10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Plethora (noun)
An amount that is greater than is needed or can be used. आधिक्य
Synonyms: Surfeit, Excess, Surplus, Overabundance
Antonyms: Scarcity, Deficiency, Dearth, Lack
Example: I have a plethora of board games.
Couched (verb)
To say or write words in a particular style or manner. वाक्यांश
Synonyms: Worded, Formulated, Phrased, Articulated
Antonyms: Break, Destroy, Dissolve, Abolish
Example: But we must couch some conditions.
Accretion (noun)
The process of new layers or matter being slowly added to something. अभिवृद्धि
Synonyms: Accumulation, Buildup, Addition, Increase
Antonyms: Loss, Decrease, Decline, Shrinkage
Example: The fund was increased by the accretion of new shareholders.
Precedent (noun)
A similar action or event that happened earlier. मिसाल
Synonyms: Example, Model, Paradigm, Preceding
Antonyms: After, Following, Later, Deferred
Example: He says that the government will set a dangerous precedent if it refuses to allow the protesters to hold a rally.
Salience (noun)
The quality of being particularly important or easy to notice. बकाया
Synonyms: Strikingness, Outstanding, Prominence, Notability
Antonyms: Inferior, Ordinary, Insignificant, Mediocre
Example: The salience of these facts was questioned by several speakers.
Subverted (verb)
To challenge somebody’s ideas or expectations and make them consider the opposite. विकृत किया गया
Synonyms: Undermine, Overthrow, Ruined, Supersede
Antonyms: Assisted, Aided, Based, Bemused
Example: They cannot subvert the very system of justice we are rightly so proud of.
Impermissible (adjective)
That cannot be allowed. नाजायज
Synonyms: Inadmissible, Illicit, Prohibited, Taboo
Antonyms: Alright, Legal, Admissible, Allowable
Example: It seemed impermissible to allow even a child to take its inventions quite so seriously.
Plenary (adjective)
Without any limit. पूर्ण
Synonyms: Full, Entire, Unconditional, Unlimited
Antonyms: Partial, Incomplete, Restricted, Limited
Example: The bill is then put on the order of the day of a plenary sitting.
Reparation (noun)
The act of giving something to somebody or doing something for them in order to show that you are sorry that you have caused them to suffer हरजाना
Synonyms: Compensation, Amends, Repair, Fix
Antonyms: Extortion, Destruction, Theft, Damage
Example: They've offered no apologies and seem to have no thoughts of reparation.
Tether (verb)
To tie an animal to a post so that it cannot move very far. पगहा
Synonyms: Bind, Chain, Fasten, Leash
Antonyms: Detach, Disconnect, Unfasten, Unchain
Example: They tethered the horses in the shade.
The editorial
Source: The Print · 13 Nov 2022LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices were stable on Monday, close to $100 a barrel as support from a weaker dollar and recovering Chinese crude imports met renewed demand concerns linked to China’s stringent COVID containment approach.
Brent crude futures were down 1 cent, or 0.1%, to $98.56 a barrel at 1444 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose by 4 cents, or 0.04%, to $92.65.
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1. Synonym of Plenary
2. Antonym of Salience
3. Synonym of Plethora
4. Antonym of Tether
5. Synonym of Couched
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