🔥The Hindu Vocabulary 24 Jul 2025
1. Exigency (Noun)
Meaning: An urgent need or demand requiring immediate action.
Hindi: आपात स्थिति, तात्कालिकता।
Synonyms: Emergency, urgency, crisis.
Antonyms: Ease, leisure, calm.
Example: The exigency of floods in Balasore prompted evacuations.
Related Words: Exigent (adjective), exigently (adverb).
2. Fetid (Adjective)
Meaning: Having an unpleasant or offensive odor.
Hindi: दुर्गंधयुक्त, बदबूदार।
Synonyms: Malodorous, foul, rancid.
Antonyms: Fragrant, pleasant, fresh.
Example: Fetid floodwaters posed health risks in Balasore.
Related Words: Fetidness (noun), fetidly (adverb).
3. Garrulous (Adjective)
Meaning: Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
Hindi: बातूनी, बकबक करने वाला।
Synonyms: Loquacious, verbose, chatty.
Antonyms: Silent, reticent, reserved.
Example: Garrulous leaders rallied tribals in Narayanpatana.
Related Words: Garrulity (noun), garrulously (adverb).
4. Hegemony (Noun)
Meaning: Leadership or dominance, especially by one state or group.
Hindi: प्रभुत्व, आधिपत्य।
Synonyms: Dominance, supremacy, authority.
Antonyms: Subordination, submission, equality.
Example: India asserted hegemony over LAC’s strategic villages.
Related Words: Hegemonic (adjective), hegemonically (adverb).
5. Insuperable (Adjective)
Meaning: Impossible to overcome or surmount.
Hindi: अजेय, असाध्य।
Synonyms: Insurmountable, unconquerable, invincible.
Antonyms: Surmountable, manageable, achievable.
Example: Insuperable floods overwhelmed Balasore’s defenses.
Related Words: Insuperability (noun), insuperably (adverb).
6. Livid (Adjective)
Meaning: Furiously angry; discolored by bruising.
Hindi: क्रोधित, नीला-पड़ गया।
Synonyms: Furious, enraged, incensed.
Antonyms: Calm, pleased, tranquil.
Example: Residents were livid over Chellanam’s unchecked erosion.
Related Words: Lividity (noun), lividly (adverb).
7. Pervade (Verb)
Meaning: To spread or be present throughout something.
Hindi: व्याप्त होना, फैलना।
Synonyms: Permeate, infiltrate, suffuse.
Antonyms: Evacuate, absent, withdraw.
Example: Fear of floods pervaded Balasore’s communities.
Related Words: Pervasion (noun), pervasive (adjective).
8. Repudiate (Verb)
Meaning: To reject or refuse to accept or acknowledge.
Hindi: अस्वीकार करना, खंडन करना।
Synonyms: Reject, deny, disavow.
Antonyms: Accept, acknowledge, endorse.
Example: Tribals repudiated vendor claims in Narayanpatana.
Related Words: Repudiation (noun), repudiative (adjective).
9. Strident (Adjective)
Meaning: Loud, harsh, or grating in tone or manner.
Hindi: कर्कश, तीखा।
Synonyms: Harsh, shrill, grating.
Antonyms: Soft, melodious, gentle.
Example: Strident protests echoed through Narayanpatana’s hills.
Related Words: Stridence (noun), stridently (adverb).
10. Torpid (Adjective)
Meaning: Mentally or physically inactive; sluggish.
Hindi: सुस्त, निष्क्रिय।
Synonyms: Lethargic, sluggish, dormant.
Antonyms: Active, energetic, lively.
Example: Torpid responses delayed aid to Balasore’s flood victims.
Related Words: Torpidity (noun), torpidly (adverb).