Important Vocabulary (Digital Exile) (23 March 2026)
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1. Crescendoe (Verb)
👉 Meaning: चरम पर पहुँचना
🟢 Synonyms: peaked, climaxed, intensified, escalated, surged, culminated
🔴 Antonyms: declined, diminished, subsided, decreased, waned, reduced
✅ Usage: The protests crescendoed into a nationwide movement.
2. Slew (Noun)
👉 Meaning: बड़ी संख्या
🟢 Synonyms: multitude, numerous, abundance, plenty, host, array
🔴 Antonyms: few, scarcity, handful, lack, shortage, dearth
✅ Usage: The policy triggered a slew of reactions from experts.
3. Ballooned (Verb)
👉 Meaning: तेजी से बढ़ना
🟢 Synonyms: expanded, surged, escalated, swelled, multiplied, increased
🔴 Antonyms: shrank, decreased, reduced, declined, diminished, contracted
✅ Usage: The number of cases ballooned within weeks.
4. Emboldening (Verb/Participle)
👉 Meaning: हिम्मत बढ़ाना
🟢 Synonyms: encouraging, strengthening, empowering, inspiring, fortifying, motivating
🔴 Antonyms: discouraging, weakening, deterring, dissuading, restraining, intimidating
✅ Usage: The decision ended up emboldening critics of the policy.
5. Diluting (Verb)
👉 Meaning: कमजोर करना
🟢 Synonyms: weakening, reducing, lessening, diminishing, watering down, softening
🔴 Antonyms: strengthening, intensifying, reinforcing, amplifying, enhancing, fortifying
✅ Usage: The amendment risked diluting the original intent of the law.
6. Stipulation (Noun)
👉 Meaning: शर्त या प्रावधान
🟢 Synonyms: condition, requirement, clause, provision, term, specification
🔴 Antonyms: flexibility, option, freedom, leniency, waiver, exemption
✅ Usage: The contract included a stipulation regarding timely delivery.
7. Undermines (Verb)
👉 Meaning: कमजोर करना या नुकसान पहुँचाना
🟢 Synonyms: weakens, erodes, impairs, damages, subverts, destabilizes
🔴 Antonyms: strengthens, supports, reinforces, upholds, stabilizes, fortifies
✅ Usage: Such actions undermine public trust in institutions.
8. Proportionality (Noun)
👉 Meaning: अनुपातिकता
🟢 Synonyms: balance, fairness, equity, symmetry, reasonableness, moderation
🔴 Antonyms: imbalance, excess, unfairness, disproportionality, inequality, bias
✅ Usage: The court examined whether the measure met the test of proportionality.
9. Authoritarian (Adjective)
👉 Meaning: निरंकुश
🟢 Synonyms: dictatorial, autocratic, despotic, tyrannical, repressive, totalitarian
🔴 Antonyms: democratic, liberal, participatory, tolerant, free, open
✅ Usage: The policy reflected an increasingly authoritarian approach.
10. Arbitrary (Adjective)
👉 Meaning: मनमाना
🟢 Synonyms: random, capricious, unjustified, discretionary, unpredictable, erratic
🔴 Antonyms: reasoned, fair, justified, systematic, consistent, rational
✅ Usage: The decision was criticized as arbitrary and unfair.
