✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary | 22.06.2023


1. INCURSION (NOUN): (आक्रमण): attack on
Synonyms: assault on, raid on
Antonyms: retreat
Example Sentence:
Government forces were able to halt the rebel incursion.


2. BLEAK (ADJECTIVE): (निराशात्मक): unpromising
Synonyms: unfavourable, unpropitious
Antonyms: promising
Example Sentence:
He paints a bleak picture of a company that has lost its way.


3. SLACKEN (VERB): (मंद करना): slow
Synonyms: slow down, decelerate
Antonyms: speed up
Example Sentence:
The pace of trade never slackens.


4. BENEVOLENT (ADJECTIVE): (दयालू): kind
Synonyms: kindly, kind-hearted
Antonyms: unkind
Example Sentence:
He was something of a benevolent despot.


5. TACIT (ADJECTIVE): (अंतर्निहित): implicit
Synonyms: understood, implied
Antonyms: explicit
Example Sentence:
Your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement.


6. ERECT (VERB): (निर्माण करना): build
Synonyms: construct, put up
Antonyms: demolish
Example Sentence:
The guest house was erected in the eighteenth century.


7. PERIL (NOUN): (विपत्ति): danger
Synonyms: jeopardy, risk
Antonyms: safety
Example Sentence:
The hour of peril for the Latin kingdom had now at last struck.


8. AMASS (VERB): (एकत्र करना): gather
Synonyms: collect, assemble
Antonyms: dissipate
Example Sentence:
He amassed a fortune estimated at close to a million pounds.


9. BRINK (NOUN): (कगार): edge
Synonyms: verge, margin
Antonyms: middle
Example Sentence:
This woman could bring me to the brink of insanity.


10. SPUR (NOUN): (प्रेरणा): stimulus
Synonyms: incentive, encouragement
Antonyms: disincentive
Example Sentence:
Wars act as a spur to practical invention.