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The Hindu Editorial VOCAB: 9th December 2021
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‘Vocabulary’
- Fomented (verb)
Meaning: instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action). (भड़काना)
Synonyms: instigate, incite, provoke
Antonyms: allay, calm, settle
Sentence: They accused him of fomenting political unrest.
- Armistice (noun)
Meaning: an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce. (युद्धविराम)
Synonyms: truce, ceasefire, treaty
Antonyms: conflict, hostilities, war
Sentence: Both sides in the conflict agreed to an armistice during the solemn holy days.
- Wily (adj.)
Meaning: skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully. (चतुर)
Synonyms: shrewd, clever, sharp
Antonyms: guileless, ingenuous, innocent
Sentence: Foxes are supposed to be wily creatures.
- Ambushed (verb)
Meaning: make a surprise attack on (someone) from a concealed position. (घात लगाकर हमला किया)
Synonyms: attack by surprise, trap, entrap
Sentence: The king’s enemies planned to ambush the royal coach on the way to Paris and capture the king.
- Admonition (noun)
Meaning: an act or action of admonishing; authoritative counsel or warning. (चेतावनी)
Synonyms: reprimand, rebuke, reproof
Sentence: The old judge’s admonition to the jury on this point was particularly weighty.
- Seclusion (noun)
Meaning: the state of being private and away from other people. (एकांत)
Synonyms: isolation, solitude, retreat
Antonyms: companionship, company, comradeship
Sentence: I live very much in seclusion these days.
- Futility (noun)
Meaning: pointlessness or uselessness. (निरर्थकता)
Synonyms: fruitlessness, vanity, pointlessness
Antonyms: use, usefulness, utility
Sentence: The sheer futility of it all exasperates her.
- Debauch (noun)
Meaning: destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt. (नाश करना)
Synonyms: abase, bastardize, canker
Antonyms: elevate, ennoble, uplift
Sentence: He has debauched the morals of the people and endeavored to corrupt parliament.
- Upend (verb)
Meaning: set or turn (something) on its end or upside down. (समाप्त कर देना)
Synonyms: set up, upraise, put up
Antonyms: demolish, flatten
Sentence: We had to upend the sofa in order to fit it into the elevator.
- Desecrating (verb)
Meaning: treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate. (अपवित्र करना)
Synonyms: violate, profane, treat sacrilegiously
Antonyms: reverent, reverential, worshipful
Sentence: More than 300 graves were desecrated.
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