Weekly “The Hindu” Vocabulary

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• Infanticide (Noun) = Infant + Cide (kill)

(बच्चो की हत्या/ To kill infants)
o Syn: Filicide
o The rising numbers of infanticide are a cause of alarm in the
country
• Other words with “cide” root-
# Patricide (Father) # Fratricide (Brother)
# Matricide (Mother) # Sororicide (Sister)
# Mariticide (Your husband/Wife)
# Nepoticide (Nephew) # Homicide (Human)
# Genocide (Gene) # Suicide (Self)
# Deicide (Deity/ God) # Filicide (Child)
# Feticide (Fetus) # Regicide (Regent/ King)
# Tyrannicide (Tyrant/ Dictator/ Auto-crate)
# Biocide (Life)
# Germicide, # Pesticide, # Fungicide, # Insecticide

• Notorious (Adjective) (बदनाम, Infamous)

o Syn: Shameful, Scandalous
o The company is notorious for paying its customer with a
delay
o She is notorious for her unstable mood

• Pernicious (Adj) (बहोत ख़राब)

o Syn: Nefarious, outrageous
o Hurried solutions of a problem often proved to be pernicious
o Gambling is a pernicious habit

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• To come undone (Phrase) (ककसी Plan का fail हो जाना/ कोई फीता या

ribbon खुल जाना)
o All my plans have come undone
o The ribbon of her dress came undone while she was dancing

• Pioneer (Noun) (सबसे आगे/ अगुवाई करने वाला/ A leader)

o Syn: Leader, Front-runner, Harbinger, fore-runner
o NASA is a pioneer in the field of space research

• Extol (Verb) (To praise someone/ something)

o Syn: Praise, admire, exalt, glorify, eulogize
o She is extolled as a genius
o The doctors extol the benefits of exercising everyday

• Gainsay (Verb) (To oppose)

o Syn: Oppose, contradict, deny, doubt, question
o Nobody can gainsay his claims
o We should never gainsay the integrity of a poor man

• Untenable (Adjective) (जो चीज़ logical न हो)

o Syn: Illogical, Irrational, flawed
o I find your excuse untenable
o Closer scrutiny proved that his idea was totally untenable

• Underscore (Verb) (To draw attention, सबका ध्यान खी ींचना)

o Syn: Highlight, emphasize, Underline
o The latest Yes Bank collapse underscores the need for strict
banking regulation

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• A shot in the arm (Idiom) (ककसी को boost/ encouragement दे ना)

o Fresh investment would provide a shot in the arm to the
struggling economy
o The new factory would give the local economy a much-needed
shot in the arm

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