Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary: April Month– Day 23

The Hindu English Vocabulary

Dissent (Noun) : मतभेद

  • Meaning: Holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held.
  • अर्थ: आम तौर पर या आधिकारिक तौर पर आयोजित लोगों के साथ विचरण पर विचारों की पकड़ या अभिव्यक्ति।
  • Synonyms: Disagreement, Difference of Opinion, Disapproval, Conflict, Demur.
  • Antonyms: Agreement, Approval, Concurrance, Harmony, Accept.
  • Usage: The issue was so deep that invited dissent between the communities.

Insouciant(Adjective) : चिंतामुक्त

  • Meaning: showing a casual lack of concern
  • अर्थ: चिंता का एक आकस्मिक अभाव दिखाना
  • Synonym: nonchalant, untroubled, unworried,
  • Antonym: anxious, concerned
  • Example: His insouciant handling of the oil spill in the Gulf is under fire from all sides.

RECALCITRANT (adjective) : आज्ञा न माननेवाला

  • Meaning: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.
  • अर्थ: अधिकार या अनुशासन के प्रति उदासीन रवैया रखना।
  • Synonyms: indocile, insubordinate, defiant, wayward.
  • Antonyms: compliant, conformable, docile, tractable.
  • Example: The manager worried that the recalcitrant employee would try to undermine his authority.

AMIABLE(Adjective) : सौहार्दपूर्ण

  • Meaning:pleasant and friendly
  • अर्थ: सुखद और दोस्ताना
  • Synonyms:amicable, cheerful
  • Antonyms:aloof, bad
  • Example:He seemed an amiable young man.

RETREAT(Verb) :  पीछे हटना

  • Meaning:To go away from a place or person in order to escape.
  • अर्थ: बचने के लिए किसी स्थान या व्यक्ति से दूर जाना।
  • Synonyms:yield, surrender
  • Antonyms:invade, access
  • Example:Fire fighters had to retreat from the fierce heat.

Nibbled(verb) : मुंह मारना

  • Meaning: take small bites out of.
  • अर्थ: छोटे-छोटे दंश निकालते हैं।
  • Synonym: pick, gnaw
  • Antonym: stiff, clumsy, lumbering
  • Example: We nibbled on some cheese and crackers before dinner.

Droves(noun) : रेवड़

  • Meaning: a herd or flock of animals being driven in a body.
  • अर्थ: एक शरीर में जानवरों के झुंड या झुंड को खदेड़ा जा रहा है।
  • Synonym: herd, flock, pack, fold
  • Antonym: trickles
  • Example: He drove to their house in some agitation.

brutal(adjective) : क्रूर

  • Meaning: savagely violent.
  • अर्थ: हिंसक रूप से हिंसक।
  • Synonym: savage, cruel
  • Antonym: gentle, humane
  • Example: The movie is a brutal depiction of the war.

juvenile(adjective) : किशोर

  • Meaning: for or relating to young people.
  • अर्थ: युवा लोगों के लिए या संबंधित।
  • Synonym: young, teenage,
  • Antonym: adult
  • Example: There is also an increase in juvenile delinquency.

hapless(adjective) : अभागी

  • Meaning: (especially of a person) unfortunate.
  • अर्थ: (विशेष रूप से एक व्यक्ति का) दुर्भाग्य।
  • Synonym: unfortunate, unlucky
  • Antonym: lucky
  • Example: All of them were hapless victims of this hurricane.