10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Exacerbate (verb)
Make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse. ख़राब करना
Synonyms: Aggravate, Intensify, Make worse
Antonyms: Improve, Better, Alleviate
Example: His aggressive reaction only exacerbated the situation.
Conspicuous (adjective)
Easy to see or notice. प्रत्यक्ष
Synonyms: Noticeable, Prominent, Striking
Antonyms: Unnoticeable, Invisible, Obscure
Example: The advertisements were all posted in a conspicuous place.
Convoluted (adjective)
(especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow. पेचीदा
Synonyms: Complicated, Byzantine, Intricate
Antonyms: Simple, Uncomplicated
Example: The film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens.
Prorogue (verb)
Discontinue a session of (a parliament or other legislative assembly) without dissolving it. स्थगित करना
Synonyms: Disband, Disestablish, Dismiss
Antonyms: Carry on, Continue
Example: The government was hoping to prorogue parliament on 20 November.
Surmise (verb)
Suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it. अनुमान करना
Synonyms: Guess, Conjecture, Speculate
Antonyms: Disbelief, Prove
Example: It is difficult to surmise where she might have been staying.
Parleys (noun)
A conference between opposing sides in a dispute, especially a discussion of terms for an armistice. संवाद
Synonyms: Negotiation, Discussion, Debate, Talk
Example: These informal parleys over our communication system keep us in good humour.
Ingress (noun)
The act of entering a place. प्रवेश
Synonyms: Entry, Entrance, Access, Way in
Antonyms: Exit, Egress, Expulsion
Example: Railway systems depend on easy ingress and egress at numerous points along the route.
Delineate (verb)
Describe or portray (something) precisely. वर्णन करना
Synonyms: Define, Depict, Outline, Set out
Antonyms: Misrepresent, Distort, Misunderstand
Example: This framework and a job description delineate the nurse's realm and boundaries.
Nudge (verb)
Coax or gently encourage (someone) to do something. आगे बढना
Synonyms: Prompt, Encourage, Coax, Stimulate, Jog
Antonyms: Discourage, Hold back, Restrain, Repress
Example: We have to nudge the politicians in the right direction.
Plummet (verb)
To fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or position. अचानक से गिरना
Synonyms: Plunge, Fall, Drop, Decline, Nosedive, Tumble
Antonyms: Rise, Ascend, Soar, Shoot-Up, Escalate
Example: Her spirits plummeted at the thought of meeting him again.
The editorial
Source: The Hindu · 9 Oct 2020Using the defence forces as a shield may be politically profitable for the government but is damaging for India.
In 2017, when India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar was the Foreign Secretary, he appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs to depose on the 73-day-long Doklam standoff. In two separate depositions, he underlined to the committee that “the issue [on the Sino-India-Bhutan border] is more of attempting to alter the status quo on the ground... It is this aspect that transforms a transgression into a larger diplomatic and political issue shifting the matter from the domain of the Armed Forces to that of Foreign Policy”.
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1. Synonym of Delineate
2. Antonym of Plummet
3. Synonym of Surmise
4. Antonym of Convoluted
5. Synonym of Ingress
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