The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 18th January 2025

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  18th January 2025

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1. Antiquity (noun)

Meaning: The state of being something old (प्राचीन काल)

Synonyms: agedness, obsolescence, datedness

Antonyms: modernity, currency, freshness

Sentence: The museum contains the remains of Chinese antiquity.

2. Purloin (verb)

Meaning: to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep (चुराना)

Synonyms: steal, grab, snatch

Antonyms: buy, purchase, give

Sentence: He must have purloined a key from somewhere.

3. Privy (adj.)

Meaning: not known or meant to be known by the general populace (गुप्त)

Synonyms: confidential, secret, private

Antonyms: public, open, common

Sentence: He kept some things privy from family

4. Sway (noun)

Meaning: The right or means to command or control others (शासन)

Synonyms: control, dominion, authority

Antonyms: powerlessness, weakness, helplessness

Sentence: A time when Rome held sway over a vast empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East

5. Enticing (adj.)

Meaning: As in tempting (लुभाना)

Synonyms: charming, tempting, enchanting

Antonyms: boring, awful, distasteful

Sentence: The offer was too enticing to refuse.

6. Vitiate (verb)

Meaning: to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable (दूषित करना)

Synonyms: taint, spoil, stain

Antonyms: purify, cleanse, elevate

Sentence: Believed that luxury vitiates even the most principled person

7. Obviate (verb)

Meaning: As in to prevent (रोकना)

Synonyms: prevent, avert, avoid

Antonyms: permit, allow, assist

Sentence: Brushing regularly should obviate the need for frequent trips to the dentist

8. Numbness (noun)

Meaning: A lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness (स्तब्ध हो जाना)

Synonyms: emptiness, coldness, impassiveness

Antonyms: feeling, emotion, sympathy

Sentence: The prisoner exhibited the numbness of someone who had spent more years behind bars than he could remember

9. Farcical (adj.)

Meaning: Causing or intended to cause laughter (हास्यास्पद)

Synonyms: comedic, funny, comical

Antonyms: serious, unfunny, humorless

Sentence: The whole situation has become farcical.

10. Ruminate (verb)

Meaning: to give serious and careful thought to (चिंतन करना)

Synonyms: contemplate, entertain, debate

Antonyms: ignore, slight, disregard

Sentence: The minister hoped that the congregation would spend the remainder of the week ruminating the message of his sermon.

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