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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 17.02.2023

1. PAROCHIAL (ADJECTIVE): (संकुचित/ संकीर्ण): Insular 
Synonyms: petty, sectarian 
Antonyms: broad minded, liberal 
Example Sentence: 
The parochial school’s views are limited to the religious principles of the church that manages it. 

2. COMITY (NOUN): (सौहार्द): Civility 
Synonyms: politeness, amenity 
Antonyms: enmity, hostility 
Example Sentence: 
They treated their guests with comity. 

3. DELETERIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (हानिकारक): Harmful 
Synonyms: destroying, destructive 
Antonyms: aiding, assisting 
Example Sentence: 
No use crying over spilt milk, already his deleterious activities cost his parents an arm and a leg. 

4. DAUNT (VERB): (धमकाना): Frighten 
Synonyms: appal, deter 
Antonyms: calm, comfort 
Example Sentence: 
On hearing that she left her home, made me felt hell lot daunted. 

5. DISTEND (VERB): (फूलना या फूलाना): Bulge 
Synonyms: bloat, expand 
Antonyms: shrink, compress 
Example Sentence: 
Excess weight caused his belly to distend. 

6. ANNULMENT (NOUN): (विलोपन): Abolition 
Synonyms: abrogation, cancellation 
Antonyms: approval, confirmation 
Example Sentence: 
The annulment of his contract taught him a lesson of not counting the chickens before they are hatched. 

7. EFFRONTERY (NOUN): (धृष्टता): Arrogance 
Synonyms: assurance, brashness 
Antonyms: politeness, humility 
Example Sentence: 
I keep effrontery at the bay with my dear ones. 

8. FACETIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (हंसमुख): Amusing 
Synonyms: blithe, capering 
Antonyms: serious, unfunny 
Example Sentence:
Because she was overbearing and often facetious, Jane had few friends. 

9. SWINDLE (VERB): (ठगना): Deceive 
Synonyms: con, garble 
Antonyms: be honest, tell truth 
Example Sentence: 
He is back to the drawing board in swindling the police. 

10. OUTLIER (NOUN): (विचलन): Aberration 
Synonyms: deviation, eccentricity 
Antonyms: standard, normality
Example Sentence: 
While other members of her family joined the bandwagon, Amy was an outlier because she chose not to join the politics.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary |18.02.2023

1. CONCEDE (VERB): (स्वीकार करना) accept 
Synonyms: cede, admit 
Antonyms: deny, refuse 
Example Sentence: 
I had to concede that I'd overreacted. 

2. ENCROACH (VERB): (अधिक्रमण करना) violate 
Synonyms: trespass, infringins
Antonyms: shun, abide 
Example Sentence: 
Rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room. 

3. CONCURRENCE (NOUN): (मेल) unanimity 
Synonyms: synchroneity, simultaneity 
Antonyms: disagreement, denial 
Example Sentence: 
Shivya is in the habit of making evasion from every situation. 

4. PERSECUTE (VERB): (सताना) harass 
Synonyms: torment, domineer 
Antonyms: comfort, console 
Example Sentence: 
The major kept on persecuting the soldiers. 

5. GIGANTIC (ADJECTIVE): (विशाल) huge 
Synonyms: enormous, immense 
Antonyms: small, slight 
Example Sentence: 
A gigantic lily grows at a height of 10 feet’s. 

6. RAMPAGE (NOUN): (हंगामा) binge 
Synonyms: disturbance, violence 
Antonyms: calm, peace 
Example Sentence: 
Sarmishtha ravaged all our weekend plans. 

7. TRECHAREOUS (ADJECTIVE): (विश्वासघाती) disloyal 
Synonyms: faithless, unreliable 
Antonyms: faithful, reliable 
Example Sentence: 
Advaik is a treacherous junk-dealer. 

8. SANGUINE (ADJECTIVE): (आशावादी) confident 
Synonyms: hopeful, optimistic 
Antonyms: pessimistic, depressed 
Example Sentence: 
Vishal is a sanguine person in every adverse situation. 

9. ORDAIN (VERB): (भयाक्रांत) impose 
Synonyms: order, proclaim 
Antonyms: unworried, unruffled 
Example Sentence: 
Vikram knows the ministry will never ordain him as a priest. 

10. AGHAST (ADJECTIVE): (स्‍वादहीन) horrified 
Synonyms: anxious, appalled 
Antonyms: delicious, pungent 
Example Sentence: 
Dinner tastes insipid.