✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 18.03.2023


1. Pernicious (Adjective) : हानिकारक : having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
Synonyms: harmful, damaging, destructive
Antonyms: anodyne, benign, harmless
Example Sentence: Violence in the workplace is pernicious to an employee’s need for safety.

2. Feisty (Adjective) : लडाकू : feeling or displaying an eagerness to fight
Synonyms: aggressive, agonistic, argumentative
Antonyms: nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific
Example Sentence: He’s a pretty feisty kid, isn’t he?

3. Grousing (Verb): बड़बड़ाना / शिकायत : complain pettily; grumble
Synonyms: grumble, complain, moan
Antonyms: commendation, compliment, plaudit
Example Sentence: She heard him grousing about his assistant.

4. Peregrination (Noun) : सफ़र : a journey, especially a long or meandering one.
Synonyms: travels, voyages, journey
Example Sentence: While Ted learned a lot in college, he felt he learned even more during his peregrination in a povertystricken country.

5. Gingerly (Adverb): सावधानी से : in a careful or cautious manner.
Synonyms: cautiously, carefully, circumspectly
Antonyms: careless, heedless, unmindful
Example Sentence: He opened the box gingerly and looked inside.

6.Luminary (Noun): प्रभावशाली व्यक्ति : a person who inspires or influences others, especially one prominent in a particular sphere.
Synonyms: guiding light, inspiration, leader
Example Sentence: Luminaries from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and politics were at the gala.

7.Mire (Noun): मुसीबत में फसना : a situation or state of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself.
Synonyms: rattrap, difficult situation
Example Sentence: The book tells how a homeless man overcame the mire of business to become a successful entrepreneur.

8. Poltroonery (Noun): कायरता : a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger
Synonyms: fearfulness, cowardice, cravenness
Antonyms: bravery, courage, daring
Example Sentence: Decried the poltroonery of those politicians who caved in to pressure from the special interests.

9-Acquitted(Verb) : निर्दोष साबित होना : Persons who have been declared not guilty of a crime
Synonyms : Exonerated , Excused
Antonyms : Guilty , Accused
Example Sentence : None of the acquitted received any kind of compensation or redress.

10-Elapsed(Verb) : व्‍यतीत होना : Pass, go by
Synonyms: Ended , Finished
Antonyms : Alive , Exixting
Example Sentence : Thirty minutes elapsed before the performance began.

✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 20.03.2023

1. EXAGGERATE (VERB): (अतिरंजना करना): overstate 
Synonyms: overemphasize, overstress 
Antonyms: play down 
Example Sentence: 
He was apt to exaggerate any aches and pains. 

2. CONTRARY (ADJECTIVE): (विपरीत): opposite 
Synonyms: opposing, opposed 
Antonyms: compatible 
Example Sentence: 
He ignored contrary advice and agreed on the deal. 

3. ESCALATE (VERB): (तीव्र करना): grow 
Synonyms: develop, mushroom 
Antonyms: shrink 
Example Sentence: 
The disturbance escalated into a full-scale riot. 

4. CAMARADERIE (NOUN): (सौहार्द): friendship 
Synonyms: comradeship, fellowship 
Antonyms: enmity 
Example Sentence: 
There is an enforced camaraderie in office life. 

5. VEIL (VERB): (ढंकना): envelop 
Synonyms: surround, swathe 
Antonyms: unveil 
Example Sentence: 
She's got long fair hair but she's got veils them. 

6. EQUITABLE (ADJECTIVE): (न्यायसंगत): fair 
Synonyms: just, impartial 
Antonyms: unequitable 
Example Sentence: 
Inida has an equitable distribution of resources. 

7. CAUTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (सतर्क): careful 
Synonyms: wary, aware 
Antonyms: incautious 
Example Sentence: 
A driver has to be cautious always. 

8. ENDORSE (VERB): (समर्थन करना): support 
Synonyms: back, favour 
Antonyms: oppose 
Example Sentence: 
He earns more money endorsing sports clothes than playing football. 

9. EFFECTIVE (ADJECTIVE): (वास्तविक): virtual 
Synonyms: practical, essential 
Antonyms: theoretical 
Example Sentence: 
She has been under effective house arrest since September. 

10. COERCE (VERB): (मजबूर करना): pressure 
Synonyms: pressurize, persuade 
Antonyms: dissuade 
Example Sentence: 
He was coerced into giving evidence.