10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Belligerence (noun)
Unfriendly and aggressive feelings or behaviour. झगड़ालूपन
Synonyms: Acerbity, Antagonism, Hostility, Pugnacity, Asperity
Antonyms: Benevolence, Cordial, Affable, Meek, Gregarious
Example: Despite his early belligerence toward haughty Britain, he lobbied hard to become the first American Ambassador to St. James's and was rewarded with not only the job but a tour of Buckingham Palace.
Discord (noun)
Disagreement between people. मतभेद
Synonyms: Strife, Dissension, Antagonism, Contention, Friction
Antonyms: Consensus, Unanimity, Accord, Concord, Solidarity.
Example: The coach admitted that he was to blame for fomenting some of the discord around what could have been Serie A's defining match of the season.
Ostensibly (adverb)
As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so. प्रकट रूप से
Synonyms: Apparently, Manifestly, Purportedly, Allegedly, Superficially
Antonyms: Improbably, Obscurely, Unlikely, Genuinely, Implausibly
Example: On Thursday, the president revived his rhetoric during a bizarre rally in Montana ostensibly intended to stoke support for the state’s Republican Senate candidate.
Assuage (verb)
To make an unpleasant feeling less severe. कम करना
Synonyms: Alleviate, Mitigate, Allay, Dampen, Palliate, Attenuate, Tranquilize, Smother, Stifle.
Antonyms: Aggravate, Agitate, Exacerbate, Incite, Perturb.
Example: Speaking to journalists this week, Egypt's foreign minister, Nabil Fahmy, tried to assuage concerns about a media crackdown.
Coy (adjective)
Shy or pretending to be shy and innocent. संकोची, लजीला
Synonyms: Bashful, Coquettish, Modest, Diffident, Reticent
Antonyms: Brazen, Bold, Presumptuous, Insolent, Blatant
Example: Many of our contemporary female stars are coy about celebrity; they give shy interviews over Cobb salads and insist that they are just like us.
Capricious (adjective)
Showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour. मन मौजी, सनकी
Synonyms: Fickle, Mercurial, Erratic, Vacillating, Volatile
Antonyms: Stout, Reasonable, Coherent, Sturdy, Stable
Example: Finally, just when all seems well, Fate, that capricious chess master, brings his queen into play.
Obscure (adjective)
Not clearly expressed or easily understood. अस्पष्ट
Synonyms: Abstruse, Nebulous, Esoteric, Recondite, Vague
Antonyms: Explicit, Distinct, Pronounced, Evident, Coherent
Example: Admittedly, some have published in relatively obscure academic locations, or mainly in German.
Burgeoning (adjective)
Beginning to grow or develop rapidly. मुकुलित होना, तेजी से बढ़ना
Synonyms: Proliferate, Escalate, Thrive, Prosper, Exuberant
Antonyms: Diminish, Dwindle, Shrivel, Wither, Truncate
Example: To many analysts, it represented the blending of the great media of the 20th century with the burgeoning digital media of the 21st.
Emanating (Gerund)
(Of a feeling, quality, or sensation) issue or spread out from (a source). निकलना/उत्पन्न होना
Synonyms: Exude, Disgorge, Stem, Egress, Loom
Antonyms: Fade, Conceal, Hold, Keep, Withdraw
Example: Many of these ideas emanated from the ancient India.
Retaliation (noun)
The action of returning a military attack; counter-attack. प्रतिशोध
Synonyms: Retribution, Recrimination, Reprisal, Vengeance, Recoil
Antonyms: Forgiveness, Pardon, Reprieve, Dispensation, Amnesty
Example: She claims the district terminated her in retaliation for reporting “abuses of students and student-athletes by CCS employees”
The editorial
Source: The Times of India · 12 Jun 2019Modi must use unmatched political capital to dismantle harmful economic shibboleths.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will soon present her first budget in unusual circumstances. There hasn’t been an occasion in recent memory when so little is known about the actual state of the economy. Former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian joined the growing crowd of sceptics who believe India’s official GDP exaggerates economic health. In recent research work, he concluded that India’s GDP growth has been overestimated by about 2.5 percentage points per year in five years since 2011-12. When this is juxtaposed with an ongoing slowdown in the official GDP estimate, a high level of unemployment and a demand slump, the unmistakable signal is of an economy in trouble.
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1. Synonym of Belligerence
2. Antonym of Assuage
3. Synonym of Ostensibly
4. Antonym of Capricious
5. Synonym of Obscure
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