The Hindu Editorial VOCAB : 16th July 2020

1. PERVASIVE (ADJECTIVE): which is all over the place. 🙁व्यापक) 

Synonyms: omnipresent, prevalent 

Antonyms: deficient, scanty 

Example: Unemployment is a pervasive issue in India touching all the classes. 
2. HERMETIC (ADJECTIVE): airtight:(हवा बंद) 

Synonyms: impervious, sealed 

Antonyms: susceptible, penetrable 

Example: The cells were hermetic causing the prisoners to die of suffocation. 

3. UTTERANCE (NOUN): revelation:(अभिव्यक्ति)

Synonyms: pronouncement, declaration 

Antonyms: concealment, secret 

Example: The news would bubble inside his gut till it finds utterance.

4. BARB (NOUN): pointed comment:(कटाक्ष) 

Synonyms: criticism, insult 

Antonyms: compliment, praise 

Example: Watch out for barbs as they can hurt you badly. 

5. GROVEL (VERB): kowtow:(गिड़गिड़ाना)

Synonyms: beseech, kneel 

Antonyms: authorize, command 

Example: They criticized leaders who grovelled for foreign patrons. 

6. FURNISH (VERB): (देना) provide
   Synonyms: dispense, issue 
   Antonyms:receive, deny 
   Example: The ATM furnished the money. 
7. SLEW (NOUN): (अधिक मात्रा) abundance 
   Synonyms: aggregation, bunch 
   Antonyms: little, need 
   Example: There was a slew of currency notes in the bank. 
8. DIFFIDENT (ADJECTIVE): (शर्मीला) bashful 
   Synonyms: meek, timid 
   Antonyms: confident, extroverted 
   Example: Don’t be a diffident spectator if crime is taking place before your very eyes. 
9. ANNUL (VERB): (अन्त करना) abolish 

Synonyms: abrogate, cancel 
Antonyms: allow, continue 
Example: The practice of immolation had been annulled already. 
10. TRAGIC (ADJECTIVE): (भयंकर) appalling 

Synonyms: awful, deplorable 
Antonyms: pleasant, wonderful 
Example: Merriam saw the tragic women of the wards.