Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary: March Month – Day 20

The Hindu English Vocabulary

SALUBRIOUS(adjective) : स्वास्थ्यप्रद

  • Meaning: favorable to or promoting health or well-being
  • अर्थ: स्वास्थ्य या कल्याण को बढ़ावा देने या बढ़ावा देने के लिए अनुकूल
  • Synonyms: medicinal, tonic
  • Antonyms: unhealthy, insalubrious
  • Usage: Emergent public health and sanitary experts actively sought the most salubrious and efficient means of refuse disposal.

INCANDESCENT : उज्ज्वल

  • Meaning: white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat
  • अर्थ: तीव्र गर्मी के साथ सफेद, चमकदार, या चमकदार
  • Synonyms: bright, illuminating
  • Antonyms: gloomy, murky
  • Example: The mountain’s snow-white peak was incandescent against the blue sky.

ACCRETIVE : संचयी

  • Meaning: produced by or growing by a series of additions of identical or similar things
  • अर्थ: समान या समान चीजों के परिवर्धन की एक श्रृंखला द्वारा उत्पादित या बढ़ रहा है
  • Synonyms: cummulative, additive
  • Antonyms: degressive, decremental
  • Example: A lower price should also make deal earnings accretive sooner than the current 2013 – 2014 time frame.

ECHELON (noun) : श्रेणीबद्ध करना, सोपानक

  • Meaning: a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
  • अर्थ: किसी संगठन, पेशे या समाज में एक स्तर या रैंक।
  • Synonyms: status, rank, grade, stratum.
  • Antonyms: slope, unemployment, unsettle.
  • Usage: The prominent college ranks among the top echelon of schools in the nation.

HURL (verb) : वेग से फेंकना

  • Meaning:  throw or impel (someone or something) with great force.
  • अर्थ: महान बल के साथ (किसी या किसी चीज) को फेंकना या लगाना।
  • Synonyms: fling, cast, project, propel.
  • Antonyms: dawdle, dally, amble, plod.
  • Usage: Pitchers will hurl the baseball at the catchers in a baseball game which will usually get clocked at a 100 miles per hour.

WOO (Verb) : प्रीति करना

  • Meaning: seek the favor, support, or custom of.
  • अर्थ: एहसान, समर्थन, या रिवाज चाहते हैं।
  • Synonyms: chase, pursue, ingratiate,
  • Antonyms: deter, affront, repulse, reject.
  • Usage: Political parties have roped in Bollywood stars only to woo the young.

FETTER (Verb) : बेड़ी

  • Meaning: confine or restrict (someone).
  • अर्थ: सीमित या प्रतिबंधित (कोई)।
  • Synonyms: restrict, restrain, constrain, confine, limit
  • Antonyms: aid, allow, assist, expedite
  • Example: It could fetter the independence of the judiciary.

HONE (Verb) : पैना

  • Meaning: to make sharp or sharper
  • अर्थ: तेज या तेज करना
  • Synonyms: edge, grind, sharpen, stone
  • Antonyms: blunt, dull
  • Example: honed the knifeʼs blade to razor-like sharpness

ARTIFICE (Noun) : चालाकी

  • Meaning: clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.
  • अर्थ: चतुर या चालाक डिवाइस या एक्सपेडिएटर्स, विशेष रूप से दूसरों को छल या धोखा देने के लिए उपयोग किया जाता है।
  • Synonyms: deceit, deception, guile, trickery
  • Antonyms: honesty, openness
  • Example: When the con artist tried to fool the old man with his artifice, he found himself in front of the man’s loaded shotgun.