10 words from this day's editorials with Hindi meaning
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Aver (verb)
State or assert to be the case. दावे के साथ कहना
Synonyms: Proclaim, Announce, State, Mention
Antonyms: Deny, Disprove
Example: He averred that he was innocent of the allegations.
Cavalier (adjective)
Not caring enough about something important or about the feelings of other people. लापरवाह
Synonyms: Offhand, Indifferent, Disdainful, Scornful
Antonyms: Modest, Demure, complaisant
Example: The government takes a cavalier attitude to the problems of prison overcrowding.
Legerdemain (noun)
Deception. इन्द्रजाल
Synonyms: Artfulness, Chicanery, Trickery, Cheating
Antonyms: Candour, Truthfulness
Example: In some circles, ethics experts are infamous for just this kind of psychological legerdemain.
Concomitantly (adverb)
At the same time. समन्वित रूप से
Synonyms: Simultaneously, Concurrently, Together
Antonyms: Separately, Individually
Example: This may impact absorption of concomitantly administered oral medications.
Perplex (verb)
Make (someone) feel completely baffled. उलझाना
Synonyms: Puzzle, Mystify, Bemuse, Confuse
Antonyms: Clarify, Explicate
Example: He was perplexed by her question and it more than a little baffled him.
Baldly (adverb)
Without any extra detail or explanation. खुलकर
Synonyms: Plainly, Bluntly, Simply, Frankly
Example: It seems enough to state the facts baldly.
Petulant (adjective)
(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered. चिड़चिड़ा
Synonyms: Complaining, Irritable, Peevish, Fractious
Antonyms: Agreeable, Patient, Easygoing
Example: He behaved like a petulant child and refused to cooperate.
Expend (verb)
Spend or use up (a resource such as money or energy). खपाना
Synonyms: Use, Utilize, Consume
Antonyms: Save, Conserve
Example: Winning is all for the chess player, who expends enormous energy in each game he plays.
Airy (adjective)
Not treating something as serious. लापरवाह
Synonyms: Nonchalant, Casual, Breezy
Antonyms: Planned, Formal
Example: Her airy unconcern for economy.
Convoluted (adjective)
(especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow. पेचीदा
Synonyms: Complicated, Byzantine, Intricate
Antonyms: Simple, Uncomplicated
Example: The film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens.
The editorial
Source: The Times of India · 16 May 2021Beneath China’s rise in recent decades lies a potential time-bomb for Beijing itself: A falling birth rate. The country’s population is currently growing at its slowest pace since the 1960s. So, from ruthlessly controlling births Chinese leaders today are fretting over a greying workforce. And as with the old so with the new, the brunt of population policies is borne by Chinese women. Only, unlike in the past, many of them are ignoring the communist party diktats.
Buoyed by their economic empowerment but in a society with a serious gender skew, many Chinese women are defying traditional notions of marriage or repudiating the institution altogether. Even notions of the family are changing with affluent Chinese single women choosing to have IVF pregnancies abroad – not the kind of births the state encourages.
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1. Synonym of Perplex
2. Antonym of Airy
3. Synonym of Convoluted
4. Antonym of Expend
5. Synonym of Baldly
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