The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 16 July 2021
SECLUSION (Noun) तनहाई
- Meaning: the state of being alone, away from other people
- अर्थ: अकेले रहने की अवस्था, अन्य लोगों से दूर
- Synonyms: remoteness, aloneness
- Antonyms: open, public
- Example: In some societies women are kept in seclusion, so that they are hardly ever seen in public.
INVIGORATE ऊर्जावान
- Meaning: to make someone feel fresher, healthier, and more energetic
- अर्थ: किसी को तरोताजा, स्वस्थ और अधिक ऊर्जावान महसूस कराना
- Synonyms: energize, rejuvenate
- Antonyms: bore, dull
- Example: His overarching argument, forcefully and uncompromisingly presented, is original, challenging, invigorating.
MANOEUVRE (noun) कुशलता
- Meaning: a carefully planned or cunning scheme or action.
- अर्थ: सावधानीपूर्वक योजना या चालाक योजना या कार्रवाई।
- Synonyms: stratagem, tactic, gambit, ploy.
- Antonyms: innocence, candor, simplicity, incapacity.
- Example: A reasonable bridge building effort between activists and experts on both sides to try to address the issues through tactical maneuvers might be useful.
STERN (adjective) कठोर
- Meaning: (of a person or their manner) serious and unrelenting, especially in the assertion of authority and exercise of discipline.
- अर्थ: (किसी व्यक्ति या उनके तरीके से) गंभीर और अविश्वसनीय, विशेष रूप से अधिकार और अनुशासन के अभ्यास में।
- Synonyms: grave, sober, austere, frowning.
- Antonyms: benign, gentle, mild, tender.
- Example: All are stern judges and they expect others to be as serious about everything as they are.
PETULANT (adjective) चिड़चिड़ा
- Meaning: easily irritated or annoyed.
- अर्थ: आसानी से चिढ़ या नाराज।
- Synonyms: choleric, grouchy, grumpy, peevish.
- Antonyms: affable, cordial, genial, gregarious.
- Example: When the movie started, the petulant infant would not stop crying because of the loud noise.
STENTORIAN (adjective) बुलंद
- Meaning: (of a person’s voice) loud and powerful.
- अर्थ: (किसी व्यक्ति की आवाज़) ज़ोर से और शक्तिशाली।
- Synonyms: blaring, clamorous, piercing, resounding.
- Antonyms: peaceful, serene, soothing, tranquil.
- Usage: When my father speaks in a stentorian voice, I know I’m in trouble.
Interdict (Noun) पाबंदी
- Meaning: an authoritative prohibition, in particular
- अर्थ: एक आधिकारिक निषेध, विशेष रूप से
- Synonym: prohibition, ban, bar, veto, prescription,
- Antonym: corroborate, support
- Usage: Because I failed most of my classes last term, my parents will probably interdict me from working this semester.
Agony(noun) व्यथा
- Meaning: extreme physical or mental suffering.
- अर्थ: अत्यधिक शारीरिक या मानसिक पीड़ा
- Synonym: pain, hurt, suffering
- Antonym: Heaven, paradise
- Usage: For the patient, the mere act of blinking was agony.
Quadrupled(verb) चार गुना
- Meaning: increase or be increased fourfold.
- अर्थ: चार गुना बढ़ जाना या बढ़ जाना।
- Synonym: tetrad, quadrivial
- Antonym: unsettled, unready
- Usage: Since 1970 the number of inmates in American prisons has quadrupled.
Gobsmacked(adjective) चकित
- Meaning: utterly astonished; astounded.
- अर्थ: पूरी तरह से चकित; चकित।
- Synonym: astonished, surprised
- Antonym: unsurprised
- Usage: She was gobsmacked when the limo pulled up outside her home in Tattershall, Toothill.
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