The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 6th June 2023

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 6th June 2023

Almost every competitive exam has a section that tests the applicant’s English Language skills. So here we bring you The Hindu Vocab on daily basis to boost vocabulary power and help you prepare for the exams like Banking, Railway, Insurance, SSC, and other Government exams.

 ‘Vocabulary’

1. Hankering (noun)

Meaning: a strong desire to have or do something. (लालसा)

Synonyms: yearning, desire, appetency

Antonyms: revulsion, apathy

Sentence: I’ve always had a hankering to go to America.

2. Enormity (noun)

Meaning: a grave crime or sin. (दुष्टता)

Synonyms: wickedness, evilness, vileness

Antonyms: goodness, righteousness, virtuousness

Sentence: The enormity of the crime has shocked even experienced policemen.

3. Parry (noun)

Meaning: ward off (a weapon or attack) with a countermove. (बचाव)

Synonyms: ward off, fend off, stave off

Antonyms: face, deal with, encounter

Sentence: He parried the blow by holding his sword vertically.

4. Cinch (noun)

Meaning: an extremely easy task. (आसान काम)

Synonyms: easy, uncomplicated, not difficult

Antonyms: tough, complicated, difficult

Sentence: This dish is a cinch to make.

5. Heckling (verb)

Meaning: interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse. (चिल्लाना)

Synonyms: jeer, taunt, disrupt

Sentence: The ceremony was disrupted by unprecedented heckling and slogan-chanting.

6. Pleasantry (noun)

Meaning: an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners (हाव-भाव)

Synonyms: gesture, courtesy, politeness

Sentence: “How are you” is merely a social pleasantry.

7. Rendezvous (noun)

Meaning: a meeting at an agreed time and place, typically between two people. (मिलन)

Synonyms: appointment, assignation, date

Sentence: He made a rendezvous with her in Times Square.

8. Imperceptibly (adv.)

Meaning: in a way that is so slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived. (अगोचर रूप से)

Synonyms: crescively, gradually

Antonyms: abruptly, suddenly

Sentence: The disease develops gradually and imperceptibly.

9. Writs (noun)

Meaning: a form of written command in the name of a court or other legal authority to act, or abstain from acting, in some way. (प्रादेश)

Synonyms: warrants, summonses, subpoenas

Sentence: There have been at least seven writs issued against him for late payment of bills.

10. Persiflage (noun)

Meaning: light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter. (ताना)

Synonyms: badinage, raillery, banter

Sentence: The persiflage is not appropriate when we are discussing such serious problems.

Read More The Hindu Editorial Vocab