The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  28th March 2023

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  28th March 2023

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 ‘Vocabulary’

1. Quiescent (adj.)

Meaning: in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy. (मौन)

Synonyms: inactive, inert, latent

Antonyms: active, busy

Sentence: The political situation was now relatively quiescent.

2. Perusal (noun)

Meaning: the action of reading or examining something. (अध्ययन)

Synonyms: reading, scrutiny, inspection

Antonyms: ignorance, neglect,

Sentence: I continued my perusal of the instructions.

3. Unambiguous (adj.)

Meaning: not open to more than one interpretation. (स्पष्ट)

Synonyms: obvious, plain, apparent

Antonyms: ambiguous, indefinite, vague

Sentence: Instructions should be unambiguous.

4. Consensus (noun)

Meaning: a general agreement. (आम सहमति)

Synonyms: agreement, harmony, concord

Antonyms: conflict, disagreement, dissensus

Sentence: I want to get a new bike but I am not getting consensus from my family members.

5. Seer (noun)

Meaning: a person who is supposed to be able, through supernatural insight, to see what the future holds. (पैग़ंबर)

Synonyms: prophet, prophetess, sibyl

Sentence: A seer had foretold that the earl would assume the throne.

6. Gaffe (noun)

Meaning: an unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder. (चूक)

Synonyms: blunder, mistake, error

Antonyms: accuracy, correctness, perfection

Sentence: He didn’t realize what a gaffe he’d made.

7. Evanescent (adj.)

Meaning: soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing. (क्षणभंगुर)

Synonyms: vanishing, fading, fleeting

Antonyms: endless, eternal, everlasting

Sentence: Talk is evanescent but writing leaves footprints.

8. Boulder (noun)

Meaning: a large rock, typically one that has been worn smooth by erosion. (कंकर)

Synonyms: rock, stone, gibber

Sentence: He sat down on a boulder.

9. Subvert (verb)

Meaning: undermine the power and authority of (an established system or institution). (नाश करना)

Synonyms: destabilize, unsettle, overthrow

Antonyms: elevate, ennoble, uplift

Sentence: By insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward.

10. Overt (adj.)

Meaning: done or shown openly; plainly or readily apparent, not secret or hidden. (अपरोक्ष)

Synonyms: undisguised, unconcealed, clear

Antonyms: unapparent, unclarified, unclear

Sentence: His opponent’s intention is quite overt.

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