The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 5 April 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)

Afire (adjective) : प्रज्ज्वलित

• Meaning:- on fire; burning.
• अर्थ: – आग पर; जलता हुआ।
• Synonyms:- aflame, burning
• Example:- Her eyes answered him whole-heartedly, for her imagination was afire.

Rot (noun) : अपक्षय

• Meaning:- the process of decaying.
• अर्थ: – सड़ने की प्रक्रिया।

• Synonyms:-blight, decay
• Antonyms:- development, growth
• Example:- He had too much insight, and too much exact information as well, to dismiss them as rot.

Perish (verb) : मारे गए

• Meaning:- die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
• अर्थ: – मरना, विशेष रूप से हिंसक या अचानक तरीके से।
• Synonyms:-cease, crumble, disappear
• Antonyms:- appear, arrive, build
• Example:- It were sin, thought I, that my secret should perish with me.

Blaze (noun) : ज्वाला

• Meaning:- a very large or fiercely burning fire.
• अर्थ: – बहुत बड़ी या भयंकर जलती हुई आग।
• Synonyms:-bonfire, conflagration
• Example:- When she woke it was to a blaze of sunlight, but caught in the net of her closed curtains.

Lay bare ( idiom) : पर्दाफाश करना

• Meaning:- to reveal or explain
• अर्थ: – प्रकट करना या समझाना

• Synonyms:-clear, confess, confide
• Antonyms:- conceal, hide

Hasty (adjective) : जल्दबाजी

• Meaning:- done with excessive speed or urgency; hurried.
• अर्थ: – अत्यधिक गति या आग्रह के साथ किया गया; जल्दबाजी।
• Synonyms:-abrupt, careless, expeditious, hurried
• Antonyms:- careful, cautious, kind
• Example:- Grace was in the middle of a hasty toilet when a knock sounded on the door.

Civic (adjective) : नगर का

• Meaning:- relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal.
• अर्थ: – किसी नगर या नगर से संबंधित, विशेषकर उसके प्रशासन का; नगर निगम।
• Synonyms:-civil, communal
• Example:- The civic portion of the parade numbered about five thousand men.

Carnage (noun) : नरसंहार

• Meaning:- the killing of a large number of people.
• अर्थ: – बड़ी संख्या में लोगों की हत्या।
• Synonyms:-bloodshed, butchery, crime, havoc
• Antonyms:- peace
• Example:- There was a tribute of carnage, nor were they long engaged in the tumult of battle.

Untenable (adjective) : अस्थिर

• Meaning:- (especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
• अर्थ: – (विशेषकर किसी पद या दृश्य का) आक्रमण या आपत्ति के विरुद्ध अनुरक्षण या बचाव नहीं किया जा सकता।
• Synonyms:-illogical, unsound, flawed
• Example:- Calendar surrendered an untenable position as gracefully as could be wished.

Pull up (phrasal verb) : पीछा करना

• Meaning:- To drive
• अर्थ: – गाड़ी चलाना
• Synonyms:-arrive, brake, pause
• Antonyms:- continue, go
• Example:- Only let me advise you to pull up a spirit, even to your uncle, if there be occasion.

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The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 3 April 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)

Agony (noun) : व्यथा

• Meaning: extreme physical or mental suffering.
• अर्थ: अत्यधिक शारीरिक या मानसिक पीड़ा।
• Synonym: pain, hurt, suffering
• Antonym: Heaven, paradise
• Usage: The victim’s legs had been crushed under the car and she was in obvious agony

Contrition:(Noun) : पछतावा

• Meaning: the state of feeling sorry for bad behavior: the state of repentance.
• अर्थ: बुरे व्यवहार के लिए खेद महसूस करने की स्थिति: पश्चाताप की स्थिति।

• Synonyms: contriteness, guilt, penitence, regret, remorse, repentance
• Antonyms: impenitence, remorselessness
• Sentence: The defendant pled guilty to the crime and expressed heartfelt contrition for the things he had done.

Plaintive (Adjective) : दर्दनाक

• Meaning: expressing suffering or sadness, sounding sad and mournful.
• अर्थ: दुख या दुख व्यक्त करना, दु: खी और शोकाकुल लगना।
• Synonym: aching, agonized, bitter, mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, lamentable
• Antonym: delighted, exulting, glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant, blithesome, euphoric.
• Sentence: We could hear the plaintive cry of the wounded animal in the woods.

Piquant (Adjective) : सरस

• Meaning: having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour., pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind.
• अर्थ: एक सुखद तेज स्वाद या स्वादिष्ट स्वाद।, मन को सुखद या उत्तेजक।
• Synonym: poignant, intriguing, stimulating, interesting, fascinating, zesty
• Antonym: bland, insipid, dull, zestless, insipid
• Sentence: Gobblezz restaurant has a secret piquant sauce that makes the dish scrumptious.

Scurrilous (Adjective): मिथ्या

• Meaning: Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.
• अर्थ: अपनी प्रतिष्ठा को नुकसान पहुंचाने के इरादे से किसी के बारे में निंदनीय दावे करना या फैलाना।
• Synonym: abusive, vituperative, derogatory, disparaging
• Antonym: clean, decent, moral, deferential, tempered
• Sentence: There were scurrilous attacks on the party leader by the opposition.

Beset : टूट पड़ना

• Meaning: (of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently.
• अर्थ:  (किसी समस्या या कठिनाई के कारण) (किसी को या किसी को) निरंतर कष्ट होना।
• Synonyms: harass, plague, assail, hound, attack

• Antonyms: protect, defend, aid, assist
• Usage in a Sentence: A lack of money is the greatest problem besetting the city today.

Eponymous : व्यक्ति जिसके नाम से किसी रचना का नाम रखा हो

• Meaning: (of a person) giving their name to something.
• अर्थ: (किसी व्यक्ति का) किसी चीज को अपना नाम देना।
• Synonyms: self-titled, namesake, homonymous, titular
• Antonyms: anonymous, nameless, unknown, incognito
• Usage in a Sentence: Benko is the author of an eponymous opening line for the black pieces.

Fillip : प्रेरणा

• Meaning: something which acts as a stimulus or boost to activity.
• अर्थ: कोई ऐसी चीज जो उत्तेजना या गतिविधि को बढ़ावा देने का काम करती है।
• Synonyms: incentive, stimulus, boost, encouragement
• Antonyms: deterrence, disincentive
• Usage in a sentence: The news gave a fillip to the telecommunication sector.

Saving grace : विशेष गुण

• Meaning: the redeeming grace of God.
• अर्थ: ईश्वर की कृपा से छुड़ाने वाली कृपा।
• Synonyms: good point, attractive aspect, advantage
• Antonyms: weak point, disadvantage, difficulty, weakness
• Usage in a Sentence: Dogs are a man’s best friend and a cop’s saving grace.

Uptick : उत्थान

• Meaning: a small increase or slight upward trend.
• अर्थ: एक छोटी वृद्धि या थोड़ा ऊपर की ओर प्रवृत्ति।
• Synonyms: uptrend, rise, increase, growth, increment, surge
• Antonyms: downtick, decrement, decline, loss, abatement, decrease
• Usage in a sentence: Unfortunately, the passage of the law didn’t translate into an uptick of tenants using vouchers in the city, Martin acknowledged.

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The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 2 April 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)

AXIOMATIC (Adjective) : सिद्ध
Meaning: self-evident or unquestionable.
अर्थ: स्वयं स्पष्ट या निर्विवाद।
Synonym: Understood, Given, Granted, self-evident
Antonym: Misunderstood, uncertain
Usage: The arithmetic principles are axiomatic in nature.

TINGE (verb) रंग देना
Meaning: color slightly.
अर्थ: थोड़ा रंग।

Synonyms: dye, stain, shade, suffuse.
Antonyms: decolorize, whiten, blanch, bleach.
Usage: The sky had become a dark shade of indigo, tinged with the remnants of deep magenta.

RECRIMINATION (noun) आरोप
Meaning: an accusation in response to one from someone else.
अर्थ: किसी और से जवाब में एक आरोप।
Synonyms: retaliation, counterattack, accusation, condemnation.
Antonyms: acquiescence, acceptance, avowal, assent.
Usage: But already the parties are preparing the ground for recriminations over the failure of the entire process.

BRAZEN (Adjective) : ज़बरदस्त
Meaning: obvious, without any attempt to be hidden
अर्थ: स्पष्ट, बिना किसी प्रयास के छिपे रहना
Synonyms: blatant, bold
Antonyms: humble, meek
Usage: In a brazen assault, the gang fired their weapons at the policeman.

DURESS (Noun) : अवरोध
Meaning: threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgment.
अर्थ: धमकी, हिंसा, अड़चन या अन्य कार्रवाई किसी को अपनी इच्छा या बेहतर निर्णय के खिलाफ कुछ करने में मजबूर करती है।

Synonyms: coercion, compulsion, pressurization, enforcement.
Antonyms: agreement, approval, consent, persuasion.
Usage: I think Harry was under duress when she signed the agreement; he never would have voluntarily accepted those conditions.

DILATORY (adjective) : धीमा सुस्त
Meaning: slow to act
अर्थ: कार्य करने में धीमा
Synonyms: sluggish, slothful, lax, slack.
Antonyms: fast, prompt, brisk, quick.
Usage: They were dilatory in providing the researchers with information.

INADVERTENT (Adjective) : बेपरवाह/असावधान
Meaning: not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning.
अर्थ: जानबूझकर नियोजन के माध्यम से प्राप्त या प्राप्त नहीं किया गया।
Synonyms: unintended, accidental, unpremeditated, unplanned,
Antonyms: deliberate, intentional
Usage: I wonder how many inadvertent inventions were developed in the process of trying to discover something totally different.

BACKSTOP (noun) : सुरक्षा
Meaning: an emergency precaution or last resort.
अर्थ: एक आपातकालीन एहतियात या अंतिम उपाय।
Synonyms: safeguard, preventive measure, insurance.
Antonyms: constraint, limitation, restriction, sanction.
Usage: They want the Democrats to act as a backstop for this wild nonsense.

NUDGE (Verb) : प्रोत्साहित करना
Meaning: coax or gently encourage (someone) to do something.
अर्थ: कुछ करने के लिए मनाना या धीरे से प्रोत्साहित करना (किसी को)।
Synonyms: prompt, encourage, coax, stimulate
Antonyms: discourage, dissuade
Usage: After her late night out partying, both parents nudge their daughter to wake her up during the church service.

CULMINATE (Verb) : पराकाष्ठा पर पहुंचना
Meaning: reach a climax or point of highest development.
अर्थ: उच्चतम विकास के चरमोत्कर्ष या बिंदु तक पहुँचना।
Synonyms: peak, climax
Antonyms: start, begin
Usage: At the end of the night, the concert will culminate in a huge fireworks display.

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The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 1 April 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)

QUITTANCE(Noun) : हरजाना

• Meaning: Discharge from a debt or an obligation.
• अर्थ: ऋण या दायित्व से मुक्ति।
• Synonym: payment, requital
• Antonym: captivity, corner
• Usage: Lane smiled almost affably as he tossed the quittance upon the table.

HYPERBOLIC(Adjective) : अतिशयोक्तिपूर्ण

• Meaning: Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; of or relating to a hyperbola.
• अर्थ: सत्य या तर्क से परे बढ़े हुए; या एक हाइपरबोला से संबंधित है।

• Synonym: exaggerated, hyperbola
• Antonym: reduced, knockdown
• Usage: I was writing in a hyperbolic reverie while closing myself off from at least half of his excellence.

OPEROSE(Adjective) : श्रमसाध्य

• Meaning: Characterized by an effort to the point of exhaustion.
• अर्थ: थकावट के बिंदु पर एक प्रयास द्वारा विशेषता।
• Synonym: laborious, hard
• Antonym: absorbing, engaging
• Usage: An operose and expensive establishment of a supreme court was made, and charged upon the revenues of the country.

Insouciant : बेपरवाह

• Meaning: showing a casual lack of concern
• अर्थ: चिंता का एक आकस्मिक अभाव दिखा
• Synonym: nonchalant, untroubled, unworried,
• Antonym: anxious, concerned
• Sentence: His insouciant handling of the oil spill in the Gulf is under fire from all sides.

SUPPURATE(Verb) : पकना

• Meaning: Cause to ripen and discharge pus.
• अर्थ: मवाद का पकना और निकलना।

• Synonym: fester, decay
• Antonym: invest, enlist
• Usage: If that scrape on your hand starts to suppurate, you might want to go to the doctor.

GLOAT (Verb) : आनंदित होना

• Meaning: dwell on one’s own success or another’s misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.
• अर्थ: एक की सफलता या दूसरे के दुर्भाग्य पर स्मॉग या अशिष्टता का भाव।
• Synonyms: exult, rejoice, relish
• Antonyms: commiserate, sympathize
• Usage: If you are the winner of a contest, you should not gloat and make your competitors feel inferior.

LOUSY(adjective) : घटिया

• Meaning: very bad
• अर्थ: बहुत बुरा
• Synonyms: awful, horrible
• Antonyms: good, great Example: The pizza was so incredibly lousy that she wouldn’t even give it to her worst enemy.

INCERTITUDE(noun) : संदेह

• Meaning: Uncertainty; doubt
• अर्थ: अनिश्चितता; शक
• Synonyms: Confused, Suspicious
• Antonyms: Assurance, Belief
• Usage: The incertitude of his position in life caused him to postpone his marriage.

COGNIZANCE(noun) : हस्तक्षेप, संज्ञान

• Meaning: To take notice of and consider something, especially when judging
• अर्थ: किसी चीज पर ध्यान देना और विचार करना, विशेषकर न्याय करते समय
• Synonyms: Awareness, Familiarity
• Antonyms: Unfamiliar, Ignorance
• Usage: The lawyer asked the jury to take cognizance of the defendant’s generosity in giving to charity.

VOLITANT(adjective) : तेजी से उड़ना

• Meaning: flying or moving about rapidly
• अर्थ: तेजी से उड़ना या बढ़ना
• Synonyms: floating, soaring
• Antonyms: slow, grounded
• Usage: Volitant birds have taken over the beach and quickly fly about the area looking for food.

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