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The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 21st January 2022
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- Grating (adj.)
Meaning: sounding harsh and unpleasant. (कर्कश)
Synonyms: croaking, croaky, gravel
Antonyms: gentle, gliding, melodious
Sentence: She recognized the grating voice of Dr. Sarnoff.
- Fecund (adj.)
Meaning: producing abundantly (फलप्रद)
Synonyms: fertile, fructuous, fruitful
Antonyms: infertile, sterile, unproductive
Sentence: The pampas are still among the most fecund lands in the world.
- Foment (verb)
Meaning: instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action). (भड़काना)
Synonyms: instigate, incite, provoke
Antonyms: calm, quiet, settle
Sentence: The rebels know the truth and seek to foment revolution.
- Desultory (adj.)
Meaning: lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm. (अनियमित)
Synonyms: superficial, lukewarm, cursory
Antonyms: organized, regular, systematic
Sentence: She made a desultory attempt at conversation.
- Fleeting (adj.)
Meaning: lasting for a very short time. (क्षणभंगुर)
Synonyms: brief, transient, short-lived
Antonyms: endless, enduring, eternal
Sentence: Life is short and time is fleeting.
- Serendipity (noun)
Meaning: the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. (नसीब)
Synonyms: luck, good fortune, chance,
Antonyms: mischance, misfortune, unluckiness
Sentence: Nature has created wonderful serendipity.
- Enraptured (verb)
Meaning: give intense pleasure or joy to. (मंत्रमुग्ध)
Synonyms: delight, please greatly, charm
Antonyms: depressed, distressed, oppressed
Sentence: The audience was enraptured by her beautiful voice.
- Portend (verb)
Meaning: be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous or calamitous) is likely to happen. (संकेत मिलता)
Synonyms: presage, augur, foreshadow
Antonyms: describe, narrate, recite
Sentence: The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
- Circumvent (verb)
Meaning: find a way around (an obstacle). (गतिरोध उत्पन्न)
Synonyms: avoid, get around, find a way around
Antonyms: confront, face, meet
Sentence: If you come to an obstruction in a road you can seek to circumvent it.
- Pillaging (verb)
Meaning: rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime. (लूटने)
Synonyms: despoiling, looting, marauding
Sentence: The rebels went shooting and pillaging.
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