The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 8 March 2022
Afflict(Verb) : पीड़ा देना
- Meaning: Cause pain or suffering
- अर्थ: पीड़ा या पीड़ा का कारण
- Synonym: distress, grieve
- Antonym: please, relieve
- Usage: This will remove the problems afflicting society, specially those affecting the working class majority.
AXIOMATIC (Adjective) : सिद्ध
- Meaning: self-evident or unquestionable.
- अर्थ: स्वयं स्पष्ट या निर्विवाद।
- Synonym: Understood, Given, Granted, self-evident
- Antonym: Misunderstood, uncertain
- Usage: The arithmetic principles are axiomatic in nature.
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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 behaviour: 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.
SHUNT (Verb) : अलग धकेलना
- Meaning: to push or shove something
- अर्थ: किसी चीज को धकेलना या हटाना
- Synonyms: avoid, deter
- Antonyms: aid, allow
- Usage: It’s unfortunate that our society tends to shunt older workers to retirement before they are ready.
UNABATED (Adjective): अक्षीण
- Meaning: without any reduction in intensity or strength.
- अर्थ: तीव्रता या शक्ति में कमी के बिना।
- Synonyms: incessant, persistent
- Antonyms: intermittent, relenting
- Usage:They danced all night with unabated energy.
GRANULAR (adjective) : बारीक/ दानेदार
- Meaning: Resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.
- अर्थ: छोटे दाने या कणों से मिलकर या मिलकर।
- Synonyms: powdery, grainy, gritty, sandy.
- Antonyms: soft, fine, smooth, glossy.
- Usage: In the dry state, granular soil particles can be easily separated and identified.
