The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 15 January 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
TINGE (verb) रंग देना
Meaning: color slightly.
अर्थ: थोड़ा रंग।
Synonyms: dye, stain, shade, suffuse.
Antonyms: decolorize, whiten, blanch, bleach.
Usage: The sky had become a dark shade of indigo, tinged with the remnants of deep magenta.
RECRIMINATION (noun) आरोप
Meaning: an accusation in response to one from someone else.
अर्थ: किसी और से जवाब में एक आरोप।
Synonyms: retaliation, counterattack, accusation, condemnation.
Antonyms: acquiescence, acceptance, avowal, assent.
Usage: But already the parties are preparing the ground for recriminations over the failure of the entire process.
BRAZEN (Adjective) : ज़बरदस्त
Meaning: obvious, without any attempt to be hidden
अर्थ: स्पष्ट, बिना किसी प्रयास के छिपे रहना
Synonyms: blatant, bold
Antonyms: humble, meek
Usage: In a brazen assault, the gang fired their weapons at the policeman.
DURESS (Noun) : अवरोध
Meaning: threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgment.
अर्थ: धमकी, हिंसा, अड़चन या अन्य कार्रवाई किसी को अपनी इच्छा या बेहतर निर्णय के खिलाफ कुछ करने में मजबूर करती है।
Synonyms: coercion, compulsion, pressurization, enforcement.
Antonyms: agreement, approval, consent, persuasion.
Usage: I think Harry was under duress when she signed the agreement; he never would have voluntarily accepted those conditions.
BANE (noun) विपत्ति
Meaning: a cause of great distress or annoyance.
अर्थ: बड़े संकट या झुंझलाहट का कारण।
Synonyms: scourge, plague, ruination, destruction.
Antonyms: benefit, blessing, boon, felicity.
Usage: That evil is malevolent violence, a curse that is the bane of our human existence.
MALAPERT (Adjective) : बेशरम
Meaning: boldly disrespectful; impudent.
अर्थ: साहसपूर्वक अनादर।
Synonym: impertinent, cheeky, rude, brazen.
Antonyms: courteous, humble, modest, polite.
Usage: In a fury, she said that he was too malapert to give her such an answer, and affirmed that both he and they should repent it
Quirk (Noun) : विशेषता
Meaning: a strange habit
अर्थ: एक अजीब आदत
Synonyms: irregularity, trait
Antonyms: normality,
Usage: His biggest quirk is his love for old marbles.
TACIT (adjective) : उपलक्षित
Meaning: understood or implied without being stated.
अर्थ: बिना बताए समझे या निहित।
Synonyms: implicit, inferred, insinuated, unspoken.
Antonyms: blatant, evident, manifest, explicit.
Usage: In my business, all that is needed for a tacit
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.
DOLE(Noun) : ख़ैरात करना
Meaning: benefit paid by the state to the unemployed.
अर्थ: बेरोजगारों को राज्य द्वारा दिया गया लाभ।
Synonyms: benefit, allowance, charity, benefit
Antonyms: forfeit, loss
Usage: Do any of these people have jobs or are they all freeloading on the public dole?
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