate (adj.)
Meaning: formal occurring immediately before the last one (अंतिम)

Synonyms: final, latest, concluding

Antonyms: first, eminent, premier

Sentence: The penultimate chapter of the book

Pulchritude (noun)
Meaning: as in Beauty (ख़ूबसूरती)

Synonyms: glamor, beauty, prettiness

Antonyms: Ugliness, unattractiveness, imperfection

Sentence: The irresistible pulchritude of her friend

Altruistic (adj.)
Meaning: having or showing a concern for the welfare of others (परोपकारी)

Synonyms: selfless, generous, humanitarian

Antonyms: selfish, self-centered, cheap

Sentence: I’m not being altruistic in giving you these books, since I was going to have to lug them with me if you hadn’t come along

Tenacious (adj.)
Meaning: continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement (दृढ़)

Synonyms: stubborn, resolute, insistent

Antonyms: yielding, surrendering, hesitant

Sentence: A tenacious trainer, she adheres to her grueling swimming schedule no matter what

Reticent (adj.)
Meaning: given to keeping one’s activities hidden from public observation or knowledge (मितभाषी)

Synonyms: silent, secretive, quiet

Antonyms: open, communicative, frank

Sentence: She was morose, pale, and reticent.

Disquietude (noun)
Meaning: an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble (बेचैनी)

Synonyms: anxiety, concern, worry

Antonyms: contentment, ease, peace

Sentence: All hearts beat with disquietude, save only the heart of Michel Arden.

Capitulate (verb)
Meaning: to yield to the control or power of enemy forces (आत्मसमर्पण)

Synonyms: succumb, surrender, submit

Antonyms: stand, endure, resist

Sentence: One side finally capitulated when it became clear that they couldn’t win the argument

Tumultuous (adj.)
Meaning: marked by turmoil or disturbance especially of natural elements (उथल-पुथल)

Synonyms: turbulent, rough, wild

Antonyms: peaceful, quiet, calm

Sentence: One of the most tumultuous periods in the history of the region

Erstwhile (adj.)
Meaning: having been such at some previous time (पूर्व)

Synonyms: past, bygone, former

Antonyms: current, present, ongoing

Sentence: His erstwhile friend turned against him.**

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