15 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Muddled (adjective)
Confused. उलझा हुआ
Synonyms: Confused, Jumbled, Dazed, Chaotic
Antonyms: Organized, Ordered, Systematic, Orderly
Example: He gets muddled when the teacher starts shouting.
Disposed (adjective)
Willing or prepared to do something. प्रवृत्त
Synonyms: Inclined, Prone, Likely, Liable
Antonyms: Disinclined, Unwilling, Unlikely, Unready
Example: I'm not disposed to argue.
Prognosis (noun)
An estimate about the future of someone or something. पूर्वानुमान
Synonyms: Forecast, Prediction, Prospect, Diagnosis
Antonyms: Measurement, Calculation
Example: The prognosis is not good.
Surmise (verb)
To guess or suppose something using the evidence you have, without definitely knowing अनुमान लगाना
Synonyms: Guess, Suppose, Speculate, Assume
Antonyms: Measure, Calculate, Truth, Reality
Example: There's so little information, we can only surmise what happened.
Ineffectual (adjective)
without the ability to achieve much; weak; not achieving what you want to. निष्प्रभावी
Synonyms: Ineffective, Useless, Weak, Impotent
Antonyms: Effectual, Effective, Adequate, Potent
Example: He plays the role of a blustering and ineffectual teacher.
Hitch (verb)
a slight problem. छोटी समस्या
Synonyms: Hindrance, Catch, Impediment, Interruption
Antonyms: Unhitch, Advantage, Disconnect, Help
Example: She hitched herself up.
Egregiously (adverb)
In an outstandingly bad way. प्रबल
Synonyms: Awfully, Crying, Glaring, Terribly
Antonyms: Pleasant, Awesome, Superb, Just
Example: We've been misleading you most egregiously.
Render (verb)
To cause somebody/something to be in a particular state or condition. बदल जाना
Synonyms: Depict, Deliver, Give, Yield
Antonyms: Take, Conceal, Keep, Remove
Example: Hundreds of people were rendered homeless by the earthquake.
Unprecedented (adjective)
That has never happened, been done or been known before.
Synonyms: Unparallel, New, Unique, Novel
Antonyms: Familiar, Normal, Ordinary, Usual
Example: The situation is unprecedented in modern times.
Exhort (verb)
To try hard to persuade somebody to do something. समझाना
Synonyms: Urge, Encourage, Admonish, Persuade
Antonyms: Discourage, Deter, Inhibit, Forbid
Example: The party leader exhorted his members to start preparing for government.
Precede (verb)
To happen before something or come before something/somebody in order पहले घटित होना
Synonyms: Lead, Introduce,Anticipated, Predate
Antonyms: Obey, Follow, End, Finish
Example: The wedding was preceded by a party in a night club.
Unilateral (adjective)
Done by or affecting only one person, group or country involved in a situation without the agreement of the others. एकतरफा
Synonyms: One sided, Partial, Irregular, Uneven
Antonyms: Bilateral, Multilateral, Joint, Two sided
Example: They ended the unilateral ceasefire on September 1.
Incumbent (noun)
A person who has an official position. पदस्थ व्यक्ति
Synonyms: Obligatory, Required, Necessary, Fundamental
Antonyms: Optional, Inessential, Unnecessary, Voluntary
Example: The present incumbent of the White House.
Inimical (adjective)
Harmful to something. विरोधी
Synonyms: Hostile, Harmful, opposed, Contary
Antonyms: Friendly, helpful, Kind, Good
Example: These policies are inimical to the interests of society.
Rhetoric (noun)
Speech or writing that is intended to influence people, but that is not completely honest or sincere. साहित्यशास्त्र
Synonyms: Elocution, Oratory, verbosity, Wordiness
Antonyms: Quiet, Inarticulate, Conciseness
Example: Her speech was just empty rhetoric.
The editorial
Source: The Indian Express · 9 Sep 2022As Bengaluru reels under floods, schools are shut and tech firms have urged employees to work from home. Power and water supply have been hit in many areas. Residents in expensive enclaves have had to be evacuated from their flats and villas and CEOs of MNCs reportedly had to wade through water and even travel on tractors to work. There is flooding in the Outer Ring Road area, which hosts tech firms that bring in revenue of billions of dollars annually. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMK) Chief Commissioner has blamed the extreme weather conditions — this is reportedly the city’s second wettest rainy season in 50 years. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai attributed it to the “maladministration” and “unplanned” development under previous governments. There is truth in that explanation but the CM did not reveal what his government has done to break from the past, or correct it. The unfortunate fact is that the Bommai administration has been busy with polarising issues such as hijab in educational institutions, or in stoking spectres of conversion, rather than attending to Bengaluru’s crumbling infrastructure.
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1. Synonym of Disposed
2. Antonym of Hitch
3. Synonym of Precede
4. Antonym of Surmise
5. Synonym of Render
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