10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Manifest (verb)
Meaning: To show something clearly, especially a feeling, an attitude or a quality. प्रकट करना
Synonyms: Demonstrate, Reveal, Exhibit, Evince
Antonyms: Hide, Conceal, Obscure, Shroud
Example: His fear and anticipation were manifested in the drills that he's been doing with his team.
Pre-eminence (noun)
Meaning: The quality of being more important, more successful or of a higher standard than others. उत्कृष्टता, सर्वश्रेष्ठता
Synonyms: Superiority, Supremacy, Primacy, Prominence
Antonyms: Unimportance, Anonymity, Obscurity, Oblivion,
Example: The county owed its distinctiveness and pre-eminence largely to one man, St Cuthbert.
Topple (verb)
Meaning: To make somebody lose their position of power or authority. पद को खोना
Synonyms: Overthrow, Depose, Unseat, Bring Down
Antonyms: Appoint, Elect, Install, Throne
Example: This gave the military a veto over the cabinet, and the power to topple governments.
Botch/botch up (verb)
Meaning: Carry out (a task) badly or carelessly. फूहड़पने से करना
Synonyms: Do Badly, Bungle, Foul Up, Flub
Antonyms: Do Well, Improve, Fix, Better
Example: He completely botched up the interview.
House (verb)
Meaning: To provide a place for somebody to live. आश्रय देना
Synonyms: Accommodate, Shelter, Lodge, Take In
Antonyms: Throw Out, Evict, Eject, Expel
Example: The government is committed to housing the refugees.
Relegate (verb)
Meaning: To give somebody a lower or less important position, rank, etc. than before. पदावनति
Synonyms: Demote, Downgrade, Lower, Kick Downstairs
Antonyms: Promote, Elevate, Raise, Upgrade
Example: She was then relegated to the role of assistant.
Vow (verb)
Meaning: To make a formal and serious promise to do something or a formal statement that is true. प्रतिज्ञा करना
Synonyms: Promise, Swear, Undertake, Give One's Word
Antonyms: Reject, Refuse, Repudiate
Example: She vowed never to speak to him again.
Imperial (adjective)
Meaning: Relating to an empire. साम्राज्य संबंधी
Synonyms: Royal, Regal, Monarchal, Stately
Antonyms: Common, Mediocre, Humble, Trivial
Example: They made an objection to the imperial system with resolution.
Orchestrate (verb)
Meaning: To organize a complicated plan or event very carefully or secretly. योजना बनाना
Synonyms: Plan, Mastermind, Plot, Hatch
Example: The group is accused of orchestrating violence at demonstrations.
Overarching (adjective)
Meaning: Comprehensive or all-embracing. व्यापक
Synonyms: All-Encompassing, Predominant, Supreme, Widespread
Antonyms: Partial, Fragmentary, Incomplete, Lacking
Example: On the debit side, he frustratingly falls short of any overarching analysis.
The editorial
Source: The Times of India · 6 Jan 2020All stakeholders must prevent escalation of US-Iran conflict.
The assassination of top Iranian commander, Major General Qassim Suleimani, by a US drone strike in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, is an immensely consequential act with severe repercussions. It underlines the immense wisdom of the nuclear accord that President Barack Obama reached with Tehran in 2015, overturned since by President Donald Trump. The assassination will cause Iran to feel threatened, with short- as well as long-term consequences. It is likely to remove all restraints to Iran seeking nuclear weapons. Second, it will still moderate and pro-democratic voices in Iran as it rallies behind its ayatollahs.
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1. Synonym of Orchestrate
2. Antonym of Manifest
3. Synonym of Vow
4. Antonym of Pre-eminence
5. Synonym of Imperial
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