The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 10th June 2025

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  10th June 2025

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1. Interminable (adj.)

Meaning: having or seeming to have no end; continuing for a very long time (अनंत)

Synonyms: continuous, unending, endless

Antonyms: recurrent, intermittent

Sentence: They faced interminable legal hassles if they wanted to claim compensation.

2. Nascent (adj.)

Meaning: beginning to come into existence (शुरुआत)

Synonyms: initial, beginning, incipient

Antonyms: advanced, developed

Sentence: A nascent nationalist movement is emerging in the Ukraine.

3. Opportune (adj.)

Meaning: (of a time) well-chosen or particularly favorable or appropriate. (सामयिक)

Synonyms: auspicious, propitious, favorable

Antonyms: inopportune, untimely, improper

Sentence: I waited, hoping for an opportune moment to discuss the possibility of a raise.

4. Proscribe (verb)

Meaning: to order not to do or use or to be done or used (निषेध)

Synonyms: prohibit, forbid, ban

Antonyms: permit, allow, let

Sentence: The Act proscribes discrimination on the grounds of race.

5. Festoon (verb)

Meaning: to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming (सजाना)

Synonyms: adorn, decorate, beautify

Antonyms: disfigure, spoil, simplify

Sentence: The margins of his notebook were festooned with doodles.

6. Kindred (adj.)

Meaning: similar in kind; related. (समान)

Synonyms: related, allied, connected

Antonyms: unrelated, different, dissimilar

Sentence: English and Dutch are kindred languages.

7. Axiomatic (adj.)

Meaning: not needing proof in order to be accepted (स्वयंसिद्ध)

Synonyms: obvious, self-evident, undeniable

Antonyms: questionable, debatable, arguable

Sentence: It is an axiomatic fact that governments rise and fall on the state of the economy.

8. Whinge (noun)

Meaning: an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment (असंतोष)

Synonyms: whine, grumble, resentment

Antonyms: praise, applause, plaudit

Sentence: All she ever does is whinge and complain.

9. Bunkum (noun)

Meaning: language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense (बकवास)

Synonyms: nonsense, balderdash, stupidity

Antonyms: rationality, sense, wisdom

Sentence: Don’t believe what he’s saying it’s pure bunkum.

10. Mangle (verb)

Meaning: to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way (बर्बाद करना)

Synonyms: fumble, ruin, spoil

Antonyms: improve, better, refine

Sentence: You’ve mangled this so badly that we’ll have to do it over.

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