✅Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 18.12.2022

1. FORBEARANCE (NOUN): (सहनशीलता): Patient self-control
Synonyms: Tolerance, Patience
Antonyms: Impatience
Example Sentence:
His unfailing courtesy and forbearance under great provocation.

2. KUDOS (NOUN): (प्रशंसा): Applause
Synonyms: Esteem, Praise
Antonyms: Dishonour, Denunciation
Example Sentence:
The hockey team was given kudos.

3. APATHY (NOUN): (उदासीनता): Indifference
Synonyms: Unconcern, Passivity
Antonyms: Enthusiasm, Interest
Example Sentence:
Widespread apathy among students was hard to witness.

4. CONVALESCE (VERB): (अच्छा हो जाना): Recover
Synonyms: Recuperate, Get well
Antonyms: Deteriorate
Example Sentence:
He spent eight months convalescing after the stroke.

5. HERETIC (NOUN): (नास्तिक): Schismatic
Synonyms: Apostate, Pagan
Antonyms: Believer, Follower
Example Sentence:
As a relapsed heretic, he was left to the secular arm.

6. JOLT (VERB): (ऐंठना): Convulse
Synonyms: Disturb,Jar
Antonyms: Calm, Comfort
Example Sentence:
His statement jolted me in my mind.

7. EXTRANEOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अप्रासंगिक): Immaterial
Synonyms: Irrelevant, Beside the point
Antonyms: Material
Example Sentence:
One is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material.

8. UNCONSTITUTIONAL (ADJECTIVE): (असंवैधानिक): Illegitimate
Synonyms: Illegal, Unauthorized
Antonyms: Legal
Example Sentence:
We cannot tolerate unconstitutional action.

9. VERNACULAR (NOUN): (मातृभाषा): Colloquial Speech
Synonyms: Jargon, Dialect
Antonyms: Latin
Example Sentence:
He wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience.

10. DISHEARTENING (ADJECTIVE): (बेहद निराशाजनक): Saddening
Synonyms: Disheartening, Dispiriting
Antonyms: Encouraging, Cheering
Example Sentence:
The team made a disappointing star.