The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 7 March 2022
STASH (Verb) : рдЫрд┐рдкрд╛рдиреЗ рдХреА рдЬрдЧрд╣
- Meaning: store (something) safely in a hidden or secret place.
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдПрдХ рдЫрд┐рдкреА рдпрд╛ рдЧреБрдкреНрдд рдЬрдЧрд╣ рдореЗрдВ рд╕реБрд░рдХреНрд╖рд┐рдд рд░реВрдк рд╕реЗ (рдХреБрдЫ) рд╕реНрдЯреЛрд░ рдХрд░реЗрдВред
- Synonyms: bury, conceal, disguise, smuggle
- Antonyms: expose, reveal
- Example: Stash old plastic or paper shopping bags near the rubbish or garbage bin and then you can re-cycle them as bin liners.
SUBTERRANEAN (adjective) : рднреВрдорд┐рдЧрдд
- Meaning:┬аsecret; concealed.
- рдЕрд░реНрде:┬а┬ардЧреБрдкреНрддред
- Synonyms:┬аcovert, subversive, sunken, private.
- Antonyms:┬аaboveground, surface, open, palpable.
- Example:┬аThe robbers are digging a subterranean path that will allow them to enter the bank from underneath the vaultтАЩs floor.
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Knackered(Adjective) : рдердХрд╛ рд╣реБрдЖ
- Meaning: Feeling very tires
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдмрд╣реБрдд рдердХрд╛рди рдорд╣рд╕реВрд╕ рдХрд░рдирд╛
- Synonym: worn out, weary
- Antonym: Working and fixed
- Usage: Reema is feeling knackered after working all day long in the seminar.
INIMICAL (Adjective) : рд╡рд┐рд░реЛрдзреА
- Meaning: unfriendly; hostile.
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдЕрдорд┐рддреНрд░; рд╢рддреНрд░реБрддрд╛рдкреВрд░реНрдгред
- Synonyms: hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic, ill-disposed, unkind
- Antonyms: friendly, warm
- Example: It may have become inimical to our happiness.
Agony(noun) рд╡реНрдпрдерд╛
- Meaning: extreme physical or mental suffering.
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдЕрддреНрдпрдзрд┐рдХ рд╢рд╛рд░реАрд░рд┐рдХ рдпрд╛ рдорд╛рдирд╕рд┐рдХ рдкреАрдбрд╝рд╛
- Synonym: pain, hurt, suffering
- Antonym: Heaven, paradise
- Usage: For the patient, the mere act of blinking was agony.
Gob┬нsmacked(adjective) рдЪрдХрд┐рдд
- Meaning: utterly astonished; astounded.
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдкреВрд░реА рддрд░рд╣ рд╕реЗ рдЪрдХрд┐рдд; рдЪрдХрд┐рддред
- Synonym: astonished, surprised
- Antonym: unsurprised
- Usage: She was gobsmacked when the limo pulled up outside her home in Tattershall, Toothill.
Bespeak(Verb) : рдкреНрд░рдХрдЯ рдХрд░рдирд╛
- Meaning: Indicate or be a sign of
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рд╕рдВрдХреЗрдд рдХрд░рдирд╛ рдпрд╛ рд╕рдВрдХреЗрдд рд╣реЛрдирд╛
- Synonym: show, manifest
- Antonym: belie
- Usage: Bad language bespeaks ignorance and rudeness.
Afflict(Verb) : рдкреАрдбрд╝рд╛ рджреЗрдирд╛
- Meaning: Cause pain or suffering
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдкреАрдбрд╝рд╛ рдпрд╛ рдкреАрдбрд╝рд╛ рдХрд╛ рдХрд╛рд░рдг
- Synonym: distress, grieve
- Antonym: please, relieve
- Usage: This will remove the problems afflicting society, specially those affecting the working class majority.
Divulge(Verb) : рдкреНрд░рдХрд╛рд╢рд┐рдд рдХрд░рдирд╛
- Meaning: Make known something, such as a confidence or secret.
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдЪреАрдЬ рдХреЛ рдЬреНрдЮрд╛рдд рдХрд░рдирд╛, рдЬреИрд╕реЗ рдХрд┐ рдЖрддреНрдорд╡рд┐рд╢реНрд╡рд╛рд╕ рдпрд╛ рд░рд╣рд╕реНрдпред
- 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.
INTRANSIGENCE (Noun) : рдХрдЯреНрдЯрд░рддрд╛
- Meaning: refusal to change oneтАЩs views or to agree about something.
- рдЕрд░реНрде: рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдХреЗ рд╡рд┐рдЪрд╛рд░реЛрдВ рдХреЛ рдмрджрд▓рдиреЗ рдпрд╛ рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдЪреАрдЬрд╝ рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рд░реЗ рдореЗрдВ рд╕рд╣рдордд рд╣реЛрдиреЗ рд╕реЗ рдЗрдирдХрд╛рд░ рдХрд░рдирд╛ред
- Synonyms: inflexibility, stubbornness, obstinacy
- Usage: I canтАЩt understand RachelтАЩs intransigence, considering that we have undeniable proof that her idea is incorrect.