Be rational please night curfews make no sense prevent covid’s second wave by masking and rapid vaccination

The Times of India

Be rational  please  night curfews make no sense  prevent covid’s second wave by masking and rapid vaccination
18,Mar,2021

10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning

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Whopping (adjective)

Very big. बहुतबड़ा

Synonyms: Massive, Gigantic, Colossal, Mammoth

Antonyms: Small, Miniscule, Minute, Infinitesimal

Example: You are entitled to a whopping 40% off the recommended retail price.

Dismal (adjective)

Pitifully or disgracefully bad. निराशाजनक

Synonyms: Bad, Dreadful, Awful, Terrible

Antonyms: Hopeful, Great

Example: There is no magic formula to reduce these dismal figures.

Quandary (noun)

A state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation. उलझन असमंजस

Synonyms: Dilemma, Predicament, Difficulty, Perplexity

Antonyms: Solution, Boon

Example: He was in a quandary last Wednesday night.

Buoyant (adjective)

(of an economy, business, or market) involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity. बहुत फलता-फूलता

Synonyms: Booming, Vigorous, Growing, Developing

Antonyms: Failing, Low

Example: The American economy is amazingly buoyant, amazingly strong.

Ostensibly (adverb)

As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so. प्रकटरूपसे

Synonyms: Seemingly, Apparently, Supposedly, Outwardly, Professedly

Antonyms: Truly, Genuinely, Really, Actually

Example: The party secretary resigned, ostensibly from ill health.

Woo (verb)

Seek the favour, support, or custom of. समर्थन माँगना

Synonyms: Pursue, Seek the support of, Try to cultivate

Antonyms: Ignore, Discourage

Example: Political parties have roped in Bollywood stars only to woo the young.

Paradigm (noun)

A typical example or pattern of something. मिसाल प्रतिमान

Synonyms: Specimen, Exemplar, Illustration, Prototype, Archetype, Epitome

Example: The war was a paradigm of the destructive side of human nature.

Appeasement (noun)

The practice of giving a country what it wants in order to avoid war. मनुहार

Synonyms: Conciliation, Placation, Pacification, Palliation, Pacification

Antonyms: Provocation, Aggravation, Disagreement

Example: This is not a time for political accommodation or popular appeasement.

Salvage (verb)

Retrieve or preserve (something) from potential loss or adverse circumstances. नुक़सान होने से बचाना

Synonyms: Retain, Preserve, Conserve

Antonyms: Harm, Lose

Example: In the last minute of injury time Ireland closed a one-goal deficit with Germany to salvage a draw.

Ominous (adjective)

Suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future. अमंगल

Synonyms: Threatening, Foreboding, Inauspicious, Sinister, Unfavourable, unpromising

Antonyms: Unthreatening, Promising, Propitious, Encouraging

Example: There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.

The editorial

Source: The Times of India · 18 Mar 2021

Spiking Covid infections across multiple states have raised fears that this could be the onset of a second wave in India. Central officials have asserted that Maharashtra’s second wave is on. Others like Punjab, MP, Karnataka, TN, Bengal and Kerala are also reporting an uncomfortably high number of cases. Governmental response has been predictable. A number of Maharashtra districts have opted for lockdowns while night curfew has been clamped in Bhopal, Indore, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, and parts of Punjab and Uttarakhand.

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

1. Synonym of Appeasement

2. Antonym of Whopping

3. Synonym of Quandary

4. Antonym of Ominous

5. Synonym of Ostensibly

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