Vocabulary is something that comes in handy in nearly every competitive exam. Be it exams held by IBPS or SSC or any other body, nearly all the exams have an English section. And to deal with a majority of topics of the English section, your vocabulary needs to be updated. To help you with your vocabulary, we analyze the editorial of major publications on a daily basis and cherrypick difficult words/ phrases/ terms. We provide the contextual meaning of those difficult words so that you don’t get confused with the array of different meanings a word has.
Now, it’s obvious that your vocabulary can’t be improved overnight. You need to put effort on a continuous and consistent basis. One way to do this is to bookmark this article of Hindu Vocabulary and check it on a daily basis. This way, you will get yourself acquainted with at least 10 new words on a daily basis. Here in this article, we have collated all the difficult words used in Hindu Editorials in the month of December 2021 for your convenience. Download the free PDF and get going with the rendezvous with the new words.
Tips to Improve Vocabulary
- Read, read, read- While much has already been said about this topic, we would just like to reiterate the following. As you read random topics, you come across different difficult words. You can get their sense from the context and at times, you may also refer to a dictionary. Whatever is the case, if you come across the same word again during your reading, you will recall that you recently read this word somewhere and would try to recall its sense. The more you read, the more this process gets repeated and the more your vocabulary increases.
- Keep a dictionary handy- It doesn’t matter whether you carry a hard copy or search for a word’s meaning on an online dictionary. What matters is you getting the meaning of the word and try to understand its contextual usage. The more this process gets repeated for multiple words, the better it’s for your word power.
- Use Thesaurus- How is a thesaurus different from a dictionary; you may ask. Well, while a dictionary compiles a list of meanings of a certain word/phrase, a thesaurus compiles all the words which are related to a particular word (also known as word families). Having a curiosity over these related words simply skyrocket the probability of your learning new words.
- Play games related to words- If you have a readily access to your phone, you can start playing games related to word power. Want to step it up a notch? Start taking your own notes of the difficult words you come across. Keep revising those lists from time to time.
- Use Flashcards- The notes mentioned above can be prepared in the form of flashcards. Take an empty card and write the word on the front part of the card. Further, write its meaning on the back. Now, occasionally, try to recall a word’s meaning by looking at the front side of a random card. Keep doing this exercise will definitely help you retain the meanings of different words.
- ‘A Word A Day’ Services- A majority of the platforms send you emails, notifications etc. related to vocabulary. You can search for these services and subscribe to them. This is a great way to augment your existing word power.
- Understand the Family of Root words- This topic is mentioned properly in this article: A Guide to Master Your Vocabulary. If you understand the root words, it would be a great way to interpreting new words and thereby improving upon your word power.
- Write & Talk- Use the new words you learned when you write something. It can be anything ranging from IBPS PO Mains essay to maintaining your own diary. Using the new words will help you resurface their meaning & usage. Similarly, when talking with like-minded people, try using the newly learnt words. If they also follow suit, you will get introduced to some extra new words from their end. You can discuss the meaning & usage which will be immensely helpful to both parties.
Download PDF- Hindu Vocabulary December 2021
Here’s the list of difficult words used in the prominent editorials in the month of December 2021.
Difficult Word/ Phrase | Contextual Sense |
Feasibility | The quality of being doable |
Herald | to be a sign of (something that is beginning to happen or will happen soon) |
Frontier | An undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development |
Arsenal | A supply of something available for future use |
Bode well | to show or suggest that future developments or events will be good or favorable |
Unfold | Develop or come to a promising stage |
Comorbidity | (medicine) the coexistence of two or more related medical conditions |
Mix-up | a mistake that causes confusion |
Fiasco | A disastrous or embarrassing failure |
Sans | without |
Perpetrator | a person who commits a crime or does something that is wrong or evil |
Orgy | Any act of immoderate indulgence |
Congregation | An assemblage of people, animals or things collected together |
Derangement | A state of mental disturbance and disorientation |
Fringe group | a group that is on the periphery of a larger organization because its views are more extreme than the majority |
Passivity | The trait of remaining inactive |
Eloquent | Speaking readily, clearly, and effectively |
Pernicious | Exceedingly harmful |
Bigotry | the state of feeling, or the act of expressing, strong, unreasonable beliefs or opinions |
Cavalier | Marked by lack of attention, consideration, forethought or thoroughness; not careful |
Curb | hold in restraint |
Regressive | Opposing progress |
Table | Propose something |
Inducement | a motive or consideration that leads one to action |
Allurement | something that persuades one to perform an action for gain |
Sinister | suggesting tragic developments |
Belligerent | Characteristic of somebody who is eager to fight |
Rampant | Unrestrained and violent |
Rampaging | Act violently, recklessly, or destructively |
Propagate | Become distributed or widespread |
Foreboding | A feeling of evil to come |
Writ | written |
Foresight | Seeing ahead |
Echo | Repetition |
Exhort | to strongly encourage someone to do something |
Pre-emptive | Designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence |
Ebb | Fall away or decline |
Body blow | A serious or devastating setback |
Consternation | Fear resulting from the awareness of danger |
Harbinger | something that shows what is coming |
Roll | A list of names |
Weed out | Remove unwanted elements |
Laudable | Worthy of high praise |
Grave | Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm |
Disenfranchisement | the state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote |
Unanimously | Of one mind; without dissent |
Rigorously | in a careful way so that every part of something is looked at or considered to make certain it is correct |
Intimate | Give to understand |
Franchise | The right to vote in a public election |
Ulterior | Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) |
Bulwark | something that protects you from dangerous or unpleasant situations |
Rivalry | The act of competing as for profit or a prize |
Spur | Incite or stimulate |
Counterpart | A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another |
Reciprocate | Act, feel, or give mutually or in return |
Languish | to lose strength or energy and not make any progress in something |
Wield | Handle effectively |
Foothold | a situation in which someone has obtained the power or influence needed to get what is wanted |
Hamper | Prevent the progress or free movement of |
Radicalisation | the action or process of making somebody more extreme or radical in their opinions on political or social issues |
Allegation | (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) |
Personage | A person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events |
Warrant | Provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action) |
Consortium | A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business or to promote a common interest |
Cede | Give over |
Stonewall | Obstruct or hinder any discussion |
Stick to one’s guns | Hold fast to a statement, opinion, or course of action |
Bogey | something that causes fear, often without reason |
Plant | Place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceiv |
Behove | Be appropriate or necessary |
In the name of | by the authority of |
Untenable | (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified |
Mow down | Kill a large number of people indiscriminately |
Lynch | (used about a crowd of people) to kill somebody who is thought to be guilty of a crime, usually by hanging him/her, without a legal trial in a court of law |
Furtherance | Encouragement of the progress, growth or acceptance of something |
Disingenuous | not sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does |
Aggravate | Made more severe or intense especially in law |
Unbecoming | (of behaviour) not fitting or appropriate |
Ruffle someone’s feathers | cause someone to become annoyed or upset |
Combative | Having or showing a ready disposition to fight |
Protectionism | The policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition |
Imperative | Some duty that is essential and urgent |
Chide | Censure severely or angrily |
Vulnerability | Susceptibility to injury or attack |
Run up | Pile up (debt etc.) |
Receding | moving slowly back |
Resonance | A relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people |
Reluctance | A certain degree of unwillingness |
Unnerve | Disturb the composure of |
Pooh-pooh | Refuse with contempt |
Misogyny | feelings of hating women, or the belief that men are much better than women |
Cast off | Get rid of |
Stereotype | a fixed idea about a particular type of person or thing, which is often not true in reality |
Reiterate | To say, state, or perform again |
Pave the way for (something or someone) | to make it easier for (something to happen or someone to do something) |
Disparity | Inequality or difference in some respect |
Sensitize | Make sensitive or aware |
Condemn | Express strong disapproval of |
Regressive | Opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state |
Sexist | Discriminatory on the basis of sex (usually said of men’s attitude toward women) |
Sanctions | Formal and explicit approval |
Overzealous | Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea |
Off-guard | Not prepared or vigilant |
On the heels of | following closely after |
Extrajudicial | Beyond the usual course of legal proceedings |
Knee-jerk | reacting according to a certain habitual manner; unthinking |
Sweeping | Taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area |
Rampant | Unrestrained and violent |
Salutary | having a good effect on somebody/something, though often seeming unpleasant |
Ripple effect | The effect of an event setting off other events in an unexpected way, or in unexpected areas |
Ordeal | a very unpleasant or difficult experience |
Try | to examine a person accused of committing a crime in a law court by asking them questions and considering known facts, and then decide if they are guilty |
Blow | An unpleasant or disappointing surprise |
Extradition | The surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty) |
Take refuge | to go to or into a place for shelter or protection from danger or trouble |
Probe | An inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities |
Cover-up | Concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public |
Indictment | A formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offence |
Set a precedent | to decide something that will be used as an example or rule to be followed in the future |
Proclaimed | Declared publicly; made widely known |
All-weather | in or suitable for all types of weather |
Grim | unpleasant or shocking to see or think about |
Tango | A type of energetic dance |
Cordial | Politely warm and friendly |
See eye to eye | be in full agreement |
Dissonance | A conflict of people’s opinions, actions or characters |
Fillip | Anything that makes one feel encouraged |
Imminently | (esp. of something unpleasant) likely to happen very soon |
Cripple | Deprive of strength or efficiency |
Fray | Cause friction |
Military junta | a military group that rules a country after taking power by force |
Farcical | very silly or unreasonable |
Military coup | a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces |
Detention | A state of being confined (usually for a short time) |
Mow down | Kill a large number of people indiscriminately |
Ethnic cleansing | The mass expulsion and killing of one ethnic or religious group in an area by another ethnic or religious group in that area |
Complicit | involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong |
Ironic | Humorously sarcastic or mocking |
Lose a foothold | An area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies |
Ineffectual | Producing no result or effect |
Administer | give or apply (medications) |
Clamour | Loud and persistent outcry from many people |
Surge | A sudden forceful flow |
Symptomatic | Characteristic or indicative of a disease |
Severity | The quality of being hard to endure, uninviting or formidable |
Vulnerable | Susceptible to attack |
Prudent | Careful and sensible |
Immunocompromise | Become unable to develop a normal immune response usually because of malnutrition, immunodeficiency or immunosuppressive therapy |
Comorbidities | the coexistence of two or more related medical conditions |
Uptake | A process of taking up or using up or consuming |
Exclusivist | Excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority |
At the outset | At the start, from the start |
Commission | to formally choose someone to do a special piece of work |
Outlaw | A person who operates outside established norms |
Embryo | a baby in the early stages of development before birth |
Coerce | To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |
Unfathomable | Incapable of being fully understood |
Glaringly | (of something bad) in a way that is very obvious: |
Baffling | hard to believe |
Heterosexual | Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex |
Thrust | Forced |
Scarcely | Only a very short time before |
Nay | A negative |
Caretaker government | a temporary ad hoc government that performs some governmental duties and functions in a country until a regular government is elected or formed |
Kick off | Commence officially |
Erstwhile | Belonging to some prior time |
Embody | to be a very good example of something |
Rest on her laurels | rest on your laurels means to be satisfied with your achievements and not to make an effort to do anything else |
Stumbling block | something that causes trouble or a difficulty, so that you cannot achieve what you want |
Kronor | The basic unit of money in Sweden |
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