The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 19 October 2020 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
1. INDELIBLE (adjective) : अमार्जनीय
- Meaning: not able to be forgotten.
- अर्थ: भूल करने में सक्षम नहीं।
- Synonyms: ineradicable, enduring, stubborn, permanent
- Antonyms: delible, destructible, erasable, impermanent
- Example: The blood had left an indelible mark on her shirt.
2. TEDIOUS (adjective) : उकतानेवाला
- Meaning: too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous.
- अर्थ: बहुत लंबा, धीमा, या सुस्त; थकाऊ या नीरस।
- Synonyms: dull, unexciting, unvaried, mundane
- Antonyms: exciting, interesting
- Example: The meeting was so long and tedious, he was ready to climb the wall.
3. PROWESS (noun) : कौशल
- Meaning: skill or expertise in a particular activity or field.
- अर्थ: किसी विशेष गतिविधि या क्षेत्र में कौशल या विशेषज्ञता।
- Synonyms: skill, expertise, ability, ability
- Antonyms: inability, ineptitude
- Example: He was famous for his prowess as an athlete.
4. PETULANT (adjective) : ढीठ
- Meaning: (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
- अर्थ: (एक व्यक्ति या उनके तरीके से) बचकाना व्यंग्य या बुरा-भला।
- Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, perverse
- Antonyms: agreeable, cheerful, patient, willing
- Example: I was made to feel like a petulant child who has flown into a temper because his favorite toy was removed.
5. BYZANTINE (adjective) : पेचीदा
- Meaning: (of a system or situation) excessively complicated, and typically involving a great deal of administrative detail
- अर्थ: (एक प्रणाली या स्थिति का) अत्यधिक जटिल, और आमतौर पर प्रशासनिक विस्तार का एक बड़ा हिस्सा शामिल है
- Synonyms: daedal, complicated, convoluted, devious
- Example: They are built on the Byzantine pattern, in small scale, and have painted fresco decoration.
6. BUCOLIC (adjective) : ग्राम्य
- Meaning: relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.
- अर्थ: देहात और देश के जीवन के सुखद पहलुओं से संबंधित।
- Synonyms: rustic, rural, pastoral, country
- Antonyms: urban
- Example: There was a certain bucolic look to the faces of the cart drivers.
7. LAUDABLE (adjective) : प्रशंसनीय
- Meaning: (of an action, idea, or aim) deserving praise and commendation.
- अर्थ: (किसी कार्य, विचार या उद्देश्य का) प्रशंसा और प्रशंसा के योग्य।
- Synonyms: praiseworthy, commendable, admirable, meritorious
- Example: Faith ceases to be laudable when it is blind faith.
8. RAPACIOUS (adjective) : अति लोलुप
- Meaning: aggressively greedy or grasping.
- अर्थ: आक्रामक रूप से लोभी या लोभी।
- Synonyms: grasping, greedy, avaricious, acquisitive
- Antonyms: generous
- Example: It was a horrendous, rapacious strategy that they had used to gain control of their own home system.
9. BOLSTER (verb) : आधार, सहारा
- Meaning: support or strengthen.
- अर्थ: समर्थन या मजबूती।
- Synonyms: strengthen, support, reinforce, boost
- Antonyms: undermine
- Example: He is making a bold attempt to bolster the territory’s confidence.
10. GERMANE (adjective) : सार्थक
- Meaning: relevant to a subject under consideration.
- अर्थ: विचाराधीन किसी विषय के लिए प्रासंगिक।
- Synonyms: relevant, pertinent, applicable, apposite
- Antonyms: irrelevant
- Example: He asks questions that are germane and central to the issue
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