10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Precipitous (adjective)
Meaning: (of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration. तेज़, शीघ्र
Synonyms: Hasty, Impetuous, Rash, Impulsive
Antonyms: Gradual, Unhurried, Careful, Sedate
Example: A precipitous fall in the currency can make these debts insupportable.
Abdicate (verb)
Meaning: fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty); to relinquish (something, such as sovereign power) formally त्यागना
Synonyms: Spurn, Renounce, Abnegate, Abjure
Antonyms: Accept, Undertake, Assume, Shoulder
Example: The aging founder of the university decided to abdicate.
Pesky (adjective)
Meaning: causing trouble; annoying. कष्टप्रद
Synonyms: Vexatious, Chafing, Irksome, Bothersome
Antonyms: Pleasing, Delightful, Soothing, Convenient
Example: Those pesky salesmen always call at dinner time.
Emasculate (verb)
Meaning: make (someone or something) weaker or less effective. प्रभावहीन करना, शक्तिहीन करना
Synonyms: Debilitate, Enervate, Enfeeble, Undermine
Antonyms: Fortify, Bolster, Reinforce, Underpin
Example: The company tried to emasculate the unions.
Searing (adjective)
Meaning: severely critical. तीव्र
Synonyms: Blistering, Mordant, Trenchant, Caustic
Antonyms: Mild, Gentle, Moderate, Soft
Example: She woke to feel a searing pain in her feet.
Perfidy (noun)
Meaning: the state of being deceitful and untrustworthy. नमकहरामी
Synonyms: Treachery, Duplicity, Deceit, Betrayal
Antonyms: Fidelity, Constancy, Allegiance, Fealty
Example: Perfidy estranges friends.
Glib (adjective)
Meaning: lacking depth and substance; insincere and shallow सतही
Synonyms: Facile, Superficial, Shallow, Casual
Antonyms: Profound, Reflective, Insightful, Weighty
Example: The spokesman's answer was just too glib.
Flay (verb)
Meaning: criticize severely and brutally. कटु आलोचना करना
Synonyms: Berate, Censure, Lambaste, Pillory
Antonyms: Laud, Extol, Acclaim, Eulogize
Example: The teacher flayed the idle students.
Insidious (adjective)
Meaning: proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects कपटी, धोखेबाज
Synonyms: Surreptitious, Sneaking, Machiavellian, Guileful
Antonyms: Straightforward, Artless, Forthright, Candid
Example: They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.
Airily (adverb)
Meaning: in a way that shows that one is not treating something as serious. हल्के-फुल्के ढंग से, लापारवाही से
Synonyms: Lightly, Gaily, Casually, Nonchalantly
Antonyms: Seriously, Thoughtfully, Meticulously, Carefully
Example: He was airily dismissive of the question.
The editorial
Source: The Hindu · 16 Jun 2019How influential sections of the news media turned cheerleaders in the 2019 election.
Modesty is not a virtue of the media in the pixel age, in which preening is a 24x7 pastime. There is neither a demand for it from consumers, nor a supply of it from the practitioners. Equilibrium has been achieved in the marketplace of the mind. Even so, while print, electronic and digital news purveyors use the benefit of hindsight to retro-fit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “stunning” victory into a grand narrative arc, it should not escape the attention of the discerning that an otherwise boastful section of the media is uncharacteristically, modestly, not acknowledging its own not insignificant part in paving the way for India’s precipitous lurch to the right.
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1. Synonym of Glib
2. Antonym of Insidious
3. Synonym of Searing
4. Antonym of Pesky
5. Synonym of Perfidy
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