Daily Vocabulary July 7, 2021 at 07:15AM

The Hindu Vocabulary

1. RIDICULE (VERB): (उपहास करना):  deride
Synonyms: mock, scorn
Antonyms: praise
Example Sentence:
She shouldn’t ridicule him for the aspirations which he had.

2. SLAPDASH (ADJECTIVE): (असावधान):  careless
Synonyms: slipshod, lackadaisical
Antonyms: careful
Example Sentence:
She has a very slapdash approach to keeping accounts.

3. HAPHAZARD (ADJECTIVE): (बेतरतीब):  random
Synonyms: unplanned unsystematic
Antonyms: systematic
Example Sentence:
The music business works in a haphazard fashion.

4. CHARY (ADJECTIVE): (सावधान):  wary
Synonyms: cautious, circumspect
Antonyms: heedless
Example Sentence:
She had been chary of telling the truth.

5. HALCYON (ADJECTIVE): (शांत):  serene
Synonyms: calm, pleasant
Antonyms: stormy
Example Sentence:
The halcyon days of the mid 1980s, when profits were soaring.

6. ABOLISH (VERB): (समाप्त करना):  put an end to
Synonyms: do away with, get rid of
Antonyms: retain
Example Sentence:
The tax was abolished in 1977.

7 ABHORRENT (ADJECTIVE): (घृणित):  detestable
Synonyms: detested, hateful
Antonyms: admirable
Example Sentence:
Racism is abhorrent to us all.

8. DESPERATE (ADJECTIVE): (निराश):  despairing
Synonyms: hopeless, anguished
Antonyms: cheerful
Example Sentence:
A desperate sadness engulfed his son.

9. RELUCTANT (ADJECTIVE): (अनिच्छुक):  unwilling
Synonyms: disinclined, unenthusiastic
Antonyms: willing
Example Sentence:
He is always reluctant in doing anything.

10. DISCARD (VERB): (ठुकराना):  throw away
Synonyms: throw out, get rid of
Antonyms: keep
Example Sentence:
I bundled up the clothes I had discarded.