The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 8 May 2019

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Read in Hindi: द हिन्दू दैनिक शब्दावली बूस्टर 8 मई 2019

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The Hindu Editorial Daily Vocabulary Booster 8 May 2019

Words	Meanings & Synonyms	Usage
Ad hoc	When necessary or needed; Impromptu, Extempore, Extemporary	The mayor appointed an ad hoc committee to study the project.
Allegation	A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof; Claim, Assertion	The IAS officer has made allegations of corruption against the administration.
Desperate	Having a great need or desire for something; In great need of	He felt a desperate need for a cigarette.
Egregious	Outstandingly bad; Shocking, Appalling, Horrific, Horrifying	The judge said it was the most egregious act he had ever seen.
Envisage	Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event; Foresee, Predict, Forecast, Foretell	Nobody can envisage the consequences of total nuclear war.
Exhaustion	A state of extreme physical or mental tiredness; Fatigue, Weariness, Lack of energy; The action of using something up or the state of being used up; Consumption, Depletion	She was pale with exhaustion. The rapid exhaustion of fossil fuel reserves.
Fair	Treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination; Just, Equitable, Fair-minded, Open-minded	The drama group has achieved fair and equal representation for all its members.
Grievance	A feeling of resentment over something believed to be wrong or unfair; Complaint	In the petition, the students listed their many grievances against the university administration.
Impervious	Unable to be affected by; Impermeable, Impenetrable	As evidenced by the recent bombings, not even the nation’s capital is impervious to terrorism.
Incumbency	The holding of an office or the period during which one is held	During his incumbency as a senior scientist he established an epidemic warning system.
Intimidate	Frighten or overawe someone, especially in order to make them do what one wants; Frighten, Menace, Terrify, Scare	The forts were designed to intimidate the invaders.
Propensity	An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way; Tendency, Inclination, Predisposition, Proneness	Men have a slight increased propensity towards baldness.
Resort	Turn to and adopt a course of action, especially an extreme or undesirable one so as to resolve a difficult situation; Have recourse to, fall back on, Turn to	Unlike you, I don’t need to resort to violence to win.
Testify	Give evidence as a witness in a law court; Give evidence	He testified in the court against his own family member.
Unpatriotic	Not patriotic	If it was unpatriotic to question the government, then it cannot be called a democracy.

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