The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 17th August 2021
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‘Vocabulary’
- Rue (verb)
Meaning: bitterly regret (something one has done or allowed to happen). (पछताना)
Synonyms: regret, be sorry about, feel apologetic
Antonyms: impenitence, remorselessness
Sentence: Ferguson will rue the day he turned down that offer.
- Ludicrous (adj.)
Meaning: so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing; ridiculous. (ऊटपटांग)
Synonyms: absurd, ridiculous, farcical
Antonyms: believable, conceivable, rational
Sentence: It’s ludicrous that I have been fined.
- Tedious (adj.)
Meaning: too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous. (थकानेवाला)
Synonyms: boring, monotonous, dull
Antonyms: engaging, engrossing, gripping
Sentence: It gets tedious, but I get a kick out of doing it that way.
- Scornful (adj.)
Meaning: feeling or expressing contempt or derision. (तिरस्कारपूर्ण)
Synonyms: contemptuous, mocking, derisive
Antonyms: admiring, applauding, appreciative
Sentence: He opened the door with a scornful look on his face.
- Desertion (noun)
Meaning: the action of deserting a person, cause, or organization. (परित्याग)
Synonyms: abandonment, leaving, forsaking
Antonyms: reclamation, retrieval
Sentence: I resented what I saw as my parents’ desertion.
- Prodigious (adj.)
Meaning: remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree. (अद्भुत)
Synonyms: enormous, colossal, immense
Antonyms: unimpressive, common, ordinary
Sentence: What a prodigious opportunity you have missed.
- Totter (verb)
Meaning: move in a feeble or unsteady way. (लड़खड़ाते हुए चलना)
Synonyms: teeter, walk unsteadily, stagger
Sentence: The drunkard tottered to the door.
- Tenable (adj.)
Meaning: able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection. (लायक़)
Synonyms: defensible, justifiable, defendable
Antonyms: indefensible, untenable, unjustifiable
Sentence: Such a simplistic approach is no longer tenable.
- Malignant (adj.)
Meaning: having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it (घातक)
Synonyms: spiteful, hostile, malevolent
Antonyms: benevolent, benign, benignant
Sentence: The process by which malignant cancer cells multiply isn’t fully understood.
- Slander (verb)
Meaning: make false and damaging statements about (someone). (झूठी निंदा करना)
Synonyms: defame, insult, libel
Antonyms: glorify, honor, praise
Sentence: They were accused of slandering the head of state.
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