The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 1st November 2023
Vocabulary is a must for candidates appearing in any competitive examination. So here we bring you The Hindu Vocab on daily basis to increase vocab power and helps you in your preparation for many exams like Banking, Railway, Insurance, SSC and other Government exams.
‘Vocabulary’
- Avouchment (noun)
Meaning: a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something (घोषणा)
Synonyms: declaration, assertion, claim
Antonyms: dispute, question
Sentence: Your avouchment of his good intentions means he won’t be disciplined.
- Pang (noun)
Meaning: a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion. (पीड़ा)
Synonyms: pain, sting, discomfort
Antonyms: aid, assist, comfort
Sentence: He experienced a sudden pang of conscience.
- Wrest (verb)
Meaning: to draw out by force or with effort (खींचना)
Synonyms: wrench, pull, extract
Antonyms: insert, instill
Sentence: I managed to wrest the photograph from his grasp.
- Stealthiest (adj.)
Meaning: behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard. (गुप्त)
Synonyms: furtive, secretive, clandestine
Antonyms: open, public
Sentence: Cats are among the stealthiest of stalkers.
- Evermore (adv.)
Meaning: (chiefly used for rhetorical effect or in ecclesiastical contexts) always. (हमेशा के लिये)
Synonyms: always, forever, eternally
Antonyms: never, nevermore, ne’er
Sentence: The editor’s decision is final and shall evermore remain so.
- Headlong (adv.)
Meaning: in a rush; with reckless haste. (हड़बड़ी)
Synonyms: hurried, rushed, sudden
Antonyms: deliberate, unhurried, calculated
Sentence: Those who rush headlong to join in the latest craze.
- Obduracy (noun)
Meaning: a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion (हठ)
Synonyms: obdurateness, obstinacy, stubbornness
Antonyms: broad-mindedness, open-mindedness, reasonability
Sentence: His error was sheer obduracy in refusing to admit a mistake.
- Encrust (verb)
Meaning: cover (something) with a hard surface layer. (जमना)
Synonyms: coagulate, congeal, cover
Sentence: She arrived home with her knees encrusted with mud.
- Gullible (adj.)
Meaning: easily persuaded to believe something; credulous. (भोला)
Synonyms: credulous, over-trusting, easily deceived
Antonyms: cynical, mistrustful, sophisticated
Sentence: He’s so gullible he’ll believe anything.
- Solace (verb)
Meaning: give comfort or consolation to. (आश्वासन)
Synonyms: comfort, console, cheer
Antonyms: anguish, distress
Sentence: She smiled, as though solaced by the memory.
