Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary: Nov Month – Day 2

The Hindu English Vocabulary

BODE(Verb) : पूर्वाभास

  • Meaning: to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs
  • अर्थ: संकेत द्वारा (कुछ, जैसे भविष्य की घटना) संकेत करना
  • Synonyms: augur, forebode
  • Antonyms: ignorance, thoughtlessness
  • Example: Poor sales do not bode favorably for the success of the new store.

MEED(Noun) : पारितोषिक

  • Meaning: a much deserved reward or honor
  • अर्थ: एक बहुत ही योग्य इनाम या सम्मान
  • Synonyms: atonement, compensation
  • Antonyms: disregard, penalty
  • Example: The handyman is owed a meed for his work on the home but is yet to be paid.

CARNAGE(Noun) : संहार

  • Meaning: that which is left after an extremely violent event such as a massacre
  • अर्थ:  नरसंहार जैसी अत्यंत हिंसक घटना का घटित होना
  • Synonyms: crime, bloodshed
  • Antonyms: peace, non- violence
  • Example: We banned our child from playing his favorite video game because of the violence and carnage it contained.

USURIOUS (adjective) : अति ब्याज

  • Meaning: rate of interest that is unfairly high.
  • अर्थ: ब्याज की दर जो गलत तरीके से उच्च है।
  • Synonyms: avaricious, acquisitive, rapacious, covetous.
  • Antonyms: affordable, moderate, generous, undulating.
  • Example: Can you lend to the poor without charging usurious interest?

Slipshod(adjective) : असावधानीपूर्ण

  • Meaning: characterized by a lack of care, thought, or organization.
  • अर्थ: देखभाल, विचार या संगठन की कमी।
  • Synonym: careless, lackadaisical
  • Antonym: meticulous, painstaking
  • Usage: Ravi did a slipshod job. His scholarship is slipshod at best.

RATIFIED(verb) : पुष्टि की

  • Meaning: confirmed or made official
  • अर्थ: पुष्टि या आधिकारिक बना दिया
  • Synonyms: approve, confirm
  • Antonyms: deny, destroy
  • Usage: For the rule change to be approved, it must be ratified by 8 out of 10 teams.

PURPORTEDLY (adverb) : माना जाता है

  • Meaning: As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; allegedly.
  • अर्थ: जैसा कि प्रतीत होता है या सच कहा जाता है, हालांकि जरूरी नहीं कि; कथित तौर पर।
  • Synonyms: professedly, supposedly, seemingly, superficially.
  • Antonyms: absolutely, authentically, certainly, earnestly.
  • Usage: The fans found a bat purportedly signed by Virat Kohli.

SCOFF (Verb) : उपहास

  • Meaning: speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.
  • अर्थ: किसी से या किसी बात के बारे में अपमानजनक तरीके से या अपमानजनक तरीके से बोलना।
  • Synonyms: mock, deride, ridicule
  • Antonyms: flatter, praise, compliment
  • Usage: The rude rich boy thought it was fun to scoff at the poor people at his school.

UNTRAMMELED (adjective) : बेरोक 

  • Meaning: not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.
  • अर्थ: कार्रवाई या अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता से वंचित नहीं; प्रतिबंधित या बाधित नहीं।
  • Synonyms: unobstructed, unhampered, unrestrained, unfettered.
  • Antonyms: limited, restrained, restricted, obstructed.
  • Usage: My mother always encourages me to let my untrammeled dreams run wild.

EXPUNGE (verb) : मिटाना

  • Meaning: obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant).
  • अर्थ: पूरी तरह से तिरछे या हटाएं (कुछ अवांछित या अप्रिय)।
  • Synonyms: eradicate, eliminate, abolish, annihilate.
  • Antonyms: renovate, repair, restore, revamp.
  • Usage: Time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here.

WHIMSICAL (Adjective) : सनकी

  • Meaning: acting or behaving in a capricious manner.
  • अर्थ: सनकी अभिनय या व्यवहार करना
  • Synonyms: volatile, capricious, temperamental, impulsive
  • Antonyms: boring, serious
  • Usage: The whimsical music made me feel like a little kid again.

BOUT (Noun) : काल

  • Meaning: a short period of intense activity of a specified kind.
  • अर्थ: एक निर्दिष्ट प्रकार की गहन गतिविधि की एक छोटी अवधि।
  • Synonyms: spell, period, time, stretch, stint
  • Antonyms: stagnation
  • Usage: The bout of intensive running led to my preparation for the Boston Marathon.