The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 6 June 2022
SLACKEN (Verb) : शिथिल करना
- Meaning: make or become slack.
- अर्थ: सुस्त हो जाना या बनाना।
- Synonyms: loosen, relax
- Antonyms: tighten
- Usage: It is now important for the central bank to ensure that the discipline in the system does not slacken.
OBLIVION (Noun) : विस्मरण
- Meaning: the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one.
- अर्थ: एक के आसपास जो कुछ हो रहा है उससे अनजान या बेहोश होने की अवस्था।
- Synonyms: unconsciousness, insensibility, stupor, stupefaction
- Antonyms: consciousness, awareness
- Usage: The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 is complicated. This could perhaps not be avoided, given that what was being attempted was a new and bold experiment to pull the anti-corruption campaign out of oblivion.
MODICUM (Noun): भोजन की थोड़ी मात्रा
- Meaning: a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something desirable or valuable.
- अर्थ: किसी विशेष चीज की थोड़ी मात्रा, विशेष रूप से वांछनीय या मूल्यवान।
- Synonyms: particle, degree, speck, fragment, scrap, ounce
- Antonyms: lot, whole
- Usage: his statement had a modicum of truth
ASPERSION (Noun) : कलंक
- Meaning: an attack on the reputation or integrity of someone or something.
- अर्थ: किसी या किसी चीज़ की प्रतिष्ठा या अखंडता पर हमला।
- Synonyms: denigration, defamation
- Antonyms: adulation, commendation
- Usage: Casting aspersions on the neutrality of the highest judicial authority in the country is unacceptable unless one can prove with reasonable material that he acted in a biased manner in choosing the first Lokpal.
PRECARIOUS(Adjective) : खतरनाक
- Meaning: in a dangerous state because of not being safe or not being held in place firmly
- अर्थ: सुरक्षित रूप से नहीं रहने या दृढ़ता से आयोजित नहीं होने के कारण एक खतरनाक स्थिति में
- Synonyms: dangerous, delicate
- Antonyms: healthy, guarded
- Usage: The lorry was lodged in a very precarious way, with its front wheels hanging over the cliff.
INFLOW(Noun) : चढ़ाई
- Meaning: the movement of money or assets into a business, an economy, an industry, etc.
- अर्थ: किसी व्यवसाय, अर्थव्यवस्था, उद्योग आदि में धन या संपत्ति की आवाजाही।
- Synonyms: incursion, inpouring
- Antonyms: retreat, outflow
- Usage: The booming economy has attracted an inflow of funds from both domestic and foreign investors.
PECULIAR(Adjective) : अजीब
- Meaning: unusual and strange, sometimes in an unpleasant way
- अर्थ: असामान्य और अजीब, कभी-कभी अप्रिय तरीके से
- Synonyms: distinct, different
- Antonyms: ordinary, vague
- Usage: The copy editor will check type size and technical details to see if anything looks peculiar.
DENIZEN (noun) : निवासी
- Meaning: a person, animal, or plant that lives or is found in a particular place.
- अर्थ: एक व्यक्ति, जानवर, या पौधे जो रहते हैं या किसी विशेष स्थान पर पाए जाते हैं।
- Synonyms: inhabitant, occupant, resident, tenant.
- Antonyms: visitor, emigrant, evacuee, expatriate.
- Usage: The author of Atlanta’s latest guidebook is a longtime denizen of the city who knows all the best places to visit.
SPLURGE (verb) : शेख़ी
- Meaning: to spend extravagantly or ostentatiously.
- अर्थ: फालतू या आडंबरपूर्वक खर्च करना।
- Synonyms: squander, fling, dissipate, disburse.
- Antonyms: accumulate, hoard, conserve, preserve.
- Usage: I feel like splurging on a new dress.
