The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  23rd March 2022

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  23rd March 2022

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1. Travails (noun)

Meaning: painful or laborious effort. (गम)

Synonyms: ordeal, trouble, tribulation

Antonyms: comfort, consolation, solace

Sentence: He gained the medal through his painful travail.

2. Subsume (verb)

Meaning: include or absorb (something) in something else. (किसी नियम के अंतर्गत करना)

Synonyms: comprehend, contain, embrace

Antonyms: exclude, leave (out), miss out

Sentence: States subsume many of the responsibilities of governing from the county.

3. Sapience (noun)

Meaning: the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships (बुद्धिमत्ता)

Synonyms: discernment, insight, perception

Antonyms: foolishness, idiocy, imbecility

Sentence: The kind of sapience that comes from a lifetime of experience as an educator.

4. Incredulous (adj.)

Meaning: (of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something. (विश्वास न होना)

Synonyms: disbelieving, unbelieving, doubtful

Antonyms: credulous, gullible, trustful

Sentence: She gave me an incredulous glance.

5. Shudder (verb)

Meaning: (of a person) tremble convulsively, typically as a result of fear or revulsion. (थरथरना)

Synonyms: shiver, tremble, quiver

Sentence: I shuddered with horror.

6. Harbinger (noun)

Meaning: a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another. (अग्र-दूत)

Synonyms: herald, sign, indicator

Sentence: The hope that the housing slump does not harbinger a general economic recession.

7. Incorporeal (adj.)

Meaning: not composed of matter; having no material existence. (निराकार)

Synonyms: intangible, impalpable, nonmaterial

Antonyms: bodily, corporeal, material

Sentence: Plato demonstrated the incorporeal nature of the soul.

8. Whammy (noun)

Meaning: an event with a powerful and unpleasant effect; a blow. (बुरा प्रभाव)

Synonyms: curse, augury

Antonyms: amulet, charm

Sentence: The third whammy was the degradation of the financial system.

9. Wither (verb)

Meaning: cease to flourish; fall into decay or decline. (क्षय या पतन)

Synonyms: diminish, dwindle, shrink

Antonyms: develop, grow, increase

Sentence: The flowers will wither if you don’t put them in water.

10. Diaphanous (adj.)

Meaning: (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent. (पारदर्शक)

Synonyms: sheer, fine, ultra-fine

Antonyms: opaque, cloudy, foggy

Sentence: The little light fades the immense and diaphanous shadows.

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