The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary 20 Apr 2017 – 10 Words with Hindi Meaning, 5 Editorials

On 20 April 2017 Vocab24 covered 5 editorials from The Times of India, The Economic Times, The Hindu, Vocab Video of the day, The Hindu (National Concern) and taught 10 words from them. Read the editorial, learn the words with Hindi meaning, then use three of them in a sentence today.

10 words from this day's editorials

Rapprochement (noun) – an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations.घनिष्टता/मैत्री Synonyms: dÃ©tente, harmonization, reconciliation. · Antonyms: aloofness, disagreement.
Wherewithal (noun) – the money or other means needed for a particular purpose.साधन Synonyms: resource, means, machination. · Antonyms: lack, debt, scarcity.
Grumpy (adjective) – bad-tempered and sulky.चिडचिडा/ तुनकमिजाज़ Synonyms: bad-tempered, ill-tempered, short-tempered, crotchety, crabby. · Antonyms: cheerful, happy, nice, pleasant.
Veto (verb) – exercise a veto against (a decision or proposal)./ refuse to accept or allow.अस्वीकार करना Synonyms: reject, turn down, throw out, dismiss, rule against, rule out, quash. · Antonyms: approve, authorize.
Faction (noun) – a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.विरोधी दल/उपद्रवी दल Synonyms: clique, coterie, caucus, cabal, bloc. · Antonyms: Harmony.
Subtlety (noun) – the quality of being difficult to detect or analyzeजटिलता/गूढता Synonyms: delicateness, subtleness, elusiveness, faintness, mutedness. · Antonyms: easiness, understandability.
Lynchpin (noun) – a person or thing vital to an enterprise or organization.अत्यावश्यक/महत्त्वपूर्ण Synonyms: vital, important, mainstay, keystone, key element. · Antonyms: trivial, frivolous, paltry.
Regress (verb) – return to a former or less developed state.पीछे हटना Synonyms: revert, retrogress, relapse, go backwards, subside. · Antonyms: develop, forward, improve, increase, progress.
Puritanical (adjective) – having or displaying a very strict or censorious moral attitude.कडा/सख्त Synonyms: moralistic, pietistic, stuffy, starchy, prissy, prudish, puritan. · Antonyms: permissive, broad-minded.
In doldrums (idiom) – (be inactive; very quiet or dull)निष्क्रीय/उदास/ धीमा Synonyms: sluggish; inactive, in low spirits, lacking activity or progress. · Antonyms: active, alert, energetic, lively.