The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  22nd July 2023

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  22nd July 2023

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 ‘Vocabulary’

1. Abet (verb)

Meaning: encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offense. (उकसाना)

Synonyms: encourage, support, assist

Antonyms: discourage, hold,

Sentence: He was not guilty of murder but was guilty of aiding and abetting others.

2. Undulate (verb)

Meaning: move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion. (लहराता)

Synonyms: rise and fall, surge, wave

Antonyms: efflux, motionlessness, lose.

Sentence: We soon see a field of wheat undulate in the breeze.

3. Shoddy (adj.)

Meaning: badly made or done. (तुच्छ)

Synonyms: poor-quality, inferior, cheap

Antonyms: excellent, fine, first-class

Sentence: I’m normally quick to complain about shoddy service.

4. Solace (verb)

Meaning: give comfort or consolation to. (आश्वासन)

Synonyms: comfort, console, cheer

Antonyms: anguish, distress

Sentence: She smiled, as though solaced by the memory.

5. Pomp (noun)

Meaning: ceremony and splendid display, especially at a public event. (वैभव)

Synonyms: ceremony, grandeur, pageantry

Antonyms: simplicity, severity

Sentence: The coronation was conducted with great pomp.

6. Axiom (noun)

Meaning: a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true. (स्वयंसिद्ध)

Synonyms: accepted truth, general truth, dictum

Sentence: It is a widely held axiom that governments should not negotiate with terrorists.

7. Precarity (noun)

Meaning: the state of being precarious or uncertain. (अनिश्चितता)

Synonyms: dicey, insecure, risky

Antonyms: advantageous, beneficial, good

Sentence: Many older workers face employment precarity as the job opportunities they once had have disappeared.

8. 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.

9. Depredation (noun)

Meaning: an act of attacking or plundering. (लूट-पाट)

Synonyms: plunder, looting, pillaging

Antonyms: rescue, salvage, salvation

Sentence: The entire area has suffered the depredations of war.

10. Frenzy (noun)

Meaning: a state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behavior. (उन्माद)

Synonyms: hysteria, madness, mania

Antonyms: calm, calmness, peace

Sentence: In a frenzy of rage she hit him.

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