The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 17th May 2025

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  17th May 2025

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1. Docility (noun)

Meaning: A readiness or willingness to yield to the wishes of others. (विनम्रता)

Synonyms: obedience, submissiveness, acquiescence

Antonyms: disobedience, defiance, hostility

Sentence: At theological college, near Oxford, the docility of most of the wives of other students irritated Anna.

2. Spook (noun)

Meaning: The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people. (भूत)

Synonyms: ghost, apparition, spirit

Sentence: Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad

3. Multitude (noun)

Meaning: A great number of persons or creatures massed together. (भीड़)

Synonyms: throng, crowd, flock

Sentence: Awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky.

4. Lachrymose (adj.)

Meaning: Given to expressing strong emotion (as sorrow) by readily shedding tears. (रोना)

Synonyms: emotional, tearful, weeping

Antonyms: smiling, laughing, grinning

Sentence: The more lachrymose mourners at the funeral required a steady supply of tissues.

5. Larceny (noun)

Meaning: The unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner. (चोरी)

Synonyms: robbery, stealing, theft

Sentence: Issuing a bad check is a form of larceny.

6. Glutton (noun)

Meaning: One who eats greedily or too much. (पेटू)

Synonyms: overeater, guzzler, binge eater

Antonyms: picker, dieter, nibbler

Sentence: He’s such a glutton that he ate the whole cake.

7. Denouement (noun)

Meaning: The final part of something (such as a book, a play, or a series of events). (अंत)

Synonyms: finale, ending, conclusion

Antonyms: start, beginning, foundation

Sentence: The plot takes us to Paris for the denouement of the story.

8. Ambrosial (adj.)

Meaning: Having a pleasant smell. (मनमोहक)

Synonyms: fragrant, aromatic, scented

Antonyms: putrid, malodorous, fetid

Sentence: The ambrosial aroma of the roast whetted our appetites.

9. Adept (adj.)

Meaning: Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor. (कुशल)

Synonyms: skilled, proficient, experienced

Antonyms: inexperienced, incapable, unskilled

Sentence: He’s an adept pitcher, and the team is lucky to have him.

10. Suave (adj.)

Meaning: Having or showing very polished and worldly manners. (शालीन)

Synonyms: graceful, smooth, civilized

Antonyms: clumsy, awkward, classless

Sentence: In conversation, he was suave and urban.

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