Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 21st February, 2023

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 21st February, 2023

1. Word: Absurd (विसंगति)

• Pronunciation: ab-surd/ ऐब्सर्ड
• Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate. (Adjective)
  b. an absurd state of affairs. (Noun)
• Synonyms: preposterous, ridiculous, ludicrous, farcical
• Antonyms: reasonable, sensible, logical, serious
• Usage in a Sentence: The Trump administration is taking this argument to an absurd and cruel extreme.

2.  Word: Vile (नीचतापूर्ण)

• Pronunciation: vahyl/ वाइल
• Part of Speech: 
• Meaning:
  a. morally reprehensible
  b. causing or able to cause nausea
  c. repulsive or disgusting, as to the senses or feelings:
  d. highly offensive, unpleasant, or objectionable:
• Synonyms: foul, loathsome, despicable
• Antonyms: beautiful, lovely, gorgeous
• Usage in a sentence: His vile response to a silly fight turned it into a nasty one. 

3. Word: Inherent (अंतर्निहित)

• Pronunciation: in-heer-uhnt/ इन्हेरन्ट
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.
• Synonyms: innate, intrinsic, natural, inborn, ingrained
• Antonyms: acquired, extrinsic, external, accidental
• Usage in a Sentence: I'm afraid the problems you mention are inherent in the system.

4. Word: Sought ( बहुत वांछित)

• Pronunciation: sawt
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: too much wanted by people
  
• Synonyms: desired
• Antonyms: shunned, unwanted, ignored
• Usage in a Sentence: Diamonds are highly sought after for their beauty and value.

5. Word: Incite (उकसाना)

• Pronunciation: in·​cite/ इन्साइट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour).
• Synonyms: Provoke, encourage
• Antonyms: Deter, Calm
• Usage in a Sentence: He used a perverted form of socialism to incite racial hatred.

6. Word: Pseudonymous  (उपनाम )

• Pronunciation: soo-don-uh-mus
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: writing or written under a false name.
• Synonyms: pen name, assumed name, incognito, alias, false name
• Usage in a sentence: The famous singer always checks into hotels under a pseudonym so her fans will not find her.

7. Word: Vengeance (प्रतिहिंसा)

• Pronunciation: ven-juhns/वेन्जन्स
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person; violent revenge:
  b. an act or opportunity of inflicting such trouble:
  c. the desire for revenge
  d. a man full of vengeance
• Synonyms: revenge, payback, retaliation, retribution
• Antonyms: mercy, forgiveness, pardon
• Usage in a sentence: On the day after the terrorist attack, the overall mood in the town was one of vengeance.

8. Word: Regime (शासन)

• Pronunciation: ruh-zheem
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. a government, especially an authoritarian one
  b. a system or ordered way of doing things.
• Synonyms: administration, jurisdiction
• Antonyms: disorder, confusion
• Use in a Sentence: The regime got rid of most of its opponents.

9. Word: Resentment (नाराजगी)

• Pronunciation: ri-zent-muhnt/ रिज़ेन्ट्मन्ट
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult.
• Synonyms: bitterness, animosity, pique
• Antonyms: friendliness, affection sympathy
• Usage in a sentence: The players were feeling a sense of resentment after it was announced that they had to train for more hours. 

10. Word: Antipathy (अनिच्छा)

• Pronunciation: an-tip-uh-thee/ऐन्टिपथी
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: a deep-seated feeling of aversion.
• Synonyms: hatred, hostility, animosity
• Antonyms: love, kindness, desire
• Usage in a sentence: There was a lot of antipathy between the two doctors.

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The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary Based Exercises: 21st February, 2023 

Based on the description of the words, we have some practice questions for you. Answer these questions in the comments section. Our team will review them at the earliest!

Exercise 1. Make your own Sentences.

Here are some of the words from the above article. Try to frame sentences from them in your own words and share them with us in the comments section!

• Absurd
• Vile
• Inherent
• Sought
• Incite

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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You can also check the wordlist articles for the previous days from the link below: Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 20th February, 2023

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