10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Abdicate (verb)
Meaning: (of a monarch) renounce one's throne; fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty) अधिकार को त्यागना
Synonyms: Demit, Relinquish, Abjure, Vacate, Cede, Yield
Antonyms: Retain, Defend, Maintain, Hold
Example: She was forced to abdicate the throne of Spain.
Annihilation (noun)
Meaning: complete destruction; total defeat. विनाश
Synonyms: Obliteration, Extermination, Devastation, Eradication
Antonyms: Erection, Restoration, Fabrication
Example: They were to surrender immediately or face annihilation.
Engender (verb)
Meaning: cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition). पैदा करना, उत्पन्न होना
Synonyms: Occasion, Arouse, Kindle, Trigger, Generate, Beget
Antonyms: Kill, Repress, Quash, Halt
Example: The minister's speech did not engender confidence in his judgment.
Prerequisite (noun)
Meaning: a thing that is required as a prior condition for something else to happen or exist. पूर्वाकांक्षित, जरूरी
Synonyms: Essential, Precondition, Necessity, Sine Qua Non, Imperative
Antonyms: Nonessential, Option, Extra
Example: Passing a written exam is a prerequisite for taking the advanced course.
Straitjacket (noun)
Forbidding discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing. वर्जन
Synonyms: Taboo, String, Shackle, Reins, Weights
Antonyms: Allowance, License, Support
Example: He refused to be fitted into any ideological straitjacket.
Elicit (verb)
Meaning: draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone. प्रकाश में लाना, सार निकालना
Synonyms: Evoke, Extract, Educe, Derive
Antonyms: Hide, Cover, Overlook, Repress, Suppress
Example: I could elicit no response from him.
Bewilder (verb)
Meaning: cause (someone) to become perplexed and confused उलझन में डालना, भटकाना
Synonyms: Baffle, Addle, Stupefy, Stump, Fox
Antonyms: Clarify, Enlighten, Explicate, Construe
Example: The driver was bewildered by the conflicting road signs.
Streamline (verb)
Meaning: make (an organization or system) more efficient and effective by employing faster or simpler working methods. सुव्यवस्थित करना
Synonyms: Rationalize, Simplify, Harmonise, Align
Antonyms: Complicate, Perplex, Mess Up
Example: They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy.
Ensue (verb)
Meaning: happen or occur afterward or as a result. पीछा करना, घटित होना
Synonyms: Emerge, Stem, Come After, Transpire, Eventuate
Antonyms: Antecede, Precede, Cease
Example: They are still unaware of what will ensue from this hasty action.
Dire (adjective)
Meaning: (of a situation or event) extremely serious or urgent. भयानक, अत्यंत
Synonyms: Extreme, Atrocious, Appalling, Grave, Drastic
Antonyms: Trivial, Cheerful, Comforting, Fortunate
Example: Despite dire threats of violence from extremist groups, the protest passed off peacefully.
The editorial
Source: The Times of India · 11 Sep 2019In Maharashtra, BJP is taxed more by ally Shiv Sena than rivals Congress and NCP.
The ongoing seat sharing talks between BJP and Shiv Sena appear to be reaching a bend in the road with BJP pushing for contesting a majority of the seats. Such an outcome will formalise the changed political situation in Maharashtra since the 2014 assembly polls when BJP stunned Shiv Sena, till then the senior partner, by winning 122 seats against the latter’s 63. Needing 144 seats to stay in government, both parties have endured an uneasy relationship with Sena constantly sniping at BJP. Rancour gave way to pragmatism when Lok Sabha elections approached and an alliance was quickly stitched up allowing NDA to walk away with 41 of 48 Maharashtra seats earlier this year.
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1. Synonym of Ensue
2. Antonym of Streamline
3. Synonym of Dire
4. Antonym of Engender
5. Synonym of Prerequisite
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