The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 26th August 2025

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  26th August 2025

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 ‘Vocabulary’

1. Collude (verb)

Meaning: cooperate in a secret or unlawful way in order to deceive or gain an advantage over others (सांठगांठ)

Synonyms: combine, conspire, collaborate

Antonyms: differ, disagree, split

Sentence: He accused his opponents of colluding with one another.

2. Retrospective (adj.)

Meaning: looking back on or dealing with past events or situations. (पूर्वप्रभावी)

Synonyms: backdated, retroactive, backward-looking

Antonyms: silly, thoughtless

Sentence: our survey was retrospective.

3. Precept (noun)

Meaning: a general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought. (नियम)

Synonyms: principle, rule, tenet

Sentence: You won’t find this moral precept in the scriptures.

4. Adamant (adj.)

Meaning: refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind. (हठी)

Synonyms: adamantine, bullheaded, inconvincible

Antonyms: acquiescent, agreeable, flexible

Sentence: He is adamant that he is not going to resign.

5. Onerous (adj.)

Meaning: (of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome. (कष्टदायक)

Synonyms: burdensome, inconvenient, troublesome

Antonyms: comfortable, cozy, easy

Sentence: This is the most onerous task I have ever undertaken.

6. Reciprocity (noun)

Meaning: the practice of exchanging things with others for mutual benefit, especially privileges granted by one country or organization to another. (आदान-प्रदान करना)

Synonyms: collaboration, mutualism, harmony

Antonyms: antagonism, antipathy, enmity

Sentence: The proposal calls for reciprocity in trade relations.

7. Corroborating (verb)

Meaning: confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding). (की पुष्टि)

Synonyms: confirm, verify, endorse

Antonyms: confuting, disproving, refuting

Sentence: Recent research seems to corroborate his theory.

8. Gratuitous (adj.)

Meaning: uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted. (ऐच्छिक)

Synonyms: unjustified, without reason, uncalled for

Antonyms: essential, indispensable, necessary

Sentence: There’s too much crime and gratuitous violence on TV.

9. Immaculate (adj.)

Meaning: (especially of a person or their clothes) perfectly clean, neat, or tidy. (निर्मल)

Synonyms: clean, spotless, pristine

Antonyms: coarse, dirty, filthy

Sentence: The property is in immaculate condition.

10. Pithily (adv.)

Meaning: in a few words (मतलब की बात)

Synonyms: briefly, compactly, concisely

Antonyms: diffusely, long-windedly, verbosely

Sentence: The observation that “War is hell” is how General Sherman pithily summed up his experiences in combat.

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