10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Reckon (verb)
Meaning: To be generally considered to be something. माना जाना
Synonyms: Consider, Regard as, Think of as, Look on as, Deem
Antonyms: Ignore, Disregard, Dismiss, Neglect
Example: The event was reckoned a failure
Whiff (noun)
Meaning: A slight sign or feeling of something. संकेत
Synonyms: Sign, Trace, Augury, Portent
Example: The smoke suggests a whiff of danger lurking around the corner.
Squabble (noun)
Meaning: A noisy argument about something that is not very important. तकरार
Synonyms: Spat, Bickering, Quibble, Tiff
Antonyms: Agreement, Harmony, Accord, Concurrence
Example: As usual Papa found a way to settle the squabble.
Touchstone (noun)
Meaning: A standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized. मापदंड
Synonyms: Criterion, Standard, Yardstick, Benchmark
Example: Job security has become the touchstone of a good job for many employees.
Hanker (verb)
Meaning: Feel a strong desire for or to do something. लालायित होना
Synonyms: Yearn, Crave, Pant After, Fancy
Antonyms: Despise, Loathe, Hate, Be Averse
Example: Even after all these years, I still hanker after a motorbike.
Vagarious (adjective)
Meaning: Erratic and unpredictable in behaviour or direction. मनमौजी
Synonyms: Volatile, Fickle, Mercurial, Capricious
Antonyms: Stable, Unchanging, Steady, Unvarying
Example: Nowadays, there is vigorous and vagarious competition in the software market.
Supplant (verb)
Meaning: Supersede and replace. उखाड़ना, हटाकर अपना अधिकार करना
Synonyms: Override, Supersede, Usurp, Topple, Oust, Displace
Antonyms: Install, Appoint, Invest, Instate
Example: He was hanged for plotting to supplant the king.
Deduce (verb)
Meaning: To form an opinion about something based on the information or evidence that is available. अनुमान करना
Synonyms: Conclude, Come to The Conclusion, Reason, Infer, Draw The Inference
Antonyms: Guess, Make an Estimate of
Example: Can we deduce from your silence that you do not approve?
Laissez-faire (noun)
Meaning: The policy of allowing private businesses to develop without government control. बीच में न आने की नीति
Synonyms: Individualism, Free Enterprise, Free Trade
Example: But these firms would still do better overall than under a policy of laissez-faire.
Apologist (noun)
Meaning: A person who offers an argument in defence of something controversial. समर्थक
Synonyms: Defender, Supporter, Upholder, Exponent, Apostle
Antonyms: Critic, Enemy, Foe
Example: I am no apologist for Hitler, observed Pyat.
The editorial
Source: The Economic Times · 24 Jan 2020The marked dichotomy in the regulatory regimes for government securities and corporate bonds seems to have stultified an active market for the latter. RBI’s July 2018 guidelines for repurchase transactions (repo) in corporate debt securities, which mandate quite arbitrary haircuts and margining requirements, appear to have further widened the disparity. Little wonder that 98% corporate debt on average is privately placed, and held to maturity, thus precluding modern arm’s-length finance in India, still reliant on opaque bank funding even for long-gestation infrastructure projects. Such a state of affairs clearly calls for proactive reforms.
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1. Synonym of Whiff
2. Antonym of Hanker
3. Synonym of Reckon
4. Antonym of Deduce
5. Synonym of Touchstone
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