Dear Readers, Here we have given The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary helpful for Upcoming Bank PO, SSC and all Competitive Exams. Explore The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary to score good marks in English Section. Start practicing this vocabulary to increase your word power. While reading a passage you have to highlight tough words in it and analyse the correct meaning of those words. This will help you understand the passage clearly and also you can learn more new words, it means also you can develop your vocabulary. To help you in this part we have provided an English Vocabulary passage along with meaning, synonyms and usages of hard words in the passage, make use of it.
1) Diatribe (Noun) —
Meaning: A long angry speech or scolding; a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing
Synonyms: Harangue, Jeremiad, Philippic, Rant, Tirade
Antonyms: Encomium, Eulogy, Panegyric, Rhapsody, Tribute
Usage: His diatribe against what he calls a “ridiculous partisan” investigation against him is an indication
2) Disruptive (Adjective) –
Meaning: Causing or tending to cause disruption.
Synonyms: Innovative, Inventive, Ingenious, Original
Antonyms: Unimaginative, Conservative
Usage: The arrival of these technologies might deeply frustrate strategic stability as we know it given their disruptive nature.
(Disruptive – causing trouble and therefore stopping something from continuing as usual:
His teacher described him as a noisy, disruptive influence in class.)
3) Macabre (Adjective) –
Meaning: Disturbing because concerned with or causing a fear of death.
Synonyms: Gruesome, Grisly, Grim, Gory, Morbid
Usage: The Hashimpura massacre in Uttar Pradesh by members of the Provincial Armed Constabulary in 1987 was the most macabre example of such incidents.
4) Enamour (Verb) —
Meaning: Be filled with love for.
Synonyms: In love with, Infatuated with, Besotted with
Antonyms: Indifferent to
Usage: It is not difficult to see why Edward is enamoured of her
5) Agnostic (Noun) —
Meaning: A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or nature of God.
Synonyms: Sceptic, Doubter, Questioner
Antonyms: Believer, Theist
Usage: Along with ideologically agnosticpartnerships with the State government in Dispur, this is the way forward for now.
6) Ebb (Verb) –
Meaning: (of an emotion or quality) gradually decrease.
Synonyms: Diminish, Dwindle, Wane
Antonyms: Increase, Intensify, Intensification
Usage: The violent phase peaked in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but ebbed with the creation of the Bodoland Territorial Council in 2003.
7) Steam (Verb) –
Meaning: Come, go, or move somewhere rapidly or in a forceful way.
Synonyms: Run, Sprint, Race, Dart, Rush, Dash,
Antonyms: Dawdle
Usage: In 2018, the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review noted that Beijing was steaming forward with the expansion of its cruise-missile arsenal.
8) Sops (Noun)
Meaning: a conciliatory or propitiatory bribe, gift, or gesture ; A thing of no great value given or done as a concession to appease someone whose main concerns or demands are not being met.
Synonyms: drench, drown, soak, sodden
Antonyms: dehumidify, Desiccate, Dry, Parch, Sear
Usage: The interim budget casts away established conventions and targets votes with sops. (casts away – abandon)
9) Awry (Adjective) –
Meaning: Out of the normal or correct position; askew.
Synonyms: Askew, Crooked, Lopsided, Uneven, Asymmetrical,
Antonyms: Straight, Symmetrical
Usage: At the same time, there are enough examples of democracy going awry.
10) Numb (Adjective) –
Meaning: (of a part of the body) deprived of the power of physical sensation.
Synonyms: Desensitized, Insensible, Insensate, Senseless
Antonyms: Sensitive, Responsive
Usage: Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination.
