10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Rigour (noun)
Meaning- The fact of being careful and paying great attention to detail. सावधानी
Synonyms: Meticulousness, Thoroughness, Exactness, Conscientiousness
Antonyms: Carelessness, Negligence, Heedlessness
Example: His analysis is lacking in rigour.
Envision (verb)
Meaning - Imagine as a future possibility. आगे की सोचना
Synonyms: Visualize, Foresee, Envisage
Antonyms: Neglect, Ignore, Disregard
Example: If you can envision your goals, you can achieve those goals.
Vigour (noun)
Meaning- Effort, energy, and enthusiasm. ओेज
Synonyms: Vitality, Energy, Verve
Antonyms: Lethargy, Weakness, Feebleness
Example: He worked with renewed vigour and determination.
Undermine (verb)
Meaning - To make something, especially somebody’s confidence or authority, gradually weaker or less effective. कमज़ोर कर देना
Synonyms: Subvert, Weaken, Impede, Enfeeble
Antonyms: Encourage, Strengthen, Invigorate
Example: This could undermine years of hard work.
Pertain (verb)
): Meaning - Be appropriate, related, or applicable to. से संबंध रखना
Synonyms: Concern, Related to, Be connected with
Antonyms: Disconnect, Part
Example: Matters pertaining to the organization of government.
Gaze (noun)
Meaning - A steady intent look. टकटकी
Synonyms: Stare, Gape, Fixed look
Antonyms: Glance, Glimpse
Example: The settlement would be reached somewhere away from the public gaze and media glare.
Prerogative (noun)
Meaning- A right or advantage belonging to a particular person or group because of their. importance or social position परमाधिकार
Synonyms: Entitlement, Right, Privilege, Advantage
Antonyms: Duty, Obligation
Example: In many countries education is still the prerogative of the rich.
Redundant (adjective)
Meaning- Not needed or useful. अनावश्यक
Synonyms: Unnecessary, Dispensable, Expendable, Unneeded, Uncalled for, Superfluous
Antonyms: Necessary, Essential, Needed, Non-redundant
Example: The picture has too much redundant detail.
Apparatus (noun)
Meaning - The complex structure of a particular organization or system. संरचना
Synonyms: Structure, Framework, Set-up
Example: The union apparatus becomes an institutional structure within existing society.
Transition (verb)
Meaning - To change or to make something change from one state or condition to another. परिवर्तन होना
Synonyms: Undergo, Transform, Change
Antonyms: Stay, Remain, Persist
Example: He transitioned into filmmaking easily.
The editorial
Source: The Hindu · 21 Jul 2020The university administration has been replaced by the Education Minister and his bureaucratic apparatus.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, Indian universities emerged as institutions where a privileged generation of colonial subjects trained to serve the colonial regime and further Western political ideals. Some graduates went on to serve the colonial state, while others contributed to the nationalist movement.
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1. Synonym of Gaze
2. Antonym of Transition
3. Synonym of Pertain
4. Antonym of Redundant
5. Synonym of Apparatus
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