10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Havoc (noun)
Widespread destruction. तबाही
Synonyms: Devastation, Damage, Ruin, Disaster
Example: Heavy rains and rising water are wreaking havoc across Europe.
Ominous (adjective)
Suggesting that something bad is going to happen in the future. अमंगल
Synonyms: Threatening, Foreboding, Inauspicious, Sinister, Unfavourable, unpromising
Antonyms: Unthreatening, Promising, Propitious, Encouraging
Example: There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
Telling (adjective)
Having a strong or important effect. प्रभावशाली
Synonyms: Effective, Revealing, Significant, Weighty
Antonyms: Ineffective, Unimportant, Unconvincing, Insignificant
Example: These professional hazards have a telling effect on their health conditions.
Exuberance (noun)
The quality of being full of energy, excitement, and cheerfulness; ebullience. उल्लास
Synonyms: Cheerfulness, Jauntiness, Buoyancy, Joy
Antonyms: Dullness, Depression
Example: There is no exuberance or shouts of joy in any of these photographs.
Deft (adjective)
Neatly skilful and quick in one's movements. कुशल
Synonyms: Skilful, Adept, Dexterous
Antonyms: Unskillful, Inept, Incompetent
Example: He finished off the painting with a few deft strokes of the brush.
Bleak (adjective)
Not hopeful or encouraging. निराशाजनक
Synonyms: Unpromising, Unfavourable, Portentous
Antonyms: Encouraging, Hopeful, Promising, Propitious
Example: Prospects for the industry are extremely bleak.
Perilous (adjective)
Very dangerous. ख़तरनाक
Synonyms: Dangerous, Risky, Parlous
Antonyms: Safe, Secure, Harmless, Innocuous
Example: For mothers and children, the situation is even more perilous.
Grim (adjective)
Depressing or worrying to consider. ख़राब
Synonyms: Dreadful, Dire, Ghastly, Horrible
Antonyms: Pleasing, Comforting
Example: The war was a grim reminder of the inhumanity of man to man.
Penchant (noun)
A strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something. विशेष रुचि, झुकाव
Synonyms: Tendency, Fondness, Inclination, Proclivity
Antonyms: Dislike, Indifference, Antipathy
Example: Those with a penchant for acting on the silver screen need not be disappointed.
Embark (verb)
Begin (a course of action). आरंभ करना
Synonyms: Begin, Start, Commence, Initiate
Antonyms: Disembark, Finish, End, Stop
Example: She embarked on a new career.
The editorial
Source: The Times of India · 2 Feb 2021A religious person is one who is happy, and the mark of a happy person is contentment. He does not seek happiness outside, but the discontented one pursues it outside, and he gets attached there.
During my stay in South India once, I met a doctor and would visit his house daily. I soon came to know that he used to drink, but would refrain from it when I was visiting. He said, “When you come, I feel so happy that I do not feel the need to drink. I drink only when sad.” “But you have been drinking for years, aren’t you addicted to it?” I asked. He said, “No, I drink for a reason, and the day I don’t have that reason, I don’t drink.”
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1. Synonym of Ominous
2. Antonym of Telling
3. Synonym of Grim
4. Antonym of Deft
5. Synonym of Havoc
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