The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 5th August 2025

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  5th August 2025

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1. Inordinate (adj.)

Meaning: Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount (अत्यधिक)

Synonyms: excessive, extreme, infinite

Antonyms: insufficient, inadequate, minimum

Sentence: They complained about the inordinate length of time they had to wait.

2. Tatters (verb)

Meaning: As shreds of torn cloth (फटे कपड़े)

Synonyms: shreds, fragments, pieces

Sentence: His clothes hung in tatters.

3. Breach (noun)

Meaning: A failure to uphold the requirements of law, duty, or obligation (उल्लंघन)

Synonyms: violation, infringement, offence

Antonyms: observance, respecting, noninfringement

Sentence: The president’s deliberate misstatements were widely seen as a breach of the public trust

4. Siphoned (verb)

Meaning: To remove gradually or completely (निकालना या सोखना)

Synonyms: pumped, drained, sucked

Antonyms: flooded, watered, wet

Sentence: He had siphoned off a small fortune in aid money from the United Nations.

5. Bemoan (verb)

Meaning: To feel or express sorrow for (शोक)

Synonyms: weep, sorrow, mourn

Antonyms: laugh, cheer, smile

Sentence: He bemoaned his father’s death.

6. Wail (noun)

Meaning: A crying out in grief (विलाप)

Synonyms: cry, tears, lamentation

Antonyms: smiling, laughing, cheering

Sentence: The women began to wail in the death of a family person.

7. Profligacy (noun)

Meaning: Immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society (भ्रष्टाचार)

Synonyms: corruption, immorality, criminality

Antonyms: virtue, morality, right

Sentence: A religious leader who railed against the profligacy of the nation’s decadent aristocrats

8. Oversee (verb)

Meaning: To look after and make decisions about (निगरानी)

Synonyms: supervise, manage, operate

Antonyms: ignore, forget, abandon

Sentence: You must employ someone to oversee the project.

9. Discordant (adj.)

Meaning: Marked by or producing a harsh combination of sounds (बेसुर)

Synonyms: shrill, dissonant, noisy

Antonyms: musical, harmonious, melodious

Sentence: Discordant notes coming from the poorly tuned instrument

10. Connoisseur

Meaning: A person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts (पारखी)

Synonyms: scholar, devotee, dilettante

Antonyms: amateur, novice, beginner

Sentence: A forthcoming exhibition at the art museum that is eagerly awaited by connoisseurs of ancient Greek pottery.

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