The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 26 April 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
Empyrean(Adjective) : स्वर्ग
Meaning: Related to heaven or sky
अर्थ: स्वर्ग या आकाश से संबंधित
Synonym: Ether, Paradise
Antonym: hellish, infernal
Usage: Electronics and haunting effects bring an empyrean stillness to the album’s middle third.
Panoply(Noun) : धूमधाम
Meaning: A large and impressive range of things
अर्थ: चीजों की एक बड़ी और प्रभावशाली श्रेणी
Synonym: Array, range
Antonym: Hiding, Dullness
Usage: A panoply of innovations has helped chile to outperform its south American neighbors.
CONDIGN (adjective) : न्यायोचित
Meaning: (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved.
अर्थ: (दंड या प्रतिशोध में) अपराध या अधर्म के लिए उपयुक्त; फिटिंग और योग्य।
Synonyms: earned, merited, warranted, justifiable.
Antonyms: unjust, undue, unsuitable, unfair.
Usage: I may pity him, and even understand his motives, but a murderer is still deserving of condign punishment.
STREW (verb) : बिखेरना
Meaning: scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area.
अर्थ: किसी सतह या क्षेत्र में बिखराव या फैलाव (चीजें)।
Synonyms: scatter, stipple, spatter, disperse.
Antonyms: centralize, concentrate, accumulate, collect.
Usage: Environmentalists were saddened to see people strew litter everywhere in the medians of the highways.
DURESS (noun) : अवरोध
Meaning: threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement.
अर्थ: धमकी, हिंसा, अड़चन या अन्य कार्रवाई किसी को उनकी इच्छा या बेहतर निर्णय के खिलाफ कुछ करने में मजबूर करती है।
Synonyms: coercion, compulsion, pressurization, enforcement.
Antonyms: agreement, approval, consent, persuasion.
Usage: I think Harry was under duress when she signed the agreement; he never would have voluntarily accepted those conditions.
VILIFY (Verb) : तिरस्कार करना
Meaning: speak or write about in an abusively disparaging manner.
अर्थ: अपमानजनक तरीके से बोलना या लिखना।
Synonyms: disparage, denigrate, defame, revile
Antonyms: commend, lionize
Example: The politician wrote an article to vilify his opponent.
OVERTURE (Noun) : सन्धि प्रस्ताव
Meaning: an approach or proposal made to someone with the aim of opening negotiations or establishing a relationship.
अर्थ: बातचीत खोलने या संबंध स्थापित करने के उद्देश्य से किसी के पास किया गया एक दृष्टिकोण या प्रस्ताव।
Synonyms: approach, proposal, tender, suggestion
Example: He began making overtures to British merchant banks.
TOUT (Verb) : प्रशंसा करना
Meaning: attempt to persuade people of the merits of.
अर्थ: लोगों को मनाने का प्रयास।
Synonyms: laud, praise, publicize, acclaim
Antonyms: conceal, condemn
Example: All doctors tout the benefits of eating nutritiously and exercising regularly.
BAIT (Noun) : प्रलोभन
Meaning: something intended to entice someone to do something.
अर्थ: कुछ करने के लिए किसी को लुभाने का इरादा।
Synonyms: enticement, lure, decoy, snare, trap
Antonyms: discouragement, repulsion
Example: People use maggots as bait when they go fishing.
DASTARDLY (Adjective) : दुष्ट और क्रूर
Meaning: wicked and cruel.
अर्थ: दुष्ट और क्रूर।
Synonyms: wicked, evil, iniquitous, heinous, villainous
Antonyms: noble, praiseworthy
Example: I think, however, that the killing of Bin Laden will motivate extremists to carry out a variety of dastardly deeds.
CONFOUND (Verb) : उलझाना
Meaning: cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.
अर्थ: (किसी) में आश्चर्य या भ्रम पैदा करना, विशेषकर उनकी अपेक्षाओं के अनुसार नहीं।
Synonyms: amaze, astonish, dumbfound, stagger
Antonyms: Clarify, enlighten
Example: The purpose of the article is not to confound the readers but to inform them.
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