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The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 236

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  1. Warranted (verb) – औचित्य करना

 Definition: justify or necessitate (a course of action)

Synonyms: justify, vindicate, call for, sanction, validate, be a justification/reason for

Antonyms: unjustified, uncalled for, invalidate

Usage: The employees feel that industrial action is warranted.

  

  1. Intervention (noun) – हस्तक्षेप

 Definition: the action or process of intervening to improve the outcome

Synonyms: involvement, intercession, interceding, interposing, interposition

Antonyms: exclude, preclude, uninvolved, keep out of

Usage: a high degree of state intervention is seen in the economy.

 

  1. Sensitise (verb) — सुग्राही बनाना

 Definition: cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive.

Synonyms: responsive to, quick to respond to, sensitized to, reactive to, sentient of

Antonyms: unresponsive, insensitive, lack of response, unfeeling

Usage: The introductory section aims to sensitize students to the methodology of the course

  

  1. Arbitrary (adjective) — मनमाना

 Definition: (of power or a ruling body) unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority

Synonyms: despotic, tyrannical, tyrannous, peremptory, summary, autocratic, dictatorial

Antonyms: democratic, peaceful, accountable, rational, reasoned

Usage: As a country under an arbitrary government, the citizens suffered a great deal.

  

  1. Stigma (noun) — कलंक

 Definition: a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person

Synonyms: shame, disgrace, dishonour, ignominy, discredit, degradation, disrepute, ill-repute, infamy

Antonyms: honor, credit, fame, reputed

Usage: The stigma of having gone to prison will always remain with a person.

  

  1. Legitimate (adjective) — विधिसम्मत

 Definition: conforming to the law or to rules, able to be defended with logic or justification.

Synonyms: legal, lawful, licit, legalized, authorized, permitted, permissible, allowable, allowed, admissible

Antonyms: illegal, illegitimate, invalid, unjustifiable

Usage: His claims to legitimate authority could not be ignored.

  

  1. Taint (verb) — कलंकति करना

 Definition: affect with a bad or undesirable quality.

Synonyms: tarnish, sully, blacken, stain, besmirch, smear, blot, blemish, stigmatize, mar, corrupt

Antonyms: cleanse, improve, revamp, refine, upgrade

Usage: The people had many complaints since his administration was tainted with scandals.

  

  1. Scrutiny (noun) — संवीक्षा

 Definition: critical observation or examination.

Synonyms: careful examination, inspection, survey, scan, study, perusal

Antonyms: glance, cursory look, superficial checks

Usage: every aspect of local government was placed under scrutiny

  

  1. Impunity (noun) – दण्ड मुक्ति

 Definition: exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.

Synonyms: immunity, indemnity, exemption from punishment, freedom from punishment, exemption

Antonyms: held accountable, unexempted, punished

Usage: the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings

  

  1. Rigged — जल्दी से इकट्ठा करो

 Definition: set up (equipment or a device or structure), typically in a makeshift or hasty way

Synonyms: assemble hastily, cobble together, put together, whip up, improvise, devise, contrive

Antonyms: dismantle, break apart, beak

Usage: He had rigged up a sort of a tent in the little time he had before it rained.

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