The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 13 October 2020 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
. UNFLINCHING (Adjective) : बेहिचक
- Meaning: showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one’s purpose
- अर्थ: किसी के उद्देश्य में ढील या पैदावार का कोई संकेत नहीं दिखा
- Synonym: determined, dogged, grim, implacable, relentless, unappeasable
- Antonym: slackening, softening, yielding
- Usage: He was unflinching in his determination to see that justice was done.
2. HARK (verb) : सुनना
- Meaning: to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
- अर्थ: विशेष रूप से सुनवाई के माध्यम से ध्यान देना
- Synonym: attend, harken, hear, hearken, heed, listen, mind
- Antonym: ignore, tune out
- Usage: Upon hearing the offending ringing, the teacher sarcastically cried, “Hark! Could that possibly be a cell phone?”
3. NIMBLY (Adjective) : तीव्रता से अदल
- Meaning: having or showing quickness of mind
- अर्थ: मन का तेज होना या दिखना
- Synonym: alert, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever
- Antonym: dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull,
- Usage: Her nimble fingers make knitting look so easy
4. ENFEEBLEMENT (Noun) : दुर्बलीकरण
- Meaning: a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body
- अर्थ: प्राण, शक्ति, या आत्मा देने के लिए: एक क्रमिक डूब और मन या शरीर से दूर बर्बाद कर रहा है
- Synonym: decaying, declension, decline, degeneration, descent, deterioration
- Antonym: comeback, improvement, rally, recovery, recuperation, rehabilitation
- Usage: Daily exercise can help to halt some of the enfeeblement that comes with advanced years.
5. INVIGORATE(Verb) : सबल बनाना
- Meaning: to give life, vigor, or spirit to
- अर्थ: प्राण, शक्ति या आत्मा देना
- Synonym: amp (up), animate, brace, energize, enliven, fillip, fire
- Antonym: damp, dampen, deaden, dull, kill
- Usage: The fresh air and sunshine invigorated the children after a long winter indoors.
6. DYNAMISM (noun) : गतिशीलता
- Meaning: the fact of two or more events or circumstances happening or existing at the same time.
- अर्थ: एक ही समय में होने वाली या विद्यमान दो या अधिक घटनाओं या परिस्थितियों का तथ्य।
- Synonym: beans, bounce, brio, dash, drive, energy, Esprit
- Antonym: lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity
- Usage: Voters were attracted to the young challenger’s dynamism, charisma, and progressive ideas.
7. PLURALISM (noun) : बहुलवाद
- Meaning: the quality or state of being plural
- अर्थ: बहुवचन होने की गुणवत्ता या अवस्था
- Synonym: more than one, double, multiple.
- Antonym: single, only one, one at a time.
- Usage: He spoke of the benefits of cultural pluralism.
8. LAUDABLE (Adjective) : प्रशंसनीय
- Meaning: deserving of high regard or great approval
- अर्थ: उच्च संबंध या महान अनुमोदन के योग्य
- Synonym: admirable, applaudable, commendable, credible, estimable
- Antonym: censurable, discreditable, illaudable, reprehensible
- Usage: You showed laudable restraint in dealing with that ridiculously demanding customer
9. FERVOUR (Noun) : जोश
- Meaning: great warmth and earnestness of feeling
- अर्थ: बड़ी गर्मजोशी और भावना की ईमानदारी
- Synonym: ardor, passion, zeal.
- Antonym: impassiveness, impassivity, insensibility, insensibleness
- Usage: Surprised by the fervor that her parents’ old love letters contained when she discovered them in the attic.
10. EVANGELIZE (noun) : इंजील
- Meaning: to try to convert (a group or area) to a different religion (especially Christianity).
- अर्थ: एक अलग धर्म (विशेषकर ईसाई धर्म) में (एक समूह या क्षेत्र) बदलने की कोशिश करना।
- Synonym: lecture, platitudinize, preach, preachify, sermonize
- Antonym: deconvert, dissuade, endure, hold, idle, keep
- Usage: The missionaries set out to evangelize the world.
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