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The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 16th January 2023
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‘Vocabulary’
- Tainting (verb)
Meaning: contaminate or pollute (something). (दूषित)
Synonyms: contaminate, pollute, befouling
Antonyms: decontaminating, purifying, filtering
Sentence: Smog has long tainted the air of the city, making it difficult to breathe.
- Blight (noun)
Meaning: something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing (बिगाड़ देना)
Synonyms: blemish, blotch, defect
Antonyms: adornment, decoration, embellishment
Sentence: The expanding urban sprawl is a blight on the countryside.
- Confederacies (noun)
Meaning: a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. (संघ)
Synonyms: federation, confederation, alliance
Sentence: The Italian confederacy was known as the Lombard League.
- Licit (adj.)
Meaning: not forbidden; lawful. (जायज)
Synonyms: legitimate, permissible, admissible
Antonyms: illegal, illegitimate, illicit
Sentence: She made some money by licit means.
- Persiflage (noun)
Meaning: light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter. (ताना)
Synonyms: badinage, raillery, banter
Sentence: The persiflage is not appropriate when we are discussing such serious problems.
- Prolix (adj.)
Meaning: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy. (अति विस्तृत)
Synonyms: lengthy, long-winded, verbose
Antonyms: concise, compact, brief
Sentence: The author’s prolix style has done nothing to encourage sales of the book.
- Fickle (adj.)
Meaning: changing frequently, especially as regards one’s loyalties, interests, or affection. (अस्थिर)
Synonyms: capricious, changeable, variable
Antonyms: constant, certain, unchanging
Sentence: Fortune is fickle.
- Helmsmanship (noun)
Meaning: the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain. (कुशाग्रता)
Synonyms: astuteness, acumen, acuity
Antonyms: stupidity, foolishness, witlessness
Sentence: Clinton’s helmsmanship for the past four years left a lot to be desired
- Nonentity (noun)
Meaning: a person or thing with no special or interesting qualities; an unimportant person or thing. (महत्वहीन व्यक्ति)
Synonyms: unimportant person, person of no importance, nobody
Antonyms: personage, somebody, eminence
Sentence: How could such a nonentity become chairman of the company?
- Disingenuous (adj.)
Meaning: not candid or sincere, typically by pretending to know less about something than one really does. (कपटी)
Synonyms: dishonest, deceitful, underhand
Antonyms: honest, sincere, genuine
Sentence: He was being somewhat disingenuous as well as cynical.
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