The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  1st September 2022

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  1st September 2022

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1. Coruscate (verb)

Meaning: (of light) flash or sparkle. (उज्जवल होना)

Synonyms: flash, glance, gleam

Antonyms: dim, dull

Sentence: The light was coruscating from the walls.

2. Derange (verb)

Meaning: cause (someone) to become insane. (उन्मत्त कर देना)

Synonyms: demented, unhinge

Antonyms: relax, soothe, tranquilize

Sentence: Being stranded at night on a lonely road would derange anyone.

3. Idyll (noun)

Meaning: an extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque episode or scene, typically an idealized or unsustainable one. (सुखद जीवन)

Synonyms: wonderful time, moment of bliss, heaven

Sentence: His year as a vineyard worker in the south of France was not the idyll that he had expected it to be.

4. Evocative (adj.)

Meaning: bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind. (विचारोत्तेजक)

Synonyms: reminiscent, suggestive, redolent

Antonyms: unreminiscent

Sentence: Those old toys are evocative of my childhood.

5. Abridge (verb)

Meaning: shorten (a piece of writing) without losing the sense. (संक्षेप करना)

Synonyms: shorten, cut, cut short

Antonyms: elongate, extend, lengthen

Sentence: The introduction is abridged from the author’s afterword to the novel.

6. Apocryphal (adj.)

Meaning: (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. (शंकायुक्त)

Synonyms: fictitious, made-up, untrue

Antonyms: real, factual, literal

Sentence: Most of the stories about him are apocryphal.

7. Toil (noun)

Meaning: work extremely hard or incessantly. (कठिन परिश्रम)

Synonyms: work hard, labor, drudgery

Antonyms: relax, repose, rest

Sentence: If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.

8. Conduit (noun)

Meaning: a channel for conveying water or other fluid. (पाइपलाइन)

Synonyms: channel, duct, pipe

Sentence: This is the major conduit for carrying water to the military base

9. Knavery (noun)

Meaning: a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke (धूर्तता)

Synonyms: roguery, waggery, frolic

Sentence: Knavery may serve for a turn, but honesty is in the long run.

10. Exigency (noun)

Meaning: an urgent need or demand. (ज़रूरत)

Synonyms: need, demand, requirement

Sentence: Women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it.

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