The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 15 October 2021
DAMNING (adjective) : рдШрд╛рддрдХ
- Meaning: (of a circumstance or piece of evidence) strongly suggesting guilt or error.
- рдЕрд░реНрде: (рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдкрд░рд┐рд╕реНрдерд┐рддрд┐ рдпрд╛ рд╕рд╛рдХреНрд╖реНрдп рдХреЗ рдЯреБрдХрдбрд╝реЗ) рджреГрдврд╝рддрд╛ рд╕реЗ рдЕрдкрд░рд╛рдзрдмреЛрдз рдпрд╛ рддреНрд░реБрдЯрд┐ рдХрд╛ рд╕реБрдЭрд╛рд╡ рджреЗрдирд╛ред
- Synonyms: incriminating, derogatory, catastrophic, destructive.
- Antonyms: auspicious, encouraging, optimistic, propitious.
- Usage: She waved back, wondering how the most damning of them all was also the only who seemed anywhere able to feel sympathy.
TELLTALE (adjective) : рд╕рд╛рдл рджрд┐рдЦрд╛рдИ рджреЗрдиреЗ рд╡рд╛рд▓реЗ
- Meaning: revealing, indicating, or betraying something.
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдмрд╛рдд рдХрд╛ рдЦреБрд▓рд╛рд╕рд╛ рдХрд░рдирд╛, рд╕рдВрдХреЗрдд рджреЗрдирд╛ рдпрд╛ рд╡рд┐рд╢реНрд╡рд╛рд╕рдШрд╛рдд рдХрд░рдирд╛ред
- Synonyms: denotative, indicative, reflective, signifying.
- Antonyms: cheeseparing, uninformative, unaired, secretive.
- Usage: Her nasty tone was a telltale sign of her irritation, even though she didnтАЩt say anything particularly mean.
SKIRMISH (noun) : рдЭрдбрд╝рдк
- Meaning: a brief clash between enemies or rivals.
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рджреБрд╢реНрдордиреЛрдВ рдпрд╛ рдкреНрд░рддрд┐рджреНрд╡рдВрджреНрд╡рд┐рдпреЛрдВ рдХреЗ рдмреАрдЪ рдПрдХ рд╕рдВрдХреНрд╖рд┐рдкреНрдд рдЯрдХрд░рд╛рд╡ред
- Synonyms: conflict, quarrel, fray, hassle.
- Antonyms: concord, agreement, harmony, truce.
- Usage: Right before the gameтАЩs results were announced, the fans got into a skirmish over whose team was the greatest.
VANTAGE (noun) : рд╕рд╣реВрд▓рд┐рдпрдд
- Meaning: a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view.
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдПрдХ рд░рдгрдиреАрддрд┐рдХ рд▓рд╛рдн, рджреГрд╖реНрдЯрд┐рдХреЛрдг, рдпрд╛ рд╡реНрдпрд╛рдкрдХ рджреГрд╖реНрдЯрд┐рдХреЛрдг рджреЗрдиреЗ рд╡рд╛рд▓реА рд╕реНрдерд┐рддрд┐ред
- Synonyms: advantage, edge, high ground, upper hand.
- Antonyms: disadvantage, drawback, liability, penalty.
- Usage: The observatory deck is a great vantage point for viewing Manhattan.
EMBROIL (verb) : рдЙрд▓рдЭрд╛рдирд╛
- Meaning: to involve in conflict or difficulties
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рд╕рдВрдШрд░реНрд╖ рдпрд╛ рдХрдард┐рдирд╛рдЗрдпреЛрдВ рдореЗрдВ рд╢рд╛рдорд┐рд▓ рд╣реЛрдирд╛
- Synonyms: enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle. Antonyms: emancipate, liberate, acclimate, relieve.
- Example: The politicianтАЩs racist comments embroiled him in a great deal of controversy.
Quagmire: (noun) рдирд╛рдЬрд╝реБрдХ рд╣рд╛рд▓рдд
- Meaning: a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдПрдХ рдХрдард┐рди, рдХрдард┐рди, рдпрд╛ рд╢рд░реНрдордирд╛рдХ рд╕реНрдерд┐рддрд┐, рдЬрд┐рд╕рдореЗрдВ рд╕реЗ рдХреЛрдИ рдЖрд╕рд╛рди рдмрдЪ рдирд╣реАрдВ рд╣реИ
- Synonyms: bind,corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jam, mire, pickle, predicament, spot
- Antonyms: advantage, solution, agreement, contentment
- Usage: HeтАЩs caught in a quagmire of debt.
Subtler: (adjective) рдЬрдЯрд┐рд▓
- Meaning: clever at attaining oneтАЩs ends by indirect and often deceptive means
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдЕрдкреНрд░рддреНрдпрдХреНрд╖ рдФрд░ рдЕрдХреНрд╕рд░ рднреНрд░рд╛рдордХ рд╕рд╛рдзрдиреЛрдВ рджреНрд╡рд╛рд░рд╛ рдПрдХ рдХреЗ рд╕рд┐рд░реЛрдВ рдХреЛ рдкреНрд░рд╛рдкреНрдд рдХрд░рдиреЗ рдореЗрдВ рдЪрддреБрд░
- Synonyms: artful, beguiling, cagey, crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, tricky, wily
- Antonyms: artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent
- Usage: There have been many subtler, more original and more systematic thinkers about the conditions of the social union.
Proffer: (verb) рдирд┐рд╡реЗрджрди рдХрд░рдирд╛
- Meaning: to put before another for acceptance or consideration
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рд╕реНрд╡реАрдХреГрддрд┐ рдпрд╛ рд╡рд┐рдЪрд╛рд░ рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП рджреВрд╕рд░реЗ рдХреЗ рд╕рд╛рдордиреЗ рд░рдЦрдирд╛
- Synonyms: extend, offer, tender, propose, give in, submit.
- Antonyms: decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, reject.
- Usage: It is the ultimate manifestation of the marketplace of ideas; the more people who proffer their ideas to the world, the better the outcome will be for us all.
Hoary: (adjective) рд╡рдпреЛрд╡реГрджреНрдз
- Meaning: dating or surviving from the distant past
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рджреВрд░ рдХреЗ рдЕрддреАрдд рд╕реЗ рдбреЗрдЯрд┐рдВрдЧ рдпрд╛ рдЬреАрд╡рд┐рдд рд░рд╣рдирд╛
- Synonyms: age-old, aged, ancient, antediluvian, antique, dateless, hoar, immemorial, old, venerable
- Antonyms: modern, new, recent
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CONCOMITANT (adjective) рд╕рд╣рдЧрд╛рдореА
- Meaning: naturally accompanying or associated.
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рд╕реНрд╡рд╛рднрд╛рд╡рд┐рдХ рд░реВрдк рд╕реЗ рд╕рд╛рде рдпрд╛ рдЬреБрдбрд╝рд╛ рд╣реБрдЖред
- Synonyms: attendant, collateral, linked, accessory, auxiliary.
- Antonyms: unassociated, unconnected, unrelated, indifferent, unbound.
- Usage: That it is apparently devoid of psychical concomitant need not imply that the impressions concerned in it are crude and in elaborate.