The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 14 June 2022
DELVE (Verb) : उलट-पुलट कर ढूंढ़ना
- Meaning: research or make painstaking inquiries into something.
- अर्थ: किसी चीज में शोध या श्रमसाध्य पूछताछ करना।
- Synonyms: investigate, probe, examine, explore
- Antonyms: ignore, neglect
- Example: Because she was planning a trip, the woman began to delve into a search for plane tickets.
POCOCURANTE (adjective) : उदासीन
- Meaning: indifferent or unconcerned.
- अर्थ: उदासीन या असंबद्ध।
- Synonyms: apathetic, listless, insouciant, nonchalant.
- Antonyms: overprotective, prudent, absorbed, concerned.
- Usage: Since the boy didn’t plan on doing his homework anyway, the pococurante look on his face did not change when the teacher assigned the 10-page essay.
FRAY (verb) : झगड कर तय करना
- Meaning: (of a person’s nerves or temper) show the effects of strain.
- अर्थ: (किसी व्यक्ति की नसों या स्वभाव) में खिंचाव के प्रभाव दिखाई देते हैं।
- Synonyms: irritated, edgy, stressed, fraught.
- Antonyms: agreement, tranquility, calm, harmony.
- Usage: She wrote a few days ago that she considered quitting her job as a columnist after six months because her nerves got frayed.
PLUNK(verb) : लापरवाही से नीचे रखना
- Meaning: to put something down heavily and carelessly
- अर्थ: किसी चीज को भारी और लापरवाही से नीचे गिराना
- Synonyms: drop, dump
- Antonyms: glob, incline
- Example: After a long day at work, the exhausted mechanic plunked himself down on the couch and began flipping through the channels.
DEMEAN : नीचा दिखाना
- Meaning: cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something).
- अर्थ: (किसी या किसी चीज़) के लिए और सम्मान की गरिमा में भारी नुकसान होता है।
- Synonyms: degrading, humiliating, inglorious, abject
- Antonyms: admire, elevate, honor, laud
- Example: We should not demean any profession.
Eventful : घटने वाला
- Meaning: marked by interesting or exciting events.
- अर्थ: दिलचस्प या रोमांचक घटनाओं द्वारा चिह्नित।
- Synonyms: momentous, memorable, significant, noteworthy
- Antonyms: uneventful, dull, insignificant, trivial
- Usage in a Sentence: It was an extremely eventful period in American history.
Lackadaisical (adjective) : आधे-अधूरे
- Meaning: lacking enthusiasm and determination; carelessly lazy.
- अर्थ: उत्साह और दृढ़ संकल्प की कमी; लापरवाही से आलसी।
- Synonym: unenthusiastic, half-hearted, uninterested, lukewarm.
- Antonym: enthusiastic, excited, energetic, active
- Sentence: Mary is so lackadaisical she will not get out of bed most mornings.
Retaliation : प्रतिशोध
- Meaning: the action of returning a military attack; counter-attack.
- अर्थ: एक सैन्य हमले की वापसी की कार्रवाई; जवाबी हमला।
- Synonyms: revenge, vengeance, reprisal
- Antonyms: mercy, forgiveness, acceptance
- Usage in a sentence: He, in retaliation, has launched against them the most concentrated onslaughts that he has been able to devise.
Tipping point : क्रांतिकारी परिवर्तन
- Meaning:the point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger, more important change.
- अर्थ: वह बिंदु जिस पर किसी बड़े, अधिक महत्वपूर्ण परिवर्तन के कारण छोटे परिवर्तन या घटनाओं की श्रृंखला महत्वपूर्ण हो जाती है।
- Synonyms: game changer, turning point, critical moment
- Usage in a Sentence: There are two prevailing theories for what might happen past the Amazon’s tipping point.
Proselytize : फुसलाना
- Meaning: To attempt to convert someone to one’s own religious faith
- अर्थ: किसी को अपने धार्मिक विश्वास में बदलने का प्रयास करना
- Synonyms: propagandist, campaigner, crusader
- Antonyms: nonpartisan, decode, stay, dissuade
- Usage in a Sentence: The efforts of early missionaries to proselytize the Native Americans of Minnesota were largely unproductive.