The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 18 August 2021
STENTORIAN (adjective) : बुलंद
- Meaning: (of a person’s voice) loud and powerful.
- अर्थ: (किसी व्यक्ति की आवाज़) ज़ोर से और शक्तिशाली।
- Synonyms: booming, clangorous, piercing, roaring.
- Antonyms: soothing, muffled, muted, softened.
- Usage: When my father speaks in a stentorian voice, I know I’m in trouble.
PURLOIN (verb) : चुराना
- Meaning: steal (something).
- अर्थ: चोरी (कुछ)।
- Synonyms: loot, pilfer, steal, embezzle.
- Antonyms: bestow, contribute, donate, purchase.
- Usage: Sometimes it’s impossible to not purloin an excerpt from another person’s blog.
CARNAGE(Noun) : नरसंहार
- Meaning: that which is left after an extremely violent event such as a massacre
- अर्थ: वह जो नरसंहार जैसे अत्यंत हिंसक घटना के बाद बचा है
- Synonyms: crime, bloodshed
- Antonyms: peace, non- violence
- Usage: We banned our child from playing his favorite video game because of the violence and carnage it contained.
PROTAGONISTS(noun) : मुख्य पात्र
- Meaning: the leading character or one of the major characters in a play, film, novel, etc.
- अर्थ: किसी नाटक, फिल्म, उपन्यास आदि में प्रमुख चरित्र या प्रमुख पात्रों में से एक।
- Synonym: supporter, upholder
- Antonym: opponent
- Example : For the next nine years he was the protagonist of Reform.
Agony (noun) : व्यथा
- Meaning: extreme physical or mental suffering.
- अर्थ: अत्यधिक शारीरिक या मानसिक पीड़ा।
- Synonym: pain, hurt, suffering
- Antonym: Heaven, paradise
- Usage: The victim’s legs had been crushed under the car and she was in obvious agony
Contrition:(Noun) : पछतावा
- Meaning: the state of feeling sorry for bad behavior: the state of repentance.
- अर्थ: बुरे व्यवहार के लिए खेद महसूस करने की स्थिति: पश्चाताप की स्थिति।
- Synonyms: contriteness, guilt, penitence, regret, remorse, repentance
- Antonyms: impenitence, remorselessness
- Sentence: The defendant pled guilty to the crime and expressed heartfelt contrition for the things he had done.
Plaintive (Adjective) : दर्दनाक
- Meaning: expressing suffering or sadness, sounding sad and mournful.
- अर्थ: दुख या दुख व्यक्त करना, दु: खी और शोकाकुल लगना।
- Synonym: aching, agonized, bitter, mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, lamentable
- Antonym: delighted, exulting, glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant, blithesome, euphoric.
- Sentence: We could hear the plaintive cry of the wounded animal in the woods.
Piquant (Adjective) : सरस
- Meaning: having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour., pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind.
- अर्थ: एक सुखद तेज स्वाद या स्वादिष्ट स्वाद।, मन को सुखद या उत्तेजक।
- Synonym: poignant, intriguing, stimulating, interesting, fascinating, zesty
- Antonym: bland, insipid, dull, zestless, insipid
- Sentence: Gobblezz restaurant has a secret piquant sauce that makes the dish scrumptious.
Scurrilous (Adjective): मिथ्या
- Meaning: Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.
- अर्थ: अपनी प्रतिष्ठा को नुकसान पहुंचाने के इरादे से किसी के बारे में निंदनीय दावे करना या फैलाना।
- Synonym: abusive, vituperative, derogatory, disparaging
- Antonym: clean, decent, moral, deferential, tempered
- Sentence: There were scurrilous attacks on the party leader by the opposition.
ENVIRON (verb) घेरना
- Meaning: surround; enclose.
- अर्थ: चारों ओर; संलग्न करें।
- Synonyms: encircle, envelop, cloak, swathe.
- Antonyms: unbridle, free, open, release.
- Usage: The stone circle was environed by an expanse of peat soil.
