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The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 1st October 2022
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- Pelf (noun)
Meaning: money, especially when gained in a dishonest or dishonorable way. (धन)
Synonyms: bucks, cash, money
Sentence: He was a politician who seems more interested in pelf than in policy.
- Ergo (adv.)
Meaning: for this or that reason (फलस्वरूप)
Synonyms: therefore, consequently, so
Sentence: She was the sole beneficiary of the will, ergo the prime suspect.
- Spurn (verb)
Meaning: reject with disdain or contempt. (अस्वीकार करना)
Synonyms: refuse, decline, say no to
Antonyms: accept, agree (to), approve
Sentence: She spurned my offers of help.
- Miserliness (noun)
Meaning: excessive desire to save money; extreme meanness. (कंजूसी)
Synonyms: avarice, acquisitiveness, parsimony
Antonyms: bounty, generosity, largesse
Sentence: The party earned a damaging reputation for miserliness by cutting pensions.
- Happenstance (noun)
Meaning: formal + literary something that happens by chance (संयोग)
Synonyms: happenchance, coincidence, incident
Sentence: We met each other by happenstance.
- Scorner (noun)
Meaning: a person who expresses contempt or disdain for someone or something. (उच्छृंखल)
Synonyms: decriers, denigrators, derider
Antonyms: comforters, soother, succorer
Sentence: I would not sit in the scorner’s seat, nor hurl the cynic’s ban
- Philippic (noun)
Meaning: a bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one. (निंदापूर्ण वाक्य)
Synonyms: tirade, diatribe, invective
Antonyms: approval, blessing, commendation
Sentence: The lecture was a tremendous philippic against our culture.
- Ponderous (adj.)
Meaning: slow and clumsy because of great weight. (भारी-भरकम)
Synonyms: clumsy, slow, heavy
Antonyms: lightweight, fluffy
Sentence: Her footsteps were heavy and ponderous.
- Protean (adj.)
Meaning: tending or able to change frequently or easily. (परिवर्तनशील)
Synonyms: ever-changing, variable, changeable
Sentence: It is difficult to comprehend the whole of this protean subject.
- Hollering (verb)
Meaning: (of a person) give a loud shout or cry. (चिल्लाना)
Synonyms: shout, yell, cry
Antonyms: mumbling, murmuring, whispering
Sentence: Hollering at me isn’t going to find us a parking place.
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