Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary: March Month – Day 27

The Hindu English Vocabulary

Putsch(Noun) : क्रान्ति

  • Meaning: a violent attempt to overthrow a government;
  • अर्थ: सरकार को उखाड़ फेंकने का हिंसक प्रयास;
  • synonym: Group action, takeover
  • Antonym: Segregation, cooperation
  • Usage: It was also another putsch, another military putsch, very violent.

Writhe(Verb) : उमेठना

  • Meaning: Make continual twisting
  • अर्थ: लगातार घुमाते रहना
  • synonym: Worm, Move
  • Antonym: Untwist, ride
  • Usage: They are born artists: dancers who writhe rhythmically

Inexorable(Adjective) : निष्ठुर

  • Meaning: Impossible to stop or prevent
  • अर्थ: रोकना या रोकना असंभव
  • synonym: intransigent, unbending
  • Antonym: Kind, Nice 
  • Usage: Her inexorable discipline soon made the shivali a model for the rest of her team.

GARNER (Verb) : संग्रह

  • Meaning: gather or collect (something, especially information or approval).
  • अर्थ: इकट्ठा करना या इकट्ठा करना (कुछ, विशेष रूप से जानकारी या अनुमोदन)।
  • Synonyms: gather, collect, accumulate, amass, assemble
  • Antonyms: disperse, distribute
  • Usage: the church members are trying to garner enough funds to purchase the pastor a new house.


TRAMMEL (Noun) : रुकावट

  • Meaning: restrictions or impediments to freedom of action.
  • अर्थ: कार्रवाई की स्वतंत्रता के लिए प्रतिबंध या बाधाएं।
  • Synonyms: restraint, constraint, curb, check, impediment,
  • Antonyms: help, assistance
  • Usage: Protesters refused to let anyone trammel their first amendment rights and pushed for freedom and equality for all.

INVIGORATE (Verb) : बलवर्धन करना

  • Meaning: give strength or energy to.
  • अर्थ: शक्ति या ऊर्जा देना।
  • Synonyms: revitalize, energize, refresh, revive, vivify
  • Antonyms: discourage, dissuade
  • Usage: As soon as the water hits the roots of the dehydrated plant, it will invigorate it.

MORIBUND (Adjective) : मृतप्राय

  • Meaning: (of a person) at the point of death.
  • अर्थ: (किसी व्यक्ति का) मृत्यु के बिंदु पर।
  • Synonyms: dying
  • Antonyms: thriving
  • Usage: As the moribund man held his Bible and took his last breath, a bright light appeared in the corner of the room.

DRUB (Verb) : पीटना

  • Meaning: hit or beat (someone) repeatedly.
  • अर्थ: (किसी को) बार-बार मारना या पीटना।
  • Synonyms: thrash, trounce, spank, beat
  • Antonyms: aid
  • Usage: Continuing to drub the victim with his fist, the attacker didn’t stop until the police showed up.


OBFUSCATION(Noun) : अंधकार व्याप्ति

  • Meaning: the action of making something less clear and less easy to understand, especially intentionally
  • अर्थ: कुछ कम स्पष्ट और समझने में आसान बनाने की क्रिया, विशेष रूप से जानबूझकर
  • Synonyms: bafflement, confusion
  • Antonyms: clarity
  • Usage: She criticized the company’s deliberate obfuscation of its finances.

LUCID(Adjective) : स्पष्ट अर्थ का

  • Meaning: clearly expressed and easy to understand, or (of a person) thinking or speaking clearly
  • अर्थ: स्पष्ट रूप से व्यक्त और समझने में आसान, या (किसी व्यक्ति का) स्पष्ट रूप से सोचना या बोलना
  • Synonyms: clear, distinct
  • Antonyms: unclear, gloomy
  • Usage: The drugs she’s taking make her drowsy and confused, but there are times when she’s quite lucid.