10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Concede (verb)
Agree that something is true after first resisting it. स्वीकार करना
Synonyms: Admit, Acknowledge, Recognize, Own
Antonyms: Deny, Repudiate, Refute, Disprove
Example: The firm should concede a significant salary increase to its employees.
Lingering (adjective)
Lasting for a long time or slow to end. दीर्घकालीन
Synonyms: Prolonged, Protracted, Persisting, Enduring
Antonyms: Quick, Fleeting, Ephemeral, Short-Lived
Example: She says she stopped seeing him, but I still have lingering doubts.
Abrupt (adjective)
Sudden and unexpected. आकस्मिक
Synonyms: Immediate, Instantaneous, Precipitate, Meteoric
Antonyms: Gradual, Unhurried, Measured, Bit By Bit
Example: The road ended in an abrupt slope down to the sea.
Irrefutable (adjective)
Impossible to prove wrong. अखंडनीय
Synonyms: Undeniable, Incontrovertible, Impregnable, Unassailable, Watertight
Antonyms: Arguable, Doubtful, Moot, Questionable
Example: The pictures provide irrefutable evidence of the incident.
Extraneous (adjective)
Not directly connected with or related to something. अप्रासंगिक, बाहरी
Synonyms: Irrelevant, Peripheral, Inapposite, Out Of Place
Antonyms: Material, Pertinent, Germane, Apt
Example: These questions are extraneous to the issue being discussed.
Compel (verb)
To force someone to do something. विवश करना
Synonyms: Oblige, Coerce, Constrain, Induce
Antonyms: Coax, Persuade, Convince, Cajole
Example: As a schoolboy he was compelled to wear shorts even in winter.
Crackdown (noun)
An action by an authority to stop something. नियंत्रण
Synonyms: Suppression, Clampdown, Squelching, Kerb
Antonyms: Encouragement, Incitement, Backing
Example: The government is calling for a crackdown on drivers who speed through red lights.
Vigilance (noun)
The action or state of keeping careful watch for possible difficulties. सतर्कता
Synonyms: Surveillance, Attentiveness, Wariness, Circumspection
Antonyms: Carelessness, Negligence, Slackness, Indiscretion
Example: The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Far-reaching (adjective)
Having important and widely applicable effects. व्यापक
Synonyms: Extensive, Sweeping, Comprehensive, Blanket
Antonyms: Limited, Restricted, Narrow, Specific
Example: The effects of the warming will be far-reaching.
Incurable (adjective)
(of a person or behaviour) unable to be changed. अटल; कट्टर
Synonyms: Inveterate, Entrenched, Irredeemable, Stubborn
Antonyms: Adaptable, Alterable, Convertible, Changeable
Example: The girl is an incurable optimist.
The editorial
Source: The Economic Times · 8 Oct 2019A phantom limb is the sensation experienced by many people who have had the misfortune to have an arm or a leg amputated, as if their limb were still painfully present. Rahul Gandhi right now serves as the Congress party’s phantom limb. He excised himself as the party’s president. But the party still treats him as a leader. When people whom Rahul Gandhi had appointed to senior positions within the party suddenly find themselves cast aside, such as Ashok Tanwar in Haryana, Sanjay Nirupam in Mumbai and Navjot Singh Sidhu in Punjab, they directly or indirectly seek to register their complaint with their leader, who, unfortunately, is no longer the leader of the party and, as if to underline that disinvestment, has gone off to distant shores even as the party goes into electoral battle in two states, against heavy odds.
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1. Synonym of Concede
2. Antonym of Incurable
3. Synonym of Extraneous
4. Antonym of Irrefutable
5. Synonym of Compel
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