The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 5 April 2021 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
Afire (adjective) : प्रज्ज्वलित
- Meaning:- on fire; burning.
- अर्थ: – आग पर; जलता हुआ।
- Synonyms:- aflame, burning
- Example:- Her eyes answered him whole-heartedly, for her imagination was afire.
Rot (noun) : अपक्षय
- Meaning:- the process of decaying.
- अर्थ: – सड़ने की प्रक्रिया।
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- Synonyms:-blight, decay
- Antonyms:- development, growth
- Example:- He had too much insight, and too much exact information as well, to dismiss them as rot.
Perish (verb) : मारे गए
- Meaning:- die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
- अर्थ: – मरना, विशेष रूप से हिंसक या अचानक तरीके से।
- Synonyms:-cease, crumble, disappear
- Antonyms:- appear, arrive, build
- Example:- It were sin, thought I, that my secret should perish with me.
Blaze (noun) : ज्वाला
- Meaning:- a very large or fiercely burning fire.
- अर्थ: – बहुत बड़ी या भयंकर जलती हुई आग।
- Synonyms:-bonfire, conflagration
- Example:- When she woke it was to a blaze of sunlight, but caught in the net of her closed curtains.
Lay bare ( idiom) : पर्दाफाश करना
- Meaning:- to reveal or explain
- अर्थ: – प्रकट करना या समझाना
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- Synonyms:-clear, confess, confide
- Antonyms:- conceal, hide
Hasty (adjective) : जल्दबाजी
- Meaning:- done with excessive speed or urgency; hurried.
- अर्थ: – अत्यधिक गति या आग्रह के साथ किया गया; जल्दबाजी।
- Synonyms:-abrupt, careless, expeditious, hurried
- Antonyms:- careful, cautious, kind
- Example:- Grace was in the middle of a hasty toilet when a knock sounded on the door.
Civic (adjective) : नगर का
- Meaning:- relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal.
- अर्थ: – किसी नगर या नगर से संबंधित, विशेषकर उसके प्रशासन का; नगर निगम।
- Synonyms:-civil, communal
- Example:- The civic portion of the parade numbered about five thousand men.
Carnage (noun) : नरसंहार
- Meaning:- the killing of a large number of people.
- अर्थ: – बड़ी संख्या में लोगों की हत्या।
- Synonyms:-bloodshed, butchery, crime, havoc
- Antonyms:- peace
- Example:- There was a tribute of carnage, nor were they long engaged in the tumult of battle.
Untenable (adjective) : अस्थिर
- Meaning:- (especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
- अर्थ: – (विशेषकर किसी पद या दृश्य का) आक्रमण या आपत्ति के विरुद्ध अनुरक्षण या बचाव नहीं किया जा सकता।
- Synonyms:-illogical, unsound, flawed
- Example:- Calendar surrendered an untenable position as gracefully as could be wished.
Pull up (phrasal verb) : पीछा करना
- Meaning:- To drive
- अर्थ: – गाड़ी चलाना
- Synonyms:-arrive, brake, pause
- Antonyms:- continue, go
- Example:- Only let me advise you to pull up a spirit, even to your uncle, if there be occasion.
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