The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 23 March 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
REPRISAL(Noun) : प्रतिहिंसा
- Meaning: an act of retaliation.
- अर्थ: प्रतिशोध का एक कार्य।
- Synonym: retaliation, counterattack
- Antonym: pardon, remission
- Usage: He felt secure enough in his information that he announced his opinion on the matter without fear of reprisal.
Meticulous(Adjective) : सूक्ष्म
- Meaning: showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.
- अर्थ: विस्तार पर बहुत ध्यान देना; बहुत सावधान और सटीक।
- Synonym: careful, conscientious
- Antonym: careless, sloppy, slapdash
- Usage: The painter gave meticulous attention to detail.
STAID (ADJECTIVE) : शांत
- Meaning: marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint
- अर्थ: सुलझी हुई उदासीनता और अक्सर आत्म संयम द्वारा चिह्नित
- Synonyms: dignified,composed,earnest, grave, humorless, no-nonsense
- Antonyms: indecorous, frivolous, hilarious
- Example: She was given a staid title-‘The Iron Lady’.
NEUROSIS (NOUN) : विक्षिप्त
- Meaning: mental and emotional disorder that affects only part of the personality
- अर्थ: मानसिक और भावनात्मक विकार जो व्यक्तित्व के केवल हिस्से को प्रभावित करता है
- Synonyms: aberration, dementia,hallucinosis, hypomania, paranoia
- Antonyms: lucidity, rationality, rationalness, reasonability
- Example: These are givers whose philanthropy has been absent neurosis and aggression
Unhindered(Adjective) : निर्बाध
- Meaning: not hindered or obstructed.
- अर्थ: रुकावट या बाधा नहीं।
- Synonym: straight, non-stop
- Antonym: Incomplete, indirect
- Sentence: He was able to pass unhindered through several military checkpoints.
INCAPACITATED (adjective) : अक्षम
- Meaning: deprived of strength or power; debilitated.
- अर्थ: शक्ति या शक्ति से वंचित; दुर्बल।
- Synonyms: crippled, decrepit, enfeebled, frail.
- Antonyms: powerful, strong, sturdy, stout.
- Usage: In states such as Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky, “countless children are growing up with parents in jail, incapacitated or underground”.
CULMINATION (noun) : परिणति
- Meaning: the highest or climactic point of something, especially as attained after a long time.
- अर्थ: किसी चीज का उच्चतम या चरम बिंदु, विशेष रूप से लंबे समय के बाद प्राप्त किया जाता है।
- Synonym: climax, pinnacle, peak.
- Antonym: nadir, base, bottom.
- Usage: Their arrest was the culmination of an operation in which 120 other people were detained.
FARRAGO (noun) : गड़बड़ होना
- Meaning: a confused mixture.
- अर्थ: एक उलझन भरा मिश्रण।
- Synonyms: mishmash, jumble, hodgepodge, turmoil.
- Antonyms: constituent, ravel, sequence, categorization.
- Usage: The present gun law is a farrago of nonsense as most of it is unenforceable.
RELIC (noun) : निशान
- Meaning: a trace of some past or outmoded practice, custom, or belief.
- अर्थ: कुछ अतीत या बहिर्मुखी अभ्यास, प्रथा, या विश्वास का एक निशान।
- Synonyms: vestige, antique, artifact, residue.
- Antonyms: modern, recent, latest, neoteric.
- Usage: The piece of pottery was a relic of the past that evoked in me a feeling of nostalgia.
EMBELLISH (verb) : संवारना
- Meaning: to make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality
- अर्थ: किसी चीज को वास्तविक रूप से बेहतर या अधिक बेहतर या अधिक स्वीकार्य बनाना
- Synonyms: adorn, deck
- Antonyms: lessen, reduce
- Usage: Grandma likes to embellish her knitting by hiding secret messages in the pattern.
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