✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 17.01.2023

1.ILLUSION (NOUN) (भ्रांति): Appearance
Synonyms: Impression, Imitation
Antonyms: Reality
Example Sentence:
They have to showcase an illusion of family togetherness.

2. RATIFY (VERB): (पुष्टि करना): Confirm
Synonyms: Approve, Sanction
Antonyms: Reject
Example Sentence:
Both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of the year.

3. CAPACIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (लंबा-चौड़ा): Roomy
Synonyms: Commodious, Spacious
Antonyms: Cramped
Example Sentence:
She looked for a hairpin in her capacious handbag.

4. ASSAULT (VERB): (हमला करना): Hit
Synonyms: Strike, Smack
Antonyms: Defend
Example Sentence:
He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer.

5. IDENTICAL (ADJECTIVE): (समान): One and the same
Synonyms: Aforementioned, Aforesaid
Antonyms: Different
Example Sentence:
She stole from the identical station at which she had been arrested before.

6. EXPEDITIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (शीघ्र): Speedy
Synonyms: Swift, Quick
Antonyms: Slow
Example Sentence:
The investigation was supposed to be expeditious.

7. PROMPT (VERB): (प्रेरित करना): Induce
Synonyms: Make, Move
Antonyms: Discourage
Example Sentence:
Curiosity prompted him to look inside.

8. REAP (NOUN): (प्राप्त करना): Receive
Synonyms: Obtain, Get
Antonyms: Lose
Example Sentence:
The company is reaping the benefits.

9. POST (PREPOSITION): (के उपरांत): Subsequent to
Synonyms: After
Antonyms: Before
Example Sentence:
American poetry post the 1950s hasn't had the same impact.

10. NATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (जन्मजात): Innate
Synonyms: Inherent, Inborn
Antonyms: Acquired
Example Sentence:
She has some last vestige of native wit.

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 18.01.2023

1. PREVALENT (ADJECTIVE): (प्रचलित): Widespread
Synonyms: Prevailing, Frequent
Antonyms: Uncommon
Example Sentence:
The ill practices are more prevalent in society today.

2. REVIEW (VERB): (पुनर्विचार करना): Reconsider
Synonyms: Re-examine, Reassess
Antonyms: Stick by
Example Sentence:
All slides were then reviewed by one pathologist.

3. CONTEMPLATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (विचारशील): Thoughtful
Synonyms: Pensive, Reflective
Antonyms: Active
Example Sentence:
She regarded me with a contemplative eye.

4. ADVERSARY (NOUN): (प्रतिद्वंद्वी): Opponent
Synonyms: Rival, Enemy
Antonyms: Ally
Example Sentence:
Rita beat his old adversary in the quarter-finals.

5. SUCCUMB (VERB): (दबना): Yield
Synonyms: Give in, Give way
Antonyms: Resist
Example Sentence:
We cannot merely give up and succumb to despair.

6. CRITICAL (ADJECTIVE): (जरूरी): Crucial
Synonyms: Vital, Essential
Antonyms: Unimportant
Example Sentence:
Temperature is a critical factor in fruit storage.

7. FLAIR (NOUN): (कौशल): Aptitude
Synonyms: Talent, Gift
Antonyms: Inability
Example Sentence:
She had a flair for certain languages.

8. DISCHARGE (VERB): (उतार देना): Unload
Synonyms: Offload, Empty
Antonyms: Load
Example Sentence:
The ferry was discharging passengers.

9. STREAM (NOUN): (श्रृंखला): Succession
Synonyms: Series, String
Antonyms: Trickle
Example Sentence:
A woman screamed a stream of abuse.

10. LIGHT-HEARTED (ADJECTIVE): (प्रसन्नचित): Carefree
Synonyms: Cheerful, Cheer
Antonyms: Miserable
Example Sentence:
We had an excited, light-hearted chatter.