The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 13 February 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
Preponderance (NOUN) : प्रधानता
- Meaning: the quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.
- अर्थ: संख्या, मात्रा, या महत्व में अधिक होने का गुण या तथ्य।
- Synonym: prevalence, predominance, dominance
- Antonym: couple, few, handful, smattering, sprinkling
- Usage: the preponderance of medical tests identifies your medical condition as terminal cancer.
SKULK (verb) : छिपना
- Meaning: to move about in a sly or secret manner.
- अर्थ: धूर्त या गुप्त तरीके से आगे बढ़ना।
- Synonyms: lurk, shirk, sneak, crawl.
- Antonyms: hustle, hurry, run, race.
- Usage: When the criminal surveyed the jewelry store, he tried to skulk around the neighborhood without being noticed.
DISTRATE (adjective) : असावधान
- Meaning: distracted or absent-minded.
- अर्थ: विचलित या अनुपस्थित-चित्त।
- Synonyms: forgetful, inattentive, oblivious, heedless.
- Antonyms: alert, attentive, focused, unperturbed.
- Usage: He grew more and more distrait as hours passed without confirmation that there were survivors of the plane crash
Diminution (NOUN) : कमी
- Meaning: a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.
- अर्थ: किसी चीज के आकार, सीमा या महत्व में कमी।
- Synonyms: curtailment, curtailing, cutting back, cut back, cut, attenuation, reduction, lessening,
- Antonym: accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, supplement
- Usage: Led by P.V. Narasimha Rao, it steered the country away from a diminution of its political stature that was assured were it to renege on them.
Vacillate(verb) : घटना बढ़ना
- Meaning: Waiver between different opinion or actions.
- अर्थ: विभिन्न मतों या कार्यों के बीच में छूट।
- Synonym: temporize, hesitate, oscillate
- Antonym: resolute
- Usage: You might vacillate between ordering pizza and burger as both are testy.
MEEK(Adjective) : नम्र
- Meaning: quiet and unwilling to disagree or fight or to strongly support personal ideas and opinions
- अर्थ: व्यक्तिगत विचारों और विचारों का दृढ़ता से समर्थन करने या लड़ने के लिए शांत और अनिच्छुक
- Synonyms: submissive, passive
- Antonyms: bold, brave
- Usage:The poor do not gain heaven, and the meek inherit the least of the earth.
Piquant (Adjective) : सरस
- Meaning: having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavour., pleasantly stimulating or exciting to the mind.
- अर्थ: एक सुखद तेज स्वाद या स्वादिष्ट स्वाद, मन को सुखद या उत्तेजक।
- Synonym: poignant, intriguing, stimulating, interesting, fascinating, zesty
- Antonym: bland, insipid, dull, zestless, insipid
- Usage:- Gobblezz restaurant have a secret piquant sauce that makes the dish scrumptious.
INVIGORATE(Verb) : उत्तेजित करना
- Meaning: to give new energy or strength to someone or something
- अर्थ: किसी को या किसी चीज को नई ऊर्जा या शक्ति देना
- Synonyms: boost, stimulate
- Antonyms: discourage, dissuade
- Usage: They argued that a cut in the tax rate would invigorate the economy.
HYSTERIA (Noun) : हमला
- Meaning: exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement.
- अर्थ: अतिरंजित या बेकाबू भावना या उत्तेजना।
- Synonyms: frenzy, wildness, attack
- Antonyms: calmness, self-possession
- Usage: The hostages were in a state of hysteria when they were rescued by the police.
MEED(Noun) : पारितोषिक
- Meaning: a much deserved reward or honor
- अर्थ: एक बहुत ही योग्य इनाम या सम्मान
- Synonyms: atonement, compensation
- Antonyms: disregard, penalty
- Usage: The handyman is owed a meed for his work on the home but is yet to be paid.
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