10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Duress (noun)
Forcible restraint or imprisonment. बाध्यता कारावास
Synonyms: Confinement, Detention, Restraint
Antonyms: Liberation, Release
Example: There was certainly nobody sent home under duress.
Stall (verb)
Stop or cause to stop making progress. प्रगति को रोकना
Synonyms: Obstruct, Impede, Hinder, Hamper
Antonyms: Promote, Encourage
Example: The government has stalled the much-needed project.
Boost (verb)
Help or encourage (something) to increase or improve. बढावा देना
Synonyms: Improve, Raise, Uplift, Enhance
Antonyms: Decline, Reduce
Example: Increased military might boosts the aspiration to become a great power.
Grapple (verb)
Struggle to deal with or overcome (a difficulty or challenge). सामना करना
Synonyms: Tackle, Confront, Face, Attend to
Antonyms: Fail, Hold, Surrender
Example: Passers-by grappled with the man after the attack.
Allude (verb)
Suggest or call attention to indirectly. संकेत करना
Synonyms: Refer to, Suggest, Mention
Antonyms: Order, Impose
Example: She had a way of alluding to Jean but never saying her name.
Bulge (noun)
A sudden temporary increase in the amount of something. उभार
Synonyms: Surge, Upsurge, Rise, Escalation
Antonyms: Decrease, Decline, Reduction
Example: After the war there was a bulge in the birth rate.
Envisage (verb)
To imagine what will happen in the future. परिकल्पना करना
Synonyms: Foresee, Envision, Contemplate, Predict, Visualise
Antonyms: Disregard, Neglect, Ignore, Overlook
Example: It is envisaged that the talks will take place in the spring.
Penury (noun)
The state of being very poor. दरिद्रता
Synonyms: Penniless, Extreme poverty, Privation, Hardship
Antonyms: Affluence, Opulence
Example: He couldn't face another year of penury.
Devise (verb)
To invent something new or a new way of doing something. ईजादकरना
Synonyms: Think up, Concoct, Invent, Come up with, Formulate
Antonyms: Imitate, Copy, Replicate, Duplicate
Example: A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city.
Mar (verb)
Impair the quality or appearance of. खराब करना
Synonyms: Spoil, Ruin, Impair
Antonyms: Improve, Fix
Example: In reality, only bags under his eyes and unshaven appearance marred his skin.
The editorial
Source: The Times of India · 23 Jun 2021Centre’s identification of the Delta-plus coronavirus as a “variant of concern” after it showed up in genome sequencing of samples from two districts each in Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh calls for greater national disease surveillance. This would translate to sending more Covid positive samples for genome sequencing, something not done adequately yet. It is important to get early intelligence on this variant’s extent of spread and asymptomatic infections, how vaccines work against this virus, and the progress of disease among those inoculated.
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1. Synonym of Boost
2. Antonym of Penury
3. Synonym of Duress
4. Antonym of Stall
5. Synonym of Devise
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