15 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Campaign (noun)
a series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular social, commercial or political aim अभियान
Synonyms: Crusade, Fight, Drive, battle
Antonyms: Inaction, tardiness, sloth, peace
Example: The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.
Accessible (adjective)
that can be reached सुलभ
Synonyms: Available, Approachable, Convenient, handy
Antonyms: Restricted, Inaccessible, Limited, obscure
Example: All Museum buildings are wheelchair accessible.
Jargon (noun)
words or expressions that are used by a particular profession or group of people, and are difficult for others to understand शब्दावली
Synonyms: Vernacular, cant, lingo, slang
Antonyms: Standard, Formal, formal language, plain english
Example: Don't use media jargon that you don't understand.
Tactic (noun)
the particular method you use to achieve something रणनीति
Synonyms: Stratagem, Plan, Strategy, ploy
Antonyms: Chance, no plan, Honesty, chaos
Example: But his tactic could easily backfire.
Roves (verb)
to travel around an area, especially a large one रोव्स
Synonyms: Rambles, Roams, Wanders, drifts
Antonyms: Hastens, sprints, darts, gallops
Example: With no purpose in mind, the lone warrior decided to rove around the continent for adventure.
Incumbent (noun)
a person who has an official position पदधारी
Synonyms: Occupant, Officeholder, Compulsory, obligatory
Antonyms: candidate, noncurrent, dispensable, optional
Example: Being the incumbent is even harder.
Spawned (verb)
to cause something to develop or be produced जन्म
Synonyms: Engendered, created, egged, fathered
Antonyms: Abate, block, bore, brake
Example: Feels like the ocean just spawned in my mouth.
Perversity (noun)
deliberate determination to behave in a way that most people think is wrong, unacceptable or unreasonable विकृति
Synonyms: Perverseness, Contrariness, Mulishness, obstinacy
Antonyms: inner beauty, agreeableness, decency, goodness
Example: Man is a malformation, a perversity of nature.
Placated (verb)
to make somebody feel less angry about something शांत किया गया
Synonyms: Appeased, Mollified, Calmed, pacified
Antonyms: Worried, Affrighted, Agitated, alarmed
Example: Eventually, he is placated and leaves the scene.
Deviate (verb)
to be different from something; to do something in a different way from what is usual or expected विपथगामी
Synonyms: Diverge, Veer, Stray, depart
Antonyms: power through, conform, keep, agree
Example: Those who deviate from society's values.
Prohibited (adjective)
Not allowed निषिद्ध
Synonyms: Forbidden,banned, illegal, proscribed
Antonyms: Legal, allowed, permissible, justifiable
Example: Child labour is prohibited in the Employment Regulation.
Berthed (verb)
To put a ship in a berth or keep it there बर्थेड
Synonyms: Bedded, moored, docked, couched
Antonyms: funned, afloat, departed, amassed
Example: Note that ship berthed outside the station.
Consignment (noun)
The act of sending or delivering somebody/something भेजा गया माल
Synonyms: Shipment, Delivery, Load, freight
Antonyms: Acquire, donation, Acquisition, act of receiving
Example: A consignment may consist of one or more lots.
Glazed (adjective)
Covered with glaze to give a shiny surface चमकता हुआ
Synonyms: Glassy, Shiny, Glossy, burnished
Antonyms: Unglazed, Glassless, dull, abandoned
Example: But she looked past me, her eyes glazed and unseeing.
Vulnerable (adjective)
weak and easily hurt physically or emotionally कमजोर
Synonyms: Exposed, Unprotected, Susceptible, defenseless
Antonyms: Safe, Secure, Invulnerable, guarded
Example: All enemies are vulnerable when given false trust.
The editorial
Source: The Indian Express · 10 Sep 2022For all its clarion call to the more empowered India of the future, the Central Vista project seems far too preoccupied with a past that has either lost its power to cramp the nation's present and future, or has become so entangled with it that separation seems to be a hopeless endeavour.
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1. Synonym of Incumbent
2. Antonym of Tactic
3. Synonym of Placated
4. Antonym of Jargon
5. Synonym of Berthed
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