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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Definition: involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering.
Synonyms: disastrous, calamitous, cataclysmic, ruinous, tragic, fatal, dire, awful, terrible, dreadful
Antonyms: lucky, favored, blessed, providential, auspicious, fortunate, beneficial
Usage: A catastrophic earthquake shook the city of Ikebukuro.
Definition: very serious or gloomy.
Synonyms: stern, forbidding, uninviting, unapproachable, aloof, distant, bleak, dreary
Antonyms: cheerful, happy, joyful, excited, happy, enthusiastic
Usage: His grim expression made clear that something was bothering him.
Definition: overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with.
Synonyms: overwhelm, overpower, overburden, overrun, overload, swamp, bog down, besiege
Antonyms: drain, parch, deal with, contain, control, manage
Usage: we’ve been inundated with complaints from listeners
Definition: just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.
Synonyms: new, beginning, developing, progressing, unknown, just released, new potential
Antonyms: tested, checked, verified, known, researched, studied
Usage: The nascent space technology has awed everyone.
Definition: not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something.
Synonyms: out of place, out of keeping, inappropriate, unsuitable, unsuited, not in harmony
Antonyms: belonging, appropriate, suited, in harmony, in sync, in place
Usage: the duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath
Definition: harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.
Synonyms: poisonous, harmful, virulent, toxic, unpleasant, deadly, dangerous
Antonyms: healthy, beneficial, medicated, nourishing, wholesome, salubrious
Usage: The noxious smoke enveloped the building as the firemen struggled to control the flames
Definition: the fact or process of ending or being brought to an end.
Synonyms: end, ending, termination, stopping, halting, ceasing, finish, finishing, stoppage, closing
Antonyms: beginning, starting, continuing, going-on, ongoing, in progress, underway, evolving, happening
Usage: The cessation of terrorist activities was a relief.
Definition: dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.
Synonyms: realistic, sensible, rational, practical, thought-out, intelligent, planned
Antonyms: impractical, insensible, impractical, foolish, stupid, not rational, unplanned
Usage: They had to take a pragmatic approach to the situation.
Definition: relating to the healing of disease.
Synonyms: healing, curative, curing, remedial, medicinal, restorative, health-giving, tonic
Antonyms: dangerous, destructive, poisonous, worsening, causing harm, harmful
Usage: diagnostic and therapeutic facilities were present.
Definition: incompatible or at variance; contradictory.
Synonyms: variant, contradictory, incompatible, deviation, different, opposed, contrasting, divergent
Antonyms: similar, agreeing, coinciding, concur, coexist, harmonize, correlate
Usage: there are conflicting accounts of what occurred
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