The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 15th September 2025

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  15th September 2025

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1. Resplendent (adj.)

Meaning: attractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous. (उत्कृष्ट)

Synonyms: splendid, magnificent, brilliant

Antonyms: unappealing, unappetizing, unpleasant

Sentence: She looked resplendent in her green evening gown.

2. Extenuating (verb)

Meaning: (of a factor or situation) serving to lessen the seriousness of an offense. (कम करना)

Synonyms: excuse, mitigate, palliate

Sentence: Even the fact that you once helped to save my life could not extenuate your offense.

3. Oblivion (noun)

Meaning: the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening. (विस्मरण)

Synonyms: unconsciousness, insensibility, stupor

Antonyms: memory, recall, remembrance

Sentence: Alcoholics often suffer from periods of oblivion.

4. Aforementioned (adj.)

Meaning: denoting a thing or person previously mentioned. (पूर्वकथित)

Synonyms: aforesaid, foregoing, forenamed

Antonyms: following, subsequent, succeeding

Sentence: With the aforementioned reservation, I would recommend the movie for hardcore sci-fi fans.

5. Conflagration (noun)

Meaning: an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property. (आग)

Synonyms: fire, blaze, flames

Sentence: A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes.

6. Spooky (adj.)

Meaning: sinister or ghostly in a way that causes fear and unease. (डरावना)

Synonyms: eerie, sinister, ghostly

Antonyms: normal, ordinary

Sentence: It was a spooky coincidence.

7. Dubiety (noun)

Meaning: the state or quality of being doubtful; uncertainty. (संदेह की भावना)

Synonyms: doubtfulness, dubiousness, uncertainty

Antonyms: assurance, belief, certainty

Sentence: The comfort of having a faith free from all dubiety is what attracts people to the religious sect.

8. Neoteric (adj.)

Meaning: new or modern; recent. (हाल में हुआ)

Synonyms: latest, modern, recent

Antonyms: old, oldfangled

Sentence: The key problem of neoteric vicissitude in China is the social modernization of China.

9. Listless (adj.)

Meaning: (of a person or their manner) lacking energy or enthusiasm. (सुस्ती)

Synonyms: lethargic, enervated, lackadaisical

Antonyms: energetic, active, motivated

Sentence: The weather made him listless and lethargic.

10. Abortive (adj.)

Meaning: failing to produce the intended result. (निष्फल)

Synonyms: failed, unsuccessful, futile

Antonyms: effective, effectual, efficacious

Sentence: He made an abortive attempt to recover the sunken pirate ship.

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