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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary |21.02.2023

1. FARCE (NOUN): (प्रहसन): absurdity 
Synonyms: mockery, travesty 
Antonyms: respect, praise 
Example Sentence:
The debate turned into a drunken farce. 

2. INVEIGLING (ADJECTIVE): Alluring 
Synonyms: attracting, captivating 
Antonyms: repulsive, repellent 
Example Sentence: 
The picture was quite inveigling. 

3. SINISTER (ADJECTIVE): Nasty 
Synonyms: ominous, perverse 
Antonyms: auspicious, benevolent 
Example Sentence: 
It was a pretty sinister comment that you made so far. 

4. MULISHNESS (NOUN): Doggedness 
Synonyms: obstinacy, bullheadedness 
Antonyms: irresolution, dubiety 
Example Sentence: 
He is buying everything by showing his heights of mulishness. 

5. PULSATE (VERB): Quaver 
Synonyms: tremble, quiver
Antonyms: steady, be still 
Example Sentence: 
The meek bird was pulsating in the refractory wind. 

6. DOLEFUL (ADJECTIVE): Mournful 
Synonyms: woeful, sorrowful 
Antonyms: elated, cheerful 
Example Sentence: 
It must be a doleful morning for her and her family. 

7. CEREBRATION (NOUN): Thought 
Synonyms: cogitation, contemplation 
Antonyms: avoidance, ignorance 
Example Sentence:
It is a nice cerebration. 

8. RANTING (ADJECTIVE): Raving 
Synonyms: angry, raging 
Antonyms: serene, placid 
Example Sentence: 
Mukesh is a ranting man. 

9. HOARSE (ADJECTIVE): Harsh 
Synonyms: rough, gruff 
Antonyms: polite, soft 
Example Sentence:
One should not be hoarse towards their workers. 

10. EMPIRICAL (ADJECTIVE): seen 
Synonyms: actual, real 
Antonyms: false, unreal 
Example Sentence: 
They provided considerable empirical evidence to support their argument.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary |22.02.2023

1. EFFICACY (NOUN): (प्रभावकारिता): effectiveness 
Synonyms: success, potency 
Antonyms: inefficacy 
Example Sentence: 
There is little information on the efficacy of this treatment. 

2. EVADE (VERB): (बचना): elude 
Synonyms: avoid, dodge 
Antonyms: confront 
Example Sentence: 
His friends helped him to evade capture for a time. 

3. RESUMPTION (NOUN): (पुनरारंभ): restart 
Synonyms: restarting, reopening 
Antonyms: suspension 
Example Sentence: 
The rain has stopped, but we're still waiting for the resumption of the game. 

4. RETROSPECTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (पूर्वप्रभावी): backdated 
Synonyms: retroactive, ex post facto 
Antonyms: prospective 
Example Sentence: 
Our survey was meant to be retrospective in all aspects. 

5. GRASP (VERB): (लाभ उठाना): take advantage of 
Synonyms: act on, seize 
Antonyms: miss
Example Sentence: 
Many companies grasped the opportunity to expand. 

6. WRECK (VERB): (खराब करना): ruin 
Synonyms: spoil, disrupt 
Antonyms: facilitate 
Example Sentence: 
An eye injury wrecked his chances of a professional career. 

7. NETTLE (VERB): (खिजाना): irritate 
Synonyms: annoy, irk 
Antonyms: comfort 
Example Sentence: 
Jessica nettled and said, “i am leaving”. 

8. HAVOC (NOUN): (विनाश): devastation 
Synonyms: destruction, damage 
Antonyms: development 
Example Sentence: 
The hurricane caused havoc in Bengal. 

9. BOOST (VERB): (बढावा देना): improve 
Synonyms: raise, uplift 
Antonyms: decrease 
Example Sentence: 
A lot of measures were taken to boost tourism. 

10. WOE (NOUN): (दुःख): misery 
Synonyms: sorrow, distress 
Antonyms: happiness 
Example Sentence: 
The tale full of woe continued. 

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