HINDU Newspaper Vocabulary for IPPB mains 2017

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1. Assuage

Meaning: make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

Synonym: relieve, ease, alleviate, soothe, mitigate

Antonym: aggravate

Sentence: “the letter assuaged the fears of most members”

2. Approbation

Meaning: approval or praise.

Synonym: approval, acceptance, assent, endorsement, encouragement, recognition, appreciation, 

Sentence: “a term of approbation”

3. Anodyne

Meaning: not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull.

Synonym: inoffensive, innocuous, neutral, unobjectionable, unexceptionable, unremarkable, 

Sentence: “anodyne music”

4. Dichotomy

Meaning: a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different.

Synonym: division, separation, divorce, split, gulf, chasm; 

Sentence: “a rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism”

5. Dolorous

Meaning: feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress.

Synonym: grieving, heartbroken, lamentable, lugubrious, plaintive, plangent, 

Antonym: delighted, exulting, glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant;

Sentence: “a dolorous and repetitive tale of atrocity”

6. Fusillade

Meaning: a series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or in quick succession.

Synonym: salvo, volley, barrage, bombardment, cannonade,

Sentence: “marchers had to dodge a fusillade of missiles”

7. Flippancy

Meaning: lack of respect or seriousness; frivolousness.

Synonym: frivolousness, levity, superficiality, shallowness

Sentence: “she was infuriated by his careless flippancy”

8. Harbinger

Meaning: a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another.

Synonym: herald, sign, indicator, indication, signal, prelude, portent, omen, augury, forewarning, 

Sentence: “witch hazels are the harbingers of spring”

9. Genesis

Meaning: the origin or mode of formation of something.

Synonym: origin, source, root, beginning, commencement, start, outset

Sentence: “this tale had its genesis in fireside stories”

10. Herculean

Meaning: requiring great strength or effort.

Synonym: arduous, gruelling, laborious, back-breaking, onerous, strenuous, difficult,

Antonym: easy

Sentence: “a Herculean task”