Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary: Sep Month – Day 7

Daily Vocab

Contrite (Adjective) : पछताया हुआ

  • Meaning: feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong.
  • अर्थ: मान्यता को पछतावा या व्यक्त करना कि किसी ने गलत किया है।
  • Synonym: remorseful, repentant, penitent, regretful
  • Antonym: unrepentant, defiant
  • Example:  She must be humble and contrite.

Abdicate (Verb) : त्यागना

  • Meaning: (of a monarch) renounce one’s throne.
  • अर्थ: (किसी नरेश का) एक सिंहासन त्यागना।
  • Synonyms: resign, retire
  • Example: Because the mother chose to abdicate her role as a parent, her children have become the terrors of the neighborhood.

ENVISAGE(Verb) : परिकल्पना करना

  • Meaning: to imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good
  • अर्थ: भविष्य में कुछ कल्पना करना या अपेक्षा करना, विशेष रूप से कुछ अच्छा करना
  • Synonyms: confront, consider
  • Antonyms: disregard, ignore
  • Example: It’s envisaged that building will start at the end of this year.

PIQUE(Noun) : मनमुटाव

  • Meaning:a feeling of anger, especially caused by someone damaging your feeling of being proud of yourself
  • अर्थ: क्रोध की भावना, विशेष रूप से किसी के द्वारा अपने आप पर गर्व करने की भावना को नुकसान पहुंचाने के कारण
  • Synonyms: annoyance, displeasure
  • Antonyms: delight, happiness
  • Example:He stormed from the room in a fit of pique, shouting that he had been misunderstood.

BEWAIL (verb) : शोक मनाना

  • Meaning: express great regret, sadness, or disappointment about (something).
  • अर्थ: (कुछ) के बारे में बहुत अफसोस, उदासी या निराशा व्यक्त करें।
  • Synonyms: bemoan, deplore, lament, mourn.
  • Antonyms: cheer, laugh, smile, rejoice.
  • Example: He invariably spends more time bewailing his predicament than trying to fix it.

DURESS (noun) : अवरोध

  • Meaning: threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgment.
  • अर्थ: धमकी, हिंसा, अड़चन या अन्य कार्रवाई किसी को अपनी इच्छा या बेहतर निर्णय के खिलाफ कुछ करने में मजबूर करती है।
  • Synonyms: coercion, compulsion, pressurization, enforcement.
  • Antonyms: agreement, approval, consent, persuasion.
  • Example: I think Harry was under duress when she signed the agreement; he never would have voluntarily accepted those conditions.

PAGAN (noun) : धर्मत्यागी

  • Meaning: an individual who doesn’t follow one of the world’s main religions.
  • अर्थ: एक व्यक्ति जो दुनिया के मुख्य धर्मों में से एक का पालन नहीं करता है।
  • Synonyms: heathen, agnostic, heretic, apostate.
  • Antonyms: religious, devout, monotheistic, believer.
  • Example: Because Todd is a pagan, he refuses to practice any of the major religions.

BUCOLIC (adjective) : ग्राम्य

  • Meaning: relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.
  • अर्थ: ग्रामीण इलाकों और देश के जीवन के सुखद पहलुओं से संबंधित है।
  • Synonyms: rustic, rural, pastoral, country
  • Antonyms: urban
  • Example: Even though I was born in the city, I still prefer the quiet of a small bucolic village any day.

STYMIE (Verb) : गतिरोध

  • Meaning: prevent or hinder the progress of.
  • अर्थ: की प्रगति को रोकना या रोकना।
  • Synonyms: hamper, hinder, obstruct, inhibit,
  • Antonyms: assist, help
  • Example: The famous pianist refused to let his blindness stymie his successful career.