The Editorial section of the Hindu newspaper is treated as the Bible by the various exam aspirants be it Bank Exam aspirants, SSC aspirants or UPSC aspirants. Not only does it give the editor’s views on the latest happenings in India and the world, but it also helps enhance English vocabulary for the ones who read it daily. In this blog of “The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 21 November 2019“, we have come up with a list of difficult words, their meanings, synonyms, antonyms and the correct usage of the words taken from today’s Hindu Editorial. Read along to understand it better.
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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary 21 November 2019
| Words | Meanings & Synonyms | Antonyms | Usage |
| Bizarre | Very strange or unusual;
Strange, Peculiar, Odd, Funny, Curious, Offbeat, Outlandish |
Ordinary, Normal
|
Many costumes are bizarre works of art ranging from toothbrushes to mattresses and packets of sweets. |
| Humongous | Huge, Enormous | Diminutive,
Infinitesimal, Little Bitty, Micro
|
I’m sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch. |
| Persecution | Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs;
Oppression |
Aid, Assist, Help, Deliver, Release, Relieve, Reprieve | They left the country out of fear of persecution. |
| Refrain | Stop oneself from doing something;
Abstain, Desist, hold back, stop oneself, Withhold, Forbear |
Act, Move | We refrained from talking until we knew that it was safe. |
| Reinstate | Restore someone or something to their former position or state;
Return to a former position
|
Abate, Abolish, Abrogate, Annihilate, Annul, Destroy | A month after being unfairly dismissed, he was reinstated in his job. |
| Sporadic | Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated;
Occasional, Infrequent, Irregular, Periodical, Periodic, Scattered |
Frequent, Regular, Steady, Continuous
|
More than 100 people have been killed this year in sporadic outbursts of ethnic violence. |
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