10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Fumble (verb)
Do or handle something clumsily. अनाड़ीपन से करना
Synonyms: Grope, Feel about, Search blindly, Scrabble around
Antonyms: Do well, Repair, Revamp
Example: He reached his door and pulled out his key and fumbled with the lock.
Elicit (verb)
To get information or a reaction from somebody, often with difficulty. प्राप्त करना
Synonyms: Obtain, Evoke, Draw Out, Induce, Bring About
Antonyms: Keep, Repress, Suppress, Hide
Example: The work elicited enormous public interest.
Resort (verb)
Turn to and adopt (a course of action, especially an extreme or undesirable one) so as to resolve a difficult situation. प्रयोग करना
Synonyms: Have recourse to, Make use of, Bring into play, Avail oneself of
Antonyms: Misuse, Misemploy, Ill-treat
Example: The duke was prepared to resort to force if negotiation failed.
Peremptory (adjective)
(especially of somebody’s manner or behaviour) expecting to be obeyed immediately and without questioning or refusing. अलंघनीय
Synonyms: Brusque, Imperious, High-handed, Domineering
Antonyms: Submissive, Meek, Tractable
Example: The letter was peremptory in tone.
Imbibe (verb)
To receive and understand ideas or information. ग्रहण करना
Synonyms: Assimilate, Absorb, Soak Up, Acquire
Antonyms: Abstain, Refrain, Desist
Example: He imbibed elements of oriental mysticism from the years he spent in India.
Baffle (verb)
To confuse somebody completely. असमंजस में डालना
Synonyms: Puzzle, Bewilder, Perplex, Mystify
Antonyms: Enlighten, Clear up, Clarify
Example: I’m baffled as to why she hasn’t called me for the help.
Curtailment (noun)
The action or fact of reducing or restricting something. विरतीकरण
Synonyms: Reduction, Cut back, Shortening, Diminution
Antonyms: Increase, Raise
Example: The curtailment of the freedom of entrepreneurs was no argument.
Emanate (verb)
Originate from. उत्पन्न होना
Synonyms: Derive from, Arise from, Evolve from, Come from
Antonyms: Drop, Descend
Example: The proposals emanated from a committee.
Lacuna (noun)
A place where something is missing in a piece of writing or in an idea, a theory, etc. रिक्ति
Synonyms: Gap, Absence, Lack, Deficiency
Antonyms: Sufficiency, Plenty
Example: The journal has filled a lacuna in Middle Eastern studies.
Camouflage (noun)
Actions or devices intended to disguise or mislead. छिपाने का साधन
Synonyms: Disguise, False front, Façade, Concealment
Antonyms: Genuineness, Openness
Example: They're complete masters of camouflage and deception.
The editorial
Source: The Economic Times · 7 Sep 2020Much has been made of Winston Churchill’s racial contempt for Indians, whom he described as ‘a beastly people’, which would shape his policy of denying Indians emergency food supplies during the 1943 Bengal famine. But not having to bear the crooked cross of colonialism, racism in the US political leadership (beyond the systemic, historical one against African-Americans) has usually received benign desi neglect. With the latest declassified trove of White House tapes exposing his bigotry against Indians, former US President Richard Nixon posthumously hogs the Racist Leader of the Month title.
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1. Synonym of Peremptory
2. Antonym of Emanate
3. Synonym of Resort
4. Antonym of Elicit
5. Synonym of Curtailment
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