The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 26 August 2019

Reading the daily Editorial be it of any newspaper, is very beneficial not only for Vocabulary building but also gives you useful insights on the day to day happenings in the world. So, here we are with the today’s dose of daily vocabulary from the Editorial section of the Hindu Newspaper. You can read the Editorial here. In this blog “Daily Vocabulary 26 August 2019″, we have taken difficult words, explained their meanings with synonyms, antonyms and correct usage. Go through them below.

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 26 August 2019

Words	Meanings & Synonyms	Antonyms	Usage
Brazenly	In a bold and shameless way; Blatantly, Flagrantly	Timid, Shy	I don’t know how you can lie to me so brazenly.
Debasement	To reduce the quality or value of something	Enhance	Some argue that money has debased football.
Despotism	The exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way; Tyranny, Dictatorship, Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism	Democracy, Self-governance, Self-rule	The Trump administration’s policies are often tougher on the world’s despotisms than those of his predecessors were.
Deviant	Departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behaviour; Aberrant, Deviating, Divergent, Abnormal, Atypical, Untypical, Non-typical	Normal, Orthodox	Grandma does not want to hear about her Granddaughter’s deviant behaviour from the past.
Jitters	A feeling of nervousness that you experience before something important happens;  Nerves, Screaming meemies, Shakes, Shivers	Calmness, Serenity	I always get the jitters the morning before an exam.
Kowtow	Act in an excessively subservient manner; Grovel, behave obsequiously, be obsequious, be servile, be sycophantic		She didn’t have to kowtow to her boss.
Letter and spirit	When one obeys the letter of the law but not the spirit, one is obeying the literal interpretation of the words (the “letter”) of the law, but not necessarily the intent of those who wrote the law. Conversely, when one obeys the spirit of the law but not the letter, one is doing what the authors of the law intended, though not necessarily adhering to the literal wording		The students are expected to be self-disciplined, honest, caring considerate, well mannered, willing to help others, and to become responsible citizens following the constitution of India, in letter and in spirit and spreading the message of universal brotherhood.
Raison d’tetre	The most important reason or purpose for someone or something’s existence; Basis, Justification for existing, Rationale, Reason for existing		His wife, six children, their spouses, and his fifteen grandchildren were his raison d’etre.
Reprehensible	Deserving censure or condemnation; Deplorable, Disgraceful, Discreditable, Disreputable, Despicable, Blameworthy, Culpable	Creditable, Praiseworthy, Good	To help other workers who are in struggle to defend or improve their conditions is not reprehensible.
Stellar	Featuring or having the quality of a star performer or performers	Bad, Inferior, Low grade, Substandard, Unsatisfactory	The cellist gave a stellar performance before an enthusiastic audience.

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