✅ Daily The Hindu Vocabulary 15 Feb 2025 1. OBFUSCATE (VERB): (अस्पष्ट करना): obscure Synonyms: confuse, blur Antonyms: clarify Example Sentence:She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue. 2. FACTION (NOUN): (कलह): infighting Synonyms: dissension, dissent Antonyms: harmony Example Sentence:The council is increasingly split by faction. 3. UTTERLY (ADVERB): (पूर्णता से): completely Synonyms: totally, absolutely Antonyms: partly Example Sentence:He looked utterly ridiculous. 4. CLAMOUR (NOUN): (कोलाहल): din Synonyms: racket, uproar Antonyms: silence Example Sentence:The questions rose to a clamour. 5. DISPERSE (VERB): (बिखेर देना): scatter Synonyms: disseminate distribute Antonyms: gather Example Sentence:Storms can disperse seeds via high altitudes. 6. DESPOTIC (ADJECTIVE): (तानाशाही): autocratic Synonyms: dictatorial, totalitarian Antonyms: democratic Example Sentence:Obeying no law, despotic authority was arbitrary, and its animating spirit was fear. 7. CALAMITY (NOUN): (आपदा): disaster Synonyms: catastrophe, tragedy Antonyms: godsend Example Sentence:Emergency measures may be necessary in order to avert a calamity. 8. MENACE (VERB): (ख़तरे में डालना): threaten Synonyms: jeopardize, imperil Antonyms: friendly, auspicious Example Sentence:Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching. 9. TORMENT (NOUN): (व्यथा): agony Synonyms: suffering, torture Antonyms: pleasure Example Sentence:Their deaths have left both families in torment. 10. DETRIMENT (NOUN): (क्षति): harm Synonyms: damage, injury Antonyms: benefit, good Example Sentence:He sits up very late to the detriment of his health.