The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 20 April 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
Perception : अनुभूति
- Meaning: the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses.
- अर्थ: इंद्रियों के माध्यम से किसी चीज को देखने, सुनने या बनने की क्षमता।
- Synonyms: understanding, impression, notion
- Antonyms: misunderstanding, ignorance
- Usage in a sentence: The television has irreversibly changed our perception about the Royal Family.
Delegation : प्रत्यायोजन, प्रतिनिधि मंडल
- Meaning: a body of delegates or representatives; a deputation.
- अर्थ: प्रतिनिधियों या प्रतिनिधियों का एक निकाय; एक प्रतिनियुक्ति
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- Synonyms: deputation, commission mission, assignment
- Antonyms: retention, discharge, acquisition
- Usage in a sentence: He’s been chosen to lead the delegation to the conference.
Clampdown : कठोर नीति
- Meaning: a concerted or harsh attempt to suppress something.
- अर्थ: किसी चीज को दबाने के लिए ठोस या कठोर प्रयास।
- Synonyms: suppression, prevention, crackdown, limitation, restraint, curb, check
- Antonyms: freedom, advantage, liberty, arousal
- Usage in a Sentence: The ensuing clampdown resulted in at least 128 people being killed across Sudan, according to protest organizers.
Blockade : नाकेबन्दी/ संरोध करना
- Meaning: an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. [Noun]
- अर्थ: माल या लोगों को प्रवेश करने या छोड़ने से रोकने के लिए किसी स्थान को बंद करने का एक कार्य या साधन।
- Synonyms: block, barricade, siege
- Antonyms: access, opening
- Usage in a sentence: They attempted to break the blockade by using submarines.
Erode : काटना
- Meaning: (of wind, water, or other natural agents) gradually wear away (soil, rock, or land).
- अर्थ: (हवा, पानी, या अन्य प्राकृतिक एजेंटों के) धीरे-धीरे दूर (मिट्टी, चट्टान, या भूमि)।
- Synonyms: corrode, diminish, wear away
- Antonyms: construct, fix, improve
- Usage in a sentence: Over time, trivial lawsuits will erode the significance of the justice system.
DISTRATE (adjective) : असावधान
- Meaning: distracted or absent-minded.
- अर्थ: विचलित या अनुपस्थित-चित्त।
- Synonyms: forgetful, inattentive, oblivious, heedless.
- Antonyms: alert, attentive, focused, unperturbed.
- Usage: He grew more and more distrait as hours passed without confirmation that there were survivors of the plane crash
Diminution (NOUN) : कमी
- Meaning: a reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something.
- अर्थ: किसी चीज के आकार, सीमा या महत्व में कमी।
- Synonyms: curtailment, curtailing, cutting back, cut back, cut, attenuation, reduction, lessening,
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- Antonym: accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, supplement
- Usage: Led by P.V. Narasimha Rao, it steered the country away from a diminution of its political stature that was assured were it to renege on them.
Vacillate(verb) : घटना बढ़ना
- Meaning: Waiver between different opinion or actions.
- अर्थ: विभिन्न मतों या कार्यों के बीच में छूट।
- Synonym: temporize, hesitate, oscillate
- Antonym: resolute
- Usage: You might vacillate between ordering pizza and burger as both are testy.
HOARD : संचय करना
- Meaning:to stockpile or store things excessively
- अर्थ: चीजों को बहुत अधिक मात्रा में भंडारित करना या संग्रहीत करना
- Synonyms:accumulation, heap
- Antonyms:debt, need
- Example:The shopaholic likes to hoard clothing and has filled three closets with dresses and shoes that she doesn’t need.
EMBELLISH : संवारना
- Meaning:to make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality
- अर्थ: किसी चीज को वास्तविक रूप से देखने के लिए ध्वनि को बेहतर या बेहतर या अधिक स्वीकार्य बनाना
- Synonyms:adorn, deck
- Antonyms:lessen, reduce
- Example:Grandma likes to embellish her knitting by hiding secret messages in the pattern.
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