The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 21 December 2021
REMINISCENT (Adjective) : याद ताजा
- Meaning: tending to remind one of something.
- अर्थ: किसी चीज की याद दिलाने के लिए प्रवृत्त होना।
- Synonyms: evocative, suggestive
- Antonyms: unreminiscent
- Example: This painting is strongly reminiscent of da Vinci’s “Annunciation”.
SUBJUGATE (Verb) : अधीन करना
- Meaning: bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.
- अर्थ: विशेष रूप से विजय द्वारा वर्चस्व या नियंत्रण में लाना।
- Synonyms: conquer, vanquish, defeat, crush
- Antonyms: liberate
- Example: Is your goal to take away our freedom and subjugate us by military force?
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.
VITIATE (Verb) : भ्रष्ट करना
- Meaning: spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.
- अर्थ: की गुणवत्ता या दक्षता को खराब या ख़राब करना।
- Synonyms: blemish, cripple, deface
- Antonyms: fix, mend, reconstruct
- Example: Because of the obnoxious behavior of the defendant, the judge instructed the jury not to allow their personal feelings vitiate their objectivity in the case.
VIE (Verb) : प्रतियोगिता
- Meaning: compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something.
- अर्थ: किसी चीज़ को करने या हासिल करने के लिए किसी के साथ उत्सुकता से प्रतिस्पर्धा करना।
- Synonyms: compete, contest, contend
- Example: In the championship game, the two teams will vie for the national title.
XIGENT (Adjective) : जरूरी, अत्यावश्यक
- Meaning: pressing; demanding.
- अर्थ : अत्यावश्यक, माँग करना
- Synonyms: urgent, crucial
- Antonyms: unpressured, facile
- Example: I try not to be exigent with my students, but as a teacher I have to press them to get their work done.
EULOGIZE(Verb): स्तुति करना
- Meaning: to praise someone or something in a speech or piece of writing
- अर्थ : भाषण या लेखन के किसी अंश में किसी की प्रशंसा करना
- Synonyms: applaud, commend
- Antonyms: blame, criticize
- Example: Critics everywhere have eulogized her new novel.
DIMINUTION (Noun) : अवनति
- Meaning: a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.
- अर्थ: किसी चीज के आकार, सीमा या महत्व में कमी।
- Synonyms: curtailment, contraction, constriction, restriction, limitation
- Antonyms: increase, expansion, growth
- Sentence: The diminution of cafeteria monitors has resulted in an increase in food fights at the high school.
RELENT (verb) : नरम पड़ना
- Meaning: to cease resistance (as to another’s arguments, demands, or control).
- अर्थ: प्रतिरोध को रोकना (दूसरे के तर्क, मांग या नियंत्रण के अनुसार)।
- Synonyms: concede, give in, submit, succumb.
- Antonyms: combat, confront, counter, defy.
- Sentence: Because my mother is very angry, she won’t relent on my severe punishment.
Insouciant(Adjective) : चिंतामुक्त
- Meaning: showing a casual lack of concern
- अर्थ: चिंता का एक आकस्मिक अभाव दिखाना
- Synonym: nonchalant, untroubled, unworried,
- Antonym: anxious, concerned
- Example: His insouciant handling of the oil spill in the Gulf is under fire from all sides.
