The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 17 January 2022
INCAPACITATED (adjective) : अक्षम
- Meaning: deprived of strength or power; debilitated.
- अर्थ: शक्ति या शक्ति से वंचित; दुर्बल।
- Synonyms: crippled, decrepit, enfeebled, frail.
- Antonyms: powerful, strong, sturdy, stout.
- Usage: In states such as Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, “countless children are growing up with parents in jail, incapacitated or underground”.
RELIC (noun) : अवशेष
- Meaning: a trace of some past or outmoded practice, custom, or belief.
- अर्थ: कुछ अतीत या बहिर्मुखी अभ्यास, प्रथा, या विश्वास का एक निशान।
- Synonyms: vestige, antique, artifact, residue.
- Antonyms: modern, recent, latest, neoteric.
- Usage: The piece of pottery was a relic of the past that evoked in me a feeling of nostalgia.
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SHODDY (adjective) : तुच्छ
- Meaning: badly made or done.
- अर्थ: बुरी तरह बनाया या किया हुआ।
- Synonyms: trashy, crude, junky, duff.
- Antonyms: prestigious, reputed, elegant, upright.
- Usage: Because of shoddy accounting practices, our firm is being audited.
PERJURY (Noun) : मिथ्या शपथ
- Meaning: the offence of wilfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath.
- अर्थ: शपथ के तहत जानबूझकर असत्य बताने या गलत बयानी करने का अपराध।
- Synonym: violation of an oath, giving false evidence/testimony, bearing false witness/testimony, forswearing oneself, making false statements, wilful falsehood
- Usage: The mother who lied about her son’s whereabouts will soon face trial for perjury.
HEDGE (Verb) : सीमित, प्रतिबंधित
- Meaning: limit or qualify (something) by conditions or exceptions.
- अर्थ: शर्तों या अपवादों द्वारा सीमा (योग्यता) (कुछ)।
- Synonyms: confine, restrict, limit, hinder, obstruct,
- Usage: She was hedged in by her imperfect education
REPINE (verb) : विलाप करना
- Meaning: feel or express discontent; fret.
- अर्थ: असंतोष महसूस करना या व्यक्त करना; चिंता।
- Synonyms: mope, languish, despondent, lament.
- Antonyms: complacent, fulfilled, rejoice, contented.
- Usage: The soldiers repine for their families when they are stationed overseas.
Quandary (noun) : व्याकुलता
- Meaning: a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation
- अर्थ: कठिन परिस्थिति में क्या करना है, इस पर अनिश्चितता या अनिश्चितता की स्थिति
- Synonyms: dilemma, plight, bewilderment, uncertainty
- Antonyms: enhance, certainty
- Usage: Finds himself in the most awkward quandary situation.
UNFLINCHING (Adjective) : बेहिचक
- Meaning: showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one’s purpose
- अर्थ: किसी के उद्देश्य में ढील का कोई संकेत नहीं दिखना
- Synonym: determined, dogged, grim, implacable, relentless, unappeasable
- Antonym: slackening, softening, yielding
- Usage: He was unflinching in his determination to see that justice was done.
ENFEEBLEMENT (Noun) : दुर्बलीकरण
- Meaning: a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body
- अर्थ: क्रमिक डूबना और मन या शरीर को बर्बाद करना
- Synonym: decaying, declension, decline, degeneration, descent, deterioration
- Antonym: comeback, improvement, rally, recovery, recuperation, rehabilitation
- Usage: Daily exercise can help to halt some of the enfeeblement that comes with advanced years.
FERVOUR (Noun) : जोश
- Meaning: great warmth and earnestness of feeling
- अर्थ: भावना की बड़ी गर्मजोशी और ईमानदारी
- Synonym: ardor, passion, zeal.
- Antonym: impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, insensibleness
- Usage: Surprised by the fervor that her parents’ old love letters contained when she discovered them in the attic.
