SSC and all Competitive Exams. Explore The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary to score good marks in English Section. Start practising 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. We also providing Important Vocabulary Quiz based on “THE ECONOMIST” and “THE HINDU”
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1). Prominent (Adjective) – प्रसिद्ध, मुख्य
Definition: important; famous
Synonyms: important, well known, leading, eminent, pre-eminent, distinguished, notable, noteworthy, noted, public, outstanding, foremost,
Antonyms: unimportant, obscure, unknown
Usage: she was a prominent member of the city council
2). Provocation (Noun) – उत्तेजना
Definition: action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately.
Synonyms: goading, prodding, egging on, incitement, rousing, stirring, stimulation, prompting, inducement, encouragement, urging, inspiration, stimulus
Antonyms: compliment, happiness, discouragement, pleasure
Usage: you should remain calm and not respond to provocation
3). Vulnerability (Noun) – भेद्यता
Definition: the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally
Synonyms: accessible, sensitive, defenceless, exposed, liable
Antonyms: guarded, safe, protected, secure, strong
Usage: conservation authorities have realized the vulnerability of the local population
4). Persistence (Noun) – दृढ़ता
Definition: the fact of continuing in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
Synonyms: perseverance, tenacity, determination, resolve, resolution, resoluteness, staying power,
Antonyms: irresolute
Usage: Cardiff’s persistence was rewarded with a try
5). Reconciliation (Noun) – सुलह
Definition: the restoration of friendly relations
Synonyms: reuniting, reunion, bringing (back) together (again), conciliation
Antonyms: estrangement, alienation, feud, incompatibility
Usage: his reconciliation with your uncle
6). Cess (Noun) – उपकर
Definition: a curse on
Synonyms: impost, tariff, toll, levy, duty
Antonyms: beg
Usage: bad cess to the day I joined that ban
7). Procurement (Noun) – खरीद
Definition: the action of obtaining or procuring something
Synonyms: buy up, get hold of, solicit, appropriate
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade, forfeit, hinder
Usage: financial assistance for the procurement of legal advice
8). Dissipate (Verb) – गायब हो जाना
Definition: (with reference to a feeling or emotion) disappear or cause to disappear
Synonyms: disappear, vanish, evaporate, dissolve, melt away, melt into thin air,
Antonyms: grow, develop
Usage: the concern she’d felt for him had wholly dissipated
9). Extent (Noun) – सीमा
Definition: the area covered by something
Synonyms: area, size, expanse, length, stretch, range, scope, compass
Antonyms: extreme
Usage: an enclosure ten acres in extent
10). Buffer (Verb) – कम करना
Definition: lessen or moderate the impact of (something).
Synonyms:cushion, absorb, soften, lessen, diminish, moderate, mitigate, allay, deaden, muffle, stifle, shield
Antonyms: intensify
Usage: the massage helped to buffer the strain
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