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The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 23rd June 2023
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- Iniquitous (adj.)
Meaning: grossly unfair and morally wrong. (अन्यायी)
Synonyms: wicked, sinful, evil
Antonyms: decent, ethical, good
Sentence: Have you seen this bill? It’s iniquitous!
- Iconoclast (noun)
Meaning: a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs (संप्रदायवादी)
Synonyms: counterculturist, deviant, nonconformist
Antonyms: conformer, conformist
Sentence: But he shows little sign of being an iconoclast.
- Promontory (noun)
Meaning: a point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland. (चोटी)
Synonyms: headland, ness, point
Sentence: Yet another fortress stands on a promontory only half a mile away.
- Hue and cry (noun)
Meaning: a loud clamor or public outcry. (कोलाहल)
Synonyms: noise, howl, outcry
Antonyms: murmur, silence
Sentence: The workers raised a great hue and cry against the new rule.
- Pilferage (noun)
Meaning: the action of stealing things of little value. (चोरी)
Synonyms: filching, pilfering, purloining
Sentence: Surveillance practices reduce theft and pilferage in the workplace.
- Antithesis (noun)
Meaning: a thing that is the direct opposite of something else (विलोम)
Synonyms: (direct) opposite, converse, reverse
Antonyms: synonym, replica, duplicate
Sentence: Slavery is the antithesis of freedom.
- Facticity (noun)
Meaning: agreement with fact or reality (तथ्यात्मकता)
Synonyms: truth, accuracy, authenticity
Antonyms: falsity, untruth
Sentence: The facticity of the manuscript is indubitable.
- Foolproof (adj.)
Meaning: incapable of going wrong or being misused. (सरल)
Synonyms: flawless, reliable, infallible
Antonyms: imperfect, flawed, defective
Sentence: The system is pretty well foolproof.
- Understate (verb)
Meaning: describe or represent (something) as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is. (परदा डालना)
Synonyms: play down, downplay, underplay
Antonyms: exaggerate, overdo, overdraw
Sentence: The press has understated the extent of the problem.
- Deem (verb)
Meaning: regard or consider in a specified way. (समझना)
Synonyms: regard as, consider, judge
Antonyms: distrust, doubt, mistrust
Sentence: I deem it advisable to buy property now.
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