10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Rejoice (verb)
Meaning: feel or show great joy. आनंदित होना
Synonyms: Delight, Exult, Revel, Jubilate
Antonyms: Mourn, Lament, Howl, Grieve
Example: Let us rejoice together on this great occasion!
Evaporate (verb)
Meaning: (of something abstract) cease to exist. ग़ायब हो जाना
Synonyms: Evanesce, Vanish, Dissolve, Peter Out
Antonyms: Materialize, Emerge, Exist, Loom
Example: Hopes of achieving peace are beginning to evaporate.
Intractable (adjective)
Meaning: hard to control or deal with अप्रबंध्य, बेकाबू
Synonyms: Knotty, Ungovernable, Troublesome, Problematic
Antonyms: Manageable, Controllable, Wieldy, Convenient
Example: The economy still faces intractable problems.
Abjure (verb)
Meaning: solemnly renounce (a belief, cause, or claim). त्यागना
Synonyms: Relinquish, Repudiate, Recant, Abnegate
Antonyms: Adhere, Persevere, Embrace, Uphold
Example: The conqueror tried to make the natives abjure their religion.
Willy-nilly (adverb)
Meaning: whether one likes it or not; necessarily. विवशतापूर्वक
Synonyms: Perforce, Inevitably, Anyways, Nolens Volens
Antonyms: Unnecessarily, Gratuitously, Optionally
Example: She washed the dishes, willy-nilly.
Encroachment (noun)
Meaning: intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc. दख़लंदाज़ी
Synonyms: Trespass, Impingement, Intrusion, Infringement
Antonyms: Respect, Compliance, Obedience
Example: I resisted even the slightest encroachment on my territory.
Nimble (adjective)
Meaning: quick and light in movement or action; agile. फुर्तीला
Synonyms: Lithe, Spry, Supple, Limber, Lissome
Antonyms: Clumsy, Awkward, Gawky, Inelegant
Example: Her nimble fingers undid the knot in seconds.
Strenuously (adverb)
Meaning: with great effort and determination. कर्मठता से, मेहनत से
Synonyms: Vigorously, Doggedly, Industriously, Arduously
Antonyms: Halfheartedly, Lackadaisically, Unenthusiastically, Weakly
Example: He still works out strenuously every morning.
Complacent (adjective)
Meaning: showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements. आत्मसंतुष्ट
Synonyms: Smug, Content, Self-Satisfied, Unworried
Antonyms: Anxious, Dissatisfied, Discontented, Malcontent
Example: We must not become complacent over any success.
Disarray (noun)
Meaning: a state of disorganization or untidiness. अव्यवस्था
Synonyms: Disorder, Chaos, Muddle, Clutter
Antonyms: Tidiness, Regularity, Symmetry, Orderliness
Example: His personal life fell into disarray when his wife left him.
The editorial
Source: The Economic Times · 28 Jun 2019If West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is to be believed, strange bedfellows may just get stranger. On Wednesday, speaking in the state assembly, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader pulled out of her hat an entity not unlike the ‘Hasharu’ — the fabled ‘duckupine’, half-duck, half-porcupine creature from Sukumar Ray’s nonsense poetry. Except this fabulist creature that she conjured up was a hybrid of three political species: TMC, CPI(M) and Congress. And all to “come together in the fight against BJP”. Quite understandably, both the CPI(M) and Congress leadership has written this rallying call as, well, nonsense.
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1. Synonym of Encroachment
2. Antonym of Rejoice
3. Synonym of Intractable
4. Antonym of Willy-nilly
5. Synonym of Abjure
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