Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary: July Month – Day 3

The Hindu English Vocabulary

AFFILIATE(Verb) : संबद्ध

  • Meaning:to cause a group to become part of or form a close relationship with another, usually larger, group, or organization
  • अर्थ: एक समूह का कारण बनने के लिए या दूसरे के साथ घनिष्ठ संबंध बनाने के लिए, आमतौर पर बड़ा, समूह या संगठन
  • Synonyms: partner, associate
  • Antonyms: enemy
  • Example: The school is affiliated with a national association of driving schools.

MALICE(Noun) : द्वेष

  • Meaning:the wish to harm or upset other people
  • अर्थ: दूसरे लोगों को नुकसान या परेशान करने की इच्छा
  • Synonyms: animosity, bitterness
  • Antonyms: love, liking
  • Example:An employee would have to prove an employer acted out of malice in order to sue.

REPULSE(Verb) : खदेड़ना

  • Meaning:to push someone or something back or away, esp. to successfully stop an attack
  • अर्थ: किसी को या किसी चीज को पीछे या दूर धकेलना,  सफलतापूर्वक एक हमले को रोकने के लिए
  • Synonyms: check, defeat
  • Antonyms: attraction, success
  • Example:The attacks were repulsed by means of tear smoke.

EXCORIATE (verb) : आक्रमण करना

  • Meaning: to criticize harshly and usually publicly.
  • अर्थ: कठोर और आमतौर पर सार्वजनिक रूप से आलोचना करना।
  • Synonyms: assail, castigate, vituperate, imprecate.
  • Antonyms: acclaim, compliment, laud, exalt.
  • Example: The stern judge will excoriate the behavior of the repeat offender by sentencing him to thirty years in prison.

APOTHEOSIS (noun) : शिखर

  • Meaning: the highest point in the development of something; a culmination or climax.
  • अर्थ: किसी चीज़ के विकास में उच्चतम बिंदु; एक परिणति या चरमोत्कर्ष।
  • Synonyms: peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith.
  • Antonyms: nadir, debasement, jab, imperfectness.
  • Example: When my teacher said that my sculpture was the apotheosis of all the other pieces of art in the class, I was thrilled.

INCORRIGIBLE (adjective) : असंशोधनीय

  • Meaning: not capable of being reformed.
  • अर्थ: सुधारे जाने योग्य नहीं।
  • Synonyms: inveterate, incurable, irredeemable, intractable.
  • Antonyms: rectifiable, reparable, reclaimable, recoverable.
  • Example: Even after spending a year in jail, the young man remains incorrigible and unafraid of the law.

EVANGELICAL (Adjective) : ईसाई धर्म प्रचारक

  • Meaning:  of or according to the teaching of the gospel or the Christian religion.
  • अर्थ:  सुसमाचार या ईसाई धर्म के शिक्षण के अनुसार।
  • Synonyms: scriptural, biblical, Bible-believing, fundamentalist, orthodox
  • Example: He delivered his speech with evangelical fervor.

SURREAL(Adjective) :  विचित्र

  • Meaning: having the qualities of surrealism; bizarre.
  • अर्थ: अतियथार्थवाद के गुण होने; विचित्र।
  • Synonyms: unreal, bizarre, unusual, weird, strange
  • Antonyms: real
  • Example: The program’s surreal story line was not popular at all with fans of reality television

FEUD   (Noun) : झगड़ा

  • Meaning: a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute.
  • अर्थ: एक लंबा और कड़वा झगड़ा या विवाद।
  • Synonyms: altercation, conflict, discord, dispute
  • Antonyms: accord, agreement, calm, concord
  • Example: There is a long-standing feud between mine and my cousin’s families, which is why neither of us will attend the other family’s weddings.