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The Times of India

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22,Feb,2020

10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning

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Progenitor (noun)

Meaning- A person who starts an idea or a development. जनक

Synonyms: Originator, Founder, Forerunner, Begetter

Example: He is considered the progenitor of Sikhism.

Gob smacked (adjective)

Meaning- So surprised that you do not know what to say. आश्चर्यचकित

Synonyms: Speechless, Stunned, Surprised, Taken Aback, Staggered, Stupefied, Thunderstuck

Antonyms: Unsurprised, Heedless, Unemotional

Example: I was gob smacked when she told me the news.

Gruelling (adjective)

Meaning- Very difficult and making you very tired. थकाऊ

Synonyms: Exhausting, Tiring, Fatiguing, Draining, Enervating, Debilitating

Antonyms: Pleasant, Enjoyable, Easy

Example: He eventually won the match after five gruelling sets.

Squabble (verb)

Meaning- To argue noisily about something that is not very important. तकरार करना

Synonyms: Quarrel, Argue, Dispute, Wrangle

Antonyms: Agree, Concur, Accord

Example: My sisters were squabbling over what to watch on TV.

Prickly (adjective)

Meaning - Difficult to deal with because people have very different ideas about it. समस्यात्मक

Synonyms: Problematic, Complicated, Irksome, Convoluted

Antonyms: Simple, Easy, Smooth, Uncomplicated

Example: Let's move on to the prickly subject of taxation reform.

Congenital (adjective)

Meaning- Existing as part of a person’s character and not likely to change. जन्मजात

Synonyms: Innate, inborn, natural, ingrained

Antonyms: Acquired, Trained, Developed, Cultivated

Example: He seems to have a congenital inability to tell the truth.

Bluster (verb)

Meaning- To talk in an aggressive or threatening way, but with little effect. धमकाना

Synonyms: Rant, Thunder, Threaten, Boast

Antonyms: Deprecate, Calm, Soften

Example: The aggressive politicians continued to bluster to the point that no one actually understood a word they were saying.

Swimmingly (adverb)

Meaning- Without any problems or difficulties. आसानी से

Synonyms: Smoothly, Effortlessly, Easily, Very Well

Antonyms: Roughly, Difficultly, Strenuously, Tirelessly

Example: We hope everything will go swimmingly.

Haggle (verb)

Meaning- To argue with somebody in order to reach an agreement, especially about the price of something. मोल-भाव करना

Synonyms: Bargain, Barter, Negotiate, Quibble

Antonyms: Agree, Concur, Comply

Example: I left him in the market haggling over the price of a shirt.

Extortion (noun)

Meaning- The crime of making somebody give you something by threatening them. ज़बर्दस्ती वसूली

Synonyms: Shakedown, Blackmail, Extraction

Antonyms: Coaxing, Urging, Requesting

Example: He was arrested and charged with extortion.

The editorial

Source: The Times of India · 22 Feb 2020

Many in India are attracted by the allure of the Chinese authoritarian model, whereby democratic rights are seen as an obstacle to attaining efficiency and rapid economic growth. Evidence from the coronavirus epidemic, which has so far infected around 75,000 people in China and killed 2,118, should give them pause. While the epidemic was first reported in Wuhan on December 12, the matter was hushed up. Li Wenliang, a doctor who alerted colleagues on social media, was punished and silenced – later he succumbed to the disease himself. Wuhan wasn’t quarantined till January 23, by which time 5 million people are reported to have already left the city for the Chinese New Year holiday.

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Synonyms and antonyms, the way exams ask them. Answers show as you tap.

1. Synonym of Prickly

2. Synonym of Progenitor

3. Synonym of Bluster

4. Antonym of Squabble

5. Synonym of Gruelling

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