10 words from this editorial with Hindi meaning
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Disruption (noun)
Disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process. व्यवधान/परेशानी
Synonyms: Disturbance, Disordering, Disarrangement, Disarranging, Interference, Upsetting, Unsettling
Antonyms: Concord, Order, Harmony, Organization
Example: The meeting was disrupted by the noise being made by workers renovating a neighboring office.
Evasion (noun)
The action of evading/escaping something. अपवंचन/वंचन/छिपाव
Synonyms: Avoidance, Dodging, Eluding, Escaping, Sidestepping, Bypassing
Antonyms: Directness, Honesty, Facing, Encounter
Example: Timmy would evade his father's questions about the missing money by changing the topic of conversation.
Assess (verb)
Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of. आकलन/निर्धारित करना
Synonyms: Evaluate, Judge, Gauge, Estimate, Appraise, Weigh, Valuate, Reckon
Antonyms: Guess, Conjecture, Ignore
Example: The purpose of the final exam is to assess how much information students have acquired throughout the semester.
Regime (noun)
A system or ordered way of doing things. / a style of management or rule. व्यवस्था
Synonyms: Administration, Establishment, Government, Reign, Organization
Antonyms: Disarranged, Random Placed
Example: Our government believes it can use military force to overthrow the brutal regime that is terrorizing the small nation.
Peer (noun)
One that is of equal standing with another. समकक्ष/ समान पदस्थ
Synonyms: Companion, Coequal, Match
Antonyms: Inferior, Superior
Example: peer education with time is required to lift the level of students in Indian schools.
Tizzy (noun)
A state in which one feel very worried, upset, and confused. परेशानी
Synonyms: Tension, Bother, Harassment, Botheration, Ado, Outrage
Antonyms: Calmness, Cheer, Comfort, Control, Delight, Ease, Glee, Joy
Example: She's always getting in a tizzy over minor things.
Assuage (verb)
To make (something, such as an unpleasant feeling) less painful, severe, intense etc. शांत करना/कम करना
Synonyms: Palliate, Relieve, Allay, Slake, Appease, Conciliate, Gentle, Mollify, Pacify, Placate.
Antonyms: Aggravate, Agitate, Dissatisfy, Incite, Intensify, Irritate, Provoke.
Example: In an effort to assuage angry customers, the store issued everyone a full refund.
Scarcity (n)
The state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage. अभाव
Synonyms: Shortage, Dearth, Lack, Undersupply, Insufficiency, Paucity, Meagerness
Antonyms: Abundance, Enough, Excess, Plenty, Sufficiency, Surplus
Example: The scarcity of water in the small town is destroying the livelihoods of most of the farmers.
Abysmal (adjective)
Extremely bad; appalling. निराशाजनक/बहुत ही ख़राब
Synonyms: Very Bad, Disgraceful, Deplorable, Unfathomable
Antonyms: Good, Plausible, Commendable
Example: Because Cathy has no artistic skill whatsoever, her sculpture is abysmal.
Tweak (verb)
Improve (a mechanism or system) by making fine adjustments to it. सुधारना/ परिवर्तन करना
Synonyms: Adjust, Modify, Alter, Make Alterations To, Change, Adapt
Antonyms: Worsen, Aggravate
Example: The finance minister tweaked by changing the tax slab rates suddenly.
The editorial
Source: The Hindu · 21 Nov 2016When 86 per cent of currency notes in a country of 1.3 billion people are rendered illegal tender in a matter of hours, it is bound to create a short-term disruption (व्यवधान/परेशानी) in daily lives. Particularly so, since much of India’s economic activity still takes place in the informal sector with no cheque payments, resulting not just in widespread direct and indirect tax evasion (अपवंचन/वंचन/छिपाव) but also an inability to assess (आकलन/निर्धारित करना) the true state of the economy. For instance, while farmers’ income is not taxed, most of them now have a Kisan Credit Card, first launched in 1998, and no-frills bank accounts whose creation has been scaled up by the present government. But the agricultural economy is still controlled by middlemen and traders who only make cash payments to farmers while reaping a profit from the difference in prices from farm-gate to fork. The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax will make it tougher for such intermediaries to remain below the tax radar, though foodgrains will be zero-rated under the tax regime (व्यवस्था) . Just as paying taxes on their profits is uncharted territory for such traders, the government too is navigating uncharted waters with the demonetization drive, necessitating adjustments on the go.
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1. Synonym of Tweak
2. Antonym of Peer
3. Synonym of Tizzy
4. Antonym of Scarcity
5. Synonym of Abysmal
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