The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 24 July 2021
DAMNING (adjective) : घातक
- Meaning: (of a circumstance or piece of evidence) strongly suggesting guilt or error.
- अर्थ: (किसी परिस्थिति या साक्ष्य के टुकड़े) दृढ़ता से अपराधबोध या त्रुटि का सुझाव देना।
- Synonyms: incriminating, derogatory, catastrophic, destructive.
- Antonyms: auspicious, encouraging, optimistic, propitious.
- Usage: She waved back, wondering how the most damning of them all was also the only who seemed anywhere able to feel sympathy.
TELLTALE (adjective) : साफ दिखाई देने वाले
- Meaning: revealing, indicating, or betraying something.
- अर्थ: किसी बात का खुलासा करना, संकेत देना या विश्वासघात करना।
- Synonyms: denotative, indicative, reflective, signifying.
- Antonyms: cheeseparing, uninformative, unaired, secretive.
- Usage: Her nasty tone was a telltale sign of her irritation, even though she didn’t say anything particularly mean.
SKIRMISH (noun) : झड़प
- Meaning: a brief clash between enemies or rivals.
- अर्थ: दुश्मनों या प्रतिद्वंद्वियों के बीच एक संक्षिप्त टकराव।
- Synonyms: conflict, quarrel, fray, hassle.
- Antonyms: concord, agreement, harmony, truce.
- Usage: Right before the game’s results were announced, the fans got into a skirmish over whose team was the greatest.
VANTAGE (noun) : सहूलियत
- Meaning: a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view.
- अर्थ: एक रणनीतिक लाभ, दृष्टिकोण, या व्यापक दृष्टिकोण देने वाली स्थिति।
- Synonyms: advantage, edge, high ground, upper hand.
- Antonyms: disadvantage, drawback, liability, penalty.
- Usage: The observatory deck is a great vantage point for viewing Manhattan.
EMBROIL (verb) : उलझाना
- Meaning: to involve in conflict or difficulties
- अर्थ: संघर्ष या कठिनाइयों में शामिल होना
- Synonyms: enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle. Antonyms: emancipate, liberate, acclimate, relieve.
- Example: The politician’s racist comments embroiled him in a great deal of controversy.
Titter(verb) : दबी हुई हँसी
- Meaning: Give a short, half-suppressed laugh, giggle
- अर्थ: एक छोटी, दबी हुई हंसी
- Synonym: giggle, snigger
- Antonym: Graon, moan
- Usage: The teen girls tittered at her light-hearted curse.
BUOYED(verb) : बढ़ावा देना
- Meaning: to sustain or encourage (often followed by up)
- अर्थ: बनाए रखने या प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए
- Synonyms: bolster, boost
- Antonyms: depress, deplete
- Usage: Her courage was buoyed by the doctor’s assurances.
HARK (verb) : सुनना
- Meaning: to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
- अर्थ: विशेष रूप से सुनवाई के माध्यम से ध्यान देना
- Synonym: attend, harken, hear, hearken, heed, listen, mind
- Antonym: ignore, tune out
- Usage: Upon hearing the offending ringing, the teacher sarcastically cried, “Hark! Could that possibly be a cell phone?”
FARRAGO (noun) : गड़बड़झाला
- Meaning: a confused mixture.
- अर्थ: एक उलझन भरा 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.
Premonition (NOUN) : पूर्व-सूचना
- Meaning: a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant.
- अर्थ: एक मजबूत भावना जो कुछ होने वाली है, विशेष रूप से कुछ अप्रिय।
- Synonym: foreboding, presage, presentiment, prognostication, insight, intuition
- Usage: He had a premonition of imminent disaster.
