10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Wantonness (noun)
Disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others. कष्ट देना
Synonyms: Atrocity, Barbarity, Fiendishness, Sadism
Antonyms: Kindness, Sympathy, Humaneness
Example: The barbaric wantonness with which the guards treated the prisoners of war.
Incapacitate (verb)
To make someone unable to work or do things normally. अशक्त करना
Synonyms: Cripple, Disable, Debilitate, Mutilate
Antonyms: Energize, Galvanize, Invigorate, Vitalize
Example: He was incapacitated by a heart attack.
Hallow (verb)
To make holy through prayers or ritual. पवित्र करना
Synonyms: Consecrate, Sacralize, Sanctify, Venerate
Antonyms: Desecrate, Curse, Condemn, Blaspheme
Example: The Ganges is hallowed as a sacred, cleansing river.
Scourge (verb)
Cause great suffering to. कष्ट देना, दंड देना
Synonyms: Torment, Torture, Afflict, Plague
Antonyms: Protect, Comfort, Guard
Example: The cruel captain used to scourge on his disobedient sailor.
Jest (verb)
Speak in a joking way. मज़ाक करना
Synonyms: Banter, Joke, Gag, Pun, Quip
Antonyms: Serious, Grim, Solemn, Grave
Example: Would I jest about something so important?
Ephemeral (adjective)
Lasting for a very short time. अल्पकालिक
Synonyms: Transient, Fleeting, Cursory, Evanescent
Antonyms: Ceaseless, Permanent, Perpetual, Eternal
Example: Fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old.
Subterfuge (noun)
Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal. छल
Synonyms: Chicanery, Artifice, Stratagem, Deception
Antonyms: Candor, Directness, Forthrightness
Example: It was clear that they must have obtained the information by subterfuge.
Ratification (noun)
The process of making an agreement officially valid. अनुसमर्थन
Synonyms: Approval, Sanction, Authorization, Validation
Antonyms: Disapproval, Rejection, Decline
Example: The E.U. will now complete ratification of the treaty by June 1.
Delineate (noun)
Describe or portray (something) precisely. वर्णन करना, चित्रित करना
Synonyms: Depict, Portray, Explain, Define
Antonyms: Confuse, Garble, Distort, Obfuscate
Example: The constitution carefully delineates the duties of the treasurer’s office.
Dungeon (noun)
A strong underground prison cell. कालकोठरी, क़ैदख़ाना
Synonyms: Prison, Oubliette, Penitentiary, Jail, Cell
Antonyms: Outside, Free, Liberty, Emancipation
Example: The king threw them into the dungeon.
The editorial
Source: The Hindu · 22 Feb 2019Opposition parties must make a new anti-torture legislation part of their common programme.
Custodial torture is global, old and stubborn. Dismemberment was a method of torture practised with vigour in ancient India, crushing-by-elephant-foot another. The Arthashastra prescribes mental torture through swear-words with or without physical assaults. Death by a thousand cuts was ancient China’s speciality. The Tang Code (652 CE) describes judicial torture in detail. Ancient Japanese methods of torture numb the human imagination. Their modern avatar in Japan’s World War II of biological and chemical experimentation on humans — prisoners, mainly Chinese — in Unit 731 stop the blood-flow to one’s heart.
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1. Synonym of Delineate
2. Antonym of Dungeon
3. Synonym of Wantonness
4. Antonym of Ratification
5. Synonym of Hallow
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