✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 14.03.2023

1. AIDE (NOUN): (सहयोगी): assistant 
Synonyms: helper, adviser 
Antonyms: boss 
Example Sentence: 
The presidential aide was just 23. 

2. DETAIN (VERB): (ज़ब्त करना): hold 
Synonyms: seize, confine 
Antonyms: release 
Example Sentence: 
Customs officers may detain all the goods. 

3. SCRAMBLE (VERB): (अव्यवस्थित करना): disarrange 
Synonyms: muddle, confuse 
Antonyms: organize, align 
Example Sentence:
Maybe the alcohol scrambled his brains. 

4. EXEMPT (VERB): (छूट देना): spared 
Synonyms: free from, not liable to 
Antonyms: liable to, subject to
Example Sentence
These patients are exempt from charges. 

5. DWINDLE (VERB): (क्षीण होना): diminish 
Synonyms: decrease, reduce 
Antonyms: increase, flourish 
Example Sentence: 
Traffic has dwindled to a trickle. 

6. RECUMBENT (NOUN): (समतल): flat 
Synonyms: lying, horizontal 
Antonyms: erect, standing 
Example Sentence: 
They are not recumbent, and the hair falling from the head is curled. 

7. INCUMBENT (ADJECTIVE): (पदधारी): present 
Synonyms: current, existing 
Antonyms: past, future 
Example Sentence: 
The incumbent President was defeated. 

8. SHUN (VERB): (टालना): avoid 
Synonyms: evade, eshew 
Antonyms: accept, welcome 
Example Sentence: 
He shunned fashionable society. 

9. AMELIORATE (VERB): (सुधार होना): improve 
Synonyms: enhance, better 
Antonyms: worsen 
Example Sentence: 
The reform did much to ameliorate living standards. 

10. OUTRAGE (NOUN): (उल्लंघन करना): violate 
Synonyms: infuriate, enrage 
Antonyms: Compliment 
Example Sentence: 
The public were outraged at the brutality involved. 

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 15.03.2023

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. CONSENT (NOUN): (सहमति): assent 
Synonyms: agreement, permission 
Antonyms: dissent, disagreement 
Example Sentence: 
Change was made without the consent. 

7. CULMINATION (NOUN): (परिणति): climax 
Synonyms: peak, pinnacle 
Antonyms: nadir 
Example Sentence: 
The deal marked the culmination of years of negotiation. 

8. PEER (NOUN): (सहकर्मी): fellow 
Synonyms: co-worker, compeer 
Antonyms: commoner, junior 
Example Sentence: 
He has got criticism from his peers. 

9. CODIFY (VERB): (संहिताबद्ध करना): organize 
Synonyms: systematize, arrange 
Antonyms: expunge, abrogate 
Example Sentence: 
The statutes have codified certain branches of common law. 

10. ACCOMMODATIVE (ADJECTIVE): (अनुग्राही): corrupt 
Synonyms: adaptative, adaptive
Antonyms: maladaptive 
Example Sentence: 
She was understanding, accommodative, and always had a solution to all problems. 

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