The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 15 March 2022
Ponder (Verb) : विचार करना
- Meaning: Think about something carefully before making a decision or conclusion.
- अर्थ: निर्णय या निष्कर्ष निकालने से पहले ध्यान से कुछ सोचें।
- Synonyms: Consider, Think, Ruminate, Meditate, Contemplate.
- Antonyms: Ignore, Overlook, Dismiss, Disregard.
- Sentence: John is pondering whether or not to join the ethical committee.
Clamour (Verb) : विरोध
- Meaning: To shout loudly or making a forceful demand or protest.
- अर्थ: जोर-जोर से चिल्लाना या जबरदस्ती मांग या विरोध करना।
- Synonyms: Agitation, Noise, Uproar, Upheavel, Shout.
- Antonyms: Harmony, Silence, Peace, Calm, Agreement.
- Sentence: The screams continued, filling the entire hall with their clamour.
FURLOUGH (noun) : थोड़े दिन की छुट्टी
- Meaning: leave of absence, especially that granted to a member of the services or a missionary.
- अर्थ: अनुपस्थिति की छुट्टी, विशेष रूप से सेवाओं या एक मिशनरी के सदस्य को दी गई।
- Synonyms: break, rest, recess, day off.
- Antonyms: rehire, recall, travail, toil.
- Example: I have just learned that Cousin George has got his furlough extended thirty days.
Morbidity (Noun) : अस्वस्थता
- Meaning: The condition of being diseased or rate of a disease in population.
- अर्थ: आबादी में किसी बीमारी के होने या होने की स्थिति।
- Synonyms: Dullness, Despair, Misery, Deadliness, Morbidness.
- Antonyms: Bright, Hopeful, comfortable, joyful.
- Sentence: Morbidity and mobility are continously deteriorating the health index of our nation.
Accord (Verb) : समझौते
- Meaning: Give or grant someone power, status or recognition
- अर्थ: किसी को शक्ति, स्थिति या मान्यता देना या देना
- Synonyms: Give, Grant, Present, Award, Yield.
- Antonyms: Take, Withhold, Remove, Absent
- Sentence: His views were accorded by the government.
Perpetual (Adjective) : लगातार
- Meaning: A situation which occurs repeatedly or never ending things.
- अर्थ: ऐसी स्थिति जो बार-बार होती है या कभी खत्म नहीं होती है।
- Synonyms: Continuous, Non-stop, Unchanged, Uninterrupted, Ceaseless.
- Antonyms: Periodic, Short-lived, Re-occurant, Alternate, Momentary.
- Sentence: Freedom of religion is a perpentual right provided by our constitution.
OBFUSCATE(Verb) : भ्रमित करना
- Meaning:to confuse
- अर्थ: भ्रमित करना
- Synonyms: befog, confuse
- Antonyms: clarify, befog
- Example:She was criticized for using arguments that obfuscated the main issue.
OBDURATE(Adjective) : हठी
- Meaning:stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- अर्थ: अधर्म करने में हठ लगातार करना
- Synonyms:callous, stubborn
- Antonyms: humane, sensitive
- Example:Union leaders remain obdurate that working conditions and pay improve.
FABLED (adjective) : झूठा
- Meaning: mythical; imaginary.
- अर्थ: पौराणिक; काल्पनिक।
- Synonyms: fictitious, hypothetical, apocryphal, allegorical.
- Antonyms: authentic, existent, factual, confirmed.
- Example: Long after the kingdoms of southern Arabia disappeared, the fabled riches of the region live on in the popular imagination.
SOPHISTRY(Noun) : सत्य का आभास
- Meaning:subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation
- अर्थ: सूक्ष्म रूप से भ्रामक तर्क या तर्क
- Synonyms:casuistry, fallacy
- Antonyms:honesty, truth
- Example: Some complain soccer is a chintzy distraction from the sophistry of our ruling classes.
