The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 7 January 2019

The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 7 January 2019

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 7 January 2019

Sr No.	Word	Meaning	Usage
1.	ASTONISHINGLY	Extremely surprisingly or impressive	Astonishingly, the book became a national bestseller.
2.	BLASPHEMY	The action or offence of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things	The authorities detained him on charges of blasphemy.
3.	BLINDFOLDED	Deprive someone of sight by tying a blindfold round their head	I was blindfolded before the surprise.
4.	COLLUSION	Secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy in order to deceive others	The police were working in collusion with the criminals.
5.	COMMENDS	Praise formally or officially	He was commended for his brave actions.
6.	COMPETENT	Having the necessary ability, knowledge, or skill to do something successfully	Mr. Gupta is a very competent surgeon.
7.	CONSPIRACY	A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful	The conspiracy theory worked for the group.
8.	DEBILITATING	Making someone very weak and infirm	The debilitating pain soon after the accident was unbearable.
9.	DELIBERATE	Done consciously and intentionally	The deliberate attempt to provoke conflict between the two groups cannot be forgiven.
10.	DEMISE	A person’s death	The untimely demise of the parents was very heart-breaking.
11.	DENOMINATIONAL	Relating to or according to the principles of a particular religious denomination	The denominational schools are no longer affiliated to the central university.
12.	DISTRUST	The feeling that someone or something cannot be relied upon	The distrust grew after the repetition of mistakes.
13.	EMINENT	Famous and respected within a particular sphere	He is an eminent statistician.
14.	ENMITY	A state or feeling of active opposition or hostility	The decades of enmity between the two countries is finally coming to an end.
15.	GROSSLY	In a very obvious and unacceptable manner; Flagrantly	The data about the benefits of demonetisation has been grossly exaggerated by the government.
16.	IMPUTATION	Finger-pointing, Accusation	The minister denied the imputation.
17.	INHIBIT	Hinder, restrain, or prevent an action or process	Excessive cold inhibits the growth of the plants.
18.	INTENTIONAL	Done on purpose; Deliberate	The wrongdoing was intentional so that they could exact revenge.
19.	INVOKE	Cite or appeal to someone or something as an authority for an action or in support of an argument	The hit and run case invoked the wrath of locals.
20.	MALICIOUS	Intending or intended to do harm	His malicious intention could be sensed.
21.	MANIPULATE	Control or influence a person or situation cleverly or unscrupulously.	The masses were manipulated by a very tiny group.
22.	MURKY	Dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist; Obscure or morally questionable	The MP had murky past records.
23.	OBSCENE	Offensive or disgusting by accepted standards of morality and decency.	The obscene caricature was not allowed in the exhibition by the authorities.
24.	PENAL	Relating to, used for, or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system	The bank avoided borrowing at penal rate of interest.
25.	PERPLEX	Make someone feel completely baffled	The guests were perplexed by the utter ignorance that they faced at the hands of the hosts.
26.	PETITION	A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.	We were asked to sign a petition against the plans of building a mall in the place of playground.
27.	PREJUDICIAL	Harmful to someone or something; Detrimental	Disclosure of the internal information can be prejudicial to the company.
28.	PROBE	Inquire into someone or something closely	The probe into the financial irregularity of the NBFC is still going on.
29.	PULPED	Crush into a soft, wet, shapeless mass; Withdraw a publication from the market and recycle the paper	The waste paper was shredded and pulped by the publication house.
30.	RANDOMNESS	The quality or state of lacking a pattern or principle of organization; unpredictability.	The randomness in his ideas was ridiculed by each one of us.
31.	RESURRECT	Restore a dead person to life; Revive or revitalize something that is inactive, disused, or forgotten	The twenty-year-old deal had to be resurrected.
32.	SCRAP	Abolish or cancel a plan, policy, or law	The toll tax should be scrapped.
33.	SINISTER	Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen evil or criminal	The sinister motive behind his good deeds should be found out as early as possible.
34.	TRIVIAL	Of little value or importance	These trivial matters should not be matter of discussion.
35.	UNDERLYING	Be the cause or basis of something	She behaved in a decent manner despite an underlying feeling of irritation.
36.	UNDERMINE	Erode the base or foundation of something; Lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously	This report could undermine years of hard work that was put in the research.
37.	UNTIMELY	Happening or done at an unsuitable time; Happening too soon or sooner than normal	The untimely demise of his parents shook him to the core.
38.	YEARNING	A feeling of intense longing for something	The yearning for the beaches can never go away.

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