10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Ripe (adjective)
Having arrived at the fitting stage or time for a particular action or purpose). योग्य
Synonyms: Ready, Fit, Suitable
Antonyms: Inept, Unsuitable
Example: They felt that the time was ripe for a new approach.
Incendiary (adjective)
Tending to stir up conflict. आग लगाने वाला फसादी
Synonyms: Inflammatory, Provocative, Rabble-rousing
Antonyms: Conciliatory, Soothing
Example: During that year the rhetoric on both sides reached the incendiary stage.
Succour (noun)
Assistance and support in times of hardship and distress. राहत
Synonyms: Aid, Help, Assistance, Support
Antonyms: Hindrance, Impediment, Obstruction
Example: Victims' families had no protection, no succour or support.
Subsume (verb)
Include or absorb (something) in something else. मिल करना
Synonyms: Encompass, Contain, Comprise
Antonyms: Exclude, Miss out
Example: Most of these phenomena can be subsumed under two broad categories.
Thwart (verb)
Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something. रोकना
Synonyms: Hinder, Foil, Impede, Balk, Frustrate
Antonyms: Encourage, Facilitate, Expedite, Aid
Example: We must thwart his malevolent schemes.
Devise (verb)
To invent something new or a new way of doing something. ईजादकरना
Synonyms: Think up, Concoct, Invent, Come up with, Formulate
Antonyms: Imitate, Copy, Replicate, Duplicate
Example: A new system has been devised to control traffic in the city.
Ferment (noun)
Agitation and excitement among a group of people, typically concerning major change and leading to trouble or violence. ऊफान
Synonyms: Frenzy, Stir, Furore, Stew
Antonyms: Calmness, Tranquillity
Example: Out of this extraordinary ferment of experimentation came a major breakthrough.
Demonise (verb)
Portray as wicked and threatening. दुष्ट और धमकी के रूप में चित्रित करना
Synonyms: Vilify, Disparage, Diabolize
Antonyms: Honour, Celebrate
Example: Each side will demonise the other for support of their cause.
Pithily (adverb)
(of language or style) terse and vigorously expressive. सारगर्भित ढंग से
Synonyms: Concisely, Curtly, Crisply
Antonyms: Briefly, Wordily
Example: He could write pithily and entertainingly.
Steamroll (verb)
Force (someone) into doing or accepting something. बलपूर्वक लाना
Synonyms: Compel, Coerce, Impel, Oblige
Antonyms: Miss, Abandon
Example: He's capable of steamrollering me and I'm capable of steamrollering him.
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Source: Question's of the Day · 29 Jan 2022This time, not only there will be (a) an official winner decided by a jury, but (b) people will get to vote for their favourite tableau. (c) No error (d)
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1. Synonym of Ferment
2. Antonym of Demonise
3. Synonym of Ripe
4. Antonym of Devise
5. Synonym of Subsume
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