The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 21 June 2022
SKULK (verb) : छिपना
- Meaning: to move about in a sly or secret manner.
- अर्थ: धूर्त या गुप्त तरीके से आगे बढ़ना।
- Synonyms: lurk, shirk, sneak, crawl.
- Antonyms: hustle, hurry, run, race.
- Usage: When the criminal surveyed the jewelry store, he tried to skulk around the neighborhood without being noticed.
REGNANT (adjective) : प्रबल होनेवाला
- Meaning: reigning; ruling.
- अर्थ: शासन करना; सत्तारूढ़।
- Synonyms: dominant, prevalent, rife, rampant.
- Antonyms: powerless, ineffectual, inadequate, ineffective.
- Usage: After all, a queen regnant sits on the throne and the monarchy must be feeling pressure from its seemingly more progressive neighbors.
DISTRATE (adjective) : विचलित
- Meaning: distracted or absent-minded.
- अर्थ: विचलित या अनुपस्थित-दिमाग वाला।
- Synonyms: forgetful, inattentive, oblivious, heedless.
- Antonyms: alert, attentive, focused, unperturbed.
- Usage: He grew more and more distrait as hours passed without confirmation that there were survivors of the plane crash
RIPOSTE (noun) : जवाबी प्रहार
- Meaning: a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.
- अर्थ: अपमान या आलोचना का त्वरित, चतुर उत्तर।
- Synonyms: retort, retaliation, repartee, quip.
- Antonyms: request, query, bidding, catechize.
- Usage: A riposte to that argument was provided by Sea Containers, the shipping group headed by James Sherwood.
BENIGNANT (adjective) : दयालु
- Meaning: having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others.
- अर्थ: दूसरों के लिए सहानुभूति और विचार करना या होना।
- Synonyms: beneficent, benevolent, compassionate, softhearted.
- Antonyms: atrocious, barbarous, callous, fiendish.
- Usage: The queen had a benignant reputation and was loved for her caring treatment of others.
DISSEMBLE (verb) : ढोंग करना
- Meaning: conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs.
- अर्थ: किसी की सच्ची भावनाओं या विश्वासों को छिपाना या छिपाना।
- Synonyms: deceive, feign, masquerade, disguise.
- Antonyms: expose, unmask, unveil, exhibit.
- Usage: The con man did his best to dissemble his real motives from the wealthy widow
NONPAREIL (adjective) : अतुल
- Meaning: having no match or equal; unrivalled.
- अर्थ: जिसका कोई मेल या समान 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.
STENTORIAN (adjective) : बुलंद
- Meaning: (of a person’s voice) loud and powerful.
- अर्थ: (किसी व्यक्ति की आवाज का) तेज और शक्तिशाली।
- Synonyms: blaring, clamorous, piercing, resounding.
- Antonyms: peaceful, serene, soothing, tranquil.
- Usage: When my father speaks in a stentorian voice, I know I’m in trouble.
FARRAGO (noun) : गड़बड़झाला
- Meaning: a confused mixture.
- अर्थ: एक भ्रमित मिश्रण।
- Synonyms: mishmash, hodgepodge, clutter, turmoil.
- Antonyms: constituent, ravel, sequence, categorization.
- Usage: The present gun law is a farrago of nonsense as most of it is unenforceable.
LENITY (noun) : उदारता
- Meaning: kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it.
- अर्थ: दयालु, सौम्य, या दयालु व्यवहार विशेष रूप से किसी ऐसे व्यक्ति के प्रति जो इसके योग्य नहीं है।
- Synonyms: charity, clemency, forbearance, leniency.
- Antonyms: ruthlessness, vengeance, vindictiveness, virulence.
- Usage: This savage punishment was approved by the higher officers of the navy, who showed great lenity to men of their own rank.
