10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Contingent (adjective)
Meaning: likely but not certain to happen; subject to chance. आकस्मिक, संभाव्य
Synonyms: Accidental, Unforeseeable, Unanticipated, Fortuitous
Antonyms: Certain, Unconditional, Definite, Predictable
Example: I do not award damages under the heading of contingent liability for refunds.
Inexorable (adjective)
Meaning: continuing without any possibility of being stopped. अटल, अपरिहार्य
Synonyms: Inevitable, Irrevocable, Relentless, Obdurate
Antonyms: Flexible, Yielding, Relenting, Bending
Example: Who can halt Woods' inexorable progress towards yet another championship?
Abeyance (noun)
Meaning: a state of not happening or being used at present. दुविधा, निलम्बन
Synonyms: Suspension, Remission, Dormancy, Quiescence
Antonyms: Operation, Action, Continuation
Example: The law was held in abeyance for well over twenty years.
Enshrine (verb)
Meaning: preserve (a right, tradition, or idea) in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected. प्रतिष्ठापित करना, समाविष्ट करना
Synonyms: Embody, Manifest, Incorporate, Preserve
Antonyms: Exclude, Disintegrate, Eliminate, Disembody
Example: Lot of memories are enshrined in this photograph album.
Repeal (verb)
Meaning: the act of removing the legal force of a law. निरस्त करना
Synonyms: Abrogate, Annul, Rescind, Retract
Antonyms: Enact, Ratify, Validate, Sanction
Example: He plans to repeal a number of current policies.
Consolidation (noun)
Meaning: the action of making something stronger or more solid. सुदृढीकरण
Synonyms: Strengthening, Solidification, Fortification, Intensification
Antonyms: Deterioration, Enfeebling, Decay, Decline
Example: In middle age a nation seeks safety and consolidation of material gain.
Deliberate (adjective)
Meaning: careful and unhurried. विचारपूर्वक, सुचिन्तित
Synonyms: Thoughtful, Measured, Meditative, Reasoned
Antonyms: Heedless, Hasty, Slapdash, Slipshod
Example: We made a deliberate decision to live apart for a while.
Backlash (noun)
Meaning: a strong adverse reaction. प्रतिक्रिया
Synonyms: Recoil, Counterblast, Retaliation, Repercussion, Fallout
Antonyms: Cause, Reason, Root, Basis
Example: Such a decision may provoke a backlash from their supporters.
Profound (adjective)
Meaning: (of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense. गहन, गम्भीर
Synonyms: Heartfelt, Acute, Overwhelming, Sincere
Antonyms: Superficial, Shallow, Insincere, Facile
Example: My father's death had a profound effect on us all.
Autonomy (noun)
Meaning: freedom from external control or influence. स्वराज्य
Synonyms: Sovereignty, Self-Sufficiency, Self-Rule, Individualism
Antonyms: Subjugation, Heteronomy, Subjection, Dependence
Example: Demonstrators demanded immediate autonomy for their region.
The editorial
Source: The Hindu · 9 Aug 2019The government’s Kashmir move exposes the contingent nature of India’s asymmetric constitutional provisions.
The abrogation of Article 370 has exposed ambiguities that have long been evident in India’s federal system. Asymmetric agreements have been negotiated in settlement of a number of regional conflicts in India. Kashmir’s autonomous status was the oldest and — in original conception — the most far-reaching of these provisions. But in practice, there has been a contingency to autonomy provisions, leaving them open to revision by popular majorities at the all-India level.
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1. Synonym of Consolidation
2. Antonym of Contingent
3. Synonym of Enshrine
4. Antonym of Autonomy
5. Synonym of Backlash
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