Daily "The Hindu" Vocab & Editorial 14 Nov 2025 |English Notes for SSC & Railway

Daily “The Hindu” Vocab & Editorial 14 Nov 2025: The ‘The Hindu’ newspaper is very important for aspirants preparing for SSC and Railway examinations. The English vocabulary and grammar included in the articles of this newspaper will help the aspirants learn new words, their meanings and their usage. This will help them perform well in the English section of all the exams. 

Candidates can learn the vocabulary and grammar from the Hindu newspaper daily. They will not have to wait till the exam dates are announced to start their preparation. 

Daily “The Hindu” Vocab & Editorial 14 Nov 2025 PDF

Daily “The Hindu” Vocab and Editorial 14 November 2025

Candidates preparing for SSC and Railway exams or any other government exams in India can check below to know about all the important English vocabulary and grammar for the day:

Exam-Based Vocabulary

Provided here are the different types of questions in the English section in the past 5-6 years of various examinations:

Alternate Words

Q1. What is the alternate word for 'Pusillanimous'?

1. Audacious

2. Timid

3. Ostentatious

4. Heroic 
   

Idioms and Phrases

Q2. “Wink at”. 

1. To tease somebody 

2. To like someone 

3. To pretend not to have noticed

4. To stare at

Opposite Words

Q3. What is the opposite of ‘Endowment’?

1. Inability

2. Pensive 

3. Aptitude 

4. Talen

One-Word Substitution

Q4. “An insect with many legs is called”.

1. Centipede

2. Swarm 

3. Herbivorous

4. Vertebrate

Correctly-Spelt Word

Q5.  Identify the correctly spelt word:

1. Persuasive

2. Superflous

3. Continuos 

4. Credentiel 

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Most Important Idioms and Phrases for SSC and Railway Exams

In almost all the competitive exams, candidates can find questions based on idioms and phrases in the English section. Idioms refer to the expressions where the literal and the figurative meanings are different, whereas Phrases are any group of words functioning as a single unit within a sentence. Some of the important Idioms and Phrases from “The Hindu”, 14 Nov 2025 edition are as follows:

Q1. “Tied to the apron strings of ”

1. To be independent 

2. To be under someone’s influence 

3. To be the partner of 

4. To fall in love with

Q2. ‘Stick by’

1. continue to support

2. Irritate someone every time

3. To enjoy being

4. to pass by

Q3. ‘To sell the pass’

1. To betray a cause or trust

2. To sneak past enemies

3. To settle for less 

4. To trade secrets under oath

Q4. “To dine with Duke Humphrey” means:

1. To fake one’s social class 

2. To associate with the poor

3. To borrow money discreetly

4. To go without food

One Word Substitution for SSC and Railway Exams

Replacing a phrase or a group of words with a single word whose meanings are the same is referred to as one-word substitution.

Some of the important One-Word Substitutions from “The Hindu”, 14 Nov 2025 edition are as follows: 

Q1. Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge

1. Majestic

2. Arcane 

3. Clandestine 

4. Voodoo
   
   

Q2. Shine with a bright but brief or irregular light

1. Whimper 

2. Flicker

3. Cower

4. Mutter

Q3. A person who pretends to be morally upright but is not

1. Iconoclast

2. Philistine

3. Tartuffe

4. Ascetic

Q4. A fight for something that you believe to be good or against something that you believe to be bad 

1. Combat 

2. subaltern 

3. Crusade

4. Bellicose

The Hindu Editorial Words

Certain English vocabulary and words have appeared in the November 14, 2025, edition of ‘The Hindu’. They are as follows:

Underscore

• Part of Speech:  verb 

• Hindi meaning - रेखांकित‍िरना‍/ जोर‍देना

• Meaning: To emphasise strongly

• Synonyms: Highlight, stress, emphasise

• Antonyms: Ignore, overlook

• Example: The data underscore the need for revising the CPI

Blistering

• Part of Speech: adjective

• Hindi meaning - अत्यधिि‍तेज़‍/ बह ु त ऊ ँ चा 

• Def: Extremely high or intense

• Synonyms: Scorching, severe

• Antonyms: Mild, moderate 

• Example: Last year’s blistering 9.7% food inflation created a base effect.

Contraction 

• Part of Speech:  noun 

• Hindi meaning - स ं ि ु चन / िमी

• Meaning: Reduction or decrease

• Synonyms: Shrinkage, decline, drop

• Antonyms: Expansion, growth

• Example: The contraction in food prices was due to last year’s high base.

Miscellaneous

• Part of Speech: adjective

• Hindi Meaning - विविि / ममधित

• Meaning: Consisting of various types of items

• Synonyms: Mixed, assorted, various

• Antonyms: Uniform, identical 

• Example: Inflation in the miscellaneous category increased this year.

Skewed

• Part of Speech: adjective

• Hindi Meaning– ततरछा‍/ पक्षपाती

• Meaning: Not accurate; distorted or biased

• Synonyms: Distorted, biased, misrepresented

• Antonyms: Balanced, accurate

• Example: The CPI has become skewed due to outdated weightages.

Indomitable 

• Part of Speech: adjective 

• Hindi Meaning – अजेय / अडिग

• Meaning: Not accurate; distorted or biased 

• Synonyms: Distorted, biased, misrepresented

• Antonyms: Balanced, accurate

• Example: The CPI has become skewed due to outdated weightages.

Obscure

• Part of Speech: verb 

• Hindi Meaning – अस्पष्ट‍िरना‍/ तछपाना

• Meaning: To make something unclear or difficult to understand

• Synonyms: Hide, blur, confuse

• Antonyms: Clarify, illuminate

• Example: Outdated weightages obscure the true inflation picture.

Anomaly

• Part of Speech: noun  

• Hindi meaning - असामान्यता

• Meaning: Something unusual or unexpected.

• Synonyms: Irregularity, deviation 

• Antonyms: Normality, standard

• Example: The fall in inflation was an anomaly, not a trend.

Drastic

• Part of Speech: adjective

• Hindi Meaning – िठोर 

• Def: Extremely severe or noticeable.

• Synonyms: Extreme, radical, intense 

• Antonyms: Mild, moderate

• Example: A drastic fall in inflation needs a detailed investigation.

Outdated

• Part of Speech: adjective 

• Hindi meaning –   पुराना / अप्रासंधिि

• Meaning: No longer useful or accurate

• Synonyms: Obsolete, old-fashioned

• Antonyms: Updated, modern, current

• Example: The CPI base year 2012 is outdated. 

The Hindu Editorial Paragraph Analysis

The retail inflation data for October once again underscore the fact that the update of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) cannot happen fast enough. The data show that the rate of overall inflation fell to just 0.25%, the lowest it has been since at least January 2012. On the face of it, this would be cause for celebration, but a deeper look reveals this drastic fall to be a statistical anomaly rather than an actual fall in price levels. 

The food and beverages category saw prices falling 3.7% in October, the largest in the history of the CPI’s current series. However, the main reason for this contraction was not so much that food prices have fallen, but because food inflation in October last year was a blistering 9.7%. This high base ensured that food inflation in October 2025 was negative, even though vegetable prices in markets have been on the rise recently. With the food and beverages category enjoying a weightage of nearly 46% in the overall CPI basket, this statistical anomaly in food inflation was responsible for pulling the entire index down. Indeed, inflation in nearly every other major sub-group — fuel and light, housing, tobacco, and the miscellaneous category — was higher this October than last.

The impact of the GST rate cuts has, so far, been seen only in the clothing and footwear category — the only one apart from food to see inflation lower than last year. All of this shows just how skewed the inflation measure is. Not only is it outdated, with the base year set as 2012, but the weightages are no longer accurate and more often obscure rather than clarify.

Q1. What is the main argument of the passage?

1. India has successfully reduced inflation. 

2. India must update its Consumer Price Index urgently

3. Food prices have been stable in the past year.

4. Inflation is no longer a concern for the economy. 
   
   

Q2. Why did the overall inflation fall to 0.25%?

1. Because prices of all commodities genuinely decreased.

2. Because of a statistical error in CPI calculation.

3. Because of a statistical error in CPI calculation.

4. Because GST was reduced across all sectors. 
   
   

Q3. What was the food inflation in October last year?

1. 3.7% 

2. 0.25% 

3. −3.7%

4. 9.7%
   
   

Q4. Which of the following sub-groups had higher inflation this October than last year?

1. Clothing only

2. Footwear only

3. Fuel & light, housing, tobacco, and miscellaneous

4. Food and beverages
   
   

Q5. The fall in food and beverage prices in October was:

1. A genuine fall due to reduced demand

2. A result of the high base effect from last year 

3. Caused by the GST rate cuts 

4. Due to government intervention in vegetable prices

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