✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 30.06.2023


1. RIGHTEOUS (ADJECTIVE): (न्याय परायण): good
Synonyms: virtuous, upright
Antonyms: improper
Example Sentence:
Feelings of righteous indignation about pay and conditions.


2 SUBSEQUENT (ADJECTIVE): (आगामी): following
Synonyms: ensuing, succeeding
Antonyms: previous
Example Sentence:
The theory was developed subsequent to the earthquake of 1906.


3. DISCERN (VERB): (समझना): perceive
Synonyms: make out, pick out
Antonyms: overlook
Example Sentence:
She could faintly discern the shape of a skull.


4. REPRESSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (दमनकारी): oppressive
Synonyms: authoritarian, despotic
Antonyms: democratic
Example Sentence:
The people are held down by a repressive regime.


5. EXPEDIENT (ADJECTIVE): (लाभकारक): convenient
Synonyms: advantageous, useful
Antonyms: expedient
Example Sentence:
Either side could break the agreement if it were expedient to do so.


6. DASH (VERB): (जल्दी करना): rush
Synonyms: race, run
Antonyms: dawdle
Example Sentence:
I dashed into the garden.


7. SUBDUED (ADJECTIVE): (निराश): somber
Synonyms: low-spirited, downcast
Antonyms: lively
Example Sentence:
I felt strangely subdued as I drove home.


8. STIFLE (VERB): (दबाना): suppress
Synonyms: smother, restrain
Antonyms: let out
Example Sentence:
She stifled her giggles.


9. DISPARATE (ADJECTIVE): (भिन्न): contrasting
Synonyms: different, differing
Antonyms: homogeneous
Example Sentence:
They inhabit disparate worlds of thought.


10. BELIE (VERB): (खंडन करना): contradict
Synonyms: give the lie to, disprove
Antonyms: reveal
Example Sentence:
His lively, alert manner belied his years.

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1. FISHY (ADJECTIVE): (संदेहजनक): dubious
Synonyms: doubtful, suspicious
Antonyms: truthful, aboveboard
Example Sentence:
I am convinced there is something fishy going on.


2. KNOTTY (ADJECTIVE): (जटिल): troublesome
Synonyms: mystifying, perplexing
Antonyms: easy, facile
Example Sentence:
It was his knotty idea.


3. KNAVE (NOUN): (दुष्ट): fraud
Synonyms: miscreant, rogue
Antonyms: hero, angel
Example Sentence:
He is known as a notorious knave of this area.


4. LUDICROUS (ADJECTIVE): (ऊटपटांग): absurd
Synonyms: bizarre, comical
Antonyms: normal, ordinary
Example Sentence:
It was a ludicrous statement made by her.


5. KUDOS (NOUN): (प्रशंसा): praise
Synonyms: esteem, applause
Antonyms: dishonour, denunciation
Example Sentence:
When the football team won the state championship, they were given kudos during a celebratory pep rally.


6. JOLT (VERB): (ऐंठना): convulse
Synonyms: disturb, jar
Antonyms: calm, comfort
Example Sentence:
His statement jolted me in my mind.


7. VERBOSE (ADJECTIVE): (वाचाल): wordy
Synonyms: gabby, circumlocutory
Antonyms: concise, succinct
Example Sentence:
He is a verbose man.


8. HERETIC (NOUN): (नास्तिक): schismatic
Synonyms: apostate, pagan
Antonyms: believer, follower
Example Sentence:
As a relapsed heretic, he was left to the secular arm.


9. COVERT (ADJECTIVE): (गुप्त): hidden
Synonyms: undercover, secret
Antonyms: open, known
Example Sentence:
Behind his soft behaviour he has some covert intentions.


10. DEFILE (VERB): (अपवित्र करना): corrupt
Synonyms: degrade, desecrate
Antonyms: honour, praise
Example Sentence:
He tried to defile the system.