The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 15 April 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
SEDATE: (adjective) : शांत
Meaning: avoiding excitement or great activity and usually calm and relaxed.अर्थ: उत्तेजना या महान गतिविधि से बचने और आमतौर पर शांत और आराम से।Synonyms: calm, composed, recollected, tranquil. Antonyms: agitated, discomposed, flustered, perturbed.
Usage: Dean stepped back further, the smile fading from his face as the two men drove away at a very sedate pace.
BEDECK (verb) : सजाना
Meaning: to decorate or cover.अर्थ: सजना या संवरना।Synonyms: adorn, bedizen, embellish, emblaze.
Antonyms: denude, blemish, deface, disfigure.
Usage: The cars were all bedecked with flowers for the wedding ceremony.
MOTE (noun) : कण
Meaning: a tiny piece of a substance; a speck.अर्थ: किसी पदार्थ का एक छोटा टुकड़ा; एक धब्बा।Synonyms: bit, dribble, fleck, nugget.
Antonyms: lump, abundance, bushel, heaps.
Usage: Feeling anxious about the state of her home, the obsessive housewife scrubbed away every tiny mote of dust.
ENVIRON (verb) : घेरना
Meaning: surround; enclose.अर्थ: चारों ओर; घेरना।Synonyms: encircle, envelop, cloak, swathe.
Antonyms: unbridle, free, open, release.
Usage: The stone circle was environed by an expanse of peat soil.
USHER (verb) : परिचय करवाना
Meaning: show or guide (someone) somewhere.अर्थ: कहीं दिखा या मार्गदर्शक (कोई)।Synonyms: lead, accompany, conduct, assist.
Antonyms: retract, conclude, cease, stop
Usage: A nurse ushered us into the hospital room.
VERNACULAR (noun) : स्थानीय भाषा
Meaning: used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing.अर्थ: भाषण के लिए इस्तेमाल किया या उपयुक्त और औपचारिक लेखन नहीं।Synonyms: colloquial, jargon, argot, patois.
Antonyms: standard, undialectical, genteel, formal.
Usage: While the author never stated the novel’s setting, the vernacular of the characters identified the location as somewhere in Asia.
SACK (verb) : निकाल देना
Meaning: dismiss from employment.अर्थ: रोजगार से खारिज करना।Synonyms: bounce, discharge, dismiss, terminate,
Antonyms: recruit, employ, engage, hire.
Usage: Any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot.
SUBTERRANEAN (adjective) : गुप्त
Meaning: secret; concealed.अर्थ: गुप्त; गुप्त।Synonyms: covert, subversive, sunken, private.
Antonyms: aboveground, surface, open, palpable.
Usage: The robbers are digging a subterranean path that will allow them to enter the bank from underneath the vault’s floor.
SUBVERT (verb) : व्यवस्था भंग करना
Meaning: undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution).अर्थ: (एक स्थापित प्रणाली या संस्था) की शक्ति और अधिकार को कमजोर करना।Synonyms: destabilize, unsettle, overthrow, depose.
Antonyms: dignify, exalt, honor, ameliorate.
Usage: She subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward.
CLINCH (verb) : कसना
Meaning: to make final, definite, or beyond dispute.अर्थ: अंतिम, निश्चित या विवाद से परे करना।Synonyms: settle, conclude, finalize, wrap up.
Antonyms: confuse, unsettle, release, unfasten.
Usage: Her work on the project should clinch her a promotion.
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