✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 22.06.2023


1. INCURSION (NOUN): (आक्रमण): attack on
Synonyms: assault on, raid on
Antonyms: retreat
Example Sentence:
Government forces were able to halt the rebel incursion.


2. BLEAK (ADJECTIVE): (निराशात्मक): unpromising
Synonyms: unfavourable, unpropitious
Antonyms: promising
Example Sentence:
He paints a bleak picture of a company that has lost its way.


3. SLACKEN (VERB): (मंद करना): slow
Synonyms: slow down, decelerate
Antonyms: speed up
Example Sentence:
The pace of trade never slackens.


4. BENEVOLENT (ADJECTIVE): (दयालू): kind
Synonyms: kindly, kind-hearted
Antonyms: unkind
Example Sentence:
He was something of a benevolent despot.


5. TACIT (ADJECTIVE): (अंतर्निहित): implicit
Synonyms: understood, implied
Antonyms: explicit
Example Sentence:
Your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement.


6. ERECT (VERB): (निर्माण करना): build
Synonyms: construct, put up
Antonyms: demolish
Example Sentence:
The guest house was erected in the eighteenth century.


7. PERIL (NOUN): (विपत्ति): danger
Synonyms: jeopardy, risk
Antonyms: safety
Example Sentence:
The hour of peril for the Latin kingdom had now at last struck.


8. AMASS (VERB): (एकत्र करना): gather
Synonyms: collect, assemble
Antonyms: dissipate
Example Sentence:
He amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds.


9. BRINK (NOUN): (कगार): edge
Synonyms: verge, margin
Antonyms: middle
Example Sentence:
This woman could bring me to the brink of insanity.


10. SPUR (NOUN): (प्रेरणा): stimulus
Synonyms: incentive, encouragement
Antonyms: disincentive
Example Sentence:
Wars act as a spur to practical invention.

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 23.06.2023


1. CAJOLE (VERB): (चापलूसी करना): persuade
Synonyms: wheedle, coax
Antonyms: bully
Example Sentence:
He hoped to cajole her into selling the house.



2. EMPHATIC (ADJECTIVE): (ज़ोरदार): vehement
Synonyms: firm, wholehearted
Antonyms: hesitant
Example Sentence:
The children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience.



3. HEGEMONY (NOUN): (नेतृत्व): leadership
Synonyms: dominance, dominion
Antonyms: self-government
Example Sentence:
Germany was united under Prussian hegemony after 1871.



4. AMELIORATE (VERB): (सुधरना): improve
Synonyms: better, enhance
Antonyms: worsen
Example Sentence:
The reform did much to ameliorate living standards.



5. DISTEND (VERB): (फूलना या फूलाना): swell
Synonyms: bloat, bulge
Antonyms: shrink
Example Sentence:
The abdomen distended rapidly.



6. HALT (NOUN): (विराम): stop
Synonyms: standstill, cessation
Antonyms: start
Example Sentence:
There was a halt in production.



7. TREACHEROUS (ADJECTIVE): (बेवफ़ा): traitorous
Synonyms: disloyal, perfidious
Antonyms: loyal
Example Sentence:
He is a treacherous RAW agent.



8. REVULSION (NOUN): (घृणा): disgust
Synonyms: repulsion, abhorrence
Antonyms: delight
Example Sentence:
News of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion.



9. EBB (VERB): (उतार): recede
Synonyms: go out, retreat
Antonyms: come in
Example Sentence:
The trend began to ebb.


10. BOUNTY (NOUN): (उदारता): generosity
Synonyms: magnanimity, munificence
Antonyms: meanness
Example Sentence:
For millennia the people along the Nile have depended entirely on its bounty.