The Hindu newspaper is treated as the Bible by the various exam aspirants be it Bank Exam aspirants, SSC aspirants, or UPSC aspirants. Reading the editorial section of the newspaper daily has two-fold benefits: (a) It gives the editor’s views on the latest happenings in India and the world, (b) It also helps enhance English vocabulary.
In this blog of “The Hindu Vocabulary December 2020”, we have come up with a list of difficult words taken from the Hindu Editorials, their meanings, synonyms, antonyms, examples (the correct usage of the words).
Read along to understand it better.
1. ALIENATE (NOUN): (पृथक करना): estrange
Synonyms: turn away, set apart
Antonyms: unite
Example Sentence: We live in an urban environment which alienates its own inhabitants.
2. DASTARDLY (ADJECTIVE): (नीचतापूर्ण): wicked
Synonyms: evil, iniquitous
Antonyms: noble
Example Sentence: While the town is sleeping, the mafia is out doing dastardly deeds.
3. EGREGIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (भीषण): shocking
Synonyms: appalling, horrific
Antonyms: marvellous
Example Sentence: Copyright faces egregious abuses.
4. CALLOUS (ADJECTIVE): (निर्मम): heartless
Synonyms: unfeeling uncaring
Antonyms: kind
Example Sentence: His callous comments about the murder made me shiver.
5. AMBIGUITY (NOUN): (अस्पष्टता): ambivalence
Synonyms: equivocation, obscurity
Antonyms: transparency
Example Sentence: We can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act.
6. CONSOLIDATE (VERB): (मजबूत करना): strengthen
Synonyms: secure, stabilize
Antonyms: weaken
Example Sentence: The company consolidated its position in the international market.
7. DESPISE (VERB): (घृणा करना): detest
Synonyms: hate, loathe
Antonyms: like
Example Sentence: He despised himself for being selfish.
8. UNRAVEL (VERB): (सुलझाना): solve
Synonyms: resolve, work out
Antonyms: complicate
Example Sentence: They were attempting to unravel the cause of death.
9. PATCHY (ADJECTIVE): (असम): uneven
Synonyms: bitty, varying
Antonyms: uniform
Example Sentence: There was patchy fog in the sky.
10. DISMANTLE (VERB): (विघटित करना): take apart
Synonyms: pull apart, deconstruct
Antonyms: assemble
Example Sentence: The engines were dismantled and the bits piled into a heap.
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