🔥The Hindu Vocabulary **0 Jul 2025
1. Furtive (Adjective)
Meaning: Done in a secretive or stealthy manner to avoid notice.
Hindi: चुपके से, गुप्त।
Synonyms: Stealthy, surreptitious, secretive.
Antonyms: Open, blatant, overt.
Example: Furtive operations hid explosives in Jharkhand’s forests.
Related Words: Furtively (adverb), furtiveness (noun).
2. Harrowing (Adjective)
Meaning: Extremely distressing or agonizing.
Hindi: कष्टदायक, दुखद।
Synonyms: Traumatic, distressing, agonizing.
Antonyms: Pleasant, comforting, soothing.
Example: The harrowing floods displaced Balasore’s residents.
Related Words: Harrow (verb), harrowingly (adverb).
3. Impregnable (Adjective)
Meaning: Unable to be captured or broken into; unconquerable.
Hindi: अभेद्य, अजेय।
Synonyms: Invincible, unassailable, secure.
Antonyms: Vulnerable, weak, conquerable.
Example: India’s defenses along the LAC were impregnable.
Related Words: Impregnability (noun), impregnably (adverb).
4. Inhibit (Verb)
Meaning: To restrain or prevent an action or process.
Hindi: रोकना, बाधित करना।
Synonyms: Restrain, hinder, suppress.
Antonyms: Encourage, promote, facilitate.
Example: Floods inhibited access to Balasore’s villages.
Related Words: Inhibition (noun), inhibitive (adjective).
5. Lethargy (Noun)
Meaning: A lack of energy or enthusiasm; sluggishness.
Hindi: सुस्ती, आलस्य।
Synonyms: Sluggishness, apathy, torpor.
Antonyms: Energy, vigor, enthusiasm.
Example: Sweltering heat induced lethargy in Edgbaston’s players.
Related Words: Lethargic (adjective), lethargically (adverb).
6. Morass (Noun)
Meaning: A complicated or confused situation; a swampy area.
Hindi: दलदल, उलझन।
Synonyms: Quagmire, entanglement, swamp.
Antonyms: Clarity, solution, order.
Example: Narayanpatana was mired in a morass of tribal disputes.
Related Words: Morassic (adjective).
7. Provocation (Noun)
Meaning: An action or speech that triggers a strong reaction or anger.
Hindi: उकसावा, प्रेरणा।
Synonyms: Incitement, stimulus, goad.
Antonyms: Pacification, appeasement, calm.
Example: Vendor encroachments were a provocation for Narayanpatana’s unrest.
Related Words: Provoke (verb), provocative (adjective).
8. Rectify (Verb)
Meaning: To correct or make right something that is wrong.
Hindi: सुधार करना, ठीक करना।
Synonyms: Correct, amend, remedy.
Antonyms: Worsen, aggravate, damage.
Example: Tetrapods helped rectify coastal erosion in Puthenthode.
Related Words: Rectification (noun), rectifiable (adjective).
9. Stalwart (Adjective)
Meaning: Loyal, reliable, and hardworking; resolute.
Hindi: दृढ़, विश्वसनीय।
Synonyms: Steadfast, loyal, dependable.
Antonyms: Unreliable, disloyal, weak.
Example: Stalwart soldiers guarded LAC villages in Ladakh.
Related Words: Stalwart (noun), stalwartly (adverb).
10. Trepidation (Noun)
Meaning: A feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen.
Hindi: भय, आशंका।
Synonyms: Apprehension, dread, anxiety.
Antonyms: Confidence, assurance, calmness.
Example: Balasore residents faced floods with trepidation.
Related Words: Trepid (adjective), trepidly (adverb).