The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 1 January 2021
CONCEDE (verb) : मेल खाना
- Meaning : admit or agree that something is true after first denying or resisting it.
- अर्थ: स्वीकार करते हैं या सहमत होते हैं कि पहले इनकार या विरोध करने के बाद कुछ सच है।
- Synonyms : accept, admit, allow, capitulate
- Antonyms: defend, deny, disallow
- Usage: If we concede to the criminal the right to a further chance we concede it to ourselves.
CUTTING EDGE (adjective) : अग्रणी
- Meaning: highly advanced; innovative or pioneering.
- अर्थ: अत्यधिक उन्नत; अभिनव या अग्रणी।
- Synonyms: a progressive, revolutionary, trailblazing, novel.
- Antonyms: conventional, customary, established, traditional.
- Usage : The best militaries in the world have to be cutting edge and always purchase the latest technology.
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SHREWD(Adjective): चालाक
- Meaning: having or showing sharp powers of judgment; astute.
- अर्थ: निर्णय की तेज शक्तियाँ होना या दिखाना; चतुर।
- Synonyms: astute, sharp-witted, sharp, acute, intelligent
- Antonyms: stupid, unwise, ingenuous
- Usage: As a motivational speaker, Clark is a shrewd manipulator of human emotions.
INVIGORATE(Verb) : सबल बनाना
- Meaning: to give life, vigor, or spirit to
- अर्थ: प्राण, शक्ति या आत्मा देना
- Synonym: amp (up), animate, brace, energize, enliven, fillip, fire
- Antonym: damp, dampen, deaden, dull, kill
- Usage: The fresh air and sunshine invigorated the children after a long winter indoors.
EPHEMERAL (Adjective) : अस्थायी
- Meaning: Lasting for short time
- अर्थ: कम समय तक रहना
- Synonyms: Temporary, Short-lived, transient.
- Antonyms: long-lived, enduring, everlasting, eternal, perpetual.
- Example: time is ephemeral so don’t waste it.
Quirk(Noun) : व्यवहार में छल
- Meaning: a strange habit
- अर्थ: एक अजीब आदत
- Synonyms: irregularity, a trait
- Antonyms: normality,
- Usage: His biggest quirk is his love for old marbles.
BELITTLE (Verb) : मूल्य घटना
- Meaning: dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant.
- अर्थ: महत्वहीन (किसी या कुछ) को खारिज करना।
- Synonyms: disparage, denigrate, deprecate, downgrade
- Antonyms: praise, magnify
- Usage: There is no reason for you to belittle my wardrobe simply because your clothes are more expensive than the ones I own.
BOUT (Noun) : अवधि
- Meaning: a short period of intense activity of a specified kind.
- अर्थ: एक निर्दिष्ट प्रकार की गहन गतिविधि की एक छोटी अवधि।
- Synonyms: spell, period, time, stretch, a stint
- Antonyms: stagnation
- Usage: The bout of intensive running led to my preparation for the Boston Marathon.
MANDATE (noun) : शासनादेश
- Meaning: an official order or commission to do something.
- अर्थ: कुछ करने के लिए एक आधिकारिक आदेश या आयोग।
- Synonyms: instruction, directive, direction, decree, command
- Antonyms: encourage
- Usage:They carried out the governor’s mandate to build more roads.
RATIFY (Verb) : पुष्टि करना
- Meaning: sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
- अर्थ: (आधिकारिक, संधि या समझौते) पर औपचारिक सहमति दें या हस्ताक्षर करें, जिससे यह आधिकारिक रूप से मान्य हो।
- Synonyms: confirm, approve, sanction, endorse, agree to
- Antonyms: deny, destroy, disagree, disapprove, disprove
- Usage: Laws and statesmen, for the most part, indicate and ratify, but do not create.
