The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 25 September 2021
WREST (Verb) : हथियाना
Meaning: forcibly pull (something) from a person’s grasp.
अर्थ: किसी व्यक्ति की समझ से जबरन (कुछ) खींचना।
Synonyms: wrench, snatch, seize, grab
Antonyms: give
Usage: Sita felt she had to wrest the weapon from the hostage-taker for the sake of her safety.
BACKSTOP (noun) : सुरक्षा
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.
Contrition:(Noun) : पछतावा
Meaning:- the state of feeling sorry for bad behavior: the state of repentance.
अर्थ: बुरे व्यवहार के लिए खेद महसूस करने की स्थिति: पश्चाताप की स्थिति।
Synonyms: contriteness, guilt, penitence, regret, remorse, repentance
Antonyms:-impenitence, remorselessness
Usage:- The defendant pled guilty to the crime and expressed heartfelt contrition for the things he had done.
Plaintive (Adjective) : दर्दनाक
Meaning: expressing suffering or sadness, sounding sad and mournful.
अर्थ: दुख या दुख व्यक्त करना, दु: खी और शोकाकुल लगना।
Synonym: aching, agonized, bitter, mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, lamentable
Antonym: delighted, exulting, glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant, jocus, blithesome, euphoric.
Usage:- We could hear the plaintive cry of the wounded animal in the woods.
EMANCIPATE : स्वतंत्र करना
Meaning: to give people social or political freedom and rights
अर्थ: लोगों को सामाजिक या राजनीतिक स्वतंत्रता और अधिकार देना
Synonyms: discharge, liberate
Antonyms: confine, restrain
Usage: Produce a bill to emancipate the slaves in the District of Columbia, or, if you prefer it, to emancipate those born hereafter.
Exhort(verb) : समझाना
Meaning: Strongly encourage or urge to do something
अर्थ: कुछ करने के लिए दृढ़ता से प्रोत्साहित करना या आग्रह करना
Synonym: enjoin, adjure,
Antonym: discourage
Usage: Priya tries to Exhort her friend about her career. but she is not ready to listen.
Humdrum(Adjective) : फीका
Meaning: Lacking excitement or variety
अर्थ: उत्साह में कमी या विविधता
Synonym: Dull, boring, monotonous
Antonym: Remarkable, exciting
Usage: No matter how humdrum is your life without a job, once you get it things will go fine.
Connivance(Noun) : देखी-अनदेखी
Meaning: Secretly involved in immoral or illegal activity.
अर्थ: अनैतिक या अवैध गतिविधि में गुप्त रूप से शामिल।
Synonym: Involvement, assistance, conspiracy, intrigue
Antonym: Disapprobation, rejection, dislike
Usage: With the connivance of the government, the Indian army planned a surgical strike.
Interdict (Noun) : पाबंदी
Meaning: an authoritative prohibition, in particular
अर्थ: एक आधिकारिक निषेध, विशेष रूप से
Synonym: prohibition, ban, bar, veto, prescription,
Antonym: corroborate, support
Usage: Because I failed most of my classes last term, my parents will probably interdict me from working this semester.
DISTRATE (adjective) : विचलित
Meaning: distracted or absent-minded.
अर्थ: विचलित या अनुपस्थित-चित्त।
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
