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15 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning

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Inundated (verb)

To cover an area of land with a large amount of water बाढ़

Synonyms: Awash, Flooded, Afloat, overflowing

Antonyms: Drained, empty, Jejune, abject

Example: Our receptionists are inundated with people demanding to be seen.

Marooned (verb)

to leave somebody in a place that they cannot escape from, for example an island असहाय

Synonyms: Stranded, deserted, isolated, forsaken

Antonyms: Accompanied, cared, Joined, conjunct

Example: I've been marooned on this island for over 6 years.

Rumbled (verb)

to make a long deep sound or series of sounds हड़कंप मच गया।

Synonyms: growled, roared, boomed, hummed

Antonyms: acclaim, answer, calm, clad

Example: Her stomach rumbled with the thought of real food.

Reservoir (noun)

a natural or artificial lake where water is stored before it is taken by pipes to houses, etc. जलाशय

Synonyms: Store, Pool, Supply, reserve

Antonyms: Consume, dissipate, nothingness, zilch

Example: Fill reservoir with water halfway initially.

Aberrations (noun)

a fact, an action or a way of behaving that is not usual, and that may be unacceptable विपथन

Synonyms: Mistakes, Abnormalities, Anomalies, errors

Antonyms: Accords, accuracy, all and any, averages

Example: Almost all aberrations of nature are possible.

Intricately (adverb)

with a lot of different parts and small details that fit together जटिलतापूर्वक

Synonyms: Elaborately, Complexly, Inextricably, tortuously

Antonyms: Basically, easily, Straightforwardly, accurately

Example: Their blood flow is intricately connected.

Infiltrate (verb)

to pass slowly into something घुसपैठ

Synonyms: Penetrate, Enter, Permeate, invade

Antonyms: Seal, go away from, Abandon, absent oneself from

Example: I am the one resistance member to infiltrate this posting.

Enhancing (verb)

to increase or further improve the good quality, value or status of somebody/something. बढ़ाने

Synonyms: improiving, strengthen, enhancement, flattering

Antonyms: Baneful, blemishing, defacing, abashing

Example: Both those places have access to cosmetic enhancing drugs.

Quarry (noun)

a place where large amounts of stone, etc. are dug out of the ground खदान

Synonyms: prey, victim, target, game

Antonyms: hunter, predator, armes man, hit man

Example: I look like a quarry someone has dynamited.

Perennial (Adjective)

continuing for a very long time बारहमासी

Synonyms: Everlasting, Eternal, Permanent, lasting

Antonyms: annual, biennial, brief, short

Example: Despite recent improvement, it remained a perennial problem.

Abated (verb)

to become less intense or severe कम किया गया।

Synonyms: Decreased, Diminished, Eased, lessened

Antonyms: Expanded, affrighted, Agitated, alarmed

Example: After a few minutes her laughter abated to sporadic giggles.

Hauled (Adjective)

to pull something/somebody with a lot of effort पकड़ा गया

Synonyms: Carried, Pulled, Towed, tugged

Antonyms: Pushed, not blamed, unaccused, darted

Example: Did I mention I hauled slabs of concrete last summer?

Bilges (noun)

dirty water that collects in a ship’s bilge बिल्गेस

Synonyms: bilge water, nonsenses, bottoms, bunks

Antonyms: Diction, pearls of wisdom, roof, sense

Example: Still living in the bilges of an old river barge?

Parochial (Adjective)

only interested in small issues that happen in your local area and not interested in more important things सीमित

Synonyms: Provincial, Insular, narrow-minded, small-minded

Antonyms: well-rounded, cosmopolitan, broad, broad-minded

Example: I am now going to be very parochial and provincial.

Fabricated (verb)

to invent false information in order to trick people निर्मित

Synonyms: Fictitious, Invented, Fictional, fancied

Antonyms: genuine, organic, real, right

Example: I do not think he has fabricated false evidence.

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Source: The Hindu · 11 Sep 2022

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1. Synonym of Intricately

2. Antonym of Reservoir

3. Synonym of Enhancing

4. Antonym of Parochial

5. Synonym of Aberrations

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