10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Flag (verb)
Meaning - Mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way. सूचित करना
Synonyms: Identify, Indicate, Point out
Antonyms: Miss, Overlook
Example: Use folders or labels to flag messages for follow-up action.
Spigot (noun)
Meaning – A tap. पानी रोकने के लिये ढक्कन
Synonyms: Stopcock, Spout, Spile
Example: A triangular flange was cast integral with and at the end of the spigot where the spout turned downward.
Continence (noun)
Meaning – Self-restraint. आत्मसंयम
Synonyms: Abstinence, Moderation, Self-control
Antonyms: Self-indulgence, Unconstraint
Example: My continence gave me the strength to avoid the dessert table.
Rectitude (noun)
Meaning - The quality of thinking or behaving in a correct and honest way. निष्कपटता
Synonyms: Righteousness, Uprightness, Probity
Antonyms: Immorality, Wickedness, Dishonor
Example: Most of them led lives of selfless moral rectitude.
Behemoth (noun)
Meaning- Something that is very big and powerful, especially a company or organization. विशालकाय
Synonyms: Titan, Giant, Goliath
Example: She works in a seventy-storey behemoth in Manhattan.
Awry (adjective)
Meaning- Away from the usual or expected course. गलत गड़बड़
Synonyms: Amiss, Wrong, Not right
Antonyms: Right, Well, Suitable
Example: All my plans for the party had gone awry.
Robust (adjective)
Meaning- Strong and healthy. मजबूत
Synonyms: Sturdy, Vigorous, Powerful
Antonyms: Weak, Frail, Infirm, Delicate
Example: She is a pleasantly robust woman of modest means, patriotic in convictions, guileless in manner.
Stance (noun)
Meaning- A way of thinking about something, especially expressed in a publicly stated opinion. रवैया
Synonyms: Attitude, Viewpoint, Opinion, Mindset
Example: Many citizens were in agreement with the governor’s stance on the matter.
Watchdog (noun)
Meaning - A person or group that monitors the practices of companies providing a particular service or utility. हितप्रहरी
Synonyms: Ombudsman, Observer, Supervisor
Example: The trading watchdog is currently undertaking a review of estate agents' practices.
Mandate (noun)
Meaning - An official order or commission to do something. आज्ञापत्र
Synonyms: Directive, Command, Instruction
Antonyms: Denial, Veto, Breach
Example: A mandate to seek the release of political prisoners.
The editorial
Source: The Economic Times · 14 Jul 2020We join the rest of the nation in wishing Amitabh Bachchan and his family a speedy recovery from Covid-19. But now that some of the twinkliest stars of Bollywood have taken ill, it is difficult not to reflect on the good that might come out of it: an end to the stigma that attaches to the disease in this country, where panicking neighbours slam the gates on doctors when they return home from a day’s toil at the hospital and avoid those who have fallen ill or recovered like the plague. Given the outpouring of concern for the Bachchan family, especially as news came in that daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai and her daughter too have tested positive and are under home quarantine, we hope public misconception about the disease would be dispelled.
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1. Synonym of Robust
2. Synonym of Stance
3. Synonym of Behemoth
4. Antonym of Awry
5. Synonym of Spigot
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