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The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 6th August 2022
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‘Vocabulary’
- Abjured (verb)
Meaning: solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim). (परित्यक्त)
Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, reject
Antonyms: adhere (to), admit, affirm
Sentence: The conqueror tried to make the natives abjure their religion.
- Hone (verb)
Meaning: sharpen (a blade). (तेज करना)
Synonyms: sharpen, make sharper
Antonyms: blunt, dull
Sentence: He was carefully honing the curved blade.
- Forgo (verb)
Meaning: omit or decline to take (something pleasant or valuable); go without. (त्यागना)
Synonyms: abstain (from), forbear, give up
Antonyms: give in, submit
Sentence: I’ll forgo dessert tonight as I’m trying to lose weight
- Parochialism (noun)
Meaning: a limited or narrow outlook, especially focused on a local area; narrow-mindedness. (संकीर्णता)
Synonyms: localism, provincialism, insularity
Antonyms: broad-mindedness, liberalism
Sentence: We have been guilty of parochialism, of resistance to change.
- Mooted (verb)
Meaning: raise (a question or topic) for discussion; suggest (an idea or possibility). (बहस करना)
Synonyms: raise, bring up, broach
Antonyms: censored, hushed (up), quieted
Sentence: The idea was first mooted as long ago as the 1840s.
- Infamy (noun)
Meaning: the state of being well known for some bad quality or deed. (बदनामी)
Synonyms: notoriety, disrepute, disreputableness
Antonyms: esteem, honor, respect
Sentence: Despite her eventual pardons, she could never completely free herself of the infamy of being named a war criminal.
- Dilapidating (verb)
Meaning: cause (something) to fall into disrepair or ruin. (जीर्ण-शीर्ण)
Synonyms: breaking down, corrupting, degrading
Antonyms: ameliorating, improving, meliorating
Sentence: The hotel we stayed in was really dilapidated.
- Lambaste (verb)
Meaning: criticize (someone or something) harshly. (आलोचना करना)
Synonyms: criticize, castigate, chastise
Antonyms: acclaim, commend, compliment
Sentence: The professor lambasted me for my careless mistake.
- Credulous (adj.)
Meaning: having or showing too great a readiness to believe things. (विश्रंभी)
Synonyms: gullible, naïve, impressionable
Antonyms: doubting, incredulous, careful
Sentence: Credulous people are easily misled by false advertisements.
- Didactic (adj.)
Meaning: intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive. (शिक्षाप्रद)
Synonyms: instructive, instructional, educational
Antonyms: erroneous, pernicious, misleading
Sentence: A didactic novel that set out to expose social injustice.
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