Responding to imf’s nasty growth news

The Economic Times

Responding to imf’s nasty growth news
15,Oct,2020

10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning

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Herald (verb)

To say in public that somebody/something is good or important. घोषित करना

Synonyms: Announce, Declare, Proclaim

Antonyms: Conceal, Hide, Keep Secret

Example: Bringing the baby home heralds the start of a very different lifestyle.

Onus (noun)

The responsibility for something. दायित्व

Synonyms: Duty, Obligation, Responsibility

Antonyms: Advantage, Benefit, Gain

Example: The onus is on employers to follow health and safety laws.

Contemplate (verb)

To think about whether you should do something, or how you should do something. चिंतन करना

Synonyms: Think about, Consider, Ponder

Antonyms: Disregard, Discard, Ignore

Example: The explanation is still worrying to contemplate.

Artifice (noun)

The clever use of tricks to cheat somebody. चालाकी

Synonyms: Trickery, Deviousness, Guile, Craftiness

Antonyms: Artlessness, Ingenuousness, Candor

Example: Above all, these works set as their priorities artifice and visual pleasure.

Ingrained (adjective)

(of a habit, an attitude, etc.) that has existed for a long time and is therefore difficult to change. अंतर्निहित

Synonyms: Entrenched, Deep-rooted, Established, Firm

Antonyms: Unfixed, Temporary, Short-lived

Example: The belief that we should do our duty is deeply ingrained in most of us.

Paradigm (noun)

A typical example or pattern of something. मिसाल प्रतिमान

Synonyms: Specimen, Exemplar, Illustration, Prototype

Example: The war was a paradigm of the destructive side of human nature.

Reprise (noun)

A repetition or further performance of something. पुनरावृत्ति

Synonyms: Reiteration, Repetition, Restatement

Example: It has been a fitting reprise for the man who once sang about his Adidas.

Aggrandisement (noun)

An increase in the power or importance of a person or country. विवर्धन

Synonyms: Glorification, Magnification, Elevation

Antonyms: Decline, Decrease, Reduction

Example: Her sole aim is personal aggrandizement.

Coalesce (verb)

Come together to form one mass or whole. संयुक्त होना

Synonyms: Unite, Combine, Merge, Consolidate

Antonyms: Separate, Divide, Split

Example: The separate voices coalesced into joyous chorus.

Overweening (adjective)

Showing excessive confidence or pride. अभिमानी

Synonyms: Haughty, Supercilious, Arrogant, Lordly

Antonyms: Modest, Humble, Moderate

Example: His best qualification for the job was his overweening ambition, nothing else.

The editorial

Source: The Economic Times · 15 Oct 2020

The truly enlightened are those who maintain equanimity in the face of news that is terrific or terrible. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the Indian economy will contract by double digits in the current year. But then, the IMF’s forecasts have been fickle. The Fund also forecasts that per-capita income in India will, after this collapse of economic activity, fall below Bangladesh’s, as that country will grow by 4% this year. A noble response would be to delight in our neighbour’s glad tidings, while redoubling our prayers that the growth produced by every grudging rupee of additional government expenditure would be double what it historically has been. However, there is more bad news. Nomura’s India Business Resumption Index suggests that growth is, after picking up in September, decelerating. Google’s mobility index has been slipping.

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Quick quiz: 5 questions on these words

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

1. Synonym of Coalesce

2. Antonym of Overweening

3. Synonym of Onus

4. Antonym of Herald

5. Synonym of Ingrained

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