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The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 21st November 2025
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‘Vocabulary’
- Mellifluous (adj.)
Meaning: having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music (मधुर)
Synonyms: melodic, sweet-toned, soothing
Antonyms: strident, harsh, dissonant
Sentence: I grew up around people who had wonderful, mellifluous voices.
- Larder (noun)
Meaning: a small room or area where food is kept (भंडारघर)
Synonyms: pantry, cupboard
Sentence: There wasn’t much food left in the larder.
- Frugal (adj.)
Meaning: sparing or economical with regard to money or food. (मितव्ययी)
Synonyms: economical, thrifty, prudent
Antonyms: wasteful, spendthrift, profligate
Sentence: As children we were taught to be frugal and hard-working.
- Scintilla (noun)
Meaning: a very small amount (अंश)
Synonyms: glimmer, shred, bit
Antonyms: lot, bushel, plenty
Sentence: There isn’t a scintilla of evidence to prove it.
- Complaisant (adj.)
Meaning: willing or eager to please other people (उदार)
Synonyms: gracious, acquiescent, agreeable
Sentence: She was a complaisant wife and dutiful daughter.
- Eschew (verb)
Meaning: deliberately avoid using; abstain from. (त्याग करना)
Synonyms: avoid, evade, escape
Antonyms: seek, accept, pursue
Sentence: The minister eschews involvement in local politics, since he doesn’t want to diminish his moral authority in the community.
- Snooty (adj.)
Meaning: being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior (दुष्ट)
Synonyms: arrogant, snobbish, haughty
Antonyms: democratic, humble, modest
Sentence: The actress plays a genteel yet faintly snooty older woman.
- Drub (verb)
Meaning: hit or beat (someone) repeatedly. (पीटना)
Synonyms: hit, beat, smash
Sentence: The thief was severely drubbed for stealing the car.
- Adjunct (noun)
Meaning: a person who helps a more skilled person (सहायक)
Synonyms: adjutant, apprentice, assistant
Sentence: He serves as an adjunct to the congressional delegation on its fact-finding mission.
- Subjugated (verb)
Meaning: bring under domination or control, especially by conquest. (अधीन करना)
Synonyms: conquer, vanquish, overpowered
Antonyms: discharged, emancipated, enfranchised
Sentence: The invaders had soon subjugated most of the native population.
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