10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Demarcate (verb)
Meaning: separate or distinguish from. विलग करना; पृथक बनाना
Synonyms: Separate, Delimit, Differentiate, Isolate, Discriminate
Antonyms: Unite, Connect, Combine, Join
Example: Parking spaces are demarcated by white lines.
Adherent (noun)
Meaning: a person who strongly supports a particular person, principle, or set of ideas. समर्थक
Synonyms: Supporter, Disciple, Partisan, Buff, Votary
Antonyms: Sceptic, Cynic, Disbeliever, Doubter
Example: She has long been an adherent of the Communist Party.
Interminable (adjective)
Meaning: endless or apparently endless. अनंत; निरंतर
Synonyms: Ceaseless, Everlasting, Incessant, Perpetual
Antonyms: Finite, Brief, Ephemeral, Temporary
Example: The journey seemed interminable.
Inescapability (noun)
Meaning: the fact of being certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented. अनिवार्यता
Synonyms: Unavoidability, Inevitability, Inexorability, Obviousness
Antonyms: Unpredictability, Uncertainty, Doubtfulness, Incertitude
Example: He was learning to accept the inescapability of death.
Distinction (noun)
Meaning: a difference or contrast between similar things or people. अंतर
Synonyms: Contrast, Dissimilitude, Divergence, Variance
Antonyms: Similarity, Resemblance, Equivalence, Correspondence
Example: We must draw a clear distinction between right and wrong.
Benign (adjective)
Meaning: pleasant and kind. सौम्य, अच्छा
Synonyms: Amiable, Gentle, Nonthreatening, Congenial, Agreeable
Antonyms: Malignant, Menacing, Malicious, Harmful
Example: The effects of this chemical are fairly benign.
Desecrate (verb)
Meaning: to damage or show no respect towards something holy or very much respected. अपवित्र करना; तिरस्कार करना
Synonyms: Defile, Vandalise, Profane, Blaspheme
Antonyms: Consecrate, Sanctify, Hallow, Venerate
Example: She shouldn't have desecrated the picture of a religious leader.
Repugnant (adjective)
Meaning: in conflict or incompatible with. प्रतिकूल, विरुद्ध
Synonyms: Averse, Adverse, Hostile, Antagonistic
Antonyms: Agreeable, Suitable, Comfortable
Example: A by-law must not be repugnant to the general law of the country.
Reprehensible (adjective)
Meaning: extremely bad or deserving censure. निंदनीय
Synonyms: Deplorable, Despicable, Culpable, Ignoble
Antonyms: Creditable, Praiseworthy, Laudable, Commendable
Example: His conduct was thoroughly reprehensible.
Blemish (verb)
Meaning: spoil the appearance or quality of (something). दूषित करना; धूमिल करना
Synonyms: Spoil, Mar, Tarnish, Vitiate, Stain
Antonyms: Restore, Enhance, Improve, Raise
Example: The novel is blemished by those long descriptions.
The editorial
Source: The Times of India · 5 Oct 2019Why does a girl don the disguise of a boy? Nine-year-old Shafali Verma did it after every cricket academy in Haryana’s Rohtak district refused her admission. So her father cut her hair and she played in the boys’ team, until her school decided to develop a girls’ cricket team. Fast forward a few years and Shafali has become the youngest T20I debutante for the Indian women’s cricket team. On Tuesday she smashed South Africa for 46 off just 33 balls.
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1. Synonym of Desecrate
2. Antonym of Distinction
3. Synonym of Inescapability
4. Antonym of Repugnant
5. Synonym of Adherent
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