The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 10 December 2021
Air- Tight (adjective)
Meaning:- having no weaknesses; unassailable.
अर्थ: – कोई कमजोरी नहीं है; अभेद्य।
Dastardly (adjective) : नीच
Meaning:- wicked and cruel.
अर्थ: – दुष्ट और क्रूर।
Synonyms:- contemptible, cowardly
Antonyms:- honorable, respectable, worthy
Convoy (noun): रक्षक दल
Meaning:- (of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protection.
अर्थ: – (एक युद्धपोत या सशस्त्र सैनिकों के) सुरक्षा के लिए (जहाजों या वाहनों का एक समूह) साथ होते हैं।
Synonyms:- attendance, attendant, companion
Example:- The second attack on the Scandinavian convoy occurred on 12th December.
Minutiae (noun) : सूक्ष्म विचार
Meaning:- the small, precise, or trivial details of something.
अर्थ: – किसी चीज का छोटा, सटीक या तुच्छ विवरण।
Synonyms:- trivia, incidental
Example:- But it is unnecessary to trace these studies in all their minutiae.
Painstaking (adjective): मेहनती
Meaning:- done with or employing great care and thoroughness.
अर्थ: – बड़ी सावधानी और निष्ठा से काम लिया या किया।
Synonyms:- careful, conscientious, diligent
Antonyms:- careless, lazy
Example:- No science or painstaking can make up for his not doing this.
Perpetrators (noun): अपराधी
Meaning:- a person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act.
अर्थ: – जो व्यक्ति हानिकारक, अवैध या अनैतिक कार्य करता है।
Synonyms:- criminal, executioner
Example:- His sole ambition just now was to fix the crime definitely on the perpetrator.
Brickbat (noun): रोड़ा
Meaning: an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another’s feelings
अर्थ: एक अधिनियम या अभिव्यक्ति जो दिखावा करती है और आमतौर पर दूसरे की भावनाओं को आहत करने का इरादा रखती है
Synonyms: affront, barb, epithet, indignity.
Antonyms: accolade, commendation, compliment, acclaim.
Usage: The candidates were reduced to hurling brickbats at each other.
TREASON (noun) : राज-द्रोह
Meaning: the action of betraying someone or something.
अर्थ: किसी को या किसी चीज़ को धोखा देने की क्रिया।
Synonyms: betrayal, disloyalty, falsity, treachery.
Antonyms: faithfulness, loyalty, staunchness, steadfastness.
Usage: Reading a friend’s diary without permission would have to be regarded as the ultimate act of personal treason.
MEDDLE (verb) : हस्तक्षेप करना
Meaning: interfere in something that is not one’s concern.
अर्थ: किसी ऐसी चीज़ में हस्तक्षेप करना जो किसी की चिंता न हो।
Synonyms: interlope, intrude, poke, pry.
Antonyms: shun, disregard, neglect, overlook.
Usage: Please stop meddling in your sister’s life, even though you mean well.
OVERTURE (noun) : सन्धि प्रस्ताव
Meaning: an introduction to something more substantial.
अर्थ: कुछ अधिक पर्याप्त करने के लिए एक परिचय।
Synonyms: prelude, introduction, opening, voluntary.
Antonyms: conclusion, epilogue, aftermath, coda.
Usage: He spent more time with the orchestra, with the overture in the beginning of the show than the whole block of the show.