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The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist

1. DISCERNMENT (NOUN): perception:(समझ)

Synonyms: acumen, understanding
Antonyms: ignorance, stupidity

Example Sentence:
Tact is a skill in touching; nice perception or discernment in dealing with others.

2. NARCISSISM (NOUN): egotism:(अहंकार)

Synonyms: arrogance, selfishness
Antonyms: shyness, timidity

Example Sentence:
Narcissism is a result of stunted growth and of childhood abuse.

3. MUTINY (NOUN): resistance:(विद्रोह)

Synonyms: defiance, insurrection
Antonyms: calm, peace

Example Sentence:
This was a clear case of a mutiny, and the only one in which I was ever implicated.

4. SABOTAGE (NOUN): damage:(तोड़-फोड़)

Synonyms: vandalism, disruption
Antonyms: fidelity, loyalty

Example Sentence:
The sabotage of the Preliminary had been the first local step in that direction.

5. PROTRUDE (VERB): stick out:(निकला हुआ होना)

Synonyms: extrude, extend
Antonyms: shrink, sink

Example Sentence:
She had no flesh left; her bones seemed to protrude through the skin.

6. RECEDE (VERB): withdraw:(पीछे हटना)

Example Sentence:
The Cabinet will recede more and more from our principles, our party.

7.WANTON (ADJECTIVE): extravagant:(आवारा)

Synonyms: lustful, outrageous
Antonyms: good, moral

Example Sentence:
Between 1868 and 1872 they added ten million by wanton extravagance to the State debt.

8. NULLIFY (VERB): cancel:(प्रभावहीन करना)

Synonyms: revoke, abolish
Antonyms: approve, allow

Example Sentence:
Fortunately, the attempt to nullify its benefits proved ineffectual.

9. ALIGN (VERB): line up:(पंक्तिबद्ध करना)

Synonyms: array, adjust
Antonyms: disorder, mess up

Example Sentence:
Similar instruction is given to the troopers in aligning themselves to the left.

10. GRAPPLE (VERB): grab:(भिड़ जाना)

Synonyms: confront, cope
Antonyms: release, let go

Example Sentence:
Every blood-vessel was striving to grapple with the present.