The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 16th August 2021
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‘Vocabulary’
- Souvenir (noun)
Meaning: a thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event. (यादगार)
Synonyms: memento, keepsake, reminder
Antonyms: forget, fail to remember
Sentence: I bought the ring as a souvenir of Greece.
- Ameliorate (verb)
Meaning: make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better. (सुधारना)
Synonyms: improve, make better, enhance
Antonyms: worsen, damage, spoil
Sentence: The reform did much to ameliorate living standards
- Candor (noun)
Meaning: the quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness. (स्पष्टवादिता)
Synonyms: frankness, openness, honesty
Antonyms: dissembling, dissimulation, indirection
Sentence: He has earned a reputation for candor and integrity.
- Squabbling (verb)
Meaning: quarrel noisily over a trivial matter. (विवादों)
Synonyms: quarrel, fight, argue
Antonyms: accepting, agreeing, assenting
Sentence: The boys were squabbling over a ball.
- Palatial (adj.)
Meaning: resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid. (आलीशान)
Synonyms: luxurious, deluxe, magnificent
Antonyms: austere, no-frills, spartan
Sentence: She lives in a palatial New York apartment.
- Exquisite (adj.)
Meaning: extremely beautiful and, typically, delicate. (उत्कृष्ट)
Synonyms: beautiful, lovely, elegant
Antonyms: common, ordinary, rough
Sentence: Her wedding dress was absolutely exquisite.
- Perceptible (adj.)
Meaning: (especially of a slight movement or change of state) able to be seen or noticed. (प्रत्याक्ष)
Synonyms: noticeable, perceivable, detectable
Antonyms: imperceptible, insensible, undetectable
Sentence: Her foreign accent was barely perceptible.
- Overt (adj.)
Meaning: done or shown openly; plainly or readily apparent, not secret or hidden. (अपरोक्ष)
Synonyms: undisguised, unconcealed, clear
Antonyms: unapparent, unclarified, unclear
Sentence: He shows no overt signs of his unhappiness.
- Swoop (verb)
Meaning: (especially of a bird) move rapidly downwards through the air. (झपट्टा मारना)
Synonyms: dive, descend, pounce
Sentence: The barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness.
- Prophetic (adj.)
Meaning: accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future. (भविष्यवाणी)
Synonyms: prescient, predictive, prophetical
Sentence: His warnings proved prophetic.
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