✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 20.06.2023

1. RETRACT (VERB): (वापस लेना): take back
Synonyms: withdraw, unsay
Antonyms: assert
Example Sentence:
He was forced to retract an opinion too liberal for the time.


2. GHASTLY (ADJECTIVE): (भयंकर): terrible
Synonyms: frightful, horrible
Antonyms: pleasant
Example Sentence:
It was one of the most ghastly crimes ever committed.


3. SCARCELY (ADVERB): (कठिनता से): rarely
Synonyms: seldom, infrequently
Antonyms: often
Example Sentence:
Scarcely a day goes by when they don't see or talk to each other.


4. CONTINGENT (ADJECTIVE): (आकस्मिक): chance
Synonyms: accidental, fortuitous
Antonyms: predictable
Example Sentence:
The nature of the job that I do is contingent.


5. SUPERFLUOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अति अधिक): surplus
Synonyms: redundant, unneeded
Antonyms: necessary
Example Sentence:
The purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information.


6. COMPETENCE (NOUN): (योग्यता): capability
Synonyms: ability, competency
Antonyms: incompetence
Example Sentence:
Courses were launched to improve the competence of staff.


7. UBIQUITOUS (ADJECTIVE): (सर्वव्यापक): omnipresent
Synonyms: ever-present, everywhere
Antonyms: rare
Example Sentence:
His ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family.


8. FUSS (NOUN): (गड़बड़): bother
Synonyms: trouble, inconvenience
Antonyms: convenience
Example Sentence:
They settled in with very little fuss.


9. CONVOLUTED (ADJECTIVE): (जटिल): complicated
Synonyms: complex, involved
Antonyms: simple
Example Sentence:
The film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens.


10. AFFINITY (NOUN): (सहानुभूति): empathy
Synonyms: rapport, sympathy
Antonyms: dislike
Example Sentence:
He had a special affinity with horses.

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 21.06.2023


1. ESPOUSE (VERB): (समर्थन करना): adopt
Synonyms: embrace, take up
Antonyms: reject
Example Sentence:
She espoused the causes of justice and freedom for all.


2. AVARICIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (लालची): grasping
Synonyms: acquisitive, covetous
Antonyms: generous
Example Sentence:
He showed none of the avaricious temper so common among the politicians.


3. MYRIAD (ADJECTIVE): (असंख्य): innumerable
Synonyms: countless infinite
Antonyms: countable
Example Sentence:
He gazed at the myriad lights of the city.


4. CONTENTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (विवादास्पद): controversial
Synonyms: disputable, debatable
Antonyms: uncontroversial
Example Sentence:
The socio-economic plan had been the subject of contentious debate.


5. TRIVIALITY (NOUN): (तुच्छता): unimportance
Synonyms: insignificance, pettiness
Antonyms: importance
Example Sentence:
There is mediocrity and triviality in the current popular culture.


6. NARCISSISTIC (ADJECTIVE): (आत्ममुग्ध): vain
Synonyms: self-absorbed, self-obsessed
Antonyms: modest
Example Sentence:
She is a narcissistic actress.


7. LINGER (VERB): (क़ायम रहना): persist
Synonyms: continue, remain
Antonyms: vanish
Example Sentence:
The tradition seems to linger on.


8. EXORBITANT (ADJECTIVE): (अत्यधिक): extortionate
Synonyms: extremely, high
Antonyms: reasonable
Example Sentence:
Some hotels charge exorbitant rates for phone calls.


9. DUBIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अस्पष्ट): equivocal
Synonyms: ambiguous, indeterminate
Antonyms: decisive
Example Sentence:
He holds the dubious distinction of being lowered by every club he has played for.


10. FLOUT (VERB): (अवज्ञा करना): defy
Synonyms: go against, scorn
Antonyms: observe
Example Sentence:
He flouted all the rules and regulations.