The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 11th January 2025

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  11th January 2025

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 ‘Vocabulary’

1. Syllable (noun)

Meaning: the smallest amount or part imaginable (छोटा भाग)

Synonyms: little, damn, bit

Sentence: you’re not making a syllable of sense

2. Grumpy (adj.)

Meaning: bad-tempered and irritable. (चिड़चिड़ा)

Synonyms: irritable, grouchy, fiery

Antonyms: friendly, affable, gregarious

Sentence: Don’t be so grumpy and cynical about it.

3. Stingy (adj.)

Meaning: unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous. (कंजूस)

Synonyms: miserly, parsimonious, niggardly

Antonyms: generous, munificent

Sentence: She’s too stingy to give money to charity.

4. Cull (noun)

Meaning: something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others (अस्वीकार)

Synonyms: discard, reject, throwaway

Antonyms: accepted, validation

Sentence: The unbruised apples will be packed in bags, and the culls will be used for cider.

5. Hauling (verb)

Meaning: (of a person) pull or drag with effort or force. (ढोना)

Synonyms: pulling, dragging, towing

Sentence: He hauled his bike out of the shed.

6. Duress (noun)

Meaning: threats, violence, constraints, or other action brought to bear on someone to do something against their will or better judgment. (दबाव)

Synonyms: coercion, compulsion, enforcement

Antonyms: agreement, consent, approval

Sentence: He signed the confession under duress.

7. Heeded (verb)

Meaning: pay attention to; take notice of. (मान ली)

Synonyms: followed, noted, obeyed

Antonyms: ignored, disregarded, dismissed

Sentence: If he had only heeded my warnings, none of this would have happened.

8. Eulogize (verb)

Meaning: praise highly in speech or writing. (स्तुति करना)

Synonyms: praise, hail, laud

Antonyms: dishonor, mortify, shame

Sentence: Critics everywhere have eulogized her new novel.

9. Wayward (adj.)

Meaning: difficult to control or predict because of unusual or perverse behavior. (स्वच्छंद)

Synonyms: willful, self-willed, headstrong

Antonyms: obedient, docile, amiable

Sentence: This wayward tendency is a great drawback.

10. Uproot (verb)

Meaning: to draw out by force or with effort (जड़ से उखाड़ना)

Synonyms: withdraw, remove, extract

Antonyms: install, insert implant

Sentence: We must uproot our bad habits.

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