🔥The Hindu Vocabulary 25 Mar 2025
1. Invidious (Adjective)
Meaning (English): Likely to cause resentment or envy
Meaning (Hindi): द्वेषपूर्ण या ईर्ष्याजनक
Synonyms: Offensive, discriminatory, unjust
Antonyms: Fair, impartial
Example: The invidious comparison between the employees led to tension.
Related Words: Invidiously (Adverb), Invidiousness (Noun)
2. Pellucid (Adjective)
Meaning (English): Transparently clear
Meaning (Hindi): स्वच्छ या स्पष्ट
Synonyms: Lucid, transparent, unambiguous
Antonyms: Opaque, obscure
Example: His pellucid explanation made the complex topic easy to understand.
Related Words: Pellucidity (Noun)
3. Chicanery (Noun)
Meaning (English): The use of trickery to achieve a goal
Meaning (Hindi): छल या कपट
Synonyms: Deception, fraud, subterfuge
Antonyms: Honesty, integrity
Example: The politician was known for his chicanery.
Related Words: None
4. Derelict (Adjective)
Meaning (English): Abandoned or neglected
Meaning (Hindi): परित्यक्त या उपेक्षित
Synonyms: Dilapidated, neglected, deserted
Antonyms: Maintained, inhabited
Example: The derelict building stood in ruins.
Related Words: Dereliction (Noun)
5. Prosaic (Adjective)
Meaning (English): Lacking poetic beauty; ordinary
Meaning (Hindi): साधारण या नीरस
Synonyms: Mundane, dull, unremarkable
Antonyms: Imaginative, artistic
Example: His writing style was too prosaic for a novel.
Related Words: Prosaically (Adverb)
6. Propitious (Adjective)
Meaning (English): Favorable or likely to lead to success
Meaning (Hindi): अनुकूल या शुभ
Synonyms: Auspicious, promising, fortunate
Antonyms: Unfavorable, inauspicious
Example: The weather was propitious for the event.
Related Words: Propitiously (Adverb), Propitiousness (Noun)
7. Inculcate (Verb)
Meaning (English): To instill an idea or habit through persistent instruction
Meaning (Hindi): दृढ़तापूर्वक सिखाना
Synonyms: Instill, teach, indoctrinate
Antonyms: Neglect, ignore
Example: The teacher tried to inculcate good manners in the students.
Related Words: Inculcation (Noun)
8. Indolent (Adjective)
Meaning (English): Avoiding activity; lazy
Meaning (Hindi): आलसी
Synonyms: Lethargic, idle, sluggish
Antonyms: Industrious, active
Example: His indolent nature made him unfit for the job.
Related Words: Indolence (Noun)
9. Tendentious (Adjective)
Meaning (English): Expressing a biased viewpoint
Meaning (Hindi): पक्षपातपूर्ण
Synonyms: Prejudiced, partisan, slanted
Antonyms: Neutral, objective
Example: The tendentious article favored one political party.
Related Words: Tendentiously (Adverb)
10. Verisimilitude (Noun)
Meaning (English): The appearance of being true or real
Meaning (Hindi): सत्यता का आभास
Synonyms: Authenticity, realism, credibility
Antonyms: Falseness, artificiality
Example: The movie’s verisimilitude made it feel like real life.
Related Words: None
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