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The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 309

SSC and all Competitive Exams. Explore The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary to score good marks in English Section. Start practising this vocabulary to increase your word power. While reading a passage you have to highlight tough words in it and analyse the correct meaning of those words. This will help you understand the passage clearly and also you can learn more new words, it means also you can develop your vocabulary. To help you in this part we have provided an English Vocabulary passage along with meaning, synonyms and usages of hard words in the passage, make use of it. We also providing Important Vocabulary Quiz based on “THE ECONOMIST” and “THE HINDU”

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1) Impunity (Noun) दण्ड मुक्ति

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

Synonyms: Immunity, Indemnity

Antonyms: Liability, Responsibility

Usage: The impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings.

 

2) Travesty (Noun) – गलतफहमी

Definition: False, absurd, or distorted representation of something

Synonyms: Misrepresentation, Distortion, Perversion

Antonyms: Seriousness, Solemnity

Usage: The absurdly lenient sentence is a travesty of justice.

 

3) Acquittal (Noun) — दोषमुक्ति

Definition: A judgment or verdict that a person is not guilty of the crime with which they have been charged.

Synonyms: Absolution, Clearing, Exoneration

Antonyms: Conviction

Usage: The trial resulted in an acquittal

 

4) Testimony (Noun) – साक्ष्य या गवाही

Definition: A formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.

Synonyms: Evidence, Sworn Statement

Antonyms: Disproof

Usage: The testimony of an eyewitness.

 

5) Abduct (Verb) — अपहरण करना

Definition: Take (someone) away illegally by force or deception; kidnap.

Usage: The millionaire who disappeared may have been abducted.

 

6) Perfunctory (Adjective) — वास्तविक इच्छा , भावना, या प्रयास के बिना किया जाता है|

Definition: (of an action) carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort.

Synonyms: Cursory, Desultory; Quick, Brief

Antonyms: Careful, Thorough

Usage: He gave a perfunctory nod.

 

7) Succour (Noun) — परेशानी में सहायता

Definition: Assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.

Synonyms: Aid, Help, Assistance

Antonyms: Blockage, Hindrance

Usage: They provide shelter and succour in times of need.

 

8) Leaning (Noun) – झुकाव

Definition: A tendency or partiality of a particular kind.

Synonyms:   Inclination, Tendency, Bent, Proclivity, Propensity

Usage: His early leanings were towards cooking and he went off to become a chef.

 

9) Baffle (Verb) — चकरा देना

Definition: Totally bewilder or perplex.

Synonyms: Perplex, Puzzle, Bewilder, Mystify

Antonyms: Enlighten, Clear, Comprehensible

Usage: An unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone.

 

10) Denigrate (verb) — उपेक्षा करना या बदनाम करना

Definition: Criticize unfairly; Disparage.

Synonyms: Disparage, Belittle, Diminish

Antonyms: Extol

Usage:  Doom and gloom merchants who denigrate their own country.

 

 

 

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