The Hindu Editorial VOCAB : 18th July 2020

1. INDUCT (VERB) 🙁भरती करना) 

Synonyms: invest, install 

Antonyms: close, reject 

Example: With some of the events inducting more than 500 bulls and almost twice as many tamers are seen here. 

2. FOREFRONT (NOUN):(अग्र स्थान)

Synonyms: limelight, front 

Antonyms: background, history 

Example: The Company was earlier in the forefront of mismanagement. 

3. SUBMISSION (NOUN):  (निवेदन)

Synonyms: appeasement, capitulation 

Antonyms: disagreement, resistance 

Example: The SC banned Triple Talak on the basis of submissions made by the Women NGO. 

4. HUNCH (NOUN):(सहज प्रवृत्ति)

Synonyms: intuition, premonition 

Antonyms: certainty, fact 

Example: The commentators had various hunches about the outcome of the next Match. 

5. INTENSIFY (VERB): (तीव्र करना)

Synonyms: enhance, increase 

Antonyms: diminish, hinder 

Example: The officer in Odisha is intensified by the NFSA. 

6. DISCLOSE (VERB) 🙁प्रकट करना) 

Synonyms: divulge, expose 

Antonyms: cover, hide 

Example: Alpa should not disclose her rank here. 

7. AVERSE (ADJECTIVE): (प्रतिकूल) 

Synonyms: hesitant, hostile 

Antonyms: kind, loving 

Example: We are quite averse to the suggestion of having year-round college. 

8. SENILITY (NOUN): (बुढ़ापा)

Synonyms: decrepitude, dotage 

Antonyms: infancy, adolescence 

Example: Sonia is suffering from senility. 

9. RIDICULE (NOUN): (उपहास)

Synonyms: satire, mockery 

Antonyms: seriousness, solemnity 

Example: Sweta is held up as an object of ridicule. 

10. SUCCOUR (NOUN): (परेशानी में सहायता)

Synonyms: help, aid 

Antonyms: hindrance, obstruction. 

Example: My best friend is never hesitant to offer succour to anyone who needs it.