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The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 45

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1) Legacy (Noun) – विरासत या वसीयत  

Meaning: an amount of money or property left to someone in a will.

Synonyms: bequest, inheritance, heritage

Antonyms: forfeit, hurt, loss

Usage: “my grandmother died and unexpectedly left me a small legacy”

 

2) Catapulted (Verb) प्रक्षेपण करना  

Meaning: hurl or launch (something) with or as if with a catapult.

Synonyms: propel, launch, hurl

Antonyms: catch, hold, collect

Usage: “the explosion catapulted the car 30 yards along the road”

 

3) Embroiled (Verb) शामिल होना, उलझाना

Meaning: involve (someone) deeply in an argument, conflict, or difficult situation.

Synonyms: involve, entangle, ensnare

Antonyms: exonerated, free, freed

Usage: “the organization is currently embroiled in running battles with pressure groups”

 

4) Splinter (Noun)किरच

Meaning: a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece.

Synonyms: sliver, shiver, chip

Antonyms: whole, entirety, lot

Usage: “a splinter of ice”

 

5) Assertion (Noun)अभिकथन

Meaning: a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.

Synonyms: declaration, contention, statement

Antonyms: disavowal, denial, desertion

Usage: “his assertion that his father had deserted the family”

 

6) Detrimental (Adjective)हानिकारक

Meaning: tending to cause harm.

Synonyms: harmful, damaging, injurious

Antonyms: benign, beneficial

Usage: “recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people”

 

7) Ethos (Noun)लोकाचार

Meaning: the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations.

Synonyms: spirit, character, atmosphere

Antonyms: being, reality

Usage: “a challenge to the ethos of the 1960s”

 

8) Ponder (Verb)विचार करना

Meaning: think about (something) carefully, especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion.

Synonyms: think about, give thought to, consider

Antonyms: agree, discard, disregard

Usage: “I pondered the question of what clothes to wear for the occasion”

 

9) Dereliction (Noun) परित्यक्ति

Meaning: the state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated.

Synonyms: dilapidation, disrepair, decrepitude

Antonyms: reclamation, recoupment, recovery

Usage: “a 15th-century farmhouse has been saved from dereliction”

 

10) Detained (Verb) – रोकना  

Meaning: keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.

Synonyms: delay, hold up, make late

Antonyms: free, independent, uninterested

Usage: “she made to open the door, but he detained her”

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