The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 9th September

▪️GLOAT (VERB): (आनंदित होना): exclaim triumph

Synonyms: rejoice, relish      

Antonyms: be sad, commiserate

Example: The winning team was polite enough to not gloat over its huge win.

▪️BANTER (NOUN): (हंसी उड़ाना): teasing

Synonyms: jeering, ridicule

Antonyms: flattery, praise

Example: His t-shirt had some banter line written over it.

▪️EXTENSIVELY (ADVERB): (बड़े पैमाने पर): widely

Synonyms: broadly, greatly

Antonyms: minutely, marginally

Example: The demonetisation scheme benefitted the masses extensively.

▪️COINCIDE (VERB): (सम्पाती होना): go along with

Synonyms: concur, harmonize 

Antonyms: deviate, dissent

Example: I can coincide with his idea.

▪️PSEUDONYM (NOUN): (उपनाम): false name

Synonyms: nick name, alias

Antonyms: real name, authentic name

Example: All the characters in the play used their pseudonym.

▪️NEUROSIS (NOUN): inhibition 🙁विक्षिप्‍ति) 

Synonyms: aberration, abnormality 

Antonyms: normality, sanity

Example: Soni got a neurosis about chemicals and imagined them everywhere doing her harm. 

▪️VOLTE-FACE (NOUN): annulment 🙁पक्ष परिवर्तन)

Synonyms: cancellation, rescinding 

Antonyms: enactment, validation

Example: Ankit volte faced about the decision to marry Natasha. 

▪️AFFABLE (ADJECTIVE): friendly 🙁भद्र)

Synonyms: amiable, genial 

Antonyms: rude, unfriendly

Example: She has an affable nature. 

▪️OBVERSE (NOUN): front 🙁अग्र–भाग)

Synonyms: complement, counterpart 

Antonyms: back, rear

Example:  He needs to practise humbleness which is the obverse of your usual arrogance. 

▪️EAGER (ADJECTIVE): anxious 🙁आतुर)

Synonyms: keen, ambitious 

Antonyms: dispassionate, uneager 

Example: The CBI was eager to prosecute the vice chancellor for extortion.