The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 28 June 2022
BODE(Verb) : पूर्वाभास
- Meaning: to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs
- अर्थ: संकेत द्वारा (कुछ, जैसे भविष्य की घटना) संकेत करना
- Synonyms: augur, forebode
- Antonyms: ignorance, thoughtlessness
- Example: Poor sales do not bode favorably for the success of the new store.
USURIOUS (adjective) : अति ब्याज
- Meaning: rate of interest that is unfairly high.
- अर्थ: ब्याज की दर जो गलत तरीके से उच्च है।
- Synonyms: avaricious, acquisitive, rapacious, covetous.
- Antonyms: affordable, moderate, generous, undulating.
- Example: Can you lend to the poor without charging usurious interest?
CONDIGN (adjective) : उचित
- Meaning: appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved.
- अर्थ: किसी अपराध या अधर्म के लिए उपयुक्त या उचित होना।
- Synonyms: earned, merited, warranted, justified.
- Antonyms: undeserved, undue, unfair, unjust.
- Example: Condign punishment was rare when the criminal was a man of high social standing.
LULL (Verb) : शांति काल
- Meaning: make (someone) feel deceptively secure or confident.
- अर्थ: (किसी को) भ्रामक रूप से सुरक्षित या आश्वस्त महसूस करना।
- Synonyms: assuage, allay, ease, alleviate
- Antonyms: aggravate
- Example: Rocking two and fro, the hammock was just what was needed to lull the exhausted man.
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.
SPORADICALLY(Adverb) शायद ही कभी (क्रिया विशेषण)
- Meaning: Not regularly or constantly
- अर्थ: अनियमित
- Synonym: Rarely, seldom
- Antonym: Frequently, usually
- Usage: They’d Kept in touch over the years, sporadically trading greeting cards and pictures of the kids.
ATTUNE(Verb)अनुकूल बनाना (क्रिया)
- Meaning: Bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship
- अर्थ: समझौते, सद्भाव, या सहानुभूति संबंध में लाना
- Synonym: adapt, acclimatize
- Antonym: disharmonize
- Usage: A new parent has to attune to a baby’s schedule and personality.