The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  11th May 2023

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  11th May 2023

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 ‘Vocabulary’

1. Alms (noun)

Meaning: a gift of money or its equivalent to a charity, humanitarian cause, or public institution (दान)

Synonyms: donation, contribution, benefaction

Sentence: It was their religious duty to give alms to the poor.

2. Providence (noun)

Meaning: the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power. (मितव्ययिती)

Synonyms: fate, destiny, fortune

Sentence: Providence is always on the side of the strongest battalions.

3. Flitting (verb)

Meaning: to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements (झटपट चल पड़ना)

Synonyms: darting, fluttering, wandering

Sentence: Bargain hunters at the flea market flitted from table to table like hummingbirds in a garden.

4. Inquiringly (adv.)

Meaning: to search through or into (जाँचते)

Synonyms: examine, inspect, study

Sentence: Victor looked at her inquiringly.

5. Pestilent (adj.)

Meaning: likely to cause or capable of causing death (विनाशक)

Synonyms: lethal, deadly, harmful

Antonyms: salubrious, beneficial, salutary

Sentence: Smallpox is a pestilent disease.

6. Renege (verb)

Meaning: go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract. (इनकार)

Synonyms: withdraw, recall, retract

Antonyms: fulfil, keep

Sentence: If you renege on the deal now, I’ll fight you in the courts.

7. Fiddling (adj.)

Meaning: of little value or importance. (निरर्थक)

Synonyms: little, minor, trivial

Antonyms: significant, important, major

Sentence: You should delegate these fiddling matters to your staff so that you can focus on more important issues.

8. Shirker (noun)

Meaning: one who deliberately avoids work or duty (कामचोर)

Synonyms: idler, lingerer, sluggard

Antonyms: doer, hustler

Sentence: There is no room in our organization for shirkers.

9. Demystify (verb)

Meaning: make (a difficult or esoteric subject) clearer and easier to understand. (स्पष्ट करना)

Synonyms: explain, clarify, illustrate

Antonyms: obscure, confuse, confound

Sentence: This book aims to demystify medical treatments.

10. Nevermore (adv.)

Meaning: at no future time; never again. (कदापि नहीं)

Synonyms: not, seldom, never

Antonyms: forever, always, ever

Sentence: I order you gone, nevermore to return.

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