Daily Vocab for Various Competitive Exams

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Vocabulary is an important part of English that helps you deal with all kinds of questions in objective as well as descriptive papers of various exams. You can learn new words daily from our Daily Word List. Learn the words and make your own sentences on the basis of the given word list. Here are a few words and phrases from articles published in a reputed Newspaper.

It is fashionable these days to denigrate Jawaharlal Nehru. Although he had his weaknesses, those who followed him, regardless of party or ideology, have been intellectual and political pygmies by comparison. Nehru had a vision of India as a modern, secular state that would be inclusive and liberal. When advised to outlaw communal parties as they flouted the spirit of the Constitution, he declared that communalism had to be defeated politically, not by the use of legal instruments. When asked why he was so strident in attacking Hindu communalism while he soft-peddled on Muslim communalism, he replied that it was because majority communalism was far more dangerous since it could easily pass off as Indian nationalism. A prescient comment indeed!

Unlike Gandhi who believed in the idea of an India constituted of autonomous village communities with all the caste and economic inequities they harboured, Nehru was committed to the establishment of a strong Indian state where the concept of equal rights of citizens would override all societal divisions. It was he who established the robust tradition of civilian supremacy over the military that prevented India from becoming another junta-ruled Third World autocracy. Nehru laid the foundations of a dual-track nuclear programme without which India would never have achieved nuclear capable status. His economic policies of investing in heavy industries and protecting the nascent manufacturing sector saved India from becoming a mere cash crop economy dependent on the vagaries of the global market for its economic survival.

India gained independence at a very difficult juncture in international politics. Global alliance groups were all the rage. Nehru’s response was to advocate a policy of non-alignment to maintain India’s strategic autonomy in the face of pressure, especially from the U.S., to choose sides. Non-alignment may not have been the answer to all of India’s foreign policy problems, but it helped insulate the country from the worst effects of superpower rivalry. Unlike Pakistan’s subservient relationship with the U.S., non-alignment set the stage for a fruitful arms supply relationship with the Soviet Union without compromising India’s strategic goals.

The 1962 India-China war, forced upon Nehru by an ill-informed and jingoistic opposition and public opinion, posed a major challenge to his foreign policy. Nonetheless, coinciding as it did with the Sino-Soviet rift, it helped cement New Delhi’s relations with the Soviet Union. This relationship stood India in good stead during the Bangladesh war when Moscow provided cover for the Indian military intervention in the UN Security Council and the Indo-Soviet Treaty neutralised U.S. and Chinese support for Pakistan. Nehru was simultaneously nation builder, liberal democrat, and strategic visionary, qualities in short supply today.

1. Denigrate:(verb) : बदनाम करना

Meaning: criticize unfairly; disparage.

Synonyms: belittle, malign, defame, disparage, impugn, slander, vilify, blister, decry, revile

Antonyms: approve, commend, compliment, flatter, praise, laud, boost, cherish

2. Outlaw: (verb ) : नियमविरोधी

Meaning: to make something illegal or unacceptable

Synonyms: ban, bar, condemn, disallow, exclude, forbid, proscribe, banish

Antonyms: admit, allow, approve, include, permit, legalize

3. Flout:(verb) : अनादर (नियम, कानून)

Meaning: openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention).

Synonyms: defy, disregard, mock, repudiate, scorn, spurn, affront, deride, gibe, gird

Antonyms: approve, commend, compliment, flatter, praise, please, honor, respect

4. Strident: (adjective) : श्रुतिकठोर

Meaning: (of a sound) loud and harsh; grating.

Synonyms: blatant, jarring, loud, raucous, vociferous, boisterous, clamorous, clashing, discordant

Antonyms: quiet, silent, soft, subdued, low, mild, moderate

5. Prescient: (adjective) : पूर्वज्ञान रखनेवाला

Meaning: having or showing knowledge of events before they take place.

Synonyms: farsighted, foresighted, judicious

6. Robust: (adjective) : मजबूत, ठोस

Meaning: strong and healthy; vigorous.

Synonyms: booming, hearty, hefty, potent, sturdy, vigorous, brawny, boisterous, husky

Antonyms: fragile, incapable, ineffective, lethargic, unstable, weak, wobbly, flabby

7. Vagary: (noun) : अनियमितता

plural noun: vagaries

Meaning:an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone’s behaviour.

Synonyms: quirk, whim, crotchet, fancy, humor, impulse, notion, whimsy

8. Rage: (noun) : क्रोध

Meaning: violent uncontrollable anger.

Synonyms: animosity, bitterness, frenzy, furor, fury, indignation, temper, agitation, obsession, acerbity

Antonyms: calm, happiness, indifference, love, peace, harmony

9. Subservient: (adjective) : अधीन, श्रद्धापूर्ण

Meaning: prepared to obey others unquestioningly.

Synonyms: submissive, inferior, deferential, abject, cowering, cringing, docile, acquiescent

Antonyms: disobedient, controlling, domineering, unhelpful, useless

10. Jingoistic: (adjective) : कट्टर देशभक्ति विषयक

Meaning: characterized by extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.

Synonyms: loyal, nationalistic, chauvinistic, dedicated, dutiful, fervid, zealous

Antonyms: antisocial, misanthropic, traitorous

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