The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  28th January 2023

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  28th January 2023

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 ‘Vocabulary’

1. Dialectic (noun)

Meaning: the art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions. (द्वंद्वात्मक)

Synonyms: argumentation, contention

Sentence: This situation created the inner dialectic of American history.

2. Sludge (noun)

Meaning: thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process. (कीचड़)

Synonyms: mud, muck, mire

Sentence: All dumping of sludge will be banned by 1998.

3. Felicitate (verb)

Meaning: to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune (अभिनंदन करना)

Synonyms: compliment, congratulate, applaud

Antonyms: cry down, decry, deprecate

Sentence: The whole family felicitated John on his new appointment.

4. Labyrinth (noun)

Meaning: a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze. (भूलभुलैया)

Synonyms: maze, warren, complex network

Sentence: We lost our way in the labyrinth of streets.

5. Statute (noun)

Meaning: a written law passed by a legislative body. (क़ानून)

Synonyms: law, regulation, enactment

Sentence: Protection for the consumer is laid down by statute.

6. Maraud (verb)

Meaning: roam in search of things to steal or people to attack. (लूटना)

Synonyms: plunder, go looting, go pillaging

Sentence: Marauding gangs of armed men have been looting food relief supplies.

7. Subtlety (noun)

Meaning: the quality or state of being subtle. (सूक्ष्मता)

Synonyms: delicacy, delicateness, subtleness

Sentence: He argued his case with considerable subtlety.

8. Amnesty (noun)

Meaning: an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses. (आम माफ़ी)

Synonyms: pardon, pardoning. reprieve

Antonyms: penalty, punishment, retribution

Sentence: The government granted amnesty to all political prisoners.

9. Dally (verb)

Meaning: act or move slowly. (विलंब करना)

Synonyms: dawdle, delay, loiter

Antonyms: hurry, hasten

Sentence: Don’t dally along the way! We haven’t got much time.

10. Inadvertence (noun)

Meaning: failure to give sufficient attention to avoiding harm or errors; negligence. (असावधानी)

Synonyms: carelessness, heedlessness, laxity

Antonyms: care, carefulness, caution

Sentence: Mistakes proceed from inadvertence.

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