10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Extensive (adjective)
Meaning: Wide in range and including much detailed information. विस्तृत, व्यापक
Synonyms: Comprehensive, Thorough, Vast, All-Inclusive
Antonyms: Limited, Restricted, Narrow, Straitened
Example: The restaurant has an extensive menu and daily specials.
Rosy (adjective)
Meaning: Suggesting good fortune or happiness; hopeful. उज्ज्वल; आशाजनक
Synonyms: Optimistic, Promising, Sunny, Bright
Antonyms: Bleak, Unpropitious, Dismal, Uninviting
Example: The strategy has produced results beyond the most rosy forecasts.
Offset (verb)
Meaning: To balance one effect against an opposing effect, so that there is no great difference as a result. प्रभावहीन करना
Synonyms: Balance, Counterpoise, Compensate, Equipoise
Antonyms: Aid, Assist, Support, Uphold
Example: Prices have risen in order to offset the increased cost of materials.
Determinant (noun)
Meaning: A factor which decisively affects the nature or outcome of something. निर्धारक
Synonyms: Cause, Base, Determiner, Factor
Antonyms: Outcome, Product, Conclusion, Result
Example: Social class is a major determinant of consumer spending patterns.
Prohibitively (adverb)
Meaning: Used to emphasize a cost that is so high as to prevent something being done or bought. बेहद; अत्यंत
Synonyms: Excessively, Exorbitantly, Ridiculously, Extortionately, Too
Antonyms: Affordably, Inexpensively, Reasonably, Manageably
Example: Car insurance can be prohibitively expensive for young drivers.
Entail (verb)
Meaning: To make something necessary, or to involve something. ज़रूरी बनाना
Synonyms: Necessities, Warrant, Presuppose, Call For
Antonyms: Miss Out, Leave Out
Example: Such a large investment inevitably entails some risk.
Misinterpretation (noun)
Meaning: The act of forming a wrong understanding of something that is said or done. गलत अर्थ निरूपण; मिथ्याबोध
Synonyms: Misunderstanding, Delusion, Misapprehension, Misconstruction
Antonyms: Comprehension, Perception, Grasp, Realisation
Example: The message left no room for misinterpretation.
Precision (noun)
Meaning: The quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate. यथार्थता, शुद्धता
Synonyms: Exactness, Exactitude, Fidelity, Perfection
Antonyms: Vagueness, Indistinctness, Imprecision, Nebulousness
Example: The whole play was executed with great precision.
Unambiguously (adverb)
Meaning: In a way that makes completely clear what is meant. स्पष्ट रूप से
Synonyms: Clearly, Unmistakably, Explicitly, Definitely
Antonyms: Equivocally, Vaguely, Imprecisely, Nebulously
Example: The rules need to be unambiguously clear.
Empirical (adjective)
Meaning: Based on what is experienced or seen rather than on theory. प्रयोगसिद्ध
Synonyms: Experimental, Realistic, Pragmatic, Observed
Antonyms: Theoretical, Hypothetical, Conjectural, Speculative
Example: There is empirical evidence to support her thesis.
The editorial
Source: The Times of India · 1 Dec 2019Makeup videos are a hardy perennial of the online world and Feroza Aziz, a New Jersey-based teenager, subverted the genre with style. In a TikTok video, while telling us how to lengthen our lashes, she makes a sudden swerve from the usual vloggerpatter: “then you’re going to put the (eyelash curler) down and search your phone for what’s happening in China,” describing the concentration camps for Uighur Muslims and the oppression they face. TikTok, which is owned by Beijing based tech company Byte-Dance, first removed the video, and then apologised for the error and restored her account.
Adults often wring their hands at social media and its corrosive effects on young people. When it comes to teen girls, we concern-troll them about their self-esteem or frivolousness. This has something to do with our own biases and low expectations about young women and “serious” concerns.
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1. Synonym of Prohibitively
2. Antonym of Offset
3. Synonym of Misinterpretation
4. Antonym of Empirical
5. Synonym of Unambiguously
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