The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 24 January 2022
REMINISCE (Verb) : याद ताजा करना
- Meaning: indulge in enjoyable recollection of past events.
- अर्थ: अतीत की घटनाओं के सुखद स्मरण में लिप्त होना।
- Synonyms: recall, remind
- Antonyms: disregard, ignore
- Usage:As soon as the veterans get together, they reminisce about their service days.
Intimidate(verb) : धमकाना
- Meaning: frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.
- अर्थ: भयभीत करना या ओवरवेट करना (कोई), विशेष रूप से उन्हें ऐसा करने के लिए जो कोई चाहता है।
- Synonyms: dishearten, dismay, terrify
- Antonyms: please, praise
- Usage: Her boss intimidates her
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Doomsday(noun) : कयामत का दिन
- Meaning: the last day of the world’s existence.
- अर्थ: दुनिया के अस्तित्व का आखिरी दिन।
- Synonym: destiny, fate
- Antonym: time off
Beckons(verb) : इशारा करना
- Meaning: appear attractive or inviting.
- अर्थ: आकर्षक दिखना या आमंत्रित करना।
- Synonym: entice, invite
- Antonym: repel, turn off
HECKLE(verb) : सवालों से बात काटना
- Meaning: to interrupt a speaker with insulting or rude comments
- अर्थ: अपमानजनक या असभ्य टिप्पणियों के साथ एक वक्ता को बाधित करने के लिए
- Synonyms: bully, ridicule
- Antonyms: please, praise
- Usage: The crowd began to boo and heckle the comedian as he bombed his comedy set.
BACKSTOP (noun) : एक आपातकालीन एहतियात
- Meaning: an emergency precaution or last resort.
- अर्थ: एक आपातकालीन एहतियात या अंतिम उपाय।
- Synonyms: safeguard, preventive measure, insurance.
- Antonyms: constraint, limitation, restriction, sanction.
- Usage: They want the Democrats to act as a backstop for this wild nonsense.
MILEAGE (noun) : किसी स्थिति में लाभ होना
- Meaning: actual or potential benefit or use to be derived from a situation or event.
- अर्थ: किसी स्थिति या घटना से प्राप्त होने वाला वास्तविक या संभावित लाभ या उपयोग।
- Synonyms: advantage, utility, gain, profit.
- Antonyms: inappropriateness, uselessness, worthlessness, loss.
- Usage: There may indeed be mileage in developing the church hall as a community.
CARCASS (noun) : शव, मृत शरीर
- Meaning: the dead body of an animal.
- अर्थ: एक जानवर का मृत शरीर।
- Synonyms: corpse, cadaver, remains, relics.
- Antonyms: revival, alive, essence, resurrection.
- Usage: There were a couple of dead animal carcasses on the ground as well.
HEDGE (Verb) : बचाव
- Meaning: limit or qualify (something) by conditions or exceptions.
- अर्थ: शर्तों या अपवादों द्वारा सीमा (योग्यता) (कुछ)।
- Synonyms: confine, restrict, limit, hinder, obstruct,
- Example: She was hedged in by her imperfect education
SUPINE (adjective) : लापरवाह
- Meaning: failing to act or protest as a result of moral weakness or indolence.
- अर्थ: नैतिक कमजोरी या अकर्मण्यता के परिणामस्वरूप कार्य करने या विरोध करने में विफल।
- Synonyms: spineless, pliant, submissive, inactive.
- Antonyms: proactive, fecund, vivacious, tenacious.
- Usage: My brother-in-law is a lazy fellow who will sleep with his head up in a supine position all day long.
