The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  2nd July 2024

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  2nd July 2024

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1. Trammel (noun)

Meaning: a restriction or impediment to someone’s freedom of action. (प्रतिबंध)

Synonyms: restraint, obstacle, barrier

Antonyms: freedom, latitude

Sentence: We will forge our future, free from the trammels of materialism.

2. Severance (noun)

Meaning: the action of ending a connection or relationship. (पृथक्करण)

Synonyms: sundering, split, separation

Antonyms: union, reconciliation

Sentence: The hardest thing to cope with was the severance from his family.

3. Putative (adj.)

Meaning: generally considered or reputed to be. (ख्यात)

Synonyms: supposed, assumed, presumed

Antonyms: real, unlikely

Sentence: The putative reason for her dismissal was poor job performance.

4. Iffy (adj.)

Meaning: full of uncertainty; doubtful. (अनिश्चितता)

Synonyms: doubtful, undecided, questionable

Antonyms: sure, convinced, certain

Sentence: Simon’s still kind of iffy about going to Columbia.

5. Ostracize (verb)

Meaning: exclude (someone) from a society or group. (निष्कासित करना)

Synonyms: exclude, shun, spurn

Antonyms: include, admit, accept

Sentence: His colleagues ostracized him for refusing to support the strike.

6. Bourgeois (adj.)

Meaning: belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank (आर्थिक वर्ग)

Synonyms: working-class, middle-class, ordinary

Antonyms: aristocratic, noble, upper-class

Sentence: She came from a respectable bourgeois family.

7. Multihued (adj.)

Meaning: marked by a variety of usually vivid colors (बहुरंगी)

Synonyms: chromatic, colored, colorful

Antonyms: colorless, monochromatic, monochromic

Sentence: This magnificent view shows the multihued beauty of the Adirondacks, a mountain range located in the northeastern part of New York.

8. Discrepancy (noun)

Meaning: a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more facts. (विसंगति)

Synonyms: difference, disparity, variance

Antonyms: similarity, resemblance, analogy

Sentence: The discrepancy in the calculations of my bill by the hotel and myself was a matter of concern.

9. Reclusive (adj.)

Meaning: avoiding the company of other people; solitary. (एकांतप्रिय)

Synonyms: solitary, secluded, isolated

Antonyms: gregarious, extroverted, talkative

Sentence: The reclusive woman was happy to spend her day off reading and writing at home.

10. Reprehensible (adj.)

Meaning: deserving censure or condemnation. (निन्दा)

Synonyms: deplorable, disgraceful, discreditable

Antonyms: inoffensive, unobjectionable, faultless

Sentence: I find their behavior morally reprehensible.

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