The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 21 November 2020 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
GUILE (Noun) : धूर्तता, छल-कपट
- Meaning: sly or cunning intelligence.
- अर्थ : धूर्त या चालाक बुद्धि।
- Synonyms: cunning, artifice, canniness
- Antonyms: forthrightness, guilelessness
- Example: A shady salesman usually relies on a combination of quick thinking and guile.
EXIGENT (Adjective) : जरूरी, अत्यावश्यक
- Meaning: pressing; demanding.
- अर्थ : अत्यावश्यक, माँग करना
- Synonyms: urgent, crucial
- Antonyms: unpressured, facile
- Example: I try not to be exigent with my students, but as a teacher I have to press them to get their work done.
PETULANT (Adjective) : ढीठ
- Meaning: (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
- अर्थ : (एक व्यक्ति या उनके तरीके से) बचकाना भद्दा या बुरा स्वभाव।
- Synonyms: peevish, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, pettish
- Antonyms: good-humoured, easy-going, affable
- Example: When the movie started, the petulant infant would not stop crying because of the loud noise.
REVELRY(Noun): आनंदोत्सव
- Meaning: a situation in which people are drinking, dancing, singing, etc. at a party or in public, especially in a noisy way
- अर्थ : ऐसी स्थिति जिसमें लोग किसी पार्टी में या सार्वजनिक रूप से, विशेष रूप से शोर-शराबे में शराब पीना, नाचना, गाना आदि कर रहे हों।
- Synonyms: debauchery, carouse
- Antonyms: sadness, mourning
- Example: The revelries next door kept me awake all night.
AGHAST(Adjective): आश्चर्यान्वित, हक्काबक्का
- Meaning: suddenly filled with strong feelings of shock and worry
- अर्थ : अचानक सदमे और चिंता की मजबूत भावनाओं से भरा
- Synonyms: anxious, dismayed
- Antonyms: unsurprised, calm
- Example: Workers and union officials were aghast at the layoffs.
SKIRMISH (noun) : झड़प
- Meaning: a brief clash between enemies or rivals.
- अर्थ: दुश्मनों या प्रतिद्वंद्वियों के बीच एक संक्षिप्त टकराव।
- Synonyms: conflict, quarrel, fray, hassle.
- Antonyms: concord, agreement, harmony, truce.
- Example: Right before the game’s results were announced, the fans got into a skirmish over whose team was the greatest.
RECALCITRANT (adjective) : आज्ञा न माननेवाला
- Meaning: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.
- अर्थ: अधिकार या अनुशासन के प्रति उदासीन रवैया रखना।
- Synonyms: indocile, insubordinate, defiant, wayward.
- Antonyms: compliant, conformable, docile, tractable.
- Example: The manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority.
WARY (adjective) : सावधान
- Meaning: feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.
- अर्थ: संभावित खतरों या समस्याओं के बारे में सावधानी महसूस करना या दिखाना।
- Synonyms: attentive, heedful, vigilant, observant.
- Antonyms: careless, heedless, incautious, unguarded.
- Example: Dogs which have been mistreated often remain very wary of strangers.
INHABITANT(Noun) : निवासी
- Meaning: a person or animal that lives in a particular place
- अर्थ: एक व्यक्ति या जानवर जो एक विशेष स्थान पर रहता है
- Synonyms:residents, occupants
- Antonyms:refugees, migrants
- Example:The Aborigines are the native inhabitants of Australia.
RETREAT(Verb) :पीछे हटना
- Meaning:To go away from a place or person in order to escape.
- अर्थ: बचने के लिए किसी स्थान या व्यक्ति से दूर जाना।
- Synonyms:yield, surrender
- Antonyms:invade, access
- Example:Fire fighters had to retreat from the fierce heat.
AMIABLE(Adjective) : सौहार्दपूर्ण
- Meaning: pleasant and friendly
- अर्थ: सुखद और दोस्ताना
- Synonyms: amicable, cheerful
- Antonyms: aloof, bad
- Example: He seemed an amiable young man.
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