Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary: April Month– Day 21

The Hindu English Vocabulary

Brackish(Adjective) : नमकीन

  • Meaning: Slightly salty; not appealing to the taste
  • अर्थ: थोड़ा नमकीन; स्वाद के लिए अपील नहीं
  • Synonym: saline, salt
  • Antonym: Fresh
  • Usage: The brackish breeze of his seaside town became gusts that shot down 6th avenue and lifted the tails of his coat.

Empyrean(Adjective) : स्वर्ग

  • Meaning: Related to heaven or sky
  • अर्थ: स्वर्ग या आकाश से संबंधित
  • Synonym: Ether, Paradise
  • Antonym: hellish, infernal
  • Usage: Electronics and haunting effects bring an empyrean stillness to the album’s middle third.

Panoply(Noun) : धूमधाम

  • Meaning: A large and impressive range of things
  • अर्थ: चीजों की एक बड़ी और प्रभावशाली श्रेणी
  • Synonym: Array, range
  • Antonym: Hiding, Dullness
  • Usage: A panoply of innovations has helped chile to out perform its south american neighbors.

CONDIGN (adjective) : न्यायोचित

  • Meaning: (of punishment or retribution) appropriate to the crime or wrongdoing; fitting and deserved.
  • अर्थ: (दंड या प्रतिशोध में) अपराध या अधर्म के लिए उपयुक्त; फिटिंग और योग्य।
  • Synonyms: earned, merited, warranted, justifiable.
  • Antonyms: unjust, undue, unsuitable, unfair.
  • Usage: I may pity him, and even understand his motives, but a murderer is still deserving of condign punishment.

STREW (verb) : बिखेरना

  • Meaning: scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area.
  • अर्थ: किसी सतह या क्षेत्र में बिखराव या फैलाव (चीजें)।
  • Synonyms: scatter, stipple, spatter, disperse.
  • Antonyms: centralize, concentrate, accumulate, collect.
  • Usage: Environmentalists were saddened to see people strew litter everywhere in the medians of the highways.

DURESS (noun) : अवरोध

  • Meaning: threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement.
  • अर्थ: धमकी, हिंसा, अड़चन या अन्य कार्रवाई किसी को उनकी इच्छा या बेहतर निर्णय के खिलाफ कुछ करने में मजबूर करती है।
  • Synonyms: coercion, compulsion, pressurization, enforcement.
  • Antonyms: agreement, approval, consent, persuasion.
  • Usage: I think Harry was under duress when she signed the agreement; he never would have voluntarily accepted those conditions.

LULL (Verb) : शांति काल

  • Meaning: make (someone) feel deceptively secure or confident.
  • अर्थ: (किसी को) भ्रामक रूप से सुरक्षित या आश्वस्त महसूस करना।
  • Synonyms: assuage, allay, ease, alleviate
  • Antonyms: aggravate
  • Example: Rocking two and fro, the hammock was just what was needed to lull the exhausted man.

REMINISCENT (Adjective) : याद ताजा

  • Meaning: tending to remind one of something.
  • अर्थ: किसी चीज की याद दिलाने के लिए प्रवृत्त होना।
  • Synonyms: evocative, suggestive
  • Antonyms: unreminiscent
  • Example: This painting is strongly reminiscent of da Vinci’s “Annunciation”.

SUBJUGATE (Verb) : अधीन करना

  • Meaning: bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.
  • अर्थ: विशेष रूप से विजय द्वारा वर्चस्व या नियंत्रण में लाना।
  • Synonyms: conquer, vanquish, defeat, crush
  • Antonyms: liberate
  • Example: Is your goal to take away our freedom and subjugate us by military force?

Credulous (Adjective) :  भरोसेमंद

  • Meaning: having or showing too great a readiness to believe things.
  • अर्थ: चीजों पर विश्वास करने के लिए बहुत बड़ी तत्परता होना या दिखाना।
  • Synonym: gullible, naive, impressionable, trusting,
  • Antonym: worldly, suspicious
  • Example: When she was younger, my baby sister was incredibly credulous and fell for all my tricks.