✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 18 March 2025

MAJESTIC (ADJECTIVE): (प्रभावशाली): exalted
Synonyms: august, great
Antonyms: pitiful
Example Sentence: A majestic oak, one of the finest trees in the Forest, stands near it.
CURTAILMENT (NOUN): (कटौती): reduction
Synonyms: cut, cutback
Antonyms: increase
Example Sentence: The curtailment of human rights is the worst thing to do.
INCONCLUSIVE (ADJECTIVE): (अनिर्णीत): indecisive
Synonyms: indefinite, indeterminate
Antonyms: conclusive
Example Sentence: They kept on doing inconclusive negotiations for three years.
RESUMPTION (NOUN): (पुनरारंभ): restart
Synonyms: restarting, reopening
Antonyms: suspension
Example Sentence: The rain has stopped, but we're still waiting for the resumption of the game.
DWINDLE (VERB): (क्षीण होना): diminish
Synonyms: decrease, reduce
Antonyms: increase
Example Sentence: Traffic has dwindled to a trickle.
UNWITTING (ADJECTIVE): (अनिच्छित): unintentional
Synonyms: unintended, inadvertent
Antonyms: deliberate
Example Sentence: We are anxious to rectify the unwitting mistakes made in the past.
SHELVE (VERB): (टालना): lay aside
Synonyms: pigeonhole, stay
Antonyms: carry out
Example Sentence: Plans to reopen the school have been shelved.
VIGILANT (ADJECTIVE): (जागरूक): watchful
Synonyms: observant, sharp-eyed
Antonyms: negligent
Example Sentence: The burglar was spotted by vigilant neighbours.
EXALT (VERB): (प्रशंसा करना): glorify
Synonyms: extol, praise
Antonyms: disparage
Example Sentence: The party will continue to exalt their hero.
TRAUMATIC (ADJECTIVE): (दर्दनाक): disturbing
Synonyms: shocking, distressing
Antonyms: soothing
Example Sentence: She was going through a traumatic divorce.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 19 March 2025

VAUNT (VERB): (प्रशंसा करना): acclaim
Synonyms: esteem, revere
Antonyms: criticize
Example Sentence: He was initially vaunted by the West for his leadership of the country.
UNSEEMLY (ADJECTIVE): (अनुचित): indecorous
Synonyms: improper, inappropriate
Antonyms: seemly
Example Sentence: The discussion led to nothing but an unseemly squabble.
CATHARSIS (NOUN): (शुद्धिकरण): purging
Synonyms: purgation, purification
Antonyms: repression
Example Sentence: Music is a means of catharsis for many of us.
INFANTILE (ADJECTIVE): (बचकाना): childish
Synonyms: babyish, immature
Antonyms: mature
Example Sentence: The point about fairies etc. is so infantile in logic I can barely contain my disbelief.
INGRAINED (ADJECTIVE): (दीर्घस्थायी): entrenched
Synonyms: established, fixed
Antonyms: transient
Example Sentence: She wanted to wake up with his scent ingrained in her skin.
CELLAR (NOUN): (तहखाना): basement
Synonyms: vault, crypt
Antonyms: attic
Example Sentence: The servants led us down into a cellar.
OMINOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अमंगल): threatening
Synonyms: menacing, baleful
Antonyms: promising
Example Sentence: My ominous tone didn’t register with him.
MALAISE (NOUN): (अप्रसन्नता): unhappiness
Synonyms: restlessness, uneasiness
Antonyms: comfort
Example Sentence: An infected person will feel a general malaise.
STRICKEN (ADJECTIVE): (तंग): troubled
Synonyms: affected, afflicted
Antonyms: unaffected
Example Sentence: The pilot landed the stricken aircraft.
OSTENSIBLE (ADJECTIVE): (ख़याली): apparent
Synonyms: seeming, outward
Antonyms: real
Example Sentence: The real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 20 March 2025

1. RETRACT (VERB): (वापस लेना) → take back
Synonyms: withdraw, unsay
Antonyms: assert
Example Sentence: He was forced to retract an opinion too liberal for the time.
2. GHASTLY (ADJECTIVE): (भयंकर) → terrible
Synonyms: frightful, horrible
Antonyms: pleasant
Example Sentence: It was one of the most ghastly crimes ever committed.
3. SCARCELY (ADVERB): (कठिनता से) → rarely
Synonyms: seldom, infrequently
Antonyms: often
Example Sentence: Scarcely a day goes by when they don't see or talk to each other.
4. CONTINGENT (ADJECTIVE): (आकस्मिक) → chance
Synonyms: accidental, fortuitous
Antonyms: predictable
Example Sentence: The nature of the job that I do is contingent.
5. SUPERFLUOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अति अधिक) → surplus
Synonyms: redundant, unneeded
Antonyms: necessary
Example Sentence: The purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information.
6. COMPETENCE (NOUN): (योग्यता) → capability
Synonyms: ability, competency
Antonyms: incompetence
Example Sentence: Courses were launched to improve the competence of staff.
7. UBIQUITOUS (ADJECTIVE): (सर्वव्यापक) → omnipresent
Synonyms: ever-present, everywhere
Antonyms: rare
Example Sentence: His ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family.
8. FUSS (NOUN): (गड़बड़) → bother
Synonyms: trouble, inconvenience
Antonyms: convenience
Example Sentence: They settled in with very little fuss.
9. CONVOLUTED (ADJECTIVE): (जटिल) → complicated
Synonyms: complex, involved
Antonyms: simple
Example Sentence: The film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens.
10. AFFINITY (NOUN): (सहानुभूति) → empathy
Synonyms: rapport, sympathy
Antonyms: dislike
Example Sentence: He had a special affinity with horses.

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✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 21 March 2025

ESPOUSE (VERB): (समर्थन करना): adopt
Synonyms: embrace, take up
Antonyms: reject
Example Sentence: She espoused the causes of justice and freedom for all.
AVARICIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (लालची): grasping
Synonyms: acquisitive, covetous
Antonyms: generous
Example Sentence: He showed none of the avaricious temper so common among the politicians.
MYRIAD (ADJECTIVE): (असंख्य): innumerable
Synonyms: countless, infinite
Antonyms: countable
Example Sentence: He gazed at the myriad lights of the city.
CONTENTIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (विवादास्पद): controversial
Synonyms: disputable, debatable
Antonyms: uncontroversial
Example Sentence: The socio-economic plan had been the subject of contentious debate.
TRIVIALITY (NOUN): (तुच्छता): unimportance
Synonyms: insignificance, pettiness
Antonyms: importance
Example Sentence: There is mediocrity and triviality in the current popular culture.
NARCISSISTIC (ADJECTIVE): (आत्ममुग्ध): vain
Synonyms: self-absorbed, self-obsessed
Antonyms: modest
Example Sentence: She is a narcissistic actress.
LINGER (VERB): (क़ायम रहना): persist
Synonyms: continue, remain
Antonyms: vanish
Example Sentence: The tradition seems to linger on.
EXORBITANT (ADJECTIVE): (अत्यधिक): extortionate
Synonyms: extremely high
Antonyms: reasonable
Example Sentence: Some hotels charge exorbitant rates for phone calls.
DUBIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (अस्पष्ट): equivocal
Synonyms: ambiguous, indeterminate
Antonyms: decisive
Example Sentence: He holds the dubious distinction of being lowered by every club he has played for.
FLOUT (VERB): (अवज्ञा करना): defy
Synonyms: go against, scorn
Antonyms: observe
Example Sentence: He flouted all the rules and regulations.

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