The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 21 December 2020 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
Bittersweet(Adjective) : कड़वा-मीठा
- Meaning: tinged with a feeling of sadness
- अर्थ: दुःख की अनुभूति से घिर जाना
- Synonyms: tangerine
- Antonyms: happiness
- Example: The ending of the romance movie was bittersweet.
Dissidence (Noun) : मतभेद
- Meaning: disagreement over a matter
- अर्थ: किसी बात पर असहमति
- Synonyms: contention, disagreement, discordance, disharmony, dispute
- Antonyms: agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence
- Example: So much is said nowadays about the dissidence of the spiritual and intellectual worlds.
Inviolable(Adjective) : पवित्र
- Meaning: Secure from the violation or profanation
- अर्थ: उल्लंघन या अपवित्रता से सुरक्षित
- Synonym: unchallengeable, unbreakable,
- Antonym: partial
- Usage: Everyone has an inviolable right to protection by a fair legal system.
Xenophobic (adjective) : जातिवाद करनेवाला
- Meaning: having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.
- अर्थ: दूसरे देशों के लोगों के प्रति अरुचि या पूर्वाग्रह का होना।
- Synonyms: racist, racialist, ethnocentric, ethnocentrist.
- Antonyms: bountiful, permissive, thoughtful, lenient.
- Usage: As a result, the new parliament is distinctly more xenophobic and illiberal than its predecessor.
Insistence (Noun) : आग्रह
- Meaning: a solemn and often public declaration of the truth or existence of something
- अर्थ: किसी चीज की सच्चाई या अस्तित्व की एक गंभीर और अक्सर सार्वजनिक घोषणा
- Synonyms: affirmation, assertion, asseveration, avouchment, declaration, profession, protestation
- Antonyms: disavowal
- Usage: We got to know by the continued insistence that there was a massive cover-up by the government.
Revere(verb) : सम्मान
- Meaning: feel deep respect or admiration for (something)
- अर्थ: (कुछ) के लिए गहरा सम्मान या प्रशंसा महसूस करें
- Synonyms: respect, admire, cherish, appreciate.
- Antonyms: blaspheme, desecrate, profane, violate.
- Usage: If you want to achieve any goal, revere the process & success will follow.
MANDATE (noun) : शासनादेश
- Meaning: an official order or commission to do something.
- अर्थ: कुछ करने के लिए एक आधिकारिक आदेश या आयोग।
- Synonyms: instruction, directive, direction, decree, command
- Antonyms: encourage
- Usage: They carried out the governor’s mandate to build more roads.
STRINGENT (adjective) : कड़ी से कड़ी
- Meaning: not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards
- अर्थ: किसी भी अपवाद या मानकों को ढीला करने की अनुमति नहीं
- Synonyms: brassbound, cast-iron, exacting, hard-line, inflexible, rigid, rigorous,
- Antonyms: flexible, lax, loose, relaxed, slack
- Usage: There are stringent rules against unauthorized persons being in our building
VEST (verb) : निहित होना
- Meaning: confer or bestow (power, authority, property, etc.) on someone.
- अर्थ: किसी पर शक्ति या अधिकार (शक्ति, अधिकार, संपत्ति इत्यादि) प्रदान करना या देना।
- Synonyms: entrust, invest, bestow, confer.
- Antonyms: impede, inhibit, disqualify, disbar.
- Usage: Extensive powers were vested into the hands of the President who headed the executive branch of government.
ARDENT (Adjective) : उत्साही
- Meaning: Characterized by strong enthusiasm
- अर्थ: प्रबल उत्साह द्वारा विशेषता
- Synonyms: Passionate, enthusiastic, zealous
- Antonyms: apathetic, dull, calm.
- Usage: One should be an ardent supporter for the right cause.
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