✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 08.05.2023

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. DISPARATE (ADJECTIVE): (भिन्न): contrasting 
Synonyms: discordant, diverse 
Antonyms: agreeing, alike 
Example Sentence: 
Anamika made disparate arguments. 

6. DISTRAUGHT (ADJECTIVE): (व्याकुल): very upset 
Synonyms: agitated, anxious 
Antonyms: balanced, calm
Example Sentence: 
She burst into a little peal of laughter as she looked into his distraught face. 

7. EXTRICATE (VERB): (अलग करना): get out of a situation 
Synonyms: detach, extract 
Antonyms: attach, connect 
Example Sentence:
Amay was trying to extricate himself from official duties. 

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?