The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 15 December 2020 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
Tipping point : क्रांतिकारी परिवर्तन
- Meaning:the point at which a series of small changes or incidents becomes significant enough to cause a larger, more important change.
- अर्थ: वह बिंदु जिस पर किसी बड़े, अधिक महत्वपूर्ण परिवर्तन के कारण छोटे परिवर्तन या घटनाओं की श्रृंखला महत्वपूर्ण हो जाती है।
- Synonyms: game changer, turning point, critical moment
- Usage in a Sentence: There are two prevailing theories for what might happen past the Amazon’s tipping point.
Consolidate : संघटित करना
- Meaning: make (something) physically stronger or more solid.
- अर्थ: शारीरिक रूप से मजबूत या अधिक ठोस (कुछ) बनाना।
- Synonyms: merge, unite, combine, strengthen
- Antonyms: separate, weaken, divide
- Usage in a sentence: The company is planning to consolidate its business activities at a new site in Arizona.
Requisite: मांग/ अपेक्षित
- Meaning: a thing that is necessary for the achievement of a specified end. [Noun]
- अर्थ: एक ऐसी चीज़ जो एक निर्दिष्ट अंत की उपलब्धि के लिए आवश्यक है।
- Synonyms: essential, necessary, required, indispensable
- Antonyms: non-essential, optional
- Usage in a sentence: She lacks the requisite experience for the job.
Acumen: कुशाग्रता
- Meaning: the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions.
- अर्थ: अच्छे निर्णय लेने और त्वरित निर्णय लेने की क्षमता।
- Synonyms: shrewdness, sharpness, sharp-wittedness, cleverness, brightness
- Antonyms: dullness, foolishness
- Usage in a Sentence: He had demonstrated considerable business acumen.
Embark: प्रारम्भ करना
- Meaning: begin (a course of action).
- अर्थ: शुरू (कार्रवाई का एक कोर्स)।
- Synonyms: start, commence, launch
- Antonyms: disembark, end, finish
- Usage in a sentence: He is about to embark on a new business venture.
Overturn: नष्ट करना
- Meaning: abolish, invalidate, or reverse (a previous system, decision, situation, etc.) [Verb]
- अर्थ: निरस्त, अमान्य या उल्टा (एक पूर्व प्रणाली, निर्णय, स्थिति, आदि)
- Synonyms: overthrow, upset, reverse
- Antonyms: build, allow, permit
- Usage in a Sentence: He accused his opponents of wanting to overturn the government.
Laxity (noun) : ढील
- Meaning: lack of strictness or care
- अर्थ: सख्ती या देखभाल की कमी
- Synonyms: slackness, laxity, lassitude, slack, laxness, lethargy
- Antonyms: attend to, mind, carefulness, keep track, pay up
- Meaning: Laxity in the observance of this rule will result disastrously.
Demolish (verb) : ध्वस्त
- Meaning: to easily defeat someone
- अर्थ: किसी को आसानी से हराना
- Synonyms: annihilate, bulldoze, crush, decimate
- Antonyms: build, construct, create
- Example: He harangued the Indians, and exhorted them to demolish the fort.
Saffron (noun) : केसर
- Meaning: an orange-yellow flavoring, food colouring, and dye made from the dried stigmas of a crocus.
- अर्थ: एक नारंगी पीले स्वाद, भोजन में डाला जाने वाला रंग।
- Synonyms: amber, bisque, blond, buff
- Antonyms: achromatic, healthy, unsensational
- Example: The yellow seeds of lilies will answer nearly the saffron’s purpose.
Credibility (noun) : विश्वसनीयता
- Meaning: the quality of being trusted and believed in.
- अर्थ: भरोसेमंद होने और विश्वास करने की गुणवत्ता।
- Synonyms: chance, integrity, prospect, reliability
- Antonyms: unlikelihood, implausibility, improbability
- Example: The art and practice of selling one’s credibility for future delivery.
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