🔥The Hindu Vocabulary 13 Aug 2025
1. Ignominious (Adjective)
Meaning: Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
Hindi: अपमानजनक, लज्जाजनक।
Synonyms: Shameful, disgraceful, humiliating.
Antonyms: Honorable, dignified, glorious.
Example: The ignominious delay in GLOF measures drew criticism.
Related Words: Ignominy (noun), ignominiously (adverb).
2. Inclement (Adjective)
Meaning: Harsh or severe, especially of weather or conditions.
Hindi: कठोर, प्रतिकूल।
Synonyms: Harsh, severe, stormy.
Antonyms: Mild, pleasant, temperate.
Example: Inclement conditions hampered relief efforts in J&K.
Related Words: Inclemency (noun), inclemently (adverb).
3. Inveigle (Verb)
Meaning: To persuade by deception or flattery.
Hindi: बहलाना, लुभाना।
Synonyms: Entice, lure, seduce.
Antonyms: Deter, dissuade, repel.
Example: Jan Suraaj inveigled voters with unrealistic development plans.
Related Words: Inveiglement (noun), inveigling (adjective).
4. Lacerate (Verb)
Meaning: To tear or deeply cut something; to distress emotionally.
Hindi: चीरना, आहत करना।
Synonyms: Tear, gash, wound.
Antonyms: Heal, mend, soothe.
Example: The urea shortage lacerated Telangana’s farming community.
Related Words: Laceration (noun), lacerative (adjective).
5. Magnanimous (Adjective)
Meaning: Generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or enemy.
Hindi: उदार, महानुभाव।
Synonyms: Generous, benevolent, charitable.
Antonyms: Petty, selfish, vindictive.
Example: Kodavri elders were magnanimous in truce negotiations.
Related Words: Magnanimity (noun), magnanimously (adverb).
6. Ostensible (Adjective)
Meaning: Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
Hindi: प्रकट, दिखावटी।
Synonyms: Apparent, seeming, professed.
Antonyms: Genuine, actual, real.
Example: The ostensible calm in J&K masked underlying tensions.
Related Words: Ostensibility (noun), ostensibly (adverb).
7. Proclivity (Noun)
Meaning: A tendency or inclination toward something, often undesirable.
Hindi: झुकाव, प्रवृत्ति।
Synonyms: Inclination, tendency, propensity.
Antonyms: Aversion, disinclination, reluctance.
Example: Migrants’ proclivity for errors slowed SIR documentation.
Related Words: Proclive (adjective, rare), proclivities (plural).
8. Quixotic (Adjective)
Meaning: Unrealistically optimistic or impractical; visionary.
Hindi: अव्यवहारिक, स्वप्नदर्शी।
Synonyms: Idealistic, unrealistic, visionary.
Antonyms: Practical, realistic, sensible.
Example: Jan Suraaj’s quixotic promises failed to win voter trust.
Related Words: Quixotism (noun), quixotically (adverb).
9. Rancour (Noun)
Meaning: Bitter resentment or ill-will.
Hindi: विद्वेष, कटुता।
Synonyms: Bitterness, resentment, animosity.
Antonyms: Goodwill, friendliness, amity.
Example: Rancour between parties delayed the SIR process in Bihar.
Related Words: Rancorous (adjective), rancorously (adverb).
10. Stymie (Verb)
Meaning: To hinder or prevent progress or action.
Hindi: बाधा डालना, रोकना।
Synonyms: Hinder, obstruct, thwart.
Antonyms: Aid, facilitate, promote.
Example: Bureaucratic issues stymied Mangaluru’s POC status approval.
Related Words: Stymie (noun), stymied (adjective).