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The Hindu Editorial with Vocabulary – Day 68

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1) Confer (Verb) – प्रदान करना

Meaning: grant (a title, degree, benefit, or right).

Synonyms: bestow on, present with/to, grant to

Antonyms: withhold, remove

Usage: “the Minister may have exceeded the powers conferred on him by Parliament”

 

2) Amicable (Adjective) – सौहार्दपूर्ण

Meaning: characterized by friendliness and absence of discord.

Synonyms: friendly, good-natured, cordial

Antonyms:unfriendly, hostile

Usage: “an amicable settlement of the dispute”

 

3) Promulgated (Verb) – प्रख्यापित

Meaning: promote or make widely known (an idea or cause).

Synonyms: make known, make public, publicize

Antonyms:concealed, covered, hid

Usage: “these objectives have to be promulgated within the organization”

 

4) Moot (Adjective) – विवादास्पद

Meaning: subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty.

Synonyms: debatable, open to debate, open to discussion

Antonyms: accomplished, certain, hands-down

Usage: “whether the temperature rise was mainly due to the greenhouse effect was a moot point”

 

5) Concurrent (Adjective) – समवर्ती

Meaning: existing, happening, or done at the same time.

Synonyms: simultaneous, coincident, coinciding

Antonyms: separate, unrelated, different

Usage: “there are three concurrent art fairs around the city”

 

6) Scandalous (Adjective) – परिवादात्मक

Meaning: causing general public outrage by a perceived offence against morality or law.

Synonyms: discreditable, disreputable, dishonourable

Antonyms: seemly, proper

Usage: “a series of scandalous liaisons”

 

7) Beheaded (Verb) – सिर काटना

Meaning: cut off the head of (someone), especially as a form of execution.

Synonyms: decapitate, cut off the head of, guillotine

Antonyms: recapitate

Usage: “Mary was beheaded at Fotheringhay”

 

8) Provincial (Adjective) – प्रांतीय

Meaning: of or concerning a province of a country or empire.

Synonyms: non-metropolitan, small-town, non-urban

Antonyms: national, metropolitan, cosmopolitan

Usage:”provincial elections”

 

9)Opprobrium (Noun) – कठोर आलोचना या निंदा

Meaning: harsh criticism or censure.

Synonyms:vilification, abuse, vituperation

Antonyms: praise

Usage: “the critical opprobrium generated by his films”

 

10) Leniency(Noun) – दया या क्षमादान

Meaning: the fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected; clemency.

Synonyms: mercifulness, mercy, clemency

Antonyms: mercilessness, strictness, severity

Usage: “the court could show leniency”

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