Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary: April Month– Day 4

The Hindu English Vocabulary

Afire (adjective) : प्रज्ज्वलित

  • Meaning:- on fire; burning.
  • अर्थ: – आग पर; जलता हुआ।
  • Synonyms:- aflame, burning
  • Example:- Her eyes answered him whole-heartedly, for her imagination was afire.

Rot (noun) : अपक्षय

  • Meaning:- the process of decaying.
  • अर्थ: – सड़ने की प्रक्रिया।
  • Synonyms:-blight, decay
  • Antonyms:- development, growth
  • Example:- He had too much insight, and too much exact information as well, to dismiss them as rot.

Perish (verb) : मारे गए

  • Meaning:- die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
  • अर्थ: – मरना, विशेष रूप से हिंसक या अचानक तरीके से।
  • Synonyms:-cease, crumble, disappear
  • Antonyms:- appear, arrive, build
  • Example:- It were sin, thought I, that my secret should perish with me.

Blaze (noun) : ज्वाला

  • Meaning:- a very large or fiercely burning fire.
  • अर्थ: – बहुत बड़ी या भयंकर जलती हुई आग।
  • Synonyms:-bonfire, conflagration
  • Example:- When she woke it was to a blaze of sunlight, but caught in the net of her closed curtains.

Lay bare ( idiom) : पर्दाफाश करना

  • Meaning:- to reveal or explain
  • अर्थ: – प्रकट करना या समझाना
  • Synonyms:-clear, confess, confide
  • Antonyms:- conceal, hide

Hasty (adjective) : जल्दबाजी

  • Meaning:- done with excessive speed or urgency; hurried.
  • अर्थ: – अत्यधिक गति या आग्रह के साथ किया गया; जल्दबाजी।
  • Synonyms:-abrupt, careless, expeditious, hurried
  • Antonyms:- careful, cautious, kind
  • Example:- Grace was in the middle of a hasty toilet when a knock sounded on the door.

Civic (adjective) : नगर का

  • Meaning:- relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal.
  • अर्थ: – किसी नगर या नगर से संबंधित, विशेषकर उसके प्रशासन का; नगर निगम।
  • Synonyms:-civil, communal
  • Example:- The civic portion of the parade numbered about five thousand men.

Carnage (noun) : नरसंहार

  • Meaning:- the killing of a large number of people.
  • अर्थ: – बड़ी संख्या में लोगों की हत्या।
  • Synonyms:-bloodshed, butchery, crime, havoc
  • Antonyms:- peace
  • Example:- There was a tribute of carnage, nor were they long engaged in the tumult of battle.

Untenable (adjective) : अस्थिर

  • Meaning:- (especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
  • अर्थ: – (विशेषकर किसी पद या दृश्य का) आक्रमण या आपत्ति के विरुद्ध अनुरक्षण या बचाव नहीं किया जा सकता।
  • Synonyms:-illogical, unsound, flawed
  • Example:- Calendar surrendered an untenable position as gracefully as could be wished.

Pull up (phrasal verb) : पीछा करना

  • Meaning:- To drive
  • अर्थ: – गाड़ी चलाना
  • Synonyms:-arrive, brake, pause
  • Antonyms:- continue, go
  • Example:- Only let me advise you to pull up a spirit, even to your uncle, if there be occasion.