10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Debilitate (verb)
Meaning: make (someone) very weak and infirm; hinder, delay, or weaken. कमजोर करना
Synonyms: Incapacitate, Enervate, Enfeeble, Devitalize, Prostrate
Antonyms: Invigorate, Revitalize, Vivify, Rejuvenate
Example: The troops were severely debilitated by hunger and disease.
Mercurial (adjective)
Meaning: subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind. मनमौजी
Synonyms: Capricious, Fickle, Protean, Erratic, Fluctuating, Vacillating
Antonyms: Steady, Unchanging, Predictable, Unvarying
Example: Meanwhile, his mercurial character has only got more erratic.
Bonhomie (noun)
Meaning: cheerful friendliness; geniality खुशमिज़ाजी, मिलनसारिता
Synonyms: Conviviality, Affability, Amiability, Warmth, Joviality
Antonyms: Coldness, Aloofness, Unfriendliness
Example: There was a casual bonhomie between the actors at rehearsals.
Myriad (adjective)
Meaning: countless or extremely great in number. असंख्य, बेशुमार
Synonyms: Multitudinous, Legion, Innumerable, Limitless, Infinite
Antonyms: Limited, Countable, Finite, Little
Example: They face a myriad of problems bringing up children.
Parlance (noun)
Meaning: a particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest. बोल-चाल, वर्ग-बोली
Synonyms: Jargon, Phraseology, Vernacular, Idiolect, Tongue, Argot
Example: In medical parlance this procedure is commonly known as a career-ectomy.
Acumen (noun)
Meaning: the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions. कुशाग्रता
Synonyms: Astuteness, Shrewdness, Acuity, Perspicacity, Sagacity, Gray Matter
Antonyms: Stupidity, Obtuseness, Ineptness, Inanity, Folly
Example: His business acumen has made him very successful.
Remorse (noun)
Meaning: deep regret or guilt for a wrong committed. पश्चाताप
Synonyms: Contrition, Repentance, Penitence, Compunction, Atonement
Antonyms: Indifference, Remorselessness, Impenitence
Example: His remorse is just an artifice to gain sympathy.
Tirade (noun)
Meaning: a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation. निंदा-भाषण
Synonyms: Philippic, Diatribe, Polemic, Invective, Harangue, Censure, Reproof
Antonyms: Praise, Plaudit, Rave, Ovation
Example: She launched into a tirade of abuse against politicians.
Queer (verb)
Meaning: spoil or ruin (an agreement, event, or situation). बिगाड़ देना
Synonyms: Impair, Mar, Wreck, Scupper, Jeopardize, Imperil
Antonyms: Improve, Repair, Mend, Assist, Aid
Example: Trying to crash the party would probably queer the whole deal.
Pique (verb)
Meaning: feel irritated or resentful. चिढ़ना, नाराज होना
Synonyms: Vex, Annoy, Displease, Affront, Gall, Irk
Antonyms: Please, Mollify, Appease
Example: She was piqued by his curtness.
The editorial
Source: The Economic Times · 3 May 2019It is welcome that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has put out draft norms for a ‘regulatory sandbox’ for financial technology products. The regulatory sandbox approach is now the global standard for testing new fintech products and services, in a time-bound controlled space and limited rollout, designed as field tests.
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1. Synonym of Remorse
2. Antonym of Debilitate
3. Synonym of Queer
4. Synonym of Parlance
5. Synonym of Tirade
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