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The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 68

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1) brink (noun) — कगार

Meaning : the extreme edge of land before a steep slope or a body or water/a point at which something, typically something unwelcome, is about to happen; the verge.

Synonyms : verge, edge, threshold, point

Antonyms : middle

Usage : “the country was on the brink of a constitutional crisis”

 

2) imperiling (verb)  संकट में डालना

Meaning : put at risk of being harmed, injured, or destroyed.

Synonyms : endanger, jeopardize, risk, put at risk

Antonyms : guard, protect, shelter

Usage : “they advised against tax increases for fear of imperilling the recovery”

 

3) prod (verb)  उत्तेजित करना

Meaning : stimulate or persuade (someone who is reluctant or slow) to do something.

Synonyms : spur, stimulate, stir, rouse, prompt

 Antonyms : discourage

Usage : “they attempted to prod the central bank into cutting interest rates”

 

4) nosedive (verb) अचानक गिरावट होना

Meaning : a sudden extreme drop

Synonyms : descent, dip, dive, down, drop, fall, plunge

Antonyms : ascent, climb, rise, rising, soaring, upswing, upturn

Usage : stock prices took a nosedive

 

5) truant (noun)  अनुपस्थित रहना

Meaning : a pupil who stays away from school without leave or explanation.

Synonyms : absentee, non-attender, awol

Antonyms : attentive

Usage : “if my daughter had been truanting from school I would have been informed”

 

6) tentacles (noun) — स्पर्श-सूत्र

Meaning : a slender, flexible limb or appendage in an animal, especially around the mouth of an invertebrate, used for grasping or moving about, or bearing sense organs.

Usage : “trailing tentacles of vapour”

 

7) fugitive (noun)  भगोड़ा

Meaning : a person who has escaped from captivity or is in hiding.

Synonyms : escapee, escaper, runaway, deserter, refugee, renegade

Antonyms : permanent, long-lasting

Usage : “fugitives from justice”

 

8) recalcitrant (adjective)  आज्ञा न माननेवाला

Meaning : having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.

Synonyms : uncooperative, obstinately disobedient, intractable, unmanageable

Antonyms : acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, cooperative, deferential, obliging

Usage : “a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds”

 

9) sludge (noun) — कीचड़

Meaning : thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process.
Synonyms : mud, muck, mire, ooze, silt

Antonyms : spotlessness

Usage : “the dumping of sewage sludge”

 

10) perished (verb) मारे गए

Meaning : die, especially in a violent or sudden way.

Synonyms : die, lose one’s life, be killed, fall, expire

Antonyms : breathe, live

Usage : “a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease”

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