✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 23.01.2023

1. DEFALCATION (NOUN): (गबन): Default
Synonyms: Disaster, Failure
Antonyms: Accomplishment, Achievement
Example Sentence:
Ravi made defalcation in funds.

2. CANDOR (NOUN): (निष्कपटता): Frankness
Synonyms: Directness, Fairness
Antonyms: Dishonesty, Unfairness
Example Sentence:
She has done her task with complete candor

3. CESSATION (NOUN): (ठहराव): Abeyance
Synonyms: Breather, Discontinuance
Antonyms: Activity, Continuity
Example Sentence:
Since the bad weather has caused a temporary building cessation, the office building will not be completed on time.

4. DEVIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (कपटी): Deceitful
Synonyms: Duplicitous, Insidious
Antonyms: Honest, Forthright
Example Sentence:
He plays a devious character.

5. BANKRUPT (ADJECTIVE): (दिवालिया): Insolvent
Synonyms: Bankrupted, Failed
Antonyms: Solvent
Example Sentence:
His father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home.

6. ACQUIT (VERB): (बरी करना): Absolve
Synonyms: Clear, Exonerate
Antonyms: Cnvict
Example Sentence:
One was brought to trial on a charge of affray and was acquitted.

7. OUST (VERB): (बाहर निकालना): Expel
Synonyms: Force out, Remove
Antonyms: Readmit
Example Sentence:
The reformists were ousted from power.

8. RIG (VERB): (वस्र पहनना): Dress
Synonyms: Equip, Furnish
Antonyms: Disrobe, Uncover
Example Sentence:
The children return from Box Hill, and are rigged out for church.

9. ENTANGLE (VERB): (उलझाना): Involve
Synonyms: Confuse, Complicate
Antonyms: Clarify, Exclude
Example Sentence:
Don’t entangle those people in your project as they are not trustworthy.


10. PREMEDITATED (ADJECTIVE): (पूर्वचिन्तित): Planned
Synonyms: Calculated, Deliberate
Antonyms: Accidental, Casual
Example Sentence:
Had it really been premeditated that he should fall into that camp?

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 24.01.2023

1.SABOTAGE (VERB): (नुक़सान पहुंचाना): wreck

Synonyms: vandalize, destroy

Antonyms: strengthen

Example Sentence:
Power lines from South Africa were sabotaged by rebel forces.


2. AFFORDABLE (ADJECTIVE): (किफायती): inexpensive

Synonyms: cheap, reasonably priced

Antonyms: expensive

Example Sentence:
Goa has affordable houses for everyone.


3. THRIVE (VERB): (फलना-फूलना): flourish

Synonyms: prosper burgeon

Antonyms: increase

Example Sentence:
Education groups tend to thrive on organization.


4.COMPLACENCY (NOUN): (शालीनता): smugness

Synonyms: self-satisfaction, self-approval

Antonyms: dissatisfaction

Example Sentence:
The figures are better, but there are no grounds for complacency.


5. SPUR (VERB): (प्रोत्साहित करना): stimulate

Synonyms: encourage, prompt

Antonyms: discourage

Example Sentence:
Her sons' passion for computer games spurred her to set up a software business.


6. CRITICAL (ADJECTIVE): (महत्वपूर्ण): crucial

Synonyms: vital, essential

Antonyms: unimportant

Example Sentence:
Temperature is a critical factor in successful fruit storage.


7. ANNIHILATE (VERB): (मिटा देना): destroy

Synonyms: wipe out, obliterate

Antonyms: create

Example Sentence:
A simple bomb could annihilate all.


8. TENUOUS (ADJECTIVE): (थोड़ा): slight

Synonyms: insubstantial, flimsy

Antonyms: convincing

Example Sentence:
The tenuous link between interest rates and investment.


9. STRIFE (NOUN): (झगड़ा): conflict

Synonyms: friction, discord

Antonyms: harmony

Example Sentence:
There was strife within the community.


10.STRENUOUS (ADJECTIVE): (कठिन): arduous

Synonyms: difficult, hard

Antonyms: easy

Example Sentence:
Her lean body handled the strenuous task easily.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 25.01.2023

1. MAWKISH (ADJECTIVE): (कुत्सित): Sentimental
Synonyms: Over-sentimental, Over-emotional
Antonyms: Cool
Example Sentence:
He paid a mawkish ode to parenthood.

2. VOLATILE (ADJECTIVE): (अस्थिर): Tense
Synonyms: Strained, Fraught
Antonyms: Stable
Example Sentence:
The political situation was becoming more volatile.

3. ENIGMATIC (ADJECTIVE): (रहस्यपूर्ण): Enigmatic
Synonyms: Mysterious,Confusing
Antonyms: Straightforward
Example Sentence:
He found his boss's utterances too cryptic.

4. RELUCTANT (ADJECTIVE): (अनिच्छुक): Unwilling
Synonyms: Disinclined, Unenthusiastic
Antonyms: Willing
Example Sentence:
He is always reluctant in trying anything new.

5. DISCARD (VERB): (अलग करना): Throw away
Synonyms: Throw out, Get rid of
Antonyms: Keep
Example Sentence:
She bundled up the clothes she had discarded.

6. UPBEAT (ADJECTIVE): (उत्साहित): Optimistic
Synonyms: Cheerful, Cheery
Antonyms: Pessimistic
Example Sentence:
He was upbeat about the company's future.

7. ABOLISH (VERB): (समाप्त करना): Put an end to
Synonyms: Do away with, Get rid of
Antonyms: Retain
Example Sentence:
The tax was abolished in 1977.

8. ADULTERATE (VERB): (मिलावट करना): Degrade
Synonyms: Debase, Spoil
Antonyms: Refine
Example Sentence:
The brewer is said to adulterate his beer.

9. WIT (NOUN): (वाक्-पटुता): Intelligence
Synonyms: Shrewdness, Cleverness
Antonyms: Stupidity
Example Sentence:
She does not lack perception or native wit.

10. RIDICULE (VERB): (उपहास करना): Deride
Synonyms: Mock, Laugh at
Antonyms: Praise
Example Sentence:
His theory was ridiculed and dismissed.