The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Booster - March 2020

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MARCH 2020
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The Hindu Newspaper is treated as the Bible by the Exam Aspirants be it Bank Exam Aspirants,
SSC Aspirants or UPSC Aspirants. Reading the Editorial section of the newspaper daily has two-
fold benefits: (a) It gives the editor’s views on the latest happenings in India and the World,
(b) It helps enhance English Vocabulary. In this eBook of “The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary
Booster March 2020”, we have come up with a list of difficult words taken from the Hindu
Editorials of the March Month, with their Meanings, Synonyms, Antonyms and the Correct
Usage of those words. Read along to understand it better.
The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Booster – March 2020
Sr. Words Meanings & Antonyms Usage

No. Synonyms
1. Abandon Cease to support or Stick by, Keep, Her natural mother
look after someone. Claim, Continue, had abandoned her at an early age.
Desert. Take up
Give up completely a
practice or a course
of action.
Renounce,
Relinquish, Dispense
with, Forswear,
Disclaim
2. Abide Accept or act Flout, Reject I said I would abide by their
following a rule, decision.
decision, or
recommendation.
Obey, Observe,
Follow, Keep to
3. Abysmal Extremely bad. Superb They were living in abysmal
ignorance.
Appalling, Dreadful,
Awful, Terrible,
Atrocious
4. Accommodating Willing to fit in with Unobliging, The airline could not have been
someone’s wishes or Disobliging more accommodating in getting me
needs. on a connecting flight.
Obliging,
Cooperative, Helpful,
Eager to help/please,
Adaptable
5. Accompany Go somewhere with Leave alone, She will accompany me to the store.
someone as a Standalone
companion or
escort.
Be present or occur
at the same time as
something else.
Go with, Go along
with, Co-occur with
6. Aggressive Ready or likely to Meek, Friendly, He is very uncooperative and
attack or confront. Peaceful aggressive.
characterized by or
resulting from
aggression.
Hostile, Belligerent,
Bellicose,
Antagonistic,
Truculent
7. Alleviate Make suffering, Aggravate He couldn’t prevent her pain,
deficiency, or a only alleviate it.
problem less severe.
Reduce, Ease,
Diminish
8. Altercation A noisy argument or Unanimity, According to witnesses,
disagreement, Concord, the altercation between the two
especially in public. Compromise, men started inside the restaurant.
The argument, Agreement,
Reconciliation,
Quarrel, Squabble, Consonance,
Fight, Shouting Conversation,
match, Contretemps Harmony
9. Amicus curiae One such as a The bench directed that the list be
professional person given to the amicus curiae Janak
or organization that Dwarkadas before August 10 for
is not a party to a consideration.
particular litigation
but that is permitted
by the court to
advise it in respect
to some matter of
law that directly
affects the case in
question
10. Annihilate Destroy utterly. Create, Build, He was annihilated in the finals of
Obliterate. Establish the competition
11. Anticipate Regard as probable. Doubt, Question She anticipated scorn on her return
to the theatre.
Expect or predict.
12. Antithesis A person or thing identity, Her temperament is the
that is the direct sameness, very antithesis of mine.
opposite of someone convertibility,

or something else. coincidence,
coalescence
Converse, Reverse,
Inverse, Obverse,
Antipode, Contrary
13. Apprehensive Anxious or fearful Confident She felt apprehensive about going
that something bad home.
or unpleasant will
happen.
Anxious, Alarmed,
Worried, Uneasy,
Nervous, Concerned
14. Articulate Having or showing Inarticulate, He found it hard to articulate his
the ability to speak Hesitant, feelings.
fluently and Unintelligible
coherently.
Eloquent, Fluent,
Communicative,
Effective, Persuasive
15. Banish Send someone away Admit, Readmit Many people were banished to
from a country or Siberia for political crimes.
place as an official
punishment.
Exile, Expel, Deport

Eject, Expatriate,
Extradite, Repatriate
16. Bellwether The leading sheep of Follower, Imitator She is a bellwether of fashion.
a flock, with a bell on
its neck.
Something that leads

or indicates a trend.
Leader, Pacemaker,
Pacer, Pacesetter,
Trendsetter
17. Betrayal The action of Loyalty, I felt a sense of betrayal when my
betraying one’s Faithfulness friends refused to support me.
country, a group, or
a person.
Treachery,
Disloyalty, Perfidy
18. Blatant Bad behaviour has Inconspicuous, The whole episode was
been done openly Subtle a blatant attempt to gain publicity.
and unashamedly.
Flagrant, Glaring,
Obvious,
Undisguised,
Unconcealed, Overt
19. Buttress Increase the strength The mother had always been
of or justification for. the buttress of our family in trying
times.
Reinforce,
Strengthen,
Reinforce, Fortify,
Support
20. Casualty A person killed or The real casualties in the war
injured in a war or against drugs are millions of
accident. innocent children.
Victim, Fatality,
Mortality, Loss
21. Caucus A closed meeting of The committee caucused to select
a group of persons the most promising candidates.
belonging to the
same political party
or faction usually to
select candidates or
to decide on policy.
A group of people
united to promote
an agreed-upon
cause
22. Cauldron A situation The Western banking system sank
characterized by into a bubbling cauldron of toxic
instability and strong mortgages.
emotions.
A large metal pot

with a lid and
handle, used for
cooking over an
open fire.
23. Cessation The fact or process Continuance, Relapses after cessation of
of ending or being Continuation treatment are common.
ended.
The end, Ending,

Termination,
Stopping, Halting
24. Coercive Relating to or using Chosen, The president relied on
force or threats. Discretionary, the coercive powers of the military.
Dispensable,
Insistent, Persistent, Unnecessary,
Pressing, Urgent Unneeded
25. Collate Collect and combine Separate The photocopier will collate the
texts, information, or documents for you.
data.
Gather, Accumulate,
Assemble, Combine,
Aggregate
26. Combat Fighting between Give in to Some of these soldiers have never
armed forces. seen combat.
Battle, Hostilities,
Conflict, Controversy
27. Communal Shared by all Exclusive, The tribe lived in communal huts.
members of a Individual, One- Communal riots/disturbances have
community, for Man, One-Sided, once again broken out between the
common use. One-Way, Single, two ethnic groups.
Sole, Solitary,
Shared, Joint, Unilateral
Common, General,
Public, Collective
The conflict between

different
communities,
especially those
having different
religions or ethnic
origins.
28. Complacent Showing smug or Dissatisfied, You can’t afford to
uncritical satisfaction Humble be complacent about security.
with oneself or one’s
achievements.
Smug, Self-satisfied,
Pleased with oneself,
Proud of oneself,
Self-approving, Self-
congratulatory, Self-
admiring, Self-
regarding, Gloating
29. Comply Act per a wish or Ignore, Disobey We were unable to comply with
demand. your request.
Abide by, Obey

30. Concede Admit or agree that Deny, Retain The Government has conceded that
something is true the new tax policy has been a
after first denying or disaster.
resisting it.
Admit, Acknowledge,
Accept
31. Conflagration An extensive fire Peace The treaty is the latest attempt to
which destroys a resolve the ten-year conflagration.
great deal of land or
property.
Ignition, Fire,
Combustion, Arson,
Incendiarism.
32. Conformity Compliance with Conflict, The corporate culture demands
standards, rules, or Disagreement certain conformity of appearance.
laws.
Correspondence in
form, manner, or
character
Agreement
33. Conspiracy A secret plan by a Faithfulness, The CIA uncovered
group to do Honesty, a conspiracy against the
something unlawful Ignorance, government.
or harmful. Loyalty
Plot, Scheme,
Stratagem, Plan,
Machination, Cabal,
Intrigue
34. Contemplating Look thoughtfully for Ignore, Overlook, They were contemplating a move to
a long time at. Waive, Abandon California.
Think deeply and at

length.
Think about,
Meditate on/over,
Consider, Ponder,
Reflect on/about
35. Contravene To do something Comply with, The company knew its
that a law or rule Conform to, actions contravened international
does not allow, or to Follow, Mind, law.
break a law or rule. Obey, Observe
Breach, Break,
Fracture, Infringe,
Offend, Traduce,
Transgress, Violate
36. Convene Come or bring Disperse He had convened a secret meeting
together for a of military personnel.
meeting or activity.
Assemble.
Summon, Call
Together, Order,
Hold, Convoke,
Assemble
37. Debilitating Making someone or Empowering, Diabetes can be
something physically Strengthening, severely debilitating or even life-
weak. Invigorating threatening if not treated regularly.
38. Decisive Settling an issue. Insignificant, She had an image of being tough
Producing a definite Indecisive and decisive.
result.
Deciding, Conclusive,
Determining,
Resolute, Firm
39. Defection The desertion of Adherence Recent changes in policy have
one’s country or resulted in large-
cause in favour of an scale defection from the party.
opposing one.
Desertion,
Absconding,
Decamping, Flight
40. Dereliction The state of having Fulfilment A 15th-century farmhouse has been
been abandoned and saved from dereliction.
become dilapidated.
Dilapidation,
Disrepair,
Decrepitude,
Deterioration, Ruin
The shameful failure
to fulfil one’s
obligations.
Negligence, Neglect,
Neglectful,
Delinquency, Failure
41. Desperation A state of despair, Hope, People who lose their homes and
typically one which Hopefulness households try to do things
results in rash or in desperation and this strengthens
extreme behaviour. the hands of the radicals.
Hopelessness,
Despair, Distress,
Anguish, Pain, Agony
42. Detention The action of Discharge, Concern has been expressed about
detaining someone Release the death in detention of many
or the state of being political prisoners.
detained in official
custody.
Custody,
Imprisonment,
Confinement,
Incarceration,
Internment
43. Deterrent A thing that Incentive, Tougher prison sentences may act
discourages or is Encouragement as a deterrent to other would-be
intended to offenders.
discourage someone
from doing
something.
Disincentive,
Discouragement,
Dissuasion, Damper,
Brake
44. Deviant Departing from usual Normal, Some studies show that many
or accepted Orthodox violent criminals
standards, begin exhibiting deviant behaviour
especially in social or in early childhood.
sexual behaviour.
Aberrant, Deviating,
Divergent,
Abnormal,
Atypical, Untypical
45. Dilapidating Cause something to Ameliorated, The hotel we stayed in
fall into disrepair or Improved, was dilapidated.
ruin. Meliorated,
Bettered,
Old and in poor Upgraded
condition
46. Discord A disagreement Agreement, A note of discord has crept into
between people. Accord, Harmony relations between the two
countries.
Dissonance,
Discordance, Strife,
Conflict
47. Disgraceful Shockingly Admirable, She thought that their attitude
unacceptable. Honourable was disgraceful.
Shameful, Shocking,
Scandalous,
Deplorable,
Despicable
48. Distress Extreme anxiety, Happiness, Many of
sorrow, or pain. Comfort the horses were showing signs of dis
tress at the end of the race.
Anguish, Danger,
Hardship
49. Drastic Likely to have a Mild, Moderate Many employees have had to
strong or far- make drastic cuts in pay.
reaching effect.
Radical and extreme,

serious forceful
desperate dire
radical
50. Dubious Unsettled in opinion Certainly, Hands- I was rather dubious about the
down, whole idea.
Doubtful, Debatable, Incontestable,
Disputable Indisputable
51. Dynamism The quality of being Lethargy, He has the dynamism of a natural
characterized by Listlessness, leader.
vigorous activity and Sluggishness,
progress. Torpidity
Energy, Esprit, Get-

up-and-go
52. Egregious Outstandingly bad. Marvellous It was an egregious error for a
statesman to show such ignorance.
Shocking, Appalling,
Horrific, Horrifying,
Horrible, Terrible
53. Elegance The quality of being Inelegance, It was her natural elegance that
graceful and stylish Gaucheness, struck me.
in appearance or Messiness,
manner. Gracelessness
Style, Stylishness,
Grace, Gracefulness,
Smoothness
54. Eminent Person famous and Unimportant, She is an eminent historian.
respected within a Unknown
particular sphere.
Illustrious,
Distinguished,
Renowned,
Esteemed, Pre-
eminent
55. Enmity A state or feeling of Friendship, She denied any
active opposition or Goodwill personal enmity towards him.
hostility.
Hostility, Animosity,
Antagonism,
Friction, Antipathy,
Animus
56. Enumeration The act or process of In a census year, the Government

making a list of attempts to enumerate every single
things one after citizen of the country.
another.
The action of
establishing the
number of
something.
Detail, Itemize, List,

Numerate
57. Envisage Contemplate or Disregard, Ignore I envisage a day when proper health
conceive of as a care will be available to everyone.
possibility or a
desirable future
event.
Foresee, Predict,
Forecast, Foretell,
Anticipate, Expect
58. Epidemic A widespread Limited, Local Poverty in this country has reached
occurrence of an epidemic proportions.
infectious disease in
a community at a
particular time.
Outbreak, Plague,
Scourge, Infestation
59. Exonerate An official body Charge, Convict The report exonerated the crew
absolving someone from all responsibility for the
from blame for a collision.
fault or wrongdoing.
Absolve, Clear,
Acquit
60. Expertise Expert skill or Incompetence We admired the expertise with
knowledge in a which he prepared the meal.
particular field.
Skill, Prowess,
Proficiency,
Competence
61. Exponentially An exponential rate We are looking for exponential
of increase becomes growth in our investment.
quicker and quicker
as the thing that
increases becomes
larger.
Expanding, Growing,
Mounting, Rampant,
Spreading, Wanton
62. Extoll To praise highly. Abhor, The health benefits of exercise are
Abominate, widely extolled.
Bless, Carol, Contemn,
Celebrate, Emblazon, Despise, Detest,
Exalt, Glorify Dislike
63. Falter Lose strength or The dinner party
momentum. conversation faltered for a moment.
Hesitate, Delay, Drag

one’s feet, Stall
64. Flow and ebb A recurrent pattern You have to accept the ebb and
of coming and going flow of love in a relationship.
or decline and
regrowth.
65. Fragile Easily destroyed or Robust You have a fragile grip on reality.
threatened.
Breakable, Easily
broken, Brittle,
Frangible
66. Fragility The quality of being Robustness Osteoporosis is characterized by
easily broken or bone fragility.
damaged.
Frailty, Flimsiness,
Weakness, Delicacy,
Daintiness, Fineness
67. Frayed Person’s nerves or The whole experience left me
temper showing the with frayed nerves
effects of strain.
68. Frivolous Not having any Serious, Practical, I think he sees her as
serious purpose or Important, a frivolous young woman.
value. Sensible
Flippant, Glib,
Waggish, Joking,
Jokey, Light-Hearted,
Facetious
Carefree and
superficial.
Giddy, Silly, Foolish

Facetious, Zany,
Light-Hearted, Merry
69. Futile Incapable of Useful, Fruitful It’s completely futile trying to
producing any useful reason with him – he just won’t
result. listen.
Pointless.
Fruitless, Vain,
Pointless, Useless
70. Gainsaying Deny or contradict a Confirm It can’t be gainsaid that most people
fact or statement. wish they had more time and
Deny, Dispute money.
71. Galloping Moving, proceeding, Crawling, We galloped through the woods.
or acting with great Dallying,
speed. Dawdling,
Dillydallying, Slow
Blistering,
Breakneck,
Breathless, Brisk,
Dizzy
72. Genuflect Lower one’s body Disparage Politicians had to genuflect to the
briefly by bending far left to advance their careers.
one knee to the
ground, typically in
worship or as a sign
of respect.
Kowtow
73. Gridlock A situation of very Clearance, A car breaking down at rush hour
severe traffic Opening could cause gridlock across half the
congestion. city.
A situation in which
no progress can be
made.
74. Hamstrung Severely restrict the Help We were hamstrung by a total lack
efficiency or of knowledge.
effectiveness of.
Handicap, Constrain,
Restrict
75. Hapless Having no luck. Fortunate, Happy, She plays the hapless heroine who is
Lucky unlucky in love.
Unfortunate, Hard-
luck, Ill-fated, Ill-
starred, Jinxed,
Luckless
76. Hazardous Dangerous, Grave, Harmless, We work in hazardous conditions.
Grievous, Innocent,
Jeopardizing, Innocuous, Non-
Menacing hazardous
77. Heft Weight, Heaviness, I watched him heft the heavy sack
Importance, onto his shoulder.
Influence
To lift, hold, or carry

something heavy
using your hands
78. Heightened More intense than Abate, Moderate The strong police presence
normal. only heightened the tension among
the crowd.
To increase or make
something increase,
especially an
emotion or effect.
Accentuate, Amplify,
Boost
79. Hinterland The remote areas of The colonies hugged the coastline,
a country away from while the hinterland remained
the coast or the largely unexplored.
banks of major
rivers.
The back of beyond,

The middle of
nowhere
80. Humanitarian Concerned with or Selfish, For-profit The prisoner has been released
seeking to promote for humanitarian reasons.
human welfare.
Compassionate,
Humane, Unselfish,
Altruist
81. Imminent About to happen. Remote Economists are warning that the
coronavirus could spark
Impending, At hand, an imminent economic slowdown or
Close, Near, even recession.
Approaching
82. Impropriety Failure to observe Propriety She was scandalized at
standards of honesty the impropriety of the question
or modesty.
Improper behaviour
or character.
Wrongdoing,
Misconduct,
Dishonesty,
Corruption
83. Inadequate Lacking the quality Adequate, She rejected the $2 million offer as
or quantity required, Sufficient, totally inadequate.
Insufficient for a Competent
purpose.
Deficient, Poor,
Scant, Scanty, Scarce
84. Incentivize These rapidly Disincentivize We need to incentivize our sales

escalating crime managers to achieve these targets.
figures are an
indictment of our
society.
85. Incitement The action of Suppression, They denied inciting the crowd to
provoking unlawful Discouragement violence.
behaviour or urging
someone to behave
unlawfully.
Urging, Goading,
Spurring on,
Motivation,
Persuasion
86. Incontrovertible Not able to be Questionable Her logic is utterly incontrovertible.
denied or disputed.
Indisputable,
Incontestable,
Undeniable,
Irrefutable,
Unassailable
87. Indictment A formal charge or Acquittal These rapidly escalating crime
accusation of a figures are an indictment of our
serious crime. society.
Charge, Accusation,
Citation, Summon
88. Indomitable Impossible to Submissive, Weak The indomitable Mrs Furlong said
subdue or defeat. she would continue to fight for
justice.
Invincible,
Unconquerable,
Unbeatable,
Unassailable,
Impregnable
89. Inept Having or showing Competent, Apt, He was always rather inept at sport.
no skill. Capable
Clumsy,
Incompetent,
Unskilful, Inexpert
90. Inevitable Certain to happen. Avoidable, The accident was
Certain the inevitable outcome of
Unavoidable, carelessness.
Inescapable
91. Infanticide A person who kills an Female infanticide and
infant, especially discrimination are against the
their child. principles of liberty.
92. Infraction A violation or Noninfringement, Any attempt to influence the judges

infringement of a will be seen as an infraction of the
law or agreement. Observance rules.
Infringement,
Contravention,
Breach, Violation,
Transgression
93. Ingenious Clever, original, and Unimaginative He was ingenious enough to
inventive. overcome the limited
budget.
94. Insurgent A person fighting Loyalist All approaches to the capital are
against a now under the control of
government or the insurgents.
invading force.
A rebel or
revolutionary.
Rebel,
Revolutionary,
Revolutionist,
Mutineer, Agitator
95. Insurmountable Too great to be Super able, They were faced with
overcome. Surmountable, several insurmountable obstacles.
Vincibly,
Unconquerable, Vulnerable
Invincible,
Unassailable,
Overwhelming
96. Intriguing Arousing one’s Boring, Drab, Dry, She has an intriguing personality.
curiosity or interest; Dull, Heavy,
fascinating. Monotonous,
Tedious,
Engaging, Uninteresting
Engrossing,
Enthralling,
Fascinating, Gripping
97. Intuitive Using or based on Unnatural, Non- Most people have an intuitive sense
what one feels to be natural, of right and wrong.
true even without Cultivated,
conscious reasoning. Developed,
Trained
Instinctive, Innate,
Inborn, Inherent
98. Invariably In every case or on Sometimes, The train is invariably late.
every occasion. Never
Always.
Every time, Each

time, On every
occasion, At all times
99. Invoke Cite or appeal to Waive Police can invoke the law to
someone or regulate access to these places.
something as an
authority for an
action or in support
of an argument.
Cite, Adduce,
Instance
100. Leapfrog To improve your Confront, Face, She leapfrogged several older
position by going Meet, Accept, colleagues to get the manager’s job.
past other people Court, Embrace,
quickly or by missing Pursue,
out some stages. Seek, Welcome
Bypass,
Circumnavigate,
Circumvent, Detour,
Skirt
101. Legitimacy Conformity to the Illegality, The lawyers expressed serious
law or rules. Illegitimacy, doubts about the legitimacy of
Unlawfulness, military action.
Wrongfulness
102. Legitimize Make legitimate. Outlaw Voters legitimize the government
through the election of public
Validate, Legitimate, officials.
Permit, Warrant,
Authorize, Sanction
103. Malady A disease or ailment. Health, Wellness In the olden days, people were
always suffering from some
Illness, Sickness, unknown malady.
Ailment, Disorder
104. Malicious Characterized by Benevolent He was found guilty
malice; intending or of malicious damage.
intended to harm.
Spiteful, Malevolent,
Hostile, Bitter,
Venomous,
Poisonous
105. Manoeuvres A movement or Reversing around a corner is one of
series of moves the manoeuvres you are required to
requiring skill and perform in a driving test.
care.
Operation, Exercise,
Activity, Movement
106. Marauding Going about in Witnesses reported gangs

search of things to of marauding soldiers breaking into
steal or people to people’s houses and setting fire to
attack. them.
Despoil, Loot,
Pillage, Plunder,
Ransack, Sack
107. Massive Exceptionally large. Light, Weightless They have a massive house.
Huge, Enormous,
Gigantic, Weighty,
Bulky
108. Mayhem A situation in which Pacificism, With 20 kids running around and
there is little or no Pacifism only two adults to supervise, it was
order or control. Non-violence complete mayhem.
Anarchy,
Commotion,
Destruction, Fracas,
Havoc
109. Moribund A person at the point thriving, On examination, she was found
of death dying. recovering moribund and dehydrated.
Expiring
110. Muster Collect or assemble a Demobilize 17,000 men had been mustered on
number or amount. Haldon Hill.
Assemblage,
Assembly,
Conference,
Congregation,
Convocation,
Gathering, Mobilize
111. Non-refoulement The practice of not We are appealing to all states to
forcing refugees or uphold their international
asylum seekers to obligations concerning non-
return to a country refoulement.
in which they are
liable to be
subjected to
persecution.
112. Notorious Famous or well Unknown, Los Angeles is notorious for its
known, typically for Anonymous, smog.
some bad quality or Faceless
deed.
Infamous, Ill-famed
113. Oblivious Not aware of or Aware, Conscious Absorbed in her work, she was
concerned about totally oblivious of her
surroundings.
what is happening
around one.
Unaware,
Unconscious,
Heedless, Unmindful
114. Obscure Not discovered or Reveal His answers were obscure and
known about. confusing.
Uncertain, Unclear,
Uncertain, Unknown,
In doubt, Doubtful,
Dubious
115. Opportunistic Exploiting immediate Inexpedient As an opportunistic eater, the
opportunities, tortoise will also
especially regardless consume dead crabs and insects.
of planning or
principle.
116. Orchestrate Plan or coordinate Disperse, Divide. Their victory was largely a result of
the elements of a Separate, their
situation to produce Disorganize, brilliantly orchestrated election
the desired effect, Ignore campaign.
especially
surreptitiously.
Organize, Arrange,
Put together, Plan,
Set up, Bring about
117. Outnumber Be more numerous In our office, the
than. women outnumber the men three
to one.
Exceed, Outman,
Outstrip, Overcount.
118. Overwhelm Have a strong Lose, Surrender, In Italy, the virus overwhelmed the
emotional effect on. Underwhelm, health care system in just three
Yield weeks.
Overcome, Stir,
Affect
119. Pandemic Disease prevalent In some parts of the world malaria is
over a whole country still pandemic.
or the world.
Widespread,
Prevalent, Pervasive,
Rife, Rampant,
Epidemic
120. Partisanship Prejudice in favour Impartiality, There was
of a particular cause. Neutrality, certain partisanship about the way
Objectivity, Open- that votes were cast.
Bias. Mindedness,
Unbiasedness
121. Perilous Full of danger or risk. Safe, Secure The country roads are
quite perilous.
Dangerous, Fraught
with danger,
Hazardous, Risky,
Unsafe
122. Preparedness A state of readiness, Unpreparedness, The country maintained a high level
especially for war. Unreadiness of military preparedness.
Readiness
123. Presume Suppose that Infer, Deduce, I presumed that the man had been
something is the Prove, Argue escorted from the
case based on building.
probability.
Assume, Suppose,
Imagine, Expect
124. Prima facie Based on the first Hidden, There is prima facie evidence that
impression. Inapparent, he was involved in the fraud.
Accepted as correct Implausible
until proved
otherwise.
Apparent, Assumed,
Evident,
Ostensible
125. Propriety Conformity to Impropriety, He always behaved with the
conventionally Indecorum utmost propriety.
accepted standards
of behaviour or
morals.
Decorum,
Respectability,
Decency,
Correctness,
Appropriateness
126. Prosecution The institution and Nonfulfillment, Several cases have resulted in
conducting of legal Non-performance successful prosecution.
proceedings against
someone in respect
of a criminal charge.
Discharge,
Enactment,
Execution,
127. Proximate Closest in a Late, Recent He would try to change her speech
relationship, into proximate ladylikeness.
Immediate.
Nearly accurate,
Approximate.
Approaching,
Coming,
Forthcoming,
Imminent,
Impending
128. Purge Rid someone or Rehabilitate. Hard-liners are expected to
something of an be purged from the administration.
unwanted quality,
condition, or feeling.
Abrupt or violent
removal of a group
of people.
Removal, Expulsion,
Ejection, Exclusion,
Eviction, Clearance
129. Quarantine A state, period, or I quarantine all new fish for one
place of isolation in month.
which people or
animals that have
arrived from
elsewhere or been
exposed to
infectious or
contagious disease
are placed.
130. Reconciliation The restoration of Estrangement, His reconciliation with his uncle was
friendly relations. Alienation, Feud, smooth.
Incompatibility
Reuniting, Reunion,
Conciliation
131. Recurrence The fact of occurring Constant, The doctor told him to go to the
again. Continuous, hospital if there was a recurrence of
Incessant, his symptoms.
Unceasing,
Eternal,
Everlasting,
Interminable,
Perpetual
132. Reign To be the king or Queen Victoria reigned over Britain
queen of a country. from 1837 to 1901.
The period when a
king or queen rules a
country.
A period when a
particular person,
feeling, or quality is
very important or
has a strong
influence.
133. Resonate Produce or be filled Dampen What resonated with you the most
with a deep, full, during those early readings and then
reverberating sound. again as an adult?
To relate
harmoniously, Strike
a chord
134. Resurgence An increase or Death, Expiration, There has been some resurgence in
revival after a period Extinction economic activity recently.
of little activity,
popularity, or
occurrence.
Renewal, Revival,
Recovery, Rally,
Upturn, Comeback,
Reinvigoration
135. Sabotage Deliberately destroy, Conservation, This was a deliberate attempt
damage, or obstruct Preservation, to sabotage the
something, Protection, ceasefire.
especially for Salvage, Saving
political or military
advantage. Wreck,
Vandalise, Destroy
136. Salvage Rescue, Save, Hazard, Imperil, After the fire, there wasn’t much
Recover, Retrieve Jeopardize, furniture left worth salvaging.
To try to make a bad Peril, Risk
situation better
137. Scrambling To move or climb People are scrambling to buy the
quickly but with property before prices rise even
difficulty, often using further.
your hands to help
you.
To compete with
other people for
something there is
very little of.
138. Sedition Conduct or speech The leaders of the group have been
inciting people to arrested and charged with sedition.
rebel against the
authority of a state
or monarch.
Treason
139. Semblance The outward Unlikeness, The city has now returned to
appearance or Disparity, some semblance of normality after
apparent form of last night’s celebrations.
something, Difference,
especially when the Contrariety
reality is different.
Appearance,
Approximation
140. Snuff Extinguish a candle Light, Ignite Very few people
or flame take snuff nowadays.
Extinguish, Put out,

Douse, Smother,
Choke
141. Somersault An acrobatic She was so happy she turned
movement in which three somersaults on the lawn.
a person turns head
over heels in the air
or on the ground and
lands or finishes on
their feet.
To turn over
completely, or to
make something do
this.
142. Spectacular Beautiful in a Dull He scored a spectacular goal in the
dramatic and eye- second half.
catching way.
Striking, Picturesque,
Eye-catching,
Breath-taking,
Arresting
143. Staggered Walk or move Dive in, Plunge in I was staggered at the prices.
unsteadily, as if
about to fall.
Lurch, Walk
unsteadily, Reel,
Sway, Teeter
Astonish or deeply
shock.
Astonish, Amaze,
Nonplus, Startle,
Astound, Surprise
144. Stalemate A situation in which Headway, Despite long discussions, the
neither group Progress workers and the management
involved in an remain locked in a stalemate.
argument can win or
get an advantage
and no action can be

taken.
Impasse, Standoff,
Standstill
145. Stranded Left without the Afloat She offers a lift to
means to move from a stranded commuter.
somewhere.
Beached, Grounded
146. Strip To divest of honours, A senior official was stripped of all
privileges, or his privileges for publicly criticising
functions. his employer.
147. Stubborn Having or showing Compliant, Docile They have huge arguments because
dogged they’re both so stubborn.
determination not to
change one’s
attitude or position
on something,
especially despite
good arguments or
reasons to do so.
Obstinate, Stubborn
as a mule, Mulish,
Headstrong, Wilful
148. Supremacy The state or Inferiority, The Roman empire
condition of being Subordination, had supremacy over the entire
superior to all others Subjection Mediterranean world.
in authority, power,
or status.
Ascendancy,
Predominance,
Primacy, Dominion,
Hegemony
149. Surpass Exceed. Fail, Foil, Equal Attendance is expected
Be greater than, to surpass last year’s record.
Excel
150. Symptomatic Serving as a Atypical, Non- A fever’s refusal to respond to
symptom or sign, typical, antibiotics is symptomatic of a viral
especially of Uncharacteristic, infection.
something Untypical
undesirable.
Indicative, Signalling,
Warning
151. Torchbearer A person who leads Subordinate, He became the torchbearer for civil
or inspires others in Follower, rights.
Secondary
working towards a
valued goal.
152. Triumphant Having won a battle Unsuccessful, She made a triumphant return to
or contest. Defeated, Losing the stage after several years of
working in television.
Victorious,
Successful
Winning
153. Truncate To shorten by or as if Elongate, Extend, I had to truncate her presentation
by cutting off. Lengthen, so it would not
Abbreviate, Abridge, Prolong, Protract exceed five minutes.
Curtail, Shorten,
Syncopate
154. Turmoil A state of great Calm, Peace The whole region is in turmoil.
disturbance,
confusion, or
uncertainty.
Confusion, Upheaval,
Turbulence, Tumult,
Disorder,
Commotion
155. Unarticulated Not mentioned or Articulate The unarticulated assumption is
coherently that the enemy is still Russia.
expressed.
156. Unchallenged Not disputed or Debatable, She is the unchallenged authority in
questioned. Disputable, the field.
Doubtable,
Uncontested, Doubtful
Undisputed,
Absolute, Clear
157. Underprivileged A person not Privileged, Underprivileged children often
enjoying the same Wealthy, Well-off don’t do as well on standardized
standard of living or tests as more privileged students.
rights as the majority
of people in a
society.
Needy, Deprived
158. Underscore To emphasize the Ignore These issues underscore the
importance of importance of studying
something epidemiological samples.
159. Unleash Cause a strong or Restrain The failure of the talks
violent force to be could unleash more fighting.
released or become
unrestrained.
Let loose, Release,

Free, Set free, Loose,
Unbridle
160. Unparalleled Having no parallel or Ordinary, The new telescope offers

equal. Unexceptional an unparalleled opportunity to
conduct research.
Exceptional, Unique,
Singular
161. Unprecedented Never done or Familiar, Even still, a COVID-19 vaccine
known before. Hackneyed, Old, developed, licensed,
Time-honoured, and manufactured at a global scale
Unparalleled, Tired, Warmed- in twelve months
Unequalled, over would be an unprecedented,
Unmatched, remarkable,
Unrivalled even revolutionary achievement.
162. Unravel Undo, Untangle, Entangle, The Police were attempting
Investigate and solve Complicate to unravel the cause of death.
or explain something
complicated or
puzzling
163. Unresolved Problem, question, Decided, The question of contracts
or dispute not Determined, remains unresolved.
resolved. Resolved, Settled
Undetermined,
Unsettled
164. Untenable A position or view Tenable, This argument is untenable.
not able to be Defensible
maintained or
defended against
attack or objection.
Indefensible,
Undefendable,
Unarguable,
Insupportable,
Refutable
165. Unwarranted Not justified or Justified, I am sure your fears
authorized. Permitted, Legal are unwarranted.
Unjustified,
Unjustifiable,
Indefensible,
Inexcusable,
Unforgivable
166. Vault A roof in the form of Last week’s changes vaulted the
an arch or a series of general to the top, over the heads of
arches, typical of several of his seniors.
churches and other
large, formal
buildings.
To move someone or
something suddenly
to a much more
important position.
167. Volatility Liability to change Stable, Calm There are many stories about
rapidly and his volatility and a volcanic temper.
unpredictably,
especially for the
worse.
The quality of being

readily vaporizable
at a fairly low
temperature.
168. Vulnerability The quality or state Insusceptible, He was very vulnerable after his
of being exposed to Invulnerable, divorce.
the possibility of Unexposed,
being attacked or Unsusceptible
harmed, either
physically or
emotionally.
Endangered,
Exposed, Liable,
Open, Sensitive,
Subject, Susceptible
169. Vulnerable Capable of being Insusceptible, He was very vulnerable after his
physically or Invulnerable, divorce.
emotionally Unexposed
wounded.
Open to attack or
damage.
Assailable
170. Wherewithal The money or other Debts, Liabilities, He doesn’t have the wherewithal to
means needed for a Indebtedness finish what he started.
particular purpose.
Money-ready,
Money, Cash Capital,
Finance, Resources
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The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Booster – March 2020

Sr. Words Meanings & Antonyms Usage

opposite of someone convertibility,

Exile, Expel, Deport

Something that leads

A large metal pot

The end, Ending,

The conflict between

Abide by, Obey

Think deeply and at

Radical and extreme,

Energy, Esprit, Get-

56. Enumeration The act or process of In a census year, the Government

Detail, Itemize, List,

Hesitate, Delay, Drag

Giddy, Silly, Foolish

To lift, hold, or carry

The back of beyond,

84. Incentivize These rapidly Disincentivize We need to incentivize our sales

92. Infraction A violation or Noninfringement, Any attempt to influence the judges

Every time, Each

106. Marauding Going about in Witnesses reported gangs

Extinguish, Put out,

and no action can be

Let loose, Release,

160. Unparalleled Having no parallel or Ordinary, The new telescope offers

The quality of being

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