10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Pernicious (adjective)
Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way. हानिकारक
Synonyms: Harmful, Injurious, Detrimental, Noxious, Pestilent
Antonyms: Harmless, Beneficial, Innocuous, Advantageous
Example: The pernicious influence of TV violence on children
Dispensation (noun)
A political, religious, or social system prevailing at a particular time. व्यवस्था
Synonyms: Organization, Governance, Regime, Rule
Example: Scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation.
Unpalatable (adjective)
Difficult to put up with or accept. कड़ा
Synonyms: Disagreeable, Distressing, Upsetting, Offensive
Antonyms: Agreeable, Pleasing
Example: Democracy requires that the results of a properly certified vote be accepted, no matter how unpalatable the outcome.
Languish (verb)
Lose or lack vitality. कमजोर होना
Synonyms: Wither, Weaken, Decline, Deteriorate
Antonyms: Thrive, Flourish, Prosper
Example: The share price languished at 102p.
Kosher (adjective)
Genuine and legitimate. वास्तविक
Synonyms: Authentic, Real, Veritable, Actual
Antonyms: Fake, Bogus
Example: She consulted lawyers to make sure everything was kosher.
Conflate (verb)
To put two or more things together to make one new thing. मिलाना
Synonyms: Combine, Amalgamate, Mix
Antonyms: Separate, Divide, Split
Example: The issues of race and class are separate and should not be conflated.
Covertly (adjective)
Without being openly acknowledged or displayed. चोरी-चोरी
Synonyms: Secretly, Privately, Clandestinely
Antonyms: Overtly, Publicly
Example: Her father took a camera with him and covertly filmed what he saw.
Threshold (noun)
The level at which something starts to happen. द्वार
Synonyms: Starting point, Beginning, Brink
Antonyms: Ending, Close, Completion, Omega
Example: She was on the threshold of a dazzling career.
Vitiate (verb)
To destroy or reduce the effect of something. बिगाड़ना
Synonyms: Ruin, Destroy, Wreck, Impair
Antonyms: Mend, Fix
Example: The ‘yes’ vote was vitiated by the low turnout in the election.
Unbridled (adjective)
uncontrolled. अनियंत्रित
Synonyms: Unchecked, Rampant, Uncurbed, Unrestrained
Antonyms: Controlled, Checked, Curbed
Example: Running about with unbridled energy, the wild toddler could not be calmed down for her nap.
The editorial
Source: The Economic Times · 25 Jan 2021The budget reportedly proposes to give India’s time-honoured fetish for finished goods a booster shot, by increasing the import tariff differentials between raw materials and intermediates, and between intermediates and finished goods. The notion that such an overhaul of the customs duty will encourage domestic value addition is flawed.
What matters, what produces jobs, generates incomes and pays taxes is value addition, not the line of production in which the value is generated. And there is no reason to privilege value addition in one line of production over another. Excessive protection for finished goods and low to negative protection for inputs together create a disincentive to make components here. Components of mobile phones, for example, are already in short supply, hurting plans of domestic phone makers. Any contrived value addition behind high tariff walls is wholly sub-optimal.
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1. Synonym of Pernicious
2. Antonym of Covertly
3. Synonym of Vitiate
4. Synonym of Dispensation
5. Synonym of Unbridled
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