The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 29 June 2022
ARRANT (adjective) : कुख्यात
- Meaning: used to say how bad something is.
- अर्थ: कहना कि कुछ कितना बुरा है।
- Synonyms: utter, absolute, complete, thorough.
- Antonyms: dubious, questionable, restricted, uncertain.
- Example : Because of her arrant devotion to her family, she volunteered to go to the labor camp with them.
PROTAGONISTS(noun) : मुख्य पात्र
- Meaning: the leading character or one of the major characters in a play, film, novel, etc.
- अर्थ: किसी नाटक, फिल्म, उपन्यास आदि में प्रमुख चरित्र या प्रमुख पात्रों में से एक।
- Synonym: supporter, upholder
- Antonym: opponent
- Example: For the next nine years he was the protagonist of Reform.
RELEGATE (Verb) : निर्वासित कर देना
- Meaning: assign an inferior rank or position to.
- अर्थ: हीन पद या पद को सौंपना।
- Synonyms: downgrade, banish, exile, degrade
- Antonyms: upgrade, promote
- Example : If you don’t want your boss to relegate you to the status of unemployed, you’d better watch what you say on social media.
PURITANICAL (adjective): सख़्त
- Meaning: having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence.
- अर्थ: स्व-भोग के प्रति बहुत सख्त या असंवेदनशील नैतिक रवैया रखना या प्रदर्शित करना।
- Synonyms: prudish, puritan, prim, priggish.
- Antonyms: lecherous, indulgent, indecent, debauched.
- Example : It just shows that those endless puritanical bromides about the perils of fixating on individual designers are wasted breath.
Protege (Noun) : आश्रित
- Meaning: A person who is guided and supported by an older and more experienced or influential person.
- अर्थ: एक व्यक्ति जो एक बड़े और अधिक अनुभवी या प्रभावशाली व्यक्ति द्वारा निर्देशित और समर्थित है।
- Synonyms: Pupil, student, trainee.
- Antonyms: Guardian, adult
- Example: Ram submitted his protege name to the elections.
CYNICAL : मानवद्वेषी
- Meaning: doubtful as to whether something will happen or whether it is worthwhile.
- अर्थ: संदेह के रूप में कि क्या कुछ होगा या क्या यह सार्थक है।
- Synonyms: sceptical, doubtful, distrustful, suspicious
- Antonyms: optimistic, credulous
- Example: She may be cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her.
Divulge(Verb) : रहस्य खोलना
- Meaning: Make known something, such as a confidence or secret.
- अर्थ: किसी चीज को ज्ञात करना, जैसे कि आत्मविश्वास या रहस्य।
- Synonym: promulgate, declare
- Antonym: conceal
- Usage: She does not want to divulge any information regarding the nature of her speech in order to keep the curiosity alive.
Disorientation(Noun) : भटकाव
- Meaning: the condition of having lost one’s sense of direction.
- अर्थ: किसी की दिशा खो जाने की स्थिति
- Synonym: addle, baffle
- Antonym: reassure, satisfy
- Sentence: A vague feeling of disorientation or strangeness relative to the immediate environment.
Banter (noun) : मज़ाक
- Meaning: the playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks.
- अर्थ: चिढ़ाने वाली टिप्पणियों का चंचल और मैत्रीपूर्ण आदान-प्रदान।
- Synonym: wisecracks, crosstalk, wordplay, ribbing.
- Antonym: flattery, praise, work
- Sentence: If the banter between the award presenters is not exciting, no one will watch the show.
NEUROSIS (NOUN) : विक्षिप्त
- Meaning: mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality
- अर्थ: मानसिक और भावनात्मक विकार जो व्यक्तित्व के केवल हिस्से को प्रभावित करता है
- Synonyms: aberration, dementia,hallucinosis, hypomania, paranoia
- Antonyms: lucidity, rationality, rationalness, reasonability
- Sentence: These are givers whose philanthropy has been absent neurosis and aggression
