The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 12 April 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
EMANCIPATE : स्वतंत्र करना
Meaning:to give people social or political freedom and rights
अर्थ: लोगों को सामाजिक या राजनीतिक स्वतंत्रता और अधिकार देना
Synonyms:liberate, loosen
Antonyms:detain, hold
Example:It neither made him to be human to his slaves, nor to emancipate them.
SEMINAL (adjective) : लाभदायक
Meaning: Strongly influencing later developments.
अर्थ: बाद के घटनाक्रमों को दृढ़ता से प्रभावित करना।
Synonyms: Influential, Formative, Important, Primary.
Antonyms: Dull, Inessential, Minor, Unsubstantial.
Usage: Faraday’s law are seminal in the field of chemistry.
EPONYMOUS (adjective) : नामस्रोत
Meaning: of, relating to, or being the person or thing for whom or which something is named.
अर्थ: जिस व्यक्ति या किसी चीज़ का नाम रखा गया है, उसके लिए व्यक्ति या चीज़ से संबंधित है, या है।
Synonyms: namesake, cognominal, homonymous, swashbuckling.
Antonyms: anonymous, pseudo, unidentified, undisclosed.
Usage: By a curious coincidence all the names of eponymous heroes chanced to remind people of beasts.
DIMINUTION (Noun) : अवनति
Meaning: a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.
अर्थ: किसी चीज के आकार, सीमा या महत्व में कमी।
Synonyms: curtailment, contraction, constriction, restriction, limitation
Antonyms: increase, expansion, growth
Example: The diminution of food court monitors has resulted in an increase in food fights at the high school.
Punctilious (Adjective) : समयनिष्ठ (पाबंद)
Meaning: showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour.
अर्थ: विस्तार या सही व्यवहार पर बहुत ध्यान देना।
Synonym: meticulous, conscientious, careful, diligent, attentive,
Antonym: careless, easy-going, slapdash
He was punctilious in providing every amenity for his customers.
Unprecedented (adjective) : अभूतपूर्व
Meaning: never done or known before.
अर्थ: पहले कभी नहीं किया या जाना जाता है।
Synonym: unequaled, unmatched, unrivaled.
Antonym: precedented, familiar, usual.
Usage: The damage caused by the hurricane is unprecedented and has never been experienced before in this country.
GRISLY (Adjective) : क्रूर / डरावना
Meaning: causing horror or disgust.
अर्थ: आतंक या घृणा पैदा करना।
Synonyms: gruesome, ghastly, frightful, horrid,
Antonyms: pleasant, attractive
Usage: Many massacres in history fade while some linger as grisly curiosities.
SPLURGE (verb) : पैसे उड़ाना
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.
SCOFF (Verb) : व्यंग्य
Meaning: speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
अर्थ: किसी से या किसी के बारे में अपमानजनक तरीके से या अपमानजनक तरीके से बात करना।
Synonyms: mock, deride, ridicule
Antonyms: flatter, praise, compliment
Usage: The rude rich boy thought it was fun to scoff at the poor people at his school.
Stirring(adjective) : सरगर्मी, क्रियाशीलता
Meaning: causing excitement or strong emotion; rousing.
अर्थ: उत्तेजना या मजबूत भावना पैदा करना; गर्मजोशी।
Synonym: exciting, thrilling
Antonym: boring, pedestrian
Example: Rhyn looked up, anger stirring again.
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