The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 21 April 2022
BAFFLED : विस्मित कर
- Meaning:to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something
- अर्थ: किसी को कुछ समझने या समझाने में पूरी तरह से असमर्थ होने का कारण
- Synonyms:astound, bewilder
- Antonyms:comfort, enlighten
- Example:She was completely baffled by his strange behaviour.
PROMULGATE : घोषणा करना
- Meaning:to announce something publicly, especially a new law
- अर्थ: सार्वजनिक रूप से कुछ की घोषणा करना, विशेष रूप से एक नया कानून
- Synonyms:declare, notify
- Antonyms:gather, collect
- Example:The new law was finally promulgated in the autumn of last year.
DAZZLING : चमकदार
- Meaning: extremely attractive or exciting
- अर्थ: अत्यंत आकर्षक या रोमांचक
- Synonyms:great, bright
- Antonyms:dull, plain
- Example:Hikers traveled to the dazzling waterfall with the water cascading down several rocks creating a rainbow.
SUBLIME : उदात्त
- Meaning:extremely good, beautiful, or enjoyable
- अर्थ:अत्यंत अच्छा, सुंदर, या आनंददायक
- Synonyms:divine, exalted
- Antonyms:bad, inferior
- Example:A great deal of literature is only the obvious transformed into the sublime.
RESILIENT : लचीला
- Meaning:able to quickly return to its usual shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed
- अर्थ: मुड़े हुए, खिंचे हुए या दबाए जाने के बाद जल्दी से अपने सामान्य आकार में लौटने में सक्षम
- Synonyms:strong, tough
- Antonyms:delicate, weak
- Example:This rubber ball is very resilient and immediately springs back into shape.
Overturn: नष्ट करना
- Meaning: abolish, invalidate, or reverse (a previous system, decision, situation, etc.) [Verb]
- अर्थ: निरस्त, अमान्य या उल्टा (एक पूर्व प्रणाली, निर्णय, स्थिति, आदि)
- Synonyms: overthrow, upset, reverse
- Antonyms: build, allow, permit
- Usage in a Sentence: He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.
Laxity (noun) : ढील
- Meaning: lack of strictness or care
- अर्थ: सख्ती या देखभाल की कमी
- Synonyms: slackness, laxity, lassitude, slack, laxness, lethargy
- Antonyms: attend to, mind, carefulness, keep track, pay up
- Meaning: Laxity in the observance of this rule will result disastrously.
Demolish (verb) : ध्वस्त
- Meaning: to easily defeat someone
- अर्थ: किसी को आसानी से हराना
- Synonyms: annihilate, bulldoze, crush, decimate
- Antonyms: build, construct, create
- Example: He harangued the Indians, and exhorted them to demolish the fort.
Saffron (noun) : केसर
- Meaning: an orange-yellow flavoring, food colouring, and dye made from the dried stigmas of a crocus.
- अर्थ: एक नारंगी पीले स्वाद, भोजन में डाला जाने वाला रंग।
- Synonyms: amber, bisque, blond, buff
- Antonyms: achromatic, healthy, unsensational
- Example: The yellow seeds of lilies will answer nearly the saffron’s purpose.
Credibility (noun) : विश्वसनीयता
- Meaning: the quality of being trusted and believed in.
- अर्थ: भरोसेमंद होने और विश्वास करने की गुणवत्ता।
- Synonyms: chance, integrity, prospect, reliability
- Antonyms: unlikelihood, implausibility, improbability
- Example: The art and practice of selling one’s credibility for future delivery.
