The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 17th December 2021
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‘Vocabulary’
- Contrivance (noun)
Meaning: the use of skill to bring something about or create something. (युक्ति)
Synonyms: scheme, stratagem, tactic
Sentence: He erected some contrivance for storing rain water.
- Subsume (verb)
Meaning: include or absorb (something) in something else. (किसी नियम के अंतर्गत करना)
Synonyms: comprehend, contain, embrace
Antonyms: exclude, leave (out), miss out
Sentence: States subsume many of the responsibilities of governing from the county.
- Sapience (noun)
Meaning: the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships (बुद्धिमत्ता)
Synonyms: discernment, insight, perception
Antonyms: foolishness, idiocy, imbecility
Sentence: The kind of sapience that comes from a lifetime of experience as an educator.
- Stifled (verb)
Meaning: make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate. (दबाया)
Synonyms: suffocate, choke, asphyxiate
Antonyms: breathed, exhaled
Sentence: He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.
- Unnerve (verb)
Meaning: make (someone) lose courage or confidence. (हतोत्साहित करना)
Synonyms: demoralize, discourage, dishearten
Antonyms: embolden, encourage, fortify
Sentence: I may unnerve you by saying that many of us err in this.
- Harbinger (noun)
Meaning: a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another. (अग्र-दूत)
Synonyms: herald, sign, indicator
Sentence: The hope that the housing slump does not harbinger a general economic recession.
- Incorporeal (adj.)
Meaning: not composed of matter; having no material existence. (निराकार)
Synonyms: intangible, impalpable, nonmaterial
Antonyms: bodily, corporeal, material
Sentence: Plato demonstrated the incorporeal nature of the soul.
- Pondering (verb)
Meaning: think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion. (विचार करना)
Synonyms: think about, give thought to, consider
Antonyms: disregarding, ignoring, overlooking
Sentence: I am pondering how to respond.
- Perplex (verb)
Meaning: (of something complicated or unaccountable) cause (someone) to feel completely baffled. (हक्का-बक्का करना)
Synonyms: puzzle, baffle, mystify
Antonyms: simplify, streamline
Sentence: The disease has continued to perplex doctors.
- Diaphanous (adj.)
Meaning: (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent. (पारदर्शक)
Synonyms: sheer, fine, ultra-fine
Antonyms: opaque, cloudy, foggy
Sentence: The little light fades the immense and diaphanous shadows.
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