The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 3rd September 2022
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‘Vocabulary’
- Commiserated (verb)
Meaning: express or feel sympathy or pity; sympathize. (हमदर्दी रखना)
Synonyms: offer sympathy to, feel pity for, condole with
Antonyms: distressed, tormented, irritated
Sentence: They commiserated the misfortune of their teacher.
- Contemporaneous (adj.)
Meaning: existing or occurring in the same period of time. (समसामयिक)
Synonyms: coetaneous, coeval, coexistent
Antonyms: asynchronous, noncontemporary
Sentence: The two events were more or less contemporaneous, with only months between them.
- Defile (verb)
Meaning: to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable (गंदा करना)
Synonyms: befoul, contaminate, spoil
Antonyms: decontaminate, purify, clean
Sentence: Supplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots.
- Affability (noun)
Meaning: the quality of having a friendly and good-natured manner. (नेकी)
Synonyms: friendliness, amiability, geniality
Antonyms: disagreeableness, unpleasantness
Sentence: He was beloved by the nation for his affability toward people from all walks of life.
- Smidgen (noun)
Meaning: a small amount of something. (थोड़ा)
Synonyms: ace, bit, driblet
Antonyms: abundance, barrel, boatload
Sentence: Could I have a smidgen more wine?
- Poltroonery (noun)
Meaning: a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger (कायरता)
Synonyms: cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness
Antonyms: bravery, courage, daring
Sentence: He was disgraced with Poltroonery.
- Oppugn (verb)
Meaning: call into question the truth or validity of. (आपत्ति करना)
Synonyms: challenge, contest, dispute
Antonyms: accept, believe, embrace
Sentence: This paper aims to oppugn and criticize the above ideas.
- Retorted (verb)
Meaning: say something in answer to a remark or accusation, typically in a sharp, angry, or wittily incisive manner. (जवाब देना)
Synonyms: answer, reply, respond
Antonyms: asked, inquired, questioned
Sentence: When told she couldn’t have it, she retorted, “Fine, I didn’t want it anyway!”
- Outpace (verb)
Meaning: go, rise, or improve faster than. (आगे बढ़ना)
Synonyms: outrun, outstrip, overtake
Antonyms: decelerate, slow
Sentence: Population growth has continued to outpace job growth for the last several decades.
- 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.
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