TODAY - HINDU - VOCABULARY

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*🖊️1. ABROGATE (VERB):(अभिनिषेध करना):  repudiate *

Synonyms: revoke, repeal 

Antonyms: institute 

Example Sentence: 

The ministry proposed to abrogate the electoral law of 1850. 

*🖊️2. INSULAR (ADJECTIVE): (संकुचित विचार का):  narrow-minded *

Synonyms: limited, blinkered 

Antonyms: broad-minded 

Example Sentence: 

They are a group of stubbornly insular farming people. 

*🖊️3. DISPENSATION (NOUN):(छूट):  exemption *

Synonyms: immunity, exception 

Antonyms: restriction 

Example Sentence: 

Although she was too young she was given special dispensation to sing. 

*🖊️4. DE FACTO (ADJECTIVE):(वास्तव में):  in practice *

Synonyms: in effect, in fact 

Antonyms: alleged

Example Sentence: 

The country was de facto divided between two states. 

*🖊️5. FRAUGHT (ADJECTIVE): (व्यग्र):  anxious *

Synonyms: worried, upset 

Antonyms: calm 

Example Sentence: 

There was a fraught silence. 

*🖊️6. DISCRETIONARY (ADJECTIVE): (विवेकाधीन): optional *

Synonyms: non-compulsory, voluntary 

Antonyms: compulsory 

Example Sentence: 

There has been an increase in year-end discretionary bonuses.

*🖊️7. ALOOF (ADJECTIVE):(पृथक):  distant *

Synonyms: detached unresponsive 

Antonyms: familiar 

Example Sentence: 

They were courteous but faintly aloof. 

🖊️8. GRATIFICATION (NOUN): (संतुष्टि):  satisfaction 

Synonyms: fulfilment, indulgence 

Antonyms: dissatisfaction 

Example Sentence: 

My son's success was a great gratification. 

*🖊️9. PRODIGIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (बहुत बड़ा):  enormous *

Synonyms: huge colossal 

Antonyms: small 

Example Sentence: 

The stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel. 

*🖊️10. STIGMATIZE (VERB):(गाली देना):  condemn *

Synonyms: denounce, brand 

Antonyms: eulogize 

Example Sentence: 

He was stigmatized in fashion by the people.