✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 06.01.2023


1. EXPEDITIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (शीघ्र): Speedy
Synonyms: Swift, Quick
Antonyms: Slow
Example Sentence:
The investigation was supposed to be expeditious.

2. PROMPT (VERB): (प्रेरित करना): Induce
Synonyms: Make, Move
Antonyms: Discourage
Example Sentence:
Curiosity prompted him to look inside.

3. REAP (NOUN): (प्राप्त करना): Receive
Synonyms: Obtain, Get
Antonyms: Lose
Example Sentence:
The company is reaping the benefits.

4. POST (PREPOSITION): (के उपरांत): Subsequent to
Synonyms: After
Antonyms: Before
Example Sentence:
American poetry post the 1950s hasn't had the same impact.

5. DASTARDLY (ADJECTIVE): (दुष्ट): wicked
Synonyms: evil, iniquitous
Antonyms: noble
Example Sentence:
We all know the pirates and their dastardly deeds.

6-RELIABLE (ADJECTIVE): (विश्वसनीय): dependable
Synonyms: good, well founded
Antonyms: unreliable
Example Sentence:
Newspapers are no more a reliable source of information.

7. ACADEMIC (ADJECTIVE): (सैद्धांतिक): Theoretical
Synonyms: Conceptual, Notional
Antonyms: Practical
Example Sentence:
The debate has been largely academic.

8. RESOLVE (NOUN): (दृढ़ निश्चय): Determination
Synonyms: Resolution, Purpose
Antonyms: Indecision
Example Sentence:
She received information which had strengthened her resolve.

9. INFREQUENT (ADJECTIVE): (असामान्य): Rare
Synonyms: Uncommon Unusual
Antonyms: Frequent
Example Sentence:
Her visits were sudden and infrequent.

10. EARMARK (VERB): (चिह्नित करना): Set aside
Synonyms: Reserve, Appropriate
Antonyms: Use up
Example Sentence:
The cash had been earmarked for a big expansion of the programme.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 07.01.2023

1. FEASIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यवहार्य): Practicable
Synonyms: Practical, Workable
Antonyms: Impractical
Example Sentence:
It is not feasible to put most finds from excavations on public display.

2. COMPROMISE (NOUN): (समझौता): Agreement
Synonyms: Understanding, Settlement
Antonyms: Intransigence
Example Sentence:
Eventually they reached a compromise.

3. FEDERAL (ADJECTIVE): (संयुक्त): Confederate
Synonyms: Federated, Combined
Antonyms: Unitary
Example Sentence:
The health ministry has sole federal responsibility for healthcare.

4. RETRIBUTION (NOUN): (प्रतिदण्ड): Punishment
Synonyms: Penalty, Nemesis
Antonyms: Forgiveness
Example Sentence:
Employees asked not to be named, saying they feared retribution.

5. VIABLE (ADJECTIVE): (व्यवहार्य): Workable
Synonyms: Feasible, Practicable
Antonyms: Impracticable
Example Sentence:
The proposed investment was said to be economically viable.

6. INSURGENT (NOUN): (विद्रोही): Rebel
Synonyms: Revolutionary, Mutineer
Antonyms: Loyalist
Example Sentence:
The armed insurgents planned an attack.

7. DECIMATE (VERB): (बरबाद करना): Destroy
Synonyms: Kill, Remove
Antonyms: Bear, Build
Example Sentence
The inhabitants of the country had been decimated.

8. SPECTACULAR (ADJECTIVE): (प्रभावशाली): Impressive
Synonyms: Magnificent Splendid
Antonyms: Unimpressive
Example Sentence:
The party suffered a spectacular loss in the election.

9. ANXIETY (NOUN): (चिंता): Worry
Synonyms: Concern, Apprehension
Antonyms: Calmness
Example Sentence:
There was anxiety in her quiet voice.

10. CREDULITY (NOUN): (भोलापन): Gullibility
Synonyms: Naivety, Innocence
Antonyms: Worldliness
Example Sentence: 
Moneylenders prey upon their credulity and inexperience.

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