10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Subsume (verb)
Include or absorb (something) in something else. शामिल करना
Synonyms: Encompass, Contain, Comprise
Antonyms: Exclude, Miss out
Example: Most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories.
Concomitant (adjective)
Naturally accompanying or associated. सहगामी
Synonyms: Attendant, Collateral, Accompanying, Associated, Connected
Antonyms: Unrelated, Unassociated, Independent, Unconnected
Example: She loved travel, with all its concomitant worries.
Acme (noun)
The point at which something is at its best or most highly developed. चरम बिन्दु
Synonyms: Top, Crest, Pinnacle, Apex, Apogee, Vertex
Antonyms: Bottom, Nadir, Base, Low Point
Example: The spelling bee represents the acme of their parent’s study-hard work ethic.
Dictum (noun)
A statement that expresses something that people believe is always true or should be followed. कथन
Synonyms: Saying, Maxim, Saw, Axiom, Proverb
Example: Every storyteller should remember Aristotle’s dictum that a story must have a beginning, a middle and an end.
Ascribe (verb)
Regard something as being due to (a cause). कारण बताना
Synonyms: Attribute, Assign, Set down, Impute
Antonyms: Withhold, Deny
Example: The substantial increase in the navy in this period is ascribed to him.
Repugnant (adjective)
In conflict or incompatible with. विरुद्ध
Synonyms: Contradictory to, Opposed to, At variance with
Antonyms: Compatible, Congruous, Consistent
Example: We found his suggestion absolutely repugnant.
Veer (verb)
Suddenly change an opinion, subject, type of behaviour, etc. बदलना
Synonyms: Deviate, Swerve, Deflect
Antonyms: Straighten, Conform, Stay
Example: The conversation eventually veered away from theatrical things.
Underpin (verb)
Support, justify, or form the basis for. सहारा देना
Synonyms: Corroborate, Buttress, Bolster
Antonyms: Weaken, Undermine, Ruin
Example: The report is underpinned by extensive research.
Usher (verb)
Show or guide (someone) somewhere. रास्ता दिखाना
Synonyms: Escort, Accompany, Lead the way, Guide, Convoy
Antonyms: Neglect, Ignore, Disregard
Example: The secretary ushered me into his office.
Unwarranted (adjective)
Not reasonable or necessary. अनपेक्षित
Synonyms: Unjustified, Inexcusable, Unnecessary
Antonyms: Reasonable, Justifiable, Sensible
Example: Much of the criticism was totally unwarranted.
The editorial
Source: The Hindu · 18 Dec 2021Allowing the language of fundamental duties to subsume political debates would hit the moral principles of the republic.
Should our rights coalesce with our duties? In recent times, it has been something of a constant refrain of the governing class to advocate an integration of duty with right. By duty here they do not mean the concomitant obligations that spring out of constitutional promises, but a set of ideals that were written into the Constitution during the acme of the Indira Gandhi-imposed Emergency. In their belief, these otherwise non-binding obligations — the “fundamental duties” as Article 51A describes them — ought to be treated on a par with, if not superior to, the various fundamental rights that the Constitution guarantees. In an inversion of the well-known dictum, they see duties, and not rights, as trumps.
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1. Synonym of Concomitant
2. Antonym of Ascribe
3. Synonym of Acme
4. Antonym of Subsume
5. Synonym of Veer
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