The Hindu Editorial VOCAB 7 November 2020 (Improve Your Vocabulary)
CONCURRENCE (noun) : सन्निपतन
- Meaning: the fact of two or more events or circumstances happening or existing at the same time.
- अर्थ: एक ही समय में होने वाली या विद्यमान दो या अधिक घटनाओं या परिस्थितियों का तथ्य।
- Synonym:concordance, cooperation, coincidence.
- Antonym: dissonance, discord.
- Usage: Because the events ran in concurrence, the coordinator could not attend both parties at the same time.
Unprecedented (adjective) : अभूतपूर्व
- Meaning: never done or known before.
- अर्थ: पहले कभी नहीं किया या जाना जाता है।
- Synonym: unequaled, unmatched, unrivaled.
- Antonym: precedented, familiar, usual.
- Usage: The damage caused by the hurricane is unprecedented and has never been experienced before in this country.
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.
PROCLIVITY (Noun) : प्रवृत्ति
- Meaning: a tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing.
- अर्थ: नियमित रूप से कुछ चुनने या करने की प्रवृत्ति; किसी विशेष चीज के प्रति झुकाव या पूर्वाभास।
- Synonyms: liking, inclination, tendency, leaning
- Antonyms: disinclination, dislike, antipathy, hate
- Usage:His proclivity for cooking made him a big hit in the homeowner’s association.
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.
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.
Vernacular (Noun) : जनभाषा
- Meaning: the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people of a country or region.
- अर्थ: किसी देश या क्षेत्र के सामान्य लोगों द्वारा बोली जाने वाली भाषा या बोली।
- Synonym: everyday language, spoken language, colloquial speech, slang
- Usage: To hold the interest of the community, the playwright penned his play using only the local vernacular.
DILATORY (adjective) : धीमा
- Meaning: slow to act
- अर्थ: कार्य करने में धीमा
- Synonyms: sluggish, slothful, lax, slack.
- Antonyms: fast, prompt, brisk, quick.
- Usage: They were dilatory in providing the researchers with information.
CULL (verb) : चुनना
- Meaning: select from a large quantity; obtain from a variety of sources.
- अर्थ: बड़ी मात्रा से चयन करें; विभिन्न स्रोतों से प्राप्त करें।
- Synonyms: elect, choose, select, handpick.
- Antonyms: discard, reject, decline, spurn.
- Usage: When we cull the contestants for the show, we choose individuals with outgoing personalities.
PROTRACTED (adjective) : फैला हुआ
- Meaning: lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
- अर्थ: लंबे समय तक या अपेक्षा से अधिक समय तक या सामान्य रूप से स्थायी।
- Synonyms: expanded, lasting, prolonged, sustained.
- Antonyms: abbreviated, abridged, curtailed, shortened.
- Usage: Three years of long and protracted negotiations characterized the proposals for an indoor-events arena.
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