The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 21 October 2020 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
PURITANICAL (adjective) : सख़्त
- Meaning: having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude towards self-indulgence.
- अर्थ: स्व-भोग के प्रति बहुत सख्त या असंवैधानिक नैतिक रवैया रखना या प्रदर्शित करना।
- Synonyms: prudish, puritan, prim, priggish.
- Antonyms: lecherous, indulgent, indecent, debauched.
- Usage: It just shows that those endless puritanical bromides about the perils of fixating on individual designers are wasted breath.
SWATHE (noun) : लिफाफा
- Meaning: a large part of something that includes several different things.
- अर्थ: किसी चीज़ का एक बड़ा हिस्सा जिसमें कई अलग-अलग चीज़ें शामिल होती हैं।
- Synonyms: envelope, stretch, area, track.
- Antonyms: brink, border, boundary, margin.
- Usage: These people represent a broad swathe of public opinion.
MALAPERT (Adjective) : बेशरम
- Meaning: boldly disrespectful; impudent.
- अर्थ: साहसपूर्वक अनादर।
- Synonym: impertinent, cheeky, rude, brazen.
- Antonyms: courteous, humble, modest, polite.
- Usage: In a fury, she said that he was too malapert to give her such an answer, and affirmed that both he and they should repent it
Pernicious (adjective) हानिकारक
- Meaning: causing great harm or damage often in a way that is not easily seen or noticed.
- अर्थ: अक्सर इस तरह से बहुत नुकसान या क्षति पहुंचाना जो आसानी से देखा या नोटिस नहीं किया जाता है।
- Synonym: damaging, dangerous, lethal, malicious.
- Antonyms: assisting, benevolent, beneficial, advantageous.
- Sentence: These resolutions later acquired extraordinary and pernicious prominence in the historical elaboration of the states’-rights doctrine.
Amicable (adjective) : मैत्रीपूर्ण
- Meaning: Friendly
- अर्थ: मित्रवत
- Synonym: Cordial, Harmonious, amiable, polite.
- Antonym: impolite, uncivil, rude, unfriendly.
- Sentence: Most customer service agents are amicable people who are good at settling disagreements.
SCRAMBLE (noun) : संघर्ष
- Meaning: a struggle for possession or gain.
- अर्थ: कब्जे या लाभ के लिए एक संघर्ष।
- Synonyms: free-for-all, melee, rush, struggle, tussle
- Antonyms: peace, order, organization
- Example: There was a scramble for choice seats in the auditorium.
SPATE (Noun) : झोंक
- Meaning: a large number of similar things or events appearing or occurring in quick succession.
- अर्थ: त्वरित उत्तराधिकार में बड़ी संख्या में समान चीजें या घटनाएं दिखाई देती हैं या घटित होती हैं।
- Synonyms: deluge, flood, flurry, outpouring, string, succession
- Antonyms: dribble, drip, trickle
- Usage: A spate of words has been published on this controversial topic.
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
SALUBRIOUS(adjective) : स्वास्थ्यप्रद
- Meaning: favorable to or promoting health or well-being
- अर्थ: स्वास्थ्य या कल्याण को बढ़ावा देने या बढ़ावा देने के लिए अनुकूल
- Synonyms: medicinal, tonic
- Antonyms: unhealthy, insalubrious
- Usage: Emergent public health and sanitary experts actively sought the most salubrious and efficient means of refuse disposal.
INCANDESCENT : उज्ज्वल
- Meaning: white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
- अर्थ: तीव्र गर्मी के साथ सफेद, चमकदार, या चमकदार
- Synonyms: bright, illuminating
- Antonyms: gloomy, murky
- Example: The mountain’s snow-white peak was incandescent against the blue sky.
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