10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Forecast (verb)
Meaning: Predict or estimate (a future event or trend). भविष्यवाणी करना
Synonyms: Predict, Prophesy, Prognosticate, Foretell
Example: Tomorrow it is forecasted to be 7 degrees higher than today.
Commission (verb)
Meaning: To formally choose someone to do a special piece of work, or to formally ask for a special piece of work from someone. अभियान देना; नियुक्त करना
Synonyms: Appoint, Contract, Authorise, Order
Antonyms: Disallow, Dismiss, Cancel, Retract
Example: The Ministry commissioned a study into the fatal disease.
Devolve (verb)
Meaning: To give a duty, responsibility, power, etc प्रदान करना
Synonyms: Give, Transfer, Hand Down, Grant
Antonyms: Refuse, Reject, Deny, Turn Down
Example: We have made a conscious effort to devolve responsibility.
Underscore (verb)
Meaning: To emphasize or show that something is important or true. ज़ोर देना
Synonyms: Emphasize. Underline, Stress, Accentuate
Antonyms: Understate, Play Down, Shrug Off, Make Little Of
Example: His speech underscored the need for a clear policy.
Inescapable (noun)
Meaning: Unable to be avoided or denied. अपरिहार्य
Synonyms: Unavoidable, Inevitable, Ineluctable, Inexorable
Antonyms: Avoidable, Evadable, Uncertain
Example: Death is inescapable.
Underlying (adjective)
Meaning: Important or basic in a situation but not always easily noticed or stated clearly. बुनियादी, मूलभूत
Synonyms: Primary, Crucial, Elementary, Rudimentary
Antonyms: Advanced, Refined, Intricate, Extensive
Example: Unemployment may be an underlying cause of the rising crime rate.
Circumvent (verb)
Meaning: Overcome (a problem or difficulty), typically in a clever and surreptitious way. बच निकलना
Synonyms: Outwit, Elude, Skirt, Outmanoeuvre
Antonyms: Confront, Face, Encounter, Take On
Example: They opened an office abroad in order to circumvent the tax laws.
Ostensibly (adverb)
Meaning: Apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually. प्रकट रूप से
Synonyms: Seemingly, Outwardly, Supposedly, Presumably
Antonyms: Truly, Actually, Genuinely, Really
Example: She stayed behind at the office, ostensibly to work.
Curtail (verb)
Meaning: Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on. कम करना
Synonyms: Retrench, Diminish, Trim, Dock, Lop, Truncate
Antonyms: Extend, Increase, Protract, Enlarge
Example: The president has remained mute about plans to curtail the number of immigrants.
Constrained (adjective)
Meaning: Not natural; forced or too controlled. विवश किया हुआ
Synonyms: Forced, Strained, Inhibited, Restrained
Antonyms: Relaxed, Voluntary, Natural
Example: He was acting in a constrained manner.
The editorial
Source: The Economic Times · 9 Dec 2019It’s time to get the right mix on the distribution of tax proceeds between Centre and states for the coming fiscal.
The 15th Finance Commission submitted its report for the coming fiscal to President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday. What it has recommended on the distribution of tax proceeds between the Centre and states should be known in the Budget session. Has it suggested reduced transfers to states from the Centre’s divisible pool of taxes — below the 42% recommended by the 14th Finance Commission — or maintained status quo for 2020-21?
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1. Synonym of Underscore
2. Antonym of Commission
3. Synonym of Circumvent
4. Antonym of Curtail
5. Synonym of Forecast
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