10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Cleanse (verb)
Meaning: Rid of something unpleasant or defiling. पवित्र करना; शुद्ध करना
Synonyms: Purify, Purge, Rid, Relieve
Antonyms: Defile, Corrupt, Sully, Foul
Example: The mayor was elected on a promise to cleanse the city government of corruption.
Demit (verb)
Meaning: resign from (an office or position). पदत्याग करना
Synonyms: Quit, Abdicate, Abandon, Relinquish
Antonyms: Assume, Take Up, Engage In, Keep Hold Of
Example: However, he had to demit his status when he stood as a candidate.
Utter (adjective)
Meaning: complete or extreme. सम्पूर्ण, निरा
Synonyms: Absolute, Downright, Sheer, Thorough, Out-And-Out
Antonyms: Partial, Fractional, Limited, Fragmentary
Example: She's an utter stranger to me.
Despondency (noun)
Meaning: low spirits from loss of hope or courage. निराशा, मायूसी
Synonyms: Despair, Melancholy, Dejection, Gloom
Antonyms: Cheerfulness, Jauntiness, Chirpiness, Jollity
Example: His despondency arises from her inability to find employment.
Sheen (noun)
Meaning: a shine or brightness on a surface. चमक
Synonyms: Shine, Lustre, Patina, Gloss, Gleam
Antonyms: Dullness, Dimness, Shadowiness, Drabness
Example: The conditioner gives the hair a beautiful soft sheen.
Peculiar (adjective)
Meaning: different to what is normal or expected; strange. अजीब, अनोखा
Synonyms: Odd, Curious, Queer, Bizarre, Atypical
Antonyms: Ordinary, Normal, Standard, Regular
Example: The peculiar thing was that no one mentioned her disappearance.
Paradox (noun)
Meaning: a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics. विरोधाभास, अंतर्विरोध
Synonyms: Contradiction, Anomaly, Enigma, Conundrum
Antonyms: Normality, Regularity, Consistency, Steadiness
Example: It's a paradox that in such a rich country there can be so much poverty.
Depose (verb)
Meaning: remove from office suddenly and forcefully. निकाल देना
Synonyms: Overthrow, Topple, Dethrone, Supplant, Oust
Antonyms: Install, Crown, Induct, Instate
Example: The king was deposed by his people.
Immaterial (adjective)
Meaning: not important, or not relating to the subject you are thinking about. अप्रासंगिक, अनावश्यक
Synonyms: Irrelevant, Inappropriate, Impertinent, Extraneous
Antonyms: Apposite, Apt, Germane, Applicable
Example: It is immaterial to me whether he stays or goes.
Forthcoming (adjective)
Meaning: about to happen or appear. आगामी
Synonyms: Upcoming, Approaching, Impending, Imminent
Antonyms: Previous, Erstwhile, Quondam, Late
Example: Keep an eye on the noticeboards for forthcoming events.
The editorial
Source: The Economic Times · 4 Oct 2019Four things are noteworthy in the context of the Supreme Court’s recall of its 2018 order diluting the efficacy of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. One, it concedes the possibility of judicial overreach and trespass into the rightful domain of the legislature and also the possibility of judicial self-correction. Two, it restores to the law its rightful intent, of offering some assurance of State support to dalit efforts to resist affronts to their dignity. Three, removing the debilities that flow from the caste system and oppress the lives of dalits cannot be accomplished by this or any other law and call for larger social transformation and attendant changes in the dynamics of power. And, four, neither the dilution of the law last year nor its undoing, either through parliamentary action or the current retraction of the earlier order, offers any means of preventing misuse of the law.
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1. Synonym of Forthcoming
2. Antonym of Utter
3. Synonym of Demit
4. Antonym of Despondency
5. Synonym of Cleanse
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