10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Manoeuvre (noun)
A movement performed with care and skill. कुशलतायुक्ति
Synonyms: Operation, Exercise, Movement
Example: Attackers employed three maneuvers to generate movement and control.
Parlance (noun)
A particular way of using words or expressing yourself. बोल-चाल
Synonyms: Expression, Idiomatic Expression, Jargon, Speech
Antonyms: Listening, Hearing, Attentive
Example: The word ‘modem’ entered common parlance in the 1990s.
Nuance (noun)
A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound. अतिसूक्ष्मअंतर
Synonyms: Fine distinction, Variation, Modulation
Example: Her singing has both warmth of sound and delicacy of nuance.
Proliferation (noun)
Rapid increase in the number or amount of something. प्रसार फैलाव
Synonyms: Increase, Expansion, Mushrooming, Propagation
Antonyms: Decline, Depletion
Example: This muteness increases the sense of proliferation in his art.
Cumbersome (adjective)
Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use. भारी-भरकम
Synonyms: Unwieldy, Inconvenient, Incommodious
Antonyms: Convenient, Manageable
Example: If a task manager is too cumbersome to use, you won't bother with it.
Wreak (verb)
Cause (a large amount of damage or harm). कारण होना
Synonyms: Inflict, Result in, Mete out
Antonyms: Fail, Collapse
Example: The environmental damage wreaked by ninety years of phosphate mining.
Sheer (adjective)
Complete and not mixed with anything else. पूर्णतया
Synonyms: Utter, Complete, Absolute, Total, Downright, Thorough
Antonyms: Incomplete, Partial, Limited, Fractional
Example: It is difficult to convey the sheer complexity of the situation.
Allude (verb)
Suggest or call attention to indirectly. संकेत करना
Synonyms: Hint, Refer to, Imply
Antonyms: Proclaim, Declare
Example: This account alludes only indirectly to the Buddha's original meditative accomplishments before the awakening.
Impoverish (verb)
To make something worse in quality. अशक्त कर देना
Synonyms: Weaken, Sap, Exhaust, Deplete
Antonyms: Strengthen, Enrich
Example: Intensive cultivation has impoverished the soil.
Lopsided (adjective)
With one side lower or smaller than the other. एकतरफ़ा
Synonyms: Uneven, Asymmetrical, One-sided, Askew
Antonyms: Even, Balanced, Uniform
Example: He kept them there just a second too long before dropping them to his sides with a lopsided grin.
The editorial
Source: The Pioneer News · 15 May 2021Having failed to prove majority in Parliament, the Oli-led Government has shoved the country into the throes of uncertainty.
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1. Synonym of Wreak
2. Synonym of Manoeuvre
3. Synonym of Allude
4. Antonym of Sheer
5. Synonym of Nuance
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