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The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 134

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1) Redouble (verb) — अधिक करना

Meaning: make or become much greater, more intense, or more numerous.

Synonyms: accentuate, amp (up), amplify, beef (up), boost, consolidate

Antonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen, let up (on), reduce, subdue, tone (down), weaken

Usage: “we will redouble our efforts to reform agricultural policy”

 

2) Expectancy (noun) – प्रत्याशा या अपेक्षा

Meaning: the state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something good, will happen.

Synonyms: anticipation, expectation, eagerness, hope, hopefulness

Antonyms: disbelief

Usage: “they waited with an air of expectancy”

 

3) Remunerative (adjective) — पारिश्रमिक-संबंधी

Meaning: financially rewarding; lucrative.

Synonyms: financially rewarding, financially worthwhile, moneymaking

 Antonyms: disadvantageous, unfavorable

Usage: “highly remunerative activities”

 

4) Rupture (verb) — टूटना

Meaning: (especially of a pipe or container, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly.

Synonyms: sever, break, cut off, break off

Antonyms: agreement

Usage: “if the main artery ruptures he could die”

 

5) Harnessing (verb) — नियंत्रित करना

Meaning: control and make use of (natural resources), especially to produce energy.

Synonyms: hitch up, put something in harness

Antonyms: ignore, neglect

Usage: “attempts to harness solar energy”

 

6) Emphasize (verb) — महत्त्व देना

Meaning: give special importance or value to (something) in speaking or writing.

Synonyms: bring/call/draw attention to, focus attention on, highlight

Usage: “they emphasize the need for daily, one-to-one contact between parent and child”

 

7) Dwelt (verb) — बसना

Meaning: think, speak, or write at length about (a particular subject, especially one that is a source of unhappiness, anxiety, or dissatisfaction).

Synonyms: linger over, mull over, muse on, brood about, brood over

Antonyms: bail, bail out, bug out, buzz (off), clear off

Usage: “I’ve got better things to do than dwell on the past”

 

8) Ambiguity (noun) — संदिग्धता

Meaning: the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

Synonyms: ambivalence, equivocation

Antonyms: unambiguousness, transparency

Usage: “we can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act”

 

9) Fervor (noun) – जोश

Meaning: intense and passionate feeling.

Synonyms: passion, ardour, intensity, zeal, vehemence

Antonyms: apathy

Usage: “he talked with all the fervour of a new convert”

 

10) Impervious (adjective) — अप्रवेश्य

Meaning: not allowing fluid to pass through.

Synonyms: impermeable, impenetrable, impregnable, waterproof

Antonyms: permeable

Usage: “an impervious layer of basaltic clay”

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