The Hindu Vocab - 29 June 2025
Meaning: बढ़ाना: Increase
Synonyms: Add to, Supplement
Antonyms: Decrease
Example Sentence: He augmented his summer income by painting houses.
Meaning: कम करना: Reduce
Synonyms: Ease, Relieve
Antonyms: Aggravate
Example Sentence: He was able to only alleviate her pain.
Meaning: छुड़ाना: Remove
Synonyms: Detach, Disentangle
Antonyms: Attach
Example Sentence: I disengaged his hand from mine.
Meaning: तिरस्कार करना: Reject
Synonyms: Turn down, Spurn
Antonyms: Accept
Example Sentence: I asked her to be my wife, and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms.
Meaning: आरोपित हुआ: Ingrained
Synonyms: Established, Well established
Antonyms: Superficial
Example Sentence: I have an entrenched resistance to change.
Meaning: प्रतिशोधी: Vengeful
Synonyms: Revengeful, Avenging
Antonyms: Forgiving
Example Sentence: The criticism was both vindictive and personalized.
Meaning: प्रेरित करना: Prompt
Synonyms: Stimulate, Encourage
Antonyms: Discourage
Example Sentence: Stress or overwork can trigger an allergy.
Meaning: नम्र: Patient
Synonyms: Long-suffering, Forbearing
Antonyms: Impatient
Example Sentence: He brought his meek little wife along.
Meaning: समर्थन करना: Support
Synonyms: Back, Favour
Antonyms: Oppose
Example Sentence: He earns more money endorsing sports clothes than playing football.
Meaning: एकीकृत करना: Stick
Synonyms: Together hold, Together bind
Antonyms: Fall apart
Example Sentence: He made the series of fictions cohere into a convincing sequence.
Attempt this Quiz and Check your performance
1. To augment your income means to:
A) Waste it
B) Increase it
C) Hide it
D) Divide it
2. The medicine helped to alleviate the pain. Here, “alleviate” means:
A) Increase
B) Remove completely
C) Reduce
D) Shift
3. If you disengage from something, you:
A) Join it
B) Hide it
C) Detach yourself from it
D) Announce it
4. To rebuff a proposal is to:
A) Accept it warmly
B) Postpone it
C) Reject it sharply
D) Ignore it silently
5. An entrenched belief is:
A) Light and flexible
B) Deeply established
C) Recently discovered
D) Easy to remove
6. A vindictive person is most likely to:
A) Forgive enemies
B) Seek revenge
C) Ignore insults
D) Avoid conflict
7. What does it mean to trigger an event?
A) Support it legally
B) Delay it temporarily
C) Cause it to happen
D) Cancel it completely
8. A meek individual is generally:
A) Bold and daring
B) Humble and patient
C) Rude and loud
D) Quick-tempered
9. If a celebrity endorses a product, they:
A) Criticize it
B) Ignore it
C) Support or promote it
D) Discontinue it
10. A good story must cohere from beginning to end. “Cohere” here means:
A) Break down
B) Stick together logically
C) Go off-track
D) Include multiple plots
✅ Answers:
1-B, 2-C, 3-C, 4-C, 5-B, 6-B, 7-C, 8-B, 9-C, 10-B
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