The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  12th February 2022

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  12th February 2022

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1. Disseminate (verb)

Meaning: spread (something, especially information) widely. (प्रसार)

Synonyms: spread, circulate, distribute

Antonyms: conceal, enshroud, hide

Sentence: Health authorities should foster good practice by disseminating information.

2. Obtrude (verb)

Meaning: become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way. (हस्तक्षेप करना)

Synonyms: intrude, meddle, interfere

Antonyms: disregard, ignore, neglect

Sentence: I don’t want to obtrude upon her privacy.

3. Quantifiable (adj.)

Meaning: able to be expressed or measured as a quantity. (मात्रात्मक)

Synonyms: calculate, cipher, compute

Sentence: The number of websites on the Internet is not quantifiable.

4. Prognosticating (verb)

Meaning: foretell or prophesy (an event in the future). (भविष्यसूचक)

Synonyms: forecast, predict, prophesy

Sentence: Using current trends to prognosticate what the workplace of the future will be like.

5. Topple (verb)

Meaning: overbalance or become unsteady and fall slowly. (गिर पड़ना)

Synonyms: fall, tumble, overturn

Antonyms: get up, rise, stand

Sentence: A stack of plates swayed and began to topple over.

6. Sufficed (verb)

Meaning: be enough or adequate. (पर्याप्त)

Synonyms: be enough, be sufficient, be adequate

Antonyms: inadequately, insufficiently

Sentence: One warning sufficed to stop her from doing it.

7. Contrite (adj.)

Meaning: feeling or expressing remorse or penitence; affected by guilt. (पछताया हुआ)

Synonyms: remorseful, repentant, penitent

Antonyms: impenitent, remorseless, unapologetic

Sentence: She was contrite the morning after her angry outburst.

8. Concocted (verb)

Meaning: existing only in the imagination. (मनगढ़ंत)

Synonyms: artificial, fabricated, imaginary

Antonyms: genuine, natural, real

Sentence: John concocted an elaborate excuse for being late.

9. Accreditation (noun)

Meaning: the granting of power to perform various acts or duties (प्राधिकार)

Synonyms: authorization, delegation, empowerment

Sentence: The only body empowered with the accreditation of medical schools in the state.

10. Forlorn (adj.)

Meaning: pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely. (अनाथ)

Synonyms: unhappy, sad, miserable

Antonyms: cheerful, accompanied, hopeful

Sentence: She was forlorn when she found out the trip had been canceled.

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