Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary: July Month – Day 1

The Hindu English Vocabulary

DEMEAN: नीचा दिखाना

  • Meaning: cause a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for (someone or something).
  • अर्थ: (किसी या कुछ) के सम्मान और सम्मान में एक गंभीर नुकसान का कारण।
  • Synonyms: degrading, humiliating, inglorious, abject
  • Antonyms: admire, elevate, honor, laud
  • Example: We should not demean any profession.

RELENT (verb) : नरम पड़ना

  • Meaning: to cease resistance (as to another’s arguments, demands, or control).
  • अर्थ: प्रतिरोध को रोकना (दूसरे के तर्कों, मांगों या नियंत्रण के अनुसार)।
  • Synonyms: concede, give in, submit, succumb.
  • Antonyms: combat, confront, counter, defy.
  • Example: Because my mother is very angry, she won’t relent on my severe punishment.

TRIFLE (Noun) : तुच्छ

  • Meaning: a thing of little value or importance.
  • अर्थ: कम मूल्य या महत्व की वस्तु।
  • Synonyms:  bagatelle, inessential, nothing
  • Antonyms: lot
  • Example: We should not trouble the CEO over such trifles.

SCOFF (Verb) : व्यंग्य

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

INURE (verb) : सहनशील बनाना

  • Meaning: accustom (someone) to something, especially something unpleasant.
  • अर्थ: किसी चीज का आदी (कोई), विशेष रूप से कुछ अप्रिय।
  • Synonyms: accustom, habituate, acclimatize, adapt.
  • Antonyms: enervate, enfeeble, debilitate, incapacitate.
  • Usage: The hardship of army training inured her to the rigors of desert warfare.

REVERE (verb): सम्मान

  • Definition: feel deep respect or admiration for (something)
  • अर्थ:(कुछ) के लिए गहरा सम्मान या प्रशंसा महसूस करना
  • Synonyms: respect, admire, cherish, appreciate.
  • Antonyms: blaspheme, desecrate, profane, violate.
  • Usage: If you want to achieve any goal, revere the process & success will follow.

ABOMINATE घृणा करना 

  • Meaning: to hate something very much
  • अर्थ: किसी बात से बहुत अधिक घृणा करना
  • Synonyms: abhor, despise
  • Antonyms: love, like
  • Example: They abominated the idea of red-tapism.

PROFANE: अपवित्र

  • Meaning: vulgar and inappropriate
  • अर्थ: अशिष्ट और अनुपयुक्त
  • Synonyms: coarse, nasty
  • Antonyms: kind, polite
  • Example: They have profaned the long upheld traditions of the Temple.

RATIFIED: पुष्टि करना

  • Meaning: confirmed or made official
  • अर्थ: पुष्टि या आधिकारिक किया गया
  • Synonyms: approve, confirm
  • Antonyms: deny, destroy
  • Example: The proposal was ratified by the concerned authority.

PURPORTEDLY (adverb) : कथित रूप से

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