✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 17.11.2023


1. VAUNT (VERB): (प्रशंसा करना): acclaim
Synonyms: esteem, revere
Antonyms: criticize
Example Sentence:
He was initially vaunted by the West for his leadership of the country.

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. MALAISE (NOUN): (अप्रसन्नता): unhappiness
Synonyms: restlessness, uneasiness
Antonyms: comfort
Example Sentence:
An infected person will feel a general malaise.

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. CELLAR (NOUN): (तहखाना): basement
Synonyms: vault, crypt
Antonyms: attic
Example Sentence:
The servants led us down into a cellar.

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.