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The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 315

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) Uproar (Noun)  कोलाहल

Definition: A loud and impassioned noise or disturbance; a public expression of protest or outrage.

Synonyms: Turmoil, Disorder, Confusion, Chaos, Commotion

Antonyms: Clam, Acquiescence

Usage: The room was in an uproar.

 

2) Ostensible (Adjective) ख़याली

Definition: Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.

Synonyms: Apparent, Seeming, Outward, Surface, and Superficial

Antonyms: Real, Genuine

Usage: The real dispute which lay behind the ostensible complaint

 

3) Rampage (verb) दंगा करना

Definition:  (especially of a large group of people) move through a place in a violent and uncontrollable manner.

Synonyms: Riot, Charge, Tear

Antonyms: Calm, Order, Peace

Usage: Stone-throwing mobs rampaged through the streets

 

4) Curtail (verb) – घटाना

Definition: Reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on.

Synonyms: Reduce, Cut, Cut Down, Cut Back, Decrease, Lessen

Antonyms: Increase, Lengthen

Usage: Civil liberties were further curtailed.

 

5) Protagonist (Noun) — समर्थक

Definition:  An advocate or champion of a particular cause or idea.

Synonyms: Supporter, Upholder, Adherent, Backer, Proponent, Advocate

Antonyms: Opponent

Usage: The EC is a great protagonist of deregulation.

 

6) Orchestrate (Verb) — व्यवस्थित करना

Definition:  Plan or coordinate the elements of (a situation) to produce a desired effect, especially surreptitiously.

Synonyms: Organize, Arrange, Put together, Plan, Set up, Bring about, Manage

Antonyms: Disperse, Divide, Separate

Usage: He threatened to orchestrate a campaign of civil disobedience.

 

7) Stifle (verb) — दम घुटना

Definition: Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.

Synonyms: Suffocate, Choke, Asphyxiate; Smother

Antonyms: Cold, Let out

Usage: People in the streets were stifled by the fumes.

 

8) Nurture (Verb) — पालन – पोषण करना

Definition: Care for and protect (someone or something) while they are growing.

Synonyms: Bring up, Care for, Provide for, Take care of, Attend to

Antonyms: Neglect, Hinder

Usage: My father nurtured my love of art.

 

9) Assimilation (Noun) — आत्मसात्करण

Definition: The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.

Synonyms: Anabolism, Catabolism, Consumption, Digestion

Antonyms: Exclude, Misinterpret, Mistake, Misunderstand

Usage: The assimilation of the knowledge of the Greeks.

 

10) Frenzy (Noun) — उन्माद

Definition: A state or period of uncontrolled excitement or wild behaviour.

Synonyms: Hysteria, Madness, Mania, Insanity

Antonyms: Calm, Calmness, Happiness, Harmony

Usage: Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage.

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