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: many and various.
Synonyms: many, numerous, multiple, multifarious, multitudinous, multiplex, legion, diverse, various, several, varied, different, miscellaneous, assorted, sundry, copious,
Antonyms: singular, only, sole, single, one (and only), solitary, lone, unique, only possible, individual, exclusive
Usage: the implications of this decision were manifold
Definition: be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.
Synonyms: disposed, minded, of a mind, willing, ready, prepared; predisposed
Antonyms: disinterested, unbiased, unprejudiced, impartial, neutral, non-partisan, non-discriminatory
Usage: he was inclined to accept the offer
Definition: remove or loosen restrictions on (something, typically an economic or political system)
Synonyms: make liberal, free, wide-ranging, broad-based, general, humanistic
Antonyms: constricted, restricted, confined, cramped, minimal
Usage: several agreements to liberalize trade were signed
Definition: a hidden or unsuspected danger or difficulty.
Synonyms: hazard, danger, risk, peril, difficulty, issue, problem, catch, snag, stumbling block, drawback
Antonyms: pros, advantages, upper hand, edge, positives
Usage: the pitfalls of buying goods at public auctions
Definition: agreement or harmony between people or groups.
Synonyms: agreement, harmony, accord, consensus, concurrence, unity, unanimity, unison
Antonyms: disagreement, chaos, dissent, dispute, dissimilarity, variance, disparity
Usage: They signed a pact of peace and concord
Definition: necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.
Synonyms: binding, obligatory, mandatory, necessary, compulsory, required, requisite, essential, imperative
Antonyms: unnecessary, not needed, unimportant, insignificant, trivial
Usage: it is incumbent on the government to give a clear lead
Definition: the state or quality of being irregular.
Synonyms: asymmetry, lack of symmetry, non-uniformity, unevenness, crookedness, lopsidedness, contortion, deformity, jaggedness, raggedness, cragginess
Antonyms: regular, orderly, organized, methodical, systematic, structured
Usage: there is evidence that fraud and irregularity continue on a large scale
Definition: the leading or most important position or place.
Synonyms: vanguard, van, spearhead, head, lead, fore, front, front line, cutting edge, foreground
Antonyms: follow, copy, imitate, follow suit, unoriginal, final, last
Usage: the issue has moved to the forefront of the political agenda
Definition: language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect, but which is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.
Synonyms: bombast, loftiness, turgidity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, ornateness, portentousness, pomposity, boastfulness, boasting, bragging, heroics, hyperbole,
Antonyms: sincere, meaningful, to the point, direct, honest
Usage: all we have from the Opposition is empty rhetoric
Definition: the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people and regarded as normal or conventional.
Synonyms: normal, conventional, ordinary, orthodox, conformist, accepted, established, recognized, common, usual, prevailing, popular
Antonyms: radical, uncommon, strange, unnatural, not accepted, unusual, out of ordinary
Usage: the author never strays far from mainstream physics
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