On 20 April 2018 Vocab24 covered 7 editorials from Futurism, The Hindu, Vocab Video of the Day, CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW 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

  • Afflict (verb)To cause pain or suffering to (something or someone)पीड़ा देना Synonyms: Excruciate, Torment, Trouble, Beset, Persecute, Rack · Antonyms: Comfort, Relieve, Solace, Soothe, Succour
  • Malady (noun)A disease, illness or sickness.रोग, बीमारी Synonyms: Indisposition, Lurgy, Infirmity, Ailment, Disorder, Malaise · Antonyms: Fitness, Healthiness, Heartiness, Robustness, Soundness, Wholeness, Wholesomeness, Fettle
  • Caveat (noun)A warning or caution.चेतावनी Synonyms: Warning, Caution, Admonition, Monition, Proviso, Condition, Stipulation, Provision, Clause · Antonyms: Heedlessness, Negligence, Ignorance, Indiscretion
  • Ipso facto (adverb)By that very fact or act/ as an inevitable result.अनिवार्य रूप से, स्पष्ट रूप से Synonyms: Ineluctably, Inescapably, Inevitably, Necessarily, Needs, Perforce, Unavoidably, Involuntarily · Antonyms: Unnecessarily, Unessential
  • Legitimate (adjective)Allowed according to law, or reasonable and acceptable.वैध, क़ानूनी, न्यायसंगत Synonyms: Lawful, Legit, Legal, Licit, Justifiable, Warrantable, Constitutional, Admissible · Antonyms: Illegal, Illegitimate, Illicit
  • Benign (adjective)Pleasant and kind; not harmful or severe.नुकसान न पहुंचानेवाला Synonyms: Harmless, Innocuous, Safe, Anodyne, Gracious Genial · Antonyms: Unfriendly, Hostile Malignant, Adverse, Baleful, Detrimental, Nocuous, Pernicious, Noxious
  • Be Bogged down (phrasal verb)Burdened or impeded by something that prevent from making progress.उलझना Synonyms: Entangled, Involved, Overwhelmed, Embroiled, Enmeshed, Encumbered, Impeded · Antonyms: Detach, Expedite, Advance, Emancipate
  • Apprehend (verb)Arrest someone for a crime/ understand or perceive something.हिरासत में लेना/ समझ लेना Synonyms: Arrest, Catch, Capture, Seize, Incarcerate, Understand, Comprehend, , Recognize, Discern, Perceive, Grasp · Antonyms: Emancipate, Liberate, Release, Unbind, Unchain/ Misapprehend, Misconceive, Misconstrue, Misinterpret, Misperceive, Misunderstand
  • Interlocutor (noun)Someone who is involved in a conversation and who is representing someone else.वार्ताकार Synonyms: Colloquist, Conversationalist, Dialogist, Interviewer · Antonyms: Listener, Eavesdropper
  • Peripheral (adjective)Something that is peripheral is not as important as something else.मुख्य नहीं Synonyms: Secondary, Subsidiary, Unimportant, Nonessential, Immaterial, Superficial, Ancillary, Irrelevant, Extraneous · Antonyms: Central, Vital, Fundamental, Principal

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