The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 21st January 2023
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- Benefaction (noun)
Meaning: a donation or gift. (दान)
Synonyms: charity, contribution, donation
Sentence: She made many charitable benefactions.
- Modicum (noun)
Meaning: a small quantity of a particular thing, especially something considered desirable or valuable. (अल्पांश)
Synonyms: little bit, small amount, particle
Antonyms: abundance, bucket, bunch
Sentence: There’s not even a modicum of truth in her statement.
- Squalor (noun)
Meaning: the state of being extremely dirty and unpleasant, especially as a result of poverty or neglect. (गंदगी)
Synonyms: dirtiness, squalidness, filth
Antonyms: purity, cleanliness, spotlessness
Sentence: I was shocked by the squalor of their surroundings.
- Senile (adj.)
Meaning: (of a person) having or showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties. (बूढ़ा)
Synonyms: aged, doddery, decrepit
Antonyms: adolescent, immature, young
Sentence: He is suffering from senile dementia.
- Verity (noun)
Meaning: a true principle or belief, especially one of fundamental importance. (सचाई)
Synonyms: facticity, factuality, truth
Antonyms: falseness, falsity, fallacy
Sentence: no one can question your verity
- Abstemious (adj.)
Meaning: not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking. (संयमी)
Synonyms: temperate, abstinent, austere
Antonyms: self-indulgent, gluttonous, greedy
Sentence: He is abstemious in life.
- Persecute (verb)
Meaning: subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs. (सताना)
Synonyms: oppress, abuse, victimize
Antonyms: comfort, console, assist
Sentence: His followers were persecuted by the authorities.
- 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.
- Incommunicado (adj.)
Meaning: not able, wanting, or allowed to communicate with other people. (सम्पर्क-वर्जित)
Synonyms: uncommunicable, unspeakable
Antonyms: communicable, expressible
Sentence: His secretary says he will be incommunicado for the rest of the day.
- Aegis (noun)
Meaning: the protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization. (संरक्षण)
Synonyms: patronage, protection, shelter
Antonyms: assault, attack, offense
Sentence: The space programme will continue under the aegis of the armed forces.
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