10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Lethal (adjective)
Very harmful or destructive. घातक
Synonyms: Deadly, Fatal, Mortal, Noxious, Virulent, Pernicious
Antonyms: Harmless, Nonfatal, Safe, Beneficial
Example: She had been given a lethal dose of poison.
Impinge (verb)
Have an effect, especially a negative one. प्रभाव डालना
Synonyms: Have a bearing on, Influence, Have an effect on, Make an impact on, Impact
Antonyms: Avoid, Leave alone, Shun
Example: Several factors impinge on market efficiency.
Galling (adjective)
Causing annoyance or resentment. कष्टप्रद
Synonyms: Annoying, Irritating, Infuriating, Vexing
Antonyms: Pleasing, Soothing, Gratifying
Example: I find it galling to see such negativity applied to our young people.
Dissuade (verb)
Persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action. विरुद्ध सलाह करना
Synonyms: Discourage, Prevent, Divert
Antonyms: Encourage, Urge
Example: His friends tried to dissuade him from flying.
Folly (noun)
A foolish act, idea, or practice. अज्ञानता
Synonyms: Stupidity, Imbecility, Silliness, Idiocy
Antonyms: Sanity, Sagacity
Example: It would be folly to turn the offer down.
Debacle (noun)
A sudden and ignominious failure. असफलता
Synonyms: Fiasco, Failure, Collapse
Antonyms: Success, Accomplishment
Example: Often the films in question turn into debacles.
Refute (verb)
Prove (a statement or theory) to be wrong or false. झूठा ठहराना
Synonyms: Disprove, Rebut, Invalidate, Confute
Antonyms: Prove, Confirm
Example: Most incorrect or incoherent claims are easily refuted by experience or logic but religious concepts are different.
Recoup (verb)
Regain (something lost or expended). पुनः प्राप्त करना
Synonyms: Retrieve, Win back, Repossess
Antonyms: Fail, Abandon
Example: Efforts will be made to recoup the lost teaching and learning time in the second term.
Condemn (verb)
Express complete disapproval of. निंदा करना
Synonyms: Censure, Criticize, Denounce, Reprehend
Antonyms: Approve, Ratify, Affirm, Validate
Example: The plan was condemned by campaigners yesterday.
Iniquitous (adjective)
Grossly unfair and morally wrong. अन्यायपूर्ण
Synonyms: Dishonourable, Improper, Immoral
Antonyms: Moral, Honourable
Example: It is always the story of those upholding higher human virtues locked in battle against the wicked and the iniquitous.
The editorial
Source: The Hindu · 30 Apr 2021Over the last few decades, intellectual property rules have served as a lethal barrier to the right to access healthcare.
Even an unprecedented pandemic can do little, it appears, to upset the existing global regime governing monopoly rights over the production and distribution of life-saving drugs. If anything, since the onset of COVID-19, we’ve only seen a reaffirmation of intellectual property rules that have served as a lethal barrier to the right to access healthcare over the last few decades. The neo-liberal order, under which these laws exist, is so intractable today that a matter as seemingly simple as a request for a waiver on patent protections is seen as a claim unworthy of exception.
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1. Synonym of Condemn
2. Antonym of Iniquitous
3. Synonym of Dissuade
4. Antonym of Refute
5. Synonym of Folly
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