The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 10th October 2022
Vocabulary plays a vital role in scoring good marks in the English section of various competitive exams that you can improve if you work in the right direction. So, we are providing you The Hindu Vocab on daily basis to increase your vocabulary power, which will help you prepare for many exams like Banking, Railway, Insurance, SSC, and other government exams.
'Vocabulary'
- Purported (adj.)
Meaning: appearing or stated to be true, though not necessarily so; alleged. (कथित)
Synonyms: conjectural, hypothetical, supposed
Antonyms: inducible, inductive
Sentence: The document is purported to be 300 years old.
- Iconoclast (noun)
Meaning: a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs (संप्रदायवादी)
Synonyms: counterculturist, deviant, nonconformist
Antonyms: conformer, conformist
Sentence: But he shows little sign of being an iconoclast.
- Promontory (noun)
Meaning: a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland. (चोटी)
Synonyms: headland, ness, point
Sentence: Yet another fortress stands on a promontory only half a mile away.
- Luminary (noun)
Meaning: a person who inspires or influences others, especially one prominent in a particular sphere. (प्रभावशाली व्यक्ति)
Synonyms: guiding light, inspiration, leader
Sentence: Luminaries from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and politics were at the gala.
- Pilferage (noun)
Meaning: the action of stealing things of little value. (चोरी)
Synonyms: filching, pilfering, purloining
Sentence: Surveillance practices reduce theft and pilferage in the workplace.
- Antithesis (noun)
Meaning: a thing that is the direct opposite of something else (विलोम)
Synonyms: (direct) opposite, converse, reverse
Antonyms: synonym, replica, duplicate
Sentence: Slavery is the antithesis of freedom.
- Querulous (adj.)
Meaning: Complaining in a petulant or whining manner. (विलापी)
Synonyms: petulant, complaining, fretful
Antonyms: forbearing, tolerant, uncomplaining
Sentence: He became increasingly dissatisfied and querulous in his old age.
- Poltroonery (noun)
Meaning: a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger (कायरता)
Synonyms: cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness
Antonyms: bravery, courage, daring
Sentence: He was disgraced with Poltroonery.
- Mire (noun)
Meaning: a situation or state of difficulty, distress, or embarrassment from which it is hard to extricate oneself. (मुसीबत में फसना)
Synonyms: rattrap, difficult situation
Sentence: We must not be drawn into the mire of civil war.
- Hanker (verb)
Meaning: feel a strong desire for or to do something. (लालायित होना)
Synonyms: yearn, crave, desire
Antonyms: abhor, abominate, despise
Sentence: What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?
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