The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 17 December 2021
Catastrophic (Adjective): आपत्तिजनक
- Meaning: involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering.
- अर्थ: अचानक बड़ी क्षति या पीड़ा को शामिल करना या उत्पन्न करना।
- Synonyms: calamitous, cataclysmic, disastrous, fatal, ruinous, tragic
- Antonyms: calamitous, cataclysmic, disastrous, fatal, ruinous, tragic
- Example: A Latvian farm worker driving in Scotland for the first time killed a Perthshire father in a “catastrophic” collision
Turgid (Adjective): सूजा हुआ
- Meaning: Swollen
- अर्थ: सूजा हुआ
- Synonyms: tumid, inflated, bombastic, tumescent , bloated
- Antonyms: deflated, decreased, diminished, contracted, chapfallen
- Example: The river rolled darkly brown and turgid.
Trepidation (Noun): घबराहट
- Meaning: Nervous uncertainty of feeling.
- अर्थ: घबराहट अनिश्चितता की भावना।
- Synonyms: perturbation, uneasiness, agitation, dismay, anxiety
- Antonyms: calm, equanimity, contentment, assurance, peace
- Example: I approached my office with a great deal of trepidation.
Diminution (NOUN) : कमी
- Meaning: a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.
- अर्थ: किसी चीज के आकार, सीमा या महत्व में कमी।
- Synonyms: curtailment, curtailing, cutting back, cut back, cut, attenuation, reduction, lessening,
- Antonym: accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, supplement
- Example: Led by P.V. Narasimha Rao, it steered the country away from a diminution of its political stature that was assured were it to renege on them.
NONPAREIL (adjective) : अतुल
- Meaning: having no match or equal; unrivalled.
- अर्थ: जिसका कोई मेल या बराबर न हो; बेजोड़।
- Synonyms: incomparable, matchless, unrivalled, inimitable.
- Antonyms: familiar, frequent, normal, ordinary.
- Usage: The champions deserved the title because they were nonpareil all season and won every game.
Mundane (Adjective) : सांसारिक
- Meaning: Found in the ordinary course of events
- अर्थ: घटनाओं के साधारण पाठ्यक्रम में मिला
- Synonyms: dime, stale, sober, humdrum, day-to-day
- Antonyms: unusual, Exciting, extraordinary.
- Usage: The list included many mundane, routine tasks.
Quirk (Noun) : अनियमितता
- Meaning: a strange habit
- अर्थ: एक अजीब आदत
- Synonyms: irregularity, trait
- Antonyms: normality,
- Usage: His biggest quirk is his love for old marbles.
Swarthy (Adjective): साँवला
- Meaning: dark-complexioned
- अर्थ: गहरा
- Synonyms: raven, ebony, dusky, sable, brunet
- Antonyms: blond, luminous, pallid, pasty, bright
- Example: His complexion was swarthy, his hair dark, and his eye bright and piercing
CONDIGN (adjective) : उचित
- Meaning: appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved.
- अर्थ: अपराध या अधर्म के लिए उपयुक्त और योग्य।
- Synonyms: earned, merited, warranted, justified.
- Antonyms: undeserved, undue, unfair, unjust.
- Example: Condign punishment was rare when the criminal was a man of high social standing.
Credulous (Adjective) : भरोसेमंद
- Meaning: having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.
- अर्थ: चीजों पर विश्वास करने के लिए बहुत बड़ी तत्परता होना या दिखाना।
- Synonym: gullible, naive, impressionable, trusting,
- Antonym: worldly, suspicious
- Example: When she was younger, my baby sister was incredibly credulous and fell for all my tricks.
