✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 08.06.2023

1. SCANDALOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अपमानपूर्ण): discreditable
Synonyms: disreputable, dishonourable
Antonyms: seemly
Example Sentence:
The magazine published scandalous pictures of the movie star.


2. RETROGRADE (ADJECTIVE): (प्रतिगामी): regressive regressive
Synonyms: negative, downhill
Antonyms: positive
Example Sentence:
To go back on the progress that has been made would be a retrograde step.


3. FUNDAMENTAL (NOUN): (मूल): basics
Synonyms: essentials, rudiments
Antonyms: advanced principles
Example Sentence:
Two courses cover the fundamentals of microbiology.


4. BANKRUPT (ADJECTIVE): (दिवालिया): insolvent
Synonyms: bankrupted, failed
Antonyms: solvent
Example Sentence:
His father went bankrupt and the family had to sell their home.


5. DEVIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (कपटी): deceitful
Synonyms: duplicitous, insidious
Antonyms: honest, forthright
Example Sentence:
He plays a devious character.


6. RESUMPTION (NOUN): (पुनरारंभ): restart
Synonyms: restarting, reopening
Antonyms: suspension
Example Sentence:
Resumption of peace talks is expected soon.


7. DISPLACE (NOUN): (स्थान से हटाना): depose
Synonyms: dislodge, unseat
Antonyms: reinstate
Example Sentence:
His aides were discredited and displaced.


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?