🔥The Hindu Today Vocabulary 10-06-2025
1. Tarnishing (verb)
Meaning: Lose or cause to lose lustre, especially as a result of exposure to air or moisture. (कलंकति करना)
Synonyms: Damage, Defame, Dim, Dull
Antonyms: Improve, Mend, Benefit, Clean
Example: The salt lifts the grime and the lemon juice cuts through the tarnish.
Related Words: Tarnished.
2. Contingent (adjective)
Meaning: Subject to chance. (निर्भर)
Synonyms: Accidental, Fortuitous, Possible, Unforeseen
Antonyms: Predictable, Designed, Essential, Planned
Example: Our plans are contingent on the weather.
Related Words: Contingency, Contingently,
3. Conveniently (adverb)
Meaning: The quality of being easy, useful or suit able for somebody. (उपयुक्तता)
Synonyms: Benefit, Use, Good, Comfort.
Antonyms: Damage, Difficulty, Disadvantage, Dissatisfaction.
Example: I enjoy the convenience of living near a post office.
Related Words: Convenient, Convenience.
4. Incidents (noun)
Meaning: An instance of something happening. (घटनाएं)
Synonyms: Circumstance, Episode, Event, Fact
Antonyms: Cessation, Inaction, Inactivity, Stoppage
Example: Two people were shot yesterday in two separate incidents.
Related Words: Incidentally, Incidental,
5. Stripping (verb)
Meaning: Remove all coverings from. (अलग करना)
Synonyms: Striptease, Peel, Despoil, Disrobe
Antonyms: Cover, Fill, Fix, Give
Example: It scares me, like I'm stripping naked in front of strangers.
Related Words: Stripped,
6. Steep (adjective)
Meaning: (of a slope) Rising or falling at a sharp angle. (अत्यधिक)
Synonyms: Abrupt, Arduous, Lofty, Precipitous
Antonyms: Reasonable, Low, Gentle, Gradual
Example: The stairs are very steep.
Related Words: Steeped, Steeping, Steeply,
7. Recession (noun)
Meaning: A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters. (मंदी)
Synonyms: Downturn, Depression, Slump, Trough
Antonyms: Boom, Upturn, Increase, Rise
Example: The recession caused sales to drop off.
Related Words: Recede, Recessionary,
8. Drastic (adjective)
Meaning: Likely to have a strong or far-reaching effect. (भीषण)
Synonyms: Dire, Forceful, Harsh, Radical
Antonyms: Nice, Little, Incomplete, Moderate
Example: They are facing a drastic reduction in their budget.
Related Words: Drastically.
9. Brutal (adjective)
Meaning: Savagely violent. (कठोर)
Synonyms: Savage, Cruel, Vicious, Ferocious
Antonyms: Gentle, Humane, Calm, Courteous
Example: The traffic was brutal on the way to work.
Related Words: Brutality, Brutally.
10. Consumption (noun)
Meaning: The action of using up a resource. (उपभोग)
Synonyms: Drinking, Expenditure, Utilization, Burning
Antonyms: Building, Construction, Creation, Development
Example: Most of the wine was unfit for human consumption.
Related Words: Consumptive, Consumed, Consuming.