10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Plank (noun)
A fundamental point of a political or other programme. प्रथममुद्दा
Synonyms: Main point, Essential part, Elementary point
Example: The central plank of the bill is the curb on industrial polluters.
Dilapidated (adjective)
(of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect. ध्वस्त
Synonyms: Run down, Tumbledown, Ramshackle
Antonyms: Mended, Intact
Example: The complex has been neglected and has become a dilapidated landmark in the city.
Obliterate (verb)
Destroy utterly. मिटाना
Synonyms: Annihilate, Wipe out, Decimate, Demolish
Antonyms: Build, Create, Construc
Example: The building was completely obliterated by the bomb.
Glitzy (adjective)
Attractive in a showy and often superficial way. अति चमकदार
Synonyms: Ornate, Elaborate, Adorned
Antonyms: Simple, Plain, Unflashy
Example: Optical showrooms have turned snazzy, and their interiors and exteriors glitzy.
Wretched (adjective)
Of poor quality; very bad. निंदनीय
Synonyms: Terrible, Awful, Dire, Poor
Antonyms: Hopeful, Excellent
Example: They lived in tenements and shanties of poor repair with wretched sanitary conditions.
Vaunted (adjective)
Praised or boasted about, especially in an excessive way. अधिक प्रशंसित
Synonyms: Acclaimed, Exalted, Boast
Antonyms: Unsung, Criticized
Example: They have utterly eclipsed their vaunted American rivals.
Bulldoze (verb)
Use force insensitively when dealing with (someone or something). भयभीत करना
Synonyms: Browbeat, Intimidate, Pressure, Bludgeon
Antonyms: Coax, Persuade, Assist
Example: She believes that to build status you need to bulldoze everyone else.
Insouciance (noun)
Casual lack of concern; असावधानता
Synonyms: Nonchalance, Indifference, Airiness
Antonyms: Concern, Interest
Example: There was also a degree of insouciance about recycling the compost.
Denizen (noun)
A person, an animal or a plant that lives, grows or is often found in a particular place. निवासी
Synonyms: Dweller, Inhabitant, Resident, Native
Antonyms: Immigrant, Foreigner, Guest
Example: The food was so hard that even the small denizens of the forest had left it untouched.
Chimera (noun)
An impossible idea or hope. कल्पना
Synonyms: Illusion, Delusion, Dream
Antonyms: Reality, Truth, Fact, Actuality
Example: It is obvious from all the tension in the country that racial tolerance is a chimera.
The editorial
Source: The Hindu · 23 Dec 2021The hegemony of Hindutva can be gauged by its confident makeover of structures with a powerful symbolic significance.
With two massive electoral mandates in 2014 and 2019; with the meek popular acceptance of the economic setback created by demonetisation in 2016; with the effective cancellation of Kashmir’s political aspirations and residual autonomy in 2019; with the inauguration of Ayodhya’s Ram Temple on the long-disputed ruins of the Babri Masjid in 2020; and finally, with the lack of any public outcry about the mishandling of the pandemic despite the loss of millions of lives in 2021, the Narendra Modi government is perhaps justified in proceeding as though it has a carte blanche, not least on the cultural front.
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1. Synonym of Obliterate
2. Antonym of Dilapidated
3. Synonym of Denizen
4. Antonym of Vaunted
5. Synonym of Plank
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