Assessing india’s counter to ‘diminishing democracy’

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Assessing india’s counter to ‘diminishing democracy’
27,Mar,2021

10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning

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Implicate (verb)

Bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process, especially a criminal or harmful one). फँसाना

Synonyms: Involve in, Concern with, Associate with

Antonyms: Dissociate, Exclude

Example: Some Members of Parliament are being implicated in the illegal mining activities.

Profess (verb)

To state openly that you have a particular belief, feeling, etc. घोषित करना

Synonyms: Declare, Confess, Admit, Announce

Antonyms: Deny, Refuse, Reject

Example: In this scene the couple finally profess their love for each other.

Brash (adjective)

Self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way.

Synonyms: Cocksure, Audacious, Brazen

Antonyms: Fearful, Meek, Timid

Example: Some teenagers are rude, brash and nasty; some are not.

Fine-tune (verb)

To make very small changes to something so that it is as good as it can possibly be. ठीक करना

Synonyms: Modify, Refine, Improve, Alter, Graduate

Antonyms: Spoil, Impair, Disfigure, Blemish

Example: The scientific team is now fine-tuning the strategy for transfer to producers.

Insinuate (verb)

Suggest or hint (something bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way. संकेत करना

Synonyms: Imply, Indicate, Allude, Give inkling

Antonyms: Conceal, Withhold

Example: China does not prevent religious expression, as is insinuated in your article.

Desecration (noun)

The act of damaging a holy thing or place or treating it without respect. अपवित्रता

Synonyms: Violation, Profanation, Sacrilege

Example: This would be desecration of the highest order.

Constellation (noun)

A group of associated or similar people or things. समूह

Synonyms: Group, Lot, Band

Example: No two patients ever show exactly the same constellation of symptoms.

Coherent (adjective)

Logical And Well Organized; Easy To Understand And Clear. समझने में सरल

Synonyms: Logical, Rational, Cogent, Sound

Antonyms: Illogical, Untenable, Unreasonable, Specious

Example: When the driver could neither walk in a straight line nor give a coherent answer to the policeman’s questions, he got a free ride to the station.

Elude (verb)

Escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way. टलना

Synonyms: Evade, Avoid, Get away from, Dodge

Antonyms: Face, Confront

Example: Physical strength is useless without not only a purpose, but also agility and lightening speed in order to elude enemies.

Remnants (noun)

A part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed. अवशेष

Synonyms: Remains, Residue, Leftovers, Remainder

Example: I will not let him destroy the last remnants of our family.

The editorial

Source: The Hindu · 27 Mar 2021

New Delhi has engaged its international critics not on facts but on values, and must now make its position clear.

The first three weeks of March saw major developments in the ongoing drama over international assessment of how New Delhi has overseen the functioning of Indian democracy in the recent past. There were the annual reports of the United States-based Freedom House and the Sweden-based V-Dem Institute, which downgraded and redesignated Indian democracy. And farmers’ safety and curbs to press freedom in the context of the ongoing protests by farmers were debated in the British Parliament.

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Synonyms and antonyms, the way exams ask them. Answers show as you tap.

1. Synonym of Profess

2. Antonym of Brash

3. Synonym of Fine-tune

4. Antonym of Insinuate

5. Synonym of Implicate

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