The Hindu Vocab - 1 May 2025
Meaning: विधिशास्त्र : the study of law and the principles on which law is based.
Synonyms: legislation, law, rules, regulations
Example Sentence: Even in high school, Peter read a great deal on jurisprudence because he knew he wanted to become a lawyer.
Meaning: दया : disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due
Synonyms: mercy, gentleness, leniency, kindness
Antonyms: ruthlessness, strictness, mercilessness
Example Sentence: The jury passed a verdict of guilty, with an appeal to the judge for clemency.
Meaning: काम खराब करना : carry out (a task) badly or carelessly, to spoil a task
Synonyms: bungle, fumble, mess up, screw up
Antonyms: accomplish, achieve
Example Sentence: We botched (up) our first attempt at wallpapering the bathroom.
Meaning: मुक्के बाज़ी : fighting with fists.
Synonyms: fistfight, brawl, ruction
Example Sentence: The teacher stood between the two angry boys just as they raised their hands to participate in fisticuffs.
Meaning: दान : a gift of money or its equivalent to a charity, humanitarian cause, or public institution
Synonyms: donation, contribution, benefaction
Example Sentence: If not for the alms given to him by charitable groups, the man would have died of hunger.
Meaning: बदनाम करना : speak badly of or tell lies about (someone) so as to damage their reputation.
Synonyms: defame, slander, speak ill of
Antonyms: honor, exalt, applaud
Example Sentence: The crooked politician paid a newspaper editor to traduce his rivals.
Meaning: उत्पन्न होना : cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition)
Synonyms: create, generate, cause
Antonyms: impede, restrict, quash
Example Sentence: It helps engender a sense of common humanity.
Meaning: बिजली से मृत्यु : injury or killing of someone by electric shock
Synonyms: execute, put-to-death
Example Sentence: The hairdryer poses an electrocution hazard if it is dropped in water.
Meaning: लालच : having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions
Synonyms: greedy, avaricious, acquisitive
Antonyms: altruistic, charitable
Example Sentence: She’s interested in him for purely mercenary reasons.
Meaning: शानदार : experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight
Synonyms: delight, joyful
Antonyms: sad, unhappy, joyless
Example Sentence: The astronaut was welcomed with joyous, resounding acclaim.
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