The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 26th May 2022
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‘Vocabulary’
- Perversity (noun)
Meaning: a deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness. (प्रतिकूलता)
Synonyms: contrariness, perverseness, awkwardness
Antonyms: amiability, serenity
Sentence: She’s marrying him out of sheer perversity.
- Avid (adj.)
Meaning: having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something. (उत्सुक)
Synonyms: keen, eager, enthusiastic
Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent, unenthusiastic
Sentence: She’s an avid reader of historical novels.
- Risible (adj.)
Meaning: such as to provoke laughter. (हास्यास्पद)
Synonyms: laughable, comedic, comic
Antonyms: humorless, lame, unamusing
Sentence: A risible comment that made the whole class laugh.
- Entice (verb)
Meaning: attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage. (लुभाने)
Synonyms: tempt, allure, lure
Antonyms: drive (away or off), repulse
Sentence: The adverts entice the customer into buying things they don’t really want.
- Heinous (adj.)
Meaning: (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked. (जघन्य)
Synonyms: odious, wicked, evil
Antonyms: innocuous, inoffensive, pleasant
Sentence: They admitted to the most heinous crimes.
- Convalesce (verb)
Meaning: recover one’s health and strength over a period of time after an illness or operation. (अच्छा हो जाना)
Synonyms: get better, recover, get well
Antonyms: ail, collapse, sicken
Sentence: He will need about a week to convalesce after his hospital stay.
- Strenuous (adj.)
Meaning: requiring or using great exertion. (ज़ोरदार)
Synonyms: arduous, difficult, hard
Antonyms: effortless, facile, simple
Sentence: All your muscles need more oxygen during strenuous exercise.
- Rouse (verb)
Meaning: cause to feel angry or excited. (उत्तेजित करना)
Synonyms: stir up, excite, galvanize
Antonyms: rest, calm
Sentence: The crowds were roused to fever pitch by the drama of the race.
- Unwonted (adj.)
Meaning: unaccustomed or unusual. (असामान्य)
Synonyms: unusual, uncommon, unaccustomed
Antonyms: common, customary, normal
Sentence: He spoke with unwonted enthusiasm.
- Cynical (adj.)
Meaning: having or showing a deep distrust of human beings and their motives (संदेहास्पद)
Synonyms: Distrustful, Doubtful
Antonyms: Trustful, Cheerful
Sentence: I think she takes a rather cynical view of men.
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