The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 1 April 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
QUITTANCE(Noun) : हरजाना
- Meaning: Discharge from a debt or an obligation.
- अर्थ: ऋण या दायित्व से मुक्ति।
- Synonym: payment, requital
- Antonym: captivity, corner
- Usage: Lane smiled almost affably as he tossed the quittance upon the table.
HYPERBOLIC(Adjective) : अतिशयोक्तिपूर्ण
- Meaning: Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; of or relating to a hyperbola.
- अर्थ: सत्य या तर्क से परे बढ़े हुए; या एक हाइपरबोला से संबंधित है।
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- Synonym: exaggerated, hyperbola
- Antonym: reduced, knockdown
- Usage: I was writing in a hyperbolic reverie while closing myself off from at least half of his excellence.
OPEROSE(Adjective) : श्रमसाध्य
- Meaning: Characterized by an effort to the point of exhaustion.
- अर्थ: थकावट के बिंदु पर एक प्रयास द्वारा विशेषता।
- Synonym: laborious, hard
- Antonym: absorbing, engaging
- Usage: An operose and expensive establishment of a supreme court was made, and charged upon the revenues of the country.
Insouciant : बेपरवाह
- Meaning: showing a casual lack of concern
- अर्थ: चिंता का एक आकस्मिक अभाव दिखा
- Synonym: nonchalant, untroubled, unworried,
- Antonym: anxious, concerned
- Sentence: His insouciant handling of the oil spill in the Gulf is under fire from all sides.
SUPPURATE(Verb) : पकना
- Meaning: Cause to ripen and discharge pus.
- अर्थ: मवाद का पकना और निकलना।
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- Synonym: fester, decay
- Antonym: invest, enlist
- Usage: If that scrape on your hand starts to suppurate, you might want to go to the doctor.
GLOAT (Verb) : आनंदित होना
- Meaning: dwell on one’s own success or another’s misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.
- अर्थ: एक की सफलता या दूसरे के दुर्भाग्य पर स्मॉग या अशिष्टता का भाव।
- Synonyms: exult, rejoice, relish
- Antonyms: commiserate, sympathize
- Usage: If you are the winner of a contest, you should not gloat and make your competitors feel inferior.
LOUSY(adjective) : घटिया
- Meaning: very bad
- अर्थ: बहुत बुरा
- Synonyms: awful, horrible
- Antonyms: good, great Example: The pizza was so incredibly lousy that she wouldn’t even give it to her worst enemy.
INCERTITUDE(noun) : संदेह
- Meaning: Uncertainty; doubt
- अर्थ: अनिश्चितता; शक
- Synonyms: Confused, Suspicious
- Antonyms: Assurance, Belief
- Usage: The incertitude of his position in life caused him to postpone his marriage.
COGNIZANCE(noun) : हस्तक्षेप, संज्ञान
- Meaning: To take notice of and consider something, especially when judging
- अर्थ: किसी चीज पर ध्यान देना और विचार करना, विशेषकर न्याय करते समय
- Synonyms: Awareness, Familiarity
- Antonyms: Unfamiliar, Ignorance
- Usage: The lawyer asked the jury to take cognizance of the defendant’s generosity in giving to charity.
VOLITANT(adjective) : तेजी से उड़ना
- Meaning: flying or moving about rapidly
- अर्थ: तेजी से उड़ना या बढ़ना
- Synonyms: floating, soaring
- Antonyms: slow, grounded
- Usage: Volitant birds have taken over the beach and quickly fly about the area looking for food.
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