The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  4th January 2025

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  4th January 2025

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 ‘Vocabulary’

1. Concise (adj.)

Meaning: marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning (संक्षिप्त)

Synonyms: summary, brief, succinct

Antonyms: wordy, verbose, prolix

Sentence: A concise article on violence in the media that manages to say more than most books on the subject

2. Dexterous (adj.)

Meaning: skillful with the hands (निपुण)

Synonyms: handy, skilled, clever

Antonyms: clumsy, wooden, unhandy

Sentence: As people grow older, they generally become less dexterous.

3. Diurnal (adj.)

Meaning: Occurring, done, produced, or appearing every day (प्रतिदिन)

Synonyms: daily; everyday, day-to-day

Antonyms: monthly, weekly, yearly

Sentence: A collection of diurnals containing essays by preeminent 19th-century American writers and thinkers

4. Vituperate (verb)

Meaning: to criticize harshly and usually publicly (निंदा करना)

Synonyms: criticize, insult, abuse

Antonyms: commend, praise, compliment

Sentence: Every week the minister would ascend the pulpit and vituperate the parishioners for a litany of vices

5. Turpitude (noun)

Meaning: a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior (अधमता)

Synonyms: degradation, corruptness, corruption

Antonyms: virtue, morality, goodness

Sentence: It kept them from moral turpitude.

6. Truculent (adj.)

Meaning: feeling or displaying an eagerness to fight (लड़ाकू)

Synonyms: aggressive, militant, hostile

Antonyms: peaceable, Peaceful, nonaggressive

Sentence: Die-hard fans who became truculent and violent after their team’s loss

7. Maudlin (adj.)

Meaning: appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way (भावुक)

Synonyms: sentimental, sloppy, sticky

Antonyms: unsentimental, cynical, unvarnished

Sentence: He gets very maudlin after a few drinks.

8. Illusory (adj.)

Meaning: formal based on something that is not true or real (भ्रामक)

Synonyms: imaginary, unreal, ideal

Antonyms: true, genuine, authentic

Sentence: First impressions can often prove illusory.

9. Derisive (adj.)

Meaning: so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter (व्यंग्यात्मक)

Synonyms: ridiculous, absurd, silly

Antonyms: serious, solemn, earnest

Sentence: The minister’s speech drew loud snorts of derisive laughter.

10. Candor (noun)

Meaning: the free expression of one’s true feelings and opinions (स्पष्टवादिता)

Synonyms: honesty, sincerity, frankness

Antonyms: indirection, dissimulation, dissembling

Sentence: An interview in which the members of the rock band speak with candor about their recent squabbling.

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