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The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 242

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1) Scrutiny (Noun) संवीक्षा

Meaning: critical observation or examination.

Synonyms: careful examination, inspection, survey

Antonyms: glance, cursory look

Usage: “every aspect of local government was placed under scrutiny”

 

2) Hostile (Adjective) शत्रुतापूर्ण

Meaning: showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly.

Synonyms: confrontational, belligerent, bellicose

Antonyms:friendly, mild

Usage: “a hostile audience”

 

3) Ostensible (Adjective) ख़याली

Meaning: stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.

Synonyms: apparent, seeming, outward

Antonyms:real, genuine

Usage: “the real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint”

 

4) Persecuted (Noun) सताए 

Meaning: subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.

Synonyms: oppress, abuse, victimize

Antonyms: carefree

Usage: “his followers were persecuted by the authorities”

 

5) Adverse (Adjective) विपरीत

Meaning: preventing success or development; harmful; unfavourable.

Synonyms: unfavourable, disadvantageous, inauspicious

Antonyms: beneficial, positive, friendly

Usage: “taxes are having an adverse effect on production”

 

6) Indigenous (Adjective) देशज

Meaning: originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

Synonyms: native, aboriginal, local

Antonyms: expatriate, migrant, adventitious

Usage: “the indigenous peoples of Siberia”

 

7) Obstructed (Verb) – अवरोधित करना  

Meaning: block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of.

Synonyms: block, block up, clog

Antonyms: clear

Usage: “she was obstructing the entrance”

 

8) Culpability (Noun) दोषी

Meaning: responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame.

Synonyms: guilt, blame, fault

Antonyms: innocence

Usage:”a level of moral culpability”

 

9)Tangled (Verb) – उलझना

Meaning: twist together into a confused mass.

Synonyms:entangle, snarl, catch

Antonyms: untangle, disentangle, unravel

Usage: “the broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt”

 

10) Deplorable (Adjective) दु:खद

Meaning: deserving strong condemnation; completely unacceptable.

Synonyms: disgraceful, shameful, dishonourable

Antonyms: admirable

Usage: “children living in deplorable conditions”

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