The Hindu Vocabulary 16 July 2022
STENTORIAN (adjective) : बुलंद
- Meaning: (of a person’s voice) loud and powerful.
- अर्थ: (किसी व्यक्ति की आवाज़) ज़ोर से और शक्तिशाली।
- Synonyms: blaring, clamorous, piercing, resounding.
- Antonyms: peaceful, serene, soothing, tranquil.
- Sentence: When my father speaks in a stentorian voice, I know I’m in trouble.
Humdrum(Adjective) : नीरस
- Meaning: Lacking excitement or variety
- अर्थ: उत्साह में कमी या विविधता
- Synonym: Dull, boring, monotonous
- Antonym: Remarkable, exciting
- Sentence: No matter how humdrum is your life without a job, once you get it things will go fine.
Blitzkrieg(Noun) : बमवर्षा
- Meaning:– a sudden and overwhelming military attack, A fast and powerful effort
- अर्थ: एक अचानक और भारी सैन्य हमला, एक तेज और शक्तिशाली प्रयास
- Synonyms: Blitz, barrage, bombardment, cannonade, drumfire, flurry, fusillade
- Antonyms: defensive, opposition, resistance, protection, security, shelter.
- Sentence:- Balakot camps was bombarded with a blitzkrieg by the IAF which ripe out the terror camps.
Arraign (VERB) : आरोप लगाना
- Meaning: to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment
- अर्थ: अभियोग का जवाब देने के लिए अदालत के समक्ष (प्रतिवादी) को बुलाना
- Synonym: appeal, book, cite, summon, accuse, charge, criminate
- Antonym: advocate, champion, defend, excuse, forgive, justify
- Sentence: They wanted to arraign the thief for stealing cars on the same day he was arrested
INCIPIENT (Adjective) : उत्पन्न होने वाला
- Meaning: in the beginning stages.
- अर्थ: शुरुआत के चरणों में।
- Synonym: nascent, , basic, beginning, commencing, elementary, fundamental
- Antonym: developed, grown, mature
- Sentence: He, too, was found to be suffering from incipient tuberculosis.
Inflammatory(adjective) : भड़काऊ
- Meaning: relating to or causing inflammation of a part of the body.
- अर्थ: शरीर के किसी अंग की सूजन या उससे संबंधित।
- Synonyms: incendiary, intemperate, provocative
- Antonyms: calming, mitigating, placating
- Example: They call them seditious and inflammatory, which was far from being their character.
slogans (noun): नारा
- Meaning: a short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising.
- अर्थ: विज्ञापन में इस्तेमाल किया जाने वाला छोटा और हड़ताली या यादगार वाक्यांश।
- Synonyms: expression, jingle, saying
- Antonyms: laugh, dysphemism, euphemism
- Example: “Food will win the war” was the slogan which challenged American agriculture.
Flair(noun) : स्वभाव
- Meaning: a special or instinctive aptitude or the ability for doing something well.
- अर्थ: एक विशेष या सहज योग्यता या कुछ अच्छा करने की क्षमता।
- Synonym: aptitude, talent
- Antonym: inability
- Example: He demonstrated his flair for organization
Grazed(verb) : घांस चरना
- Meaning: of cattle, sheep, etc.) eat grass in a field.
- अर्थ: मवेशी, भेड़, आदि) एक खेत में घास खाते हैं।
- Synonym: feed, eat, crop
- Antonym: bash, bump
- Example: It grazed her arm.
Glee(noun) : उल्लास
- Meaning: great delight, especially from one’s own good fortune or another’s misfortune.
- अर्थ: विशेष रूप से अपने स्वयं के सौभाग्य या किसी दूसरे के दुर्भाग्य से, बहुत प्रसन्नता।
- Synonym: delight, pleasure
- Antonym: gloom, disappointment
- Example: He could hardly contain his glee over his victory