The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  4th October 2022

The Hindu Editorial VOCAB:  4th October 2022

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 ‘Vocabulary’

1. Reconciler (noun)

Meaning: a person who brings about peace, especially by reconciling adversaries. (सुलहकर्ता)

Synonyms: conciliator, peacemaker, arbitrator

Antonyms: rabble-rousers, protesters, agitators

Sentence: He is the great reconciler and harmonizer.

2. Fleece (verb)

Meaning: obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them. (फ़ायदा उठाना)

Synonyms: swindle, cheat, defraud

Sentence: Swindlers who use the telephone to fleece senior citizens out of their savings.

3. Vamoose (verb)

Meaning: depart hurriedly. (जल्दी से निकल जाना)

Synonyms: depart, exit, walk out

Antonyms: arrive, come,

Sentence: We’d better vamoose before we’re caught.

4. Collude (verb)

Meaning: cooperate in a secret or unlawful way in order to deceive or gain an advantage over others (सांठगांठ)

Synonyms: combine, conspire, collaborate

Antonyms: differ, disagree, split

Sentence: He accused his opponents of colluding with one another.

5. Emolument (noun)

Meaning: a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office. (वेतन)

Synonyms: payment, fee, charge

Sentence: The annual emolument for the director of the charity is officially only one

dollar.

6. Multifarious (adj.)

Meaning: many and of various types. (विविध)

Synonyms: multiform, multiple, different

Antonyms: monolithic, alike, identical

Sentence: Spain is a composite of multifarious traditions and people.

7. Forgery (noun)

Meaning: the action of forging or producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art. (जालसाजी)

Synonyms: counterfeiting, fraudulent copying, fraudulent imitation

Antonyms: original

Sentence: He spent 5 years in prison for forgery.

8. Downtrodden (adj.)

Meaning: oppressed or poorly treated by people in power. (उत्पीड़ित)

Synonyms: oppressed, subjugated, persecuted

Antonyms: invigorated, gladdened, encouraged

Sentence: In the year 1789 the downtrodden French peasantry turned upon their oppressors.

9. Manumitted (verb)

Meaning: release from slavery; set free. (रिहा करना)

Synonyms: freed, liberated, released

Antonyms: enslaved, fettered, unfree

Sentence: Old Angus had never manumitted a single slave.

10. Sultry (adj.)

Meaning: (of the air or weather) hot and humid. (उमसदार)

Synonyms: humid, tropical, torrid

Antonyms: algid, arctic, cool

Sentence: On really sultry days we go to the mall to hang out and cool off.

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