🔥The Hindu Vocabulary 04 July 2025
1. Ameliorate (Verb)
Meaning: To make something better or improve a bad situation.
Hindi: सुधार करना, बेहतर करना।
Synonyms: Improve, enhance, better.
Antonyms: Worsen, deteriorate, aggravate.
Example: Efforts to ameliorate coastal erosion in Chellanam involved tetrapods.
Related Words: Amelioration (noun), ameliorative (adjective).
2. Bolster (Verb)
Meaning: To support or strengthen something.
Hindi: समर्थन करना, मजबूत करना।
Synonyms: Reinforce, support, buttress.
Antonyms: Undermine, weaken, destabilize.
Example: India bolstered its defenses along the LAC villages.
Related Words: Bolster (noun), bolstered (adjective).
3. Clandestine (Adjective)
Meaning: Done secretly or kept hidden, often for illicit purposes.
Hindi: गुप्त, छिपा हुआ।
Synonyms: Secretive, covert, surreptitious.
Antonyms: Open, overt, public.
Example: Clandestine explosives were uncovered in Jharkhand’s forests.
Related Words: Clandestinely (adverb), clandestinity (noun).
4. Coerce (Verb)
Meaning: To persuade someone by force or threats.
Hindi: बलपूर्वक मनाना, दबाव डालना।
Synonyms: Compel, force, intimidate.
Antonyms: Persuade, encourage, entice.
Example: Tribals in Narayanpatana were coerced into compliance.
Related Words: Coercion (noun), coercive (adjective).
5. Debilitate (Verb)
Meaning: To weaken or make feeble.
Hindi: कमजोर करना, दुर्बल करना।
Synonyms: Weaken, enfeeble, incapacitate.
Antonyms: Strengthen, invigorate, empower.
Example: Sweltering heat debilitated players at Edgbaston.
Related Words: Debilitation (noun), debilitating (adjective).
6. Disparity (Noun)
Meaning: A significant difference or inequality.
Hindi: असमानता, भिन्नता।
Synonyms: Inequality, discrepancy, imbalance.
Antonyms: Similarity, equality, parity.
Example: Economic disparity fueled unrest in Narayanpatana.
Related Words: Disparate (adjective), disparately (adverb).
7. Egress (Noun)
Meaning: The act of exiting or leaving a place.
Hindi: निकास, बाहर निकलना।
Synonyms: Exit, departure, withdrawal.
Antonyms: Entry, ingress, arrival.
Example: Floods blocked egress routes from Balasore villages.
Related Words: Egress (verb), egressive (adjective).
8. Expropriation (Noun)
Meaning: The act of taking property from a person by authority.
Hindi: संपत्ति जब्ती, अधिग्रहण।
Synonyms: Seizure, confiscation, appropriation.
Antonyms: Return, restoration, compensation.
Example: Tribals resisted land expropriation in Narayanpatana.
Related Words: Expropriate (verb), expropriated (adjective).
9. Foment (Verb)
Meaning: To instigate or stir up trouble or rebellion.
Hindi: भड़काना, उकसाना।
Synonyms: Incite, provoke, instigate.
Antonyms: Quell, suppress, pacify.
Example: Agitators fomented unrest in Narayanpatana’s tribal areas.
Related Words: Fomentation (noun), fomenter (noun).
10. Impetus (Noun)
Meaning: A force or stimulus that encourages action or progress.
Hindi: प्रेरणा, गति।
Synonyms: Motivation, stimulus, drive.
Antonyms: Hindrance, obstacle, restraint.
Example: Manisha’s brace provided impetus for India’s victory.
Related Words: Impetuous (adjective), impetuously (adverb).