May Editorial

May Month Editorial Vocabulary - 2020
Editorial 01 – 05 – 2020 Antonyms: disparaging, damning
1) Paramount (Adjective) - अला दजे का Usage: "enthusiastic and laudatory articles"
Meaning: more important than anything else;
supreme. 5) Buttress (Verb)–मजबूत या सुद ृढ़ करना

Synonyms: supreme, chief, overriding Meaning: increase the strength of or justification for;
Antonyms: least, last, inferior reinforce.
Usage: "the interests of the child are of paramount Synonyms: strengthen, reinforce, fortify
importance" Antonyms: weaken, let down, undermine

Usage: "authority was buttressed by religious belief"
2) Repudiated (Verb) – ऄस्वीकारकरना

Meaning: refuse to accept; reject. 6) Adherent (Noun) - ऄनुयायी, समथथक
Synonyms: reject, renounce, abandon Meaning: someone who supports a particular party,
Antonyms:embrace person, or set of ideas.
Usage: "she has repudiated policies associated with Synonyms: follower, supporter, upholder
previous party leaders" Antonyms: opponent
Usage: "he was a strong adherent of monetarism"

3) Presumption (Noun) - ईपधारणा
Meaning: behaviour perceived as arrogant, 7) Incitement (Noun) - ईत्तेजना
disrespectful, and transgressing the limits of what is Meaning: the action of provoking unlawful behaviour
permitted or appropriate. or urging someone to behave unlawfully.
Synonyms: brazenness, audacity, boldness Synonyms: urging, goading, spurring on

Antonyms: certainty, fact, humility Antonyms: suppression, discouragement
Usage: "he lifted her off the ground, and she was Usage: "this amounted to an incitement to commit
enraged at his presumption" murder"
4) Laudatory (Adjective) - प्रशंसा, बधाइ 8) Dispensation (Noun) - छू ट, प्रततरक्षा
Meaning: expressing praise and commendation. Meaning: exemption from a rule or usual
Synonyms: complimentary, congratulatory, praising requirement.
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Synonyms: exemption, immunity, exception Meaning: giving the worrying impression that
Antonyms: responsibility, liability, obligation something bad is going to happen; threateningly
Usage: "although she was too young, she was given inauspicious.
special dispensation to play before her birthday" Synonyms: threatening, menacing, baleful
Antonyms:promising, auspicious, propitious

9) Endorsement (Noun) - परांकन Usage: "there were ominous dark clouds gathering
Meaning: the action of endorsing someone or overhead"
something.
Synonyms:support, backing, approval 3) Protracted (Adjective) - दीघथकातलक

Antonyms: opposition Meaning: lasting for a long time or longer than
Usage: "the issue of full independence received expected or usual.

overwhelming endorsement" Synonyms: prolonged, extended, stretched out
Antonyms: brief, short, fleeting
10) Surpassed (Verb) – ऄतधक होना Usage: "a protracted and bitter dispute"
Meaning: exceed; be greater than.

Synonyms: excel, be better than, be superior to 4) Exempt (Adjective) - दातयत्व से मुक्त
Antonyms: lost, succumbed, capitulated Meaning: free from an obligation or liability imposed
Usage: "pre-war levels of production were surpassed on others.
in 1929" Synonyms: free from, not liable to, not subject to

Antonyms: liable to, subject to
Editorial 02 – 05 – 2020 Usage: "these patients are exempt from all charges"
1) Portends (Noun) - पूवथसूचक
Meaning: be a sign or warning that (something, 5) Slump (Verb) - भारी और सीतमत रूप से तगरना
especially something momentous or calamitous) is Meaning: sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply.
likely to happen. Synonyms: flop, flump, collapse

Synonyms: presage, augur, foreshadow Antonyms: stand up, sit up
Antonyms: retrodict Usage: "she slumped against the cushions"

Usage: "the eclipses portend some major events"
6) Cascading (Verb) - तेजी से नीचे की ओर डालना

2) Ominous (Adjective) - ऄमंगल Meaning: pour downwards rapidly and in large
quantities.
Synonyms: pour, gush, surge

Antonyms: stop, cease, contain Synonyms: with the exception of, excepting
Usage: "water was cascading down the stairs" Antonyms: including, inclusive of, plus
Usage: "barring accidents, we should win"

7) Tumbling (Verb) – ऄचानकतसर के बल तगरना
Meaning: fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong. 2) Lauded (Verb) - प्रशंसा करना

Synonyms: fall down, topple over Meaning: praise (a person or their achievements)
Antonyms: improving, increasing, rising highly.
Usage: "she pitched forward, tumbling down the Synonyms: praise, extol, hail
remaining stairs" Antonyms:condemn, criticize

8) Reeling (Adjective) – डगमगानाया लड़खड़ाना Usage: "the obituary lauded him as a great
Meaning: lose one's balance and stagger or lurch statesman and soldier"
violently.
Synonyms: stumble, totter, wobble 3) Inevitable (Adjective) - ऄवश्यंभावी
Antonyms: sober, straight Meaning: certain to happen; unavoidable.
Usage: "he punched Connolly in the ear, sending Synonyms: unavoidable, inescapable
him reeling" Antonyms:avoidable, uncertain
Usage: "war was inevitable"
9) Imperative (Adjective)–अज्ञाथथक या शीषथ प्राथतमकता
Meaning: of vital importance; crucial. 4) Adjourn (Verb) – स्थतगतकरना

Synonyms:vital, crucial, critical Meaning: go somewhere for rest or refreshment.
Antonyms: unimportant, optional Synonyms: withdraw, retire, retreat
Usage: "immediate action was imperative" Antonyms: assemble, continue
Usage: "they adjourned to a local pub"

10) Distressed (Verb) - व्यतथत होना
Meaning: cause (someone) anxiety, sorrow, or pain. 5) Perished (Verb) - नाश होना
Synonyms: grieve, sadden, trouble Meaning: die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
Antonyms: calm, soothe, please Synonyms: die, lose one's life

Usage: "I didn't mean to distress you" Antonyms: fresh, alive
Usage: "a great part of his army perished of hunger

Editorial 04 – 05 – 2020 and disease"
1) Barring (Preposition) - के तसवाय
Meaning: except for; if not for. 6) Expatriate (Adjective) - देशतनष्कातसती

Meaning: denoting or relating to a person living
outside their native country. Editorial 06 – 05 – 2020
Synonyms: emigrant, living abroad 1) Adjoining (Verb) - साथ लगा हुअ

Antonyms: native, indigenous Meaning: be next to and joined with (a building,
Usage: "expatriate workers" room, or piece of land).

Synonyms: meet, connecting, connected
7) Unprecedented (Adjective) - ऄभूतपूवथ Antonyms: remote
Meaning: never done or known before. Usage: "the dining room adjoins a conservatory"
Synonyms: unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched 2) Vantage (Noun) -सहूतलयत

Antonyms: normal, common Meaning: a place or position affording a good view of
Usage: "the government took the unprecedented something.

step of releasing confidential correspondence" Synonyms: viewpoint, standpoint, stance
Antonyms: drawback, handicap, liability
8) Rampant (Adjective) - ऄतनयंतित Usage: "from my vantage point I could see into the
Meaning: flourishing or spreading unchecked. front garden"

Synonyms: uncontrolled, unrestrained, unchecked
Antonyms: controlled, under control 3) Ensued (Verb) - बाद में या पररणाम के रूप में हो
ना
Usage: "political violence was rampant" Meaning: happen or occur afterwards or as a result.
Synonyms: result, follow, develop

9) Populous (Adjective) - जनपूणथ Antonyms: completed, ended
Meaning: having a large population; densely Usage: "the difficulties which ensued from their
populated. commitment to Cuba"
Synonyms:crowded, congested, packed

Antonyms: uninhabited, deserted 4) Morale (Noun) - मनोबल
Usage: "the populous city of Shanghai" Meaning: the confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline
of a person or group at a particular time.
10) Dismal (Adjective) - तनराशाजनक Synonyms: confidence, self-confidence, self-esteem

Meaning: causing a mood of gloom or depression. Antonyms: aimlessness, fear, weakness
Synonyms: dingy, dim, dark Usage: "the team's morale was high"
Antonyms: bright, cheerful
Usage: "the dismal weather made the late afternoon 5) Proxy (Noun) - प्रतततनतध
seem like evening"

Meaning: the authority to represent someone else, 9) Deterred (Verb) - हतोत्सातहत करना, मना करना
especially in voting. Meaning: discourage (someone) from doing
Synonyms: deputy, representative, substitute something by instilling doubt or fear of the

Antonyms: chief, manager, leader consequences.
Usage: "Britons overseas may register to vote by Synonyms:put off, discourage, dissuade
proxy" Antonyms: encourage
Usage: "only a health problem would deter him from
6) Percolate (Verb) - तनस्पंद न seeking re-election"
Meaning: filter gradually through a porous surface or

substance. 10) Steadfast (Adjective)–वफादार या प्रततबद्ध
Synonyms: filter, drain, drip Meaning: resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.
Antonyms: take out, deplete Synonyms: loyal, faithful, committed
Usage: "the water percolating through the soil may Antonyms: disloyal, irresolute
leach out minerals" Usage: "steadfast loyalty"
7) Solidarity (Noun) - एकजुटता Editorial 07 – 05 – 2020

Meaning: unity or agreement of feeling or action, 1) Expatriate (Noun) - देशतनष्कातसती
especially among individuals with a common interest; Meaning: denoting or relating to a person living
mutual support within a group. outside their native country.

Synonyms: unanimity, unity Synonyms: emigrant, living abroad
Antonyms: antagonism, disagreement Antonyms: native, indigenous
Usage: "factory workers voiced solidarity with the Usage: "expatriate workers"
striking students"
2) Deportation (Noun) - तनवाथसन
8) Angst (Noun)– चचता या व्यग्रता Meaning: the action of deporting a foreigner from a
Meaning: a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically country.
an unfocused one about the human condition or the Synonyms: expulsion, expelling, banishment
state of the world in general. Antonyms:admission
Synonyms: anxiety, fear, dread Usage: "asylum seekers facing deportation"

Antonyms: calmness, composure, ease
Usage: "the existential angst of the middle classes" 3) Stringent (Adjective) - कड़ी से कड़ी
Meaning: strict, precise, and exacting.

Synonyms: firm, rigid, rigorous Usage: "a deterioration in the condition of the
Antonyms:lenient, flexible patient"
Usage: "stringent guidelines on air pollution"

8) Presumptive (Adjective) - अनुमातनक
4) Trauma (Noun) - ऄतभघात Meaning: of the nature of a presumption; presumed

Meaning: physical injury. in the absence of further information.
Synonyms: injury, damage, hurt Synonyms: conjectural, speculative, tentative
Antonyms: healing Antonyms: definitive
Usage: "rupture of the diaphragm caused by blunt Usage: "a presumptive diagnosis"
trauma" 9) Unravelling (Verb) - जााँच और हल करना
Meaning: investigate and solve or explain

5) Rhetoric (Noun) - ऄलंकार शास्र (something complicated or puzzling).
Meaning: the art of effective or persuasive speaking Synonyms:solve, resolve, work out
or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of Antonyms: complicate
speech and other compositional techniques. Usage: "they were attempting to unravel the cause of
Synonyms: oratory, eloquence death"
Antonyms: quiet, silence
Usage: "he is using a common figure of rhetoric, 10) Unsubstantiated (Adjective) - ऄपुष्ट, ऄसमर्थथत,
hyperbole" ऄप्रमातणत
Meaning: not supported or proven by evidence.
6) Animosity (Noun) - मजबूत दुश्मनी Synonyms: unconfirmed, unsupported,
Meaning: strong hostility. uncorroborated
Synonyms: antipathy, hostility, friction Antonyms: well founded, undeniable
Antonyms: goodwill, friendship Usage: "unsubstantiated claims"
Usage: "he no longer felt any animosity towards her"

Editorial 08 – 05 – 2020
7) Deterioration (Noun) - ह्रास 1) Paramount (Adjective) - अला दजे का
Meaning: the process of becoming progressively Meaning: more important than anything else;
worse. supreme.
Synonyms: worsening, decline, decay Synonyms: uppermost, supreme, chief
Antonyms: improvement Antonyms: least, last, inferior

Usage: "the interests of the child are of paramount 6) Inevitably (Adverb) - ऄतनवायथ रूप से
importance" Meaning: as is certain to happen; unavoidably.
Synonyms: naturally, automatically

2) Flee (Verb) - भाग जाना Antonyms: unnecessarily, evitably
Meaning: run away from a place or situation of Usage: "inevitably some details are already out of
danger. date"
Synonyms: run, run away, run off
Antonyms: arrive, come, continue 7) Exempt (Adjective) - छू ट देना
Usage: "to escape the fighting, his family fled from Meaning: free from an obligation or liability imposed
their village" on others.
Synonyms: free from, not liable to

3) Hazardous (Adjective) - जोतखम वाला या खतरनाक Antonyms: liable to, subject to
Meaning: risky; dangerous. Usage: "these patients are exempt from all charges"
Synonyms: unsafe, perilous, precarious
Antonyms:safe, secure, certain 8) Flattening (Verb) - समतल करना

Usage: "we work in hazardous conditions" Meaning: make or become flat or flatter.
Synonyms: crush, squash, compact
4) Overridden (Verb)–ऄस्वीकृ त करना Antonyms: roughen, make uneven
Meaning: use one's authority to reject or cancel (a Usage: "her hair had been flattened by the storm"
decision, view, etc.).
Synonyms: disallow, overrule, countermand 9) Stringent (Adjective) - कड़ी से कड़ी
Antonyms: allow, accept, listen to Meaning: strict, precise, and exacting.
Usage: "the courts will ultimately override any Synonyms:firm, rigid, rigorous
objections" Antonyms: lenient, flexible
Usage: "stringent guidelines on air pollution"

5) Probed (Verb) - थाह लेना
Meaning: physically explore or examine (something) 10) Ousted (Verb) - बेद ख़ल करना
with the hands or an instrument. Meaning: drive out or expel (someone) from a
Synonyms: examine, feel, feel around position or place.

Antonyms: answered, replied, responded Synonyms: drive out, expel, force out, throw out
Usage: "hands probed his body from top to bottom" Antonyms: accepted, allowed, appointed
Usage: "the reformists were ousted from power"

Meaning: express approval or agreement.
Editorial 09 – 05 – 2020 Synonyms: agree to, accept, approve
1) Mooted (Verb) -ईठाना Antonyms: dissent from, refuse

Meaning: raise (a question or topic) for discussion; Usage: "the Prime Minister assented to the change"
suggest (an idea or possibility).

Synonyms: raise, bring up, broach 6) Egregious (Adjective)– बहुत बुरा या चौंका देने वाला
Antonyms: accomplished, certain Meaning: outstandingly bad; shocking.
Usage: "the scheme was first mooted last October" Synonyms: shocking, appalling, horrific
Antonyms: marvellous
2) Revival (Noun) - पुनः प्रवतथन Usage: "egregious abuses of copyright"
Meaning: an improvement in the condition, strength,

or fortunes of someone or something. 7) Apathy (Noun) - रुतच या ईत्साह की कमी
Synonyms: improvement, rallying, picking up Meaning: lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
Antonyms:downturn Synonyms: indifference, lack of interest, lack of
Usage: "a revival in the fortunes of the party" enthusiasm

Antonyms: enthusiasm, interest, passion
3) Perverse (Adjective)–तवकृ त, ऄजीब Usage: "widespread apathy among students"
Meaning: showing a deliberate and obstinate desire
to behave in a way that is unreasonable or 8) Mutilation (Noun) - ऄंगभंग

unacceptable. Meaning: the action of mutilating or being mutilated.
Synonyms: awkward, contrary, difficult Synonyms: maiming, disfigurement, dismembering
Antonyms:accommodating, cooperative Antonyms: reparation. improvement, rebuilding
Usage: "Kate's perverse decision not to cooperate Usage: "a culture which found any mutilation of the
held good" body abhorrent"
4) Embarked (Verb) - पोतारोहण करना 9) Scrap (Verb) - सेवा से हटाना
Meaning: go on board a ship or aircraft. Meaning: discard or remove from service

Synonyms: take ship, take off, hop on Synonyms:throw away, throw out, dispose of
Antonyms: disembark, land Antonyms: keep, preserve

Usage: "he embarked for India in 1817" Usage: "a bold decision was taken to scrap existing
plant"
5) Assent (Verb) - सहमतत प्रकट करना

10) Entail (Verb)–अवश्यक होना Meaning: making marks that cannot be removed.
Meaning: involve (something) as a necessary or Synonyms: ineradicable, inerasable, ineffaceable
inevitable part or consequence. Antonyms: erasable

Synonyms: necessitate, make necessary, require Usage: "an indelible marker pen"
Antonyms: exclude, omit, untangle

Usage: "a situation which entails considerable risks" 5) Tenuous (Adjective) - बहुत कमजोर या मामूली
Meaning: very weak or slight.
Synonyms: slight, insubstantial, flimsy
Editorial 11 – 05 – 2020 Antonyms: convincing, substantial, strong

1) Strewn (Verb) - तबखेरना या फै लाना Usage: "the tenuous link between interest rates and
Meaning: scatter or spread (things) untidily over a investment"

surface or area.
Synonyms: scatter, spread, disperse 6) Slumber (Verb) - नींद
Antonyms: gather Meaning: sleep.
Usage: "a small room with newspapers strewn all Synonyms: sleep, be asleep, doze
over the floor" Antonyms: wake up
Usage: "Sleeping Beauty slumbered in her forest
2) Aggravated (Verb) - कष्टप्रद या ऄततरं तजतकरना castle"
Meaning: annoy or exasperate.

Synonyms: annoy, irritate, exasperate 7) Onerous (Adjective) - कष्टदायक
Antonyms:calm, conciliate Meaning: involving a great deal of effort, trouble, or
Usage: "military action would only aggravate the difficulty.
situation” Synonyms: burdensome, heavy, inconvenient

Antonyms: easy, effortless
3) Infirm (Adjective) - कमजोर Usage: "he found his duties increasingly onerous"
Meaning: not physically or mentally strong,
especially through age or illness. 8) Desperate (Adjective) - बेकरार

Synonyms: frail, weak, feeble Meaning: feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a
Antonyms:strong, healthy situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.

Usage: "those who were old or infirm" Synonyms: despairing, hopeless, anguished
Antonyms: cheerful, composed
4) Indelible (Adjective) - ऄतमट Usage: "a desperate sadness enveloped Ruth"

Meaning: denoting or relating to a person living
9) Mitigate (Verb) - न्यूनीकरण करना outside their native country.
Meaning: make (something bad) less severe, Synonyms: emigrant, living abroad
serious, or painful. Antonyms:native, indigenous
Synonyms:alleviate, reduce, diminish Usage: "expatriate workers"

Antonyms: aggravate, increase, intensify
Usage: "drainage schemes have helped to mitigate 4) Dilemmas (Noun) - दुतवधाओं
this problem" Meaning: a situation in which a difficult choice has to
be made between two or more alternatives,

10) Hesitation (Noun) - संकोच especially ones that are equally undesirable.
Meaning: the action of pausing before saying or Synonyms: quandary, predicament, difficulty
doing something. Antonyms: solutions, resolutions, answers
Synonyms: pausing, delay Usage: "he wants to make money, but he also
Antonyms: resolution, certainty disapproves of it: Den's dilemma in a nutshell"
Usage: "she answered without hesitation"

5) Peculiar (Adjective) -ऄजीब, ऄसामान्य, ऄनोखा
Editorial 12 – 05 – 2020 Meaning: different to what is normal or expected;
1) Consensus (Noun) - मतैक्य strange.
Meaning: a general agreement. Synonyms: strange, unusual, odd

Synonyms: agreement, harmony, concord Antonyms: normal, ordinary
Antonyms: disagreement, minority view Usage: "he gave her some very peculiar looks"
Usage: "there is a growing consensus that the
current regime has failed" 6) Convalescent (Adjective) - स्वस्थ होना

2) Resumption (Noun) - पुनरारं भ Meaning: recovering from an illness or medical
Meaning: the action of beginning something again treatment.

after a pause or interruption. Synonyms: recuperating, recovering
Synonyms: restart, restarting, recommencement Antonyms: deteriorating, failing

Antonyms:suspension, abandonment Usage: "a convalescent child"
Usage: "with peace came the resumption of foreign

imports" 7) Feasibility (Noun) - व्यवहायथता
Meaning: the state or degree of being easily or
3) Expatriate (Noun) - देशतनष्कातसती conveniently done.

Synonyms: practicability, practicality
Antonyms: impracticability 2) Shamble (Verb) - भद्दी चाल
Usage: "the feasibility of screening athletes for Meaning: move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait.
cardiac disease" Synonyms: shuffle, lumber, totter
Antonyms:run, sprint, bound

8) Efficacy (Noun) - प्रभावोत्पादकता Usage: "he shambled off down the corridor"
Meaning: the ability to produce a desired or intended
result. 3) Desperation (Noun) - तनराशा
Synonyms: effectiveness, success Meaning: a state of despair, typically one which

Antonyms: inefficacy results in rash or extreme behaviour.
Usage: "there is little information on the efficacy of Synonyms: hopelessness, despair, distress
this treatment" Antonyms: hope, hopefulness, advantage
9) Ascertain (Verb) - पता लगाना Usage: "she wrote to him in desperation"
Meaning: find (something) out for certain; make sure
of. 4) Flouting (Verb) - खुलेअम ऄवहेलनाकरना

Synonyms:discover, get/come to know Meaning: openly disregard (a rule, law, or
Antonyms: miss, overlook, aid convention).
Usage: "an attempt to ascertain the cause of the Synonyms: defy, refuse to obey, go against
accident" Antonyms: observe

Usage: "the advertising code is being flouted"
10) Cavalier (Adjective) - बेतकल्लुफ़
Meaning: showing a lack of proper concern; offhand. 5) Replenish (Verb) - पुनःपूर्थत करना
Synonyms: offhand, indifferent, casual Meaning: fill (something) up again.

Antonyms: thoughtful Synonyms: refill, top up, fill up
Usage: "Anne was irritated by his cavalier attitude" Antonyms: empty

Usage: "he replenished Justin's glass with mineral
Editorial 13 – 05 – 2020 water"

1) Perilous (Adjective) - खतरे या जोतखम से भरा हुअ
Meaning: full of danger or risk. 6) Reimburse (Verb) - प्रततपूर्थत करना

Synonyms: dangerous, fraught with danger Meaning: repay (a person who has spent or lost
Antonyms: safe, secure money).
Usage: "a perilous journey south" Synonyms: compensate, recompense, refund

Antonyms: damage, deprive, lose Antonyms: abstained, avoided, broke
Usage: "the investors should be reimbursed for their Usage: "the duke was prepared to resort to force if
losses" negotiation failed"

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7) Indelicate (Adjective) - संवेद नशील समझ या चातुयथ की 1) Spawned (Verb) - बड़ी संख्या में ईत्पादन या ईत्पन्न
करना
कमी होना Meaning: produce or generate a large number of.
Meaning: having or showing a lack of sensitive Synonyms: occasion, generate, engender
understanding or tact. Antonyms: killed, maimed
Synonyms: insensitive, tactless, undiplomatic Usage: "the decade spawned a bewildering variety
Antonyms: tactful of books on the forces"
Usage: "forgive me asking an indelicate question, 2) Skirted (Verb)– से बचना
but how are you off for money?" Meaning: attempt to ignore; avoid dealing with.
Synonyms: avoid, evade
8) Deferring (Verb) - स्थतगत करना या टालना Antonyms: indulged, allowed
Meaning: put off (an action or event) to a later time; Usage: "they are both skirting the issue"
postpone.
Synonyms: postpone, put off, adjourn 3) Clamour (Noun) - कोलाहल
Antonyms: abbreviating, advancing Meaning: a loud and confused noise, especially that
Usage: "they deferred the decision until February" of people shouting.
Synonyms: uproar, tumult, babel
9) Abdicating (Verb) - त्यागना Antonyms: silence
Meaning: fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or Usage: "the questions rose to a clamour"
duty).
Synonyms:disown, turn down, spurn 4) Insularity (Noun) - संकीणथता

Antonyms: accept, take on Meaning: ignorance of or lack of interest in cultures,
Usage: "the government was accused of abdicating ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience.
its responsibility" Synonyms: localism, narrowness
Antonyms: tolerance, accessibility
10) Resorted (Verb)– सहारा लेना Usage: "an example of British insularity"
Meaning: turn to and adopt as to resolve a difficult
situation. 5) Disruptive (Adjective) - ऄतनयंतित, ईपद्रवी

Synonyms: use, utilize, avail oneself of Meaning: causing or tending to cause disruption.

Synonyms: troublesome, unruly, rowdy Meaning: the principal front of a building, that faces
Antonyms: well behaved, manageable on to a street or open space.
Usage: "disruptive pupils" Synonyms: front, frontage, face

Antonyms: back, rear
6) Rumbling (Verb) - गड़गड़ाना Usage: "the house has a half-timbered facade"

Meaning: make a continuous deep, resonant sound.
Synonyms: boom, thunder, roll Editorial 15 – 05 – 2020
Antonyms: peace 1) Disruption (Noun) - गड़बड़ी, ऄव्यवस्था
Usage: "thunder rumbled, lightning flickered" Meaning: disturbance or problems which interrupt an
7) Vent (Noun) - तछद्र event, activity, or process.
Meaning: an opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to Synonyms: disturbance, disordering, disarrangement
pass out of or into a confined space. Antonyms: calm, method, order
Synonyms: outlet, inlet, opening Usage: "the scheme was planned to minimize
Antonyms: closing, closure disruption"
Usage: "remove any debris blocking the vents"

2) Obliterated (Verb) - नष्ट कर देना, तमटा देना
8) Repudiate (Verb)–ऄस्वीकार या त्याग करना Meaning: destroy utterly; wipe out.
Meaning: refuse to accept; reject. Synonyms: destroy, wipe out, annihilate
Synonyms: reject, renounce, abandon Antonyms:create, establish

Antonyms: embrace Usage: "the memory was so painful that he
Usage: "she has repudiated policies associated with obliterated it from his mind"
previous party leaders"
3) Viable (Adjective) - व्यवहारक्षम

9) Succour (Noun) - परे शानी में सहायता Meaning: capable of working successfully; feasible.
Meaning: assistance and support in times of Synonyms: workable, feasible, practicable

hardship and distress. Antonyms: impracticable
Synonyms:aid, help, a helping hand Usage: "the proposed investment was economically
Antonyms: hindrance, obstruction viable"
Usage: "the wounded had little chance of succour"

4) Moot (Adjective) - तववादास्पद
10) Facade (Noun) - आमारत का मुहार Meaning: subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty.

Synonyms: debatable, open to debate, open to Usage: "the government took the unprecedented
discussion step of releasing confidential correspondence"
Antonyms: accomplished, certain, hands-down

Usage: "whether the temperature rise was mainly 9) Stringent (Adjective) - कड़ी से कड़ी
due to the greenhouse effect was a moot point" Meaning: strict, precise, and exacting.
Synonyms:strict, firm, rigid
5) Robust (Adjective) - मजबूत और स्वस्थ Antonyms: lenient, flexible
Meaning: strong and healthy; vigorous. Usage: "stringent guidelines on air pollution"
Synonyms: strong, vigorous, sturdy

Antonyms: weak, frail 10) Ajar (Adjective) - ऄधखुला
Usage: "the Caplan family are a robust lot" Meaning: slightly open.
Synonyms: half open, agape, unfastened
6) Incumbent (Adjective) - ऄवलंबी Antonyms: closed, wide open
Meaning: necessary for (someone) as a duty or Usage: "the home help had left the window ajar"
responsibility.
Synonyms: binding, obligatory, mandatory Editorial 16 – 05 – 2020
Antonyms: optional 1) Consensus (Noun) - मतैक्य
Usage: "the government realized that it was Meaning: a general agreement.
incumbent on them to act" Synonyms: agreement, harmony, concord

Antonyms: disagreement, minority view
7) Anomaly (Noun) - ऄसंगतत Usage: "there is a growing consensus that the
Meaning: something that deviates from what is current regime has failed"
standard, normal, or expected.

Synonyms: oddity, peculiarity, abnormality 2) Incurring (Verb) - के ऄधीन हो जाना
Antonyms: average, norm, normal Meaning: become subject to (something unwelcome

Usage: "there are a number of anomalies in the or unpleasant) as a result of one's own behaviour or
present system" actions.

Synonyms: suffer, sustain, experience
8) Unprecedented (Adjective) - ऄभूतपूवथ Antonyms:avoid

Meaning: never done or known before. Usage: "I will pay any expenses incurred"
Synonyms: unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched
Antonyms: normal, common 3) Certitude (Noun) - तनतितता

Meaning: absolute certainty or conviction that Antonyms: hope, hopefulness
something is the case. Usage: "she wrote to him in desperation"
Synonyms: certainty, confidence, sureness

Antonyms:doubt 8) Dwindling (Verb)– कम करना या घटाना
Usage: "the question may never be answered with Meaning: diminish gradually in size, amount, or
certitude" strength.
Synonyms: diminish, decrease, reduce
4) Daunting (Adjective) - भयभीत करने वाला Antonyms: increase, flourish
Meaning: seeming difficult to deal with in prospect; Usage: "traffic has dwindled to a trickle"
intimidating.
Synonyms: intimidating, formidable, disconcerting 9) Combat (Noun) - युद्ध

Antonyms: encouraging, heartening Meaning: fighting between armed forces.
Usage: "a daunting task" Synonyms:battle, fighting, action
Antonyms: agreement, armistice, peace
5) Zeal (Noun) - बड़ी उजाथ या ईत्साहया जोश Usage: "five Hurricanes were shot down in combat"
Meaning: great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a
cause or an objective. 10) Appalling (Adjective) - भय ईत्पन्न करनेवाला
Synonyms: passion, zealousness, committedness Meaning: causing shock or dismay; horrific.
Antonyms: apathy, indifference Synonyms: shocking, horrific, horrifying

Usage: "his zeal for privatization" Antonyms: comforting, consolatory
Usage: "the cat suffered appalling injuries during the
6) Amid (Preposition)– के बीच में attack"
Meaning: surrounded by; in the middle of.

Synonyms: in the middle of, surrounded by Editorial 18 – 05 – 2020
Antonyms: surrounding 1) Manifold (Noun) - कइ गुनाया तवतवध

Usage: "our dream home, set amid magnificent Meaning: many and various.
rolling countryside" Synonyms: many, numerous, multiple

Antonyms: one, same, single
7) Desperation (Noun) - तनराशा Usage: "the implications of this decision were

Meaning: a state of despair, typically one which manifold"
results in rash or extreme behaviour.
Synonyms: hopelessness, despair, distress 2) Inevitable (Adjective) - ऄपररहायथ

Meaning: certain to happen; unavoidable. Meaning: something that is one's duty or
Synonyms: unavoidable, inescapable responsibility.
Antonyms:avoidable, uncertain Synonyms: burden, responsibility, liability

Usage: "war was inevitable" Antonyms: advantage, aid
Usage: "the onus is on you to show that you have

3) Complacent (Adjective) - अत्मतुष्ट suffered loss"
Meaning: showing smug or uncritical satisfaction
with oneself or one's achievements. 8) Exacerbated (Verb)– बढ़ा देना
Synonyms: smug, self-satisfied Meaning: make (a problem, bad situation, or

Antonyms:dissatisfied, humble negative feeling) worse.
Usage: "you can't afford to be complacent about Synonyms: aggravate, make worse, worsen
security" Antonyms: calm, reduce
Usage: "the exorbitant cost of land in urban areas
4) Usher (Noun) - ईपतशक्षक only exacerbated the problem"
Meaning: show or guide (someone) somewhere.

Synonyms: escort, accompany, help 9) Ostensibly (Adverb) - जातहरा तौर पर
Antonyms: trail, cease, close Meaning: as appears or is stated to be true, though
Usage: "a waiter ushered me to a table" not necessarily so; apparently.
Synonyms:apparently, seemingly
5) Fraught (Adjective) - चचततत, परे शान Antonyms: genuinely, really, truly
Meaning: causing or affected by anxiety or stress. Usage: "the party secretary resigned, ostensibly from
Synonyms: anxious, worried, upset ill health"
Antonyms: calm
Usage: "there was a fraught silence" 10) Jettisoning (Verb)– बंद कर देना या त्याग देना
Meaning: abandon or discard (someone or

6) Outlay (Noun) - पररव्यय something that is no longer wanted).
Meaning: an amount of money spent on something. Synonyms: dump, drop, ditch

Synonyms: expenditure, expenses, spending Antonyms: load, keep, retain
Antonyms: blessing, boon, income Usage: "the scheme was jettisoned"

Usage: "a modest outlay on local advertising"
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7) Onus (Noun) - बोझ, तजम्मेद ारी, दातयत्व 1) Stimulus (Noun) - ईद्दीपन

Meaning: a thing or event that evokes a specific Antonyms: apathetic, indifferent
functional reaction in an organ or tissue. Usage: "they both enthused over my new look"
Synonyms: spur, stimulant, encouragement

Antonyms: deterrent, discouragement 6) Gamble (Verb) - जुअखेलना
Usage: "areas of the brain which respond to auditory Meaning: play games of chance for money; bet.
stimuli" Synonyms: bet, wager, place a bet
Antonyms: banker, certainty
2) Crank (Noun)– शुरू करना Usage: "he gambles on football"
Meaning: give a bend to

Synonyms: start, turn (over), get going 7) Egregious (Adjective) - बहुत बुरा या चौंका देने वाला
Antonyms: low-spirited, sullen Meaning: outstandingly bad; shocking.

Usage: "I've cranked the shaft of the gear lever to Synonyms: shocking, appalling, horrific
get it further away from the dashboard" Antonyms: marvellous
Usage: "egregious abuses of copyright"
3) Desperate (Adjective) -बेकरार

Meaning: feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a 8) Sedition (Noun) - भड़काना
situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with. Meaning: conduct or speech inciting people to rebel
Synonyms: despairing, hopeless, anguished against the authority of a state or monarch.
Antonyms:cheerful, composed Synonyms: provocation, inflaming

Usage: "a desperate sadness enveloped Ruth" Antonyms: calm, obedience
Usage: In March 1848, authorities charged several
4) Ensuing (Noun)–पररणाम, तवकतसत हुअ leading nationalists with sedition.
Meaning: happen or occur afterwards or as a result.

Synonyms: result, follow, develop 9) Befuddling (Verb) - मदहोश हो जाना
Antonyms: antecedent, preceding, anterior Meaning: cause to become unable to think clearly.
Usage: "the difficulties which ensued from their Synonyms:confused, muddled, addled
commitment to Cuba" Antonyms: clear

Usage: "even in my befuddled state I could see that
5) Enthused (Verb) - ऄतत ईत्सातहत करना they meant trouble"

Meaning: express eager enjoyment, interest, or
approval regarding something. 10) Intimidate (Verb) - धमकाना
Synonyms: rave, be enthusiastic

Meaning: frighten or overawe (someone), especially Antonyms: created, conceived
in order to make them do what one wants. Usage: "it might be impractical to replicate Eastern
Synonyms: frighten, menace, terrify culture in the west"

Antonyms: assist, assure, calm
Usage: "the forts are designed to intimidate the 5) Ubiquitous (Adjective) - सवथव्यापक
nationalist population" Meaning: present, appearing, or found everywhere.
Synonyms: omnipresent, ever-present
Editorial 20 – 05 – 2020 Antonyms: rare, scarce
1) Obsessed (Verb) - जुनून सवारहोना Usage: "his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the
Meaning: preoccupy or fill the mind of (someone) family"
continually and to a troubling extent.

Synonyms: possess, haunt, consume 6) Shrug (Noun) - ईचकाना
Antonyms: aloof, detached Meaning: dismiss something as unimportant.
Usage: "he was obsessed with the idea of revenge" Synonyms: disregard, dismiss
Antonyms: nod, agree

2) Leapt (Verb)–छलांग लगाना Usage: "the managing director shrugged off the
Meaning: jump or spring a long way, to a great criticism"
height, or with great force.
Synonyms: jump, vault over, vault 7) Protracted (Adjective) - दीघथकातलक

Antonyms: allowed, declined, decreased Meaning: lasting for a long time or longer than
Usage: "he leapt on to the parapet" expected or usual.
Synonyms: prolonged, extended, stretched out
3) Plea (Noun) - दलील Antonyms: brief, short

Meaning: a request made in an urgent and emotional Usage: "a protracted and bitter dispute"
manner.
Synonyms: appeal, entreaty, supplication 8) Indicted (Verb) - औपचाररक रूप से अरोप लगाना
Antonyms: answer, decision, demand Meaning: formally accuse of or charge with a crime.
Usage: "he made a dramatic plea for disarmament" Synonyms: summons, cite
Antonyms: acquit
4) Replicated (Verb)– नक़ल करना Usage: "his former manager was indicted for fraud"
Meaning: make an exact copy of; reproduce.
Synonyms: copy, reproduce, duplicate 9) Oust (Verb) - बाहर तनकालना

Meaning: drive out or expel (someone) from a Synonyms: tenacious, persevering, determined
position or place. Antonyms:irresolute
Synonyms:expel, force out, throw out Usage: "one of the government's most persistent
Antonyms: accept, allow, appoint critics"
Usage: "the reformists were ousted from power"

4) Devolve (Verb) - हस्तान्तररत होना
10) Splintering (Verb)–खमाची करना Meaning: transfer or delegate (power) to a lower
Meaning: break or cause to break into small sharp level
fragments. Synonyms: depute, transfer

Synonyms: shatter, break into tiny pieces Antonyms: centralize, retain
Antonyms: unification, union Usage: "measures to devolve power to a Scottish

Usage: "the soap box splintered" assembly"
Editorial 21 – 05 – 2020 5) Imperative (Adjective) - महत्वपूणथ
1) Confined (Adjective) - परररुद्ध Meaning: of vital importance; crucial.

Meaning: restricted in area or volume; cramped. Synonyms: all-important, vital, crucial
Synonyms: cramped, constricted, restricted Antonyms: unimportant, optional
Antonyms: open, roomy Usage: "immediate action was imperative"
Usage: "her fear of confined spaces"

6) Shaky (Adjective) - कााँपना
2) Etiquette (Noun) – तशष्टाचार Meaning: shaking or trembling.
Meaning: the customary code of polite behaviour in Synonyms: trembling, shaking, tremulous
society or among members of a particular profession Antonyms: steady

or group. Usage: "she managed a shaky laugh"
Synonyms: protocol, polite behaviour

Antonyms: discourtesy, immorality 7) Resumption (Noun) - पुनरारं भ
Usage: "the rules of etiquette are changing" Meaning: the action of beginning something again
after a pause or interruption.
3) Persistent (Adjective) - दृढ़ Synonyms: restart, restarting, recommencement

Meaning: continuing firmly or obstinately in an Antonyms: suspension, abandonment
opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or Usage: "with peace came the resumption of foreign
opposition. imports"

Meaning: accept or act in accordance with (a rule,
8) Intermittent (Adjective) - अंतरातयक decision, or recommendation).
Meaning: occurring at irregular intervals; not Synonyms: obey, observe, follow

continuous or steady. Antonyms:flout, reject
Synonyms: sporadic, irregular, fitful Usage: "I said I would abide by their decision"
Antonyms: continuous, steady
Usage: "intermittent rain" 3) Contested (Verb) - तवरोध, अपतत्त, चुनौती
Meaning: oppose (an action or theory) as mistaken
9) Prudent (Adjective) - तववेकी or wrong.

Meaning: acting with or showing care and thought for Synonyms: oppose, object to, challenge
the future. Antonyms:agree with

Synonyms:wise, well judged, judicious Usage: "the former chairman contests his dismissal"
Antonyms: unwise, imprudent, incautious
Usage: "no prudent money manager would authorize 4) Obstruct (Verb) - बाधा डालना
a loan without first knowing its purpose" Meaning: block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or
get in the way of.
10) Semblance (Noun) - बाहरी ददखावा Synonyms: block, block up, clog
Meaning: the outward appearance or apparent form Antonyms: clear
of something, especially when the reality is different. Usage: "she was obstructing the entrance"
Synonyms: appearance, outward appearance
Antonyms: back, character, concrete 5) Brigade (Noun) - आकाइ, टु कड़ी, बटातलयन
Usage: "she tried to force her thoughts back into Meaning: a subdivision of an army, typically
some semblance of order" consisting of a small number of infantry battalions

and/or other units and forming part of a division.
Editorial 22 – 05 – 2020 Synonyms: unit, contingent, battalion

1) Escalate (Verb) - तेजी से वृतद्धहोना Antonyms: individual, one, whole
Meaning: increase rapidly. Usage: "he commanded a brigade of 3,000 men"

Synonyms: soar, rocket, shoot up
Antonyms: plunge 6) Revive (Verb) - पुनरजीतवत करना

Usage: "the price of tickets escalated" Meaning: give new strength or energy to.
Synonyms: reinvigorate, revitalize, refresh
2) Abide (Verb) - पालन करना Antonyms: torpefy

Usage: "the cool, refreshing water revived us all" Synonyms: worsen, get worse, decline
Antonyms: improve
7) Impetus (Noun) - गतत, प्रणोदन, अवेग Usage: "relations between the countries had
Meaning: the force or energy with which a body deteriorated sharply"
moves.
Synonyms: momentum, propulsion, impulsion 2) Nadir (Noun) - तनम्नतम स्तर
Antonyms: disincentive, block, check Meaning: the lowest or most unsuccessful point in a
Usage: "hit the booster coil before the flywheel loses situation.
all its impetus" Synonyms: rock-bottom, the depths

8) Protracted (Adjective) - दीघथकातलक Antonyms:zenith, acme
Meaning: lasting for a long time or longer than Usage: "asking that question was the nadir of my
expected or usual. career"
Synonyms: prolonged, extended, stretched out
Antonyms: brief, short, fleeting 3) Shambles (Noun) – ऄव्यवस्था, कु ल तवकार की तस्थतत
Usage: "a protracted and bitter dispute" Meaning: a state of total disorder.
Synonyms: chaos, mess, muddle
9) Reliable (Adjective) - तवश्वसनीय Antonyms: orderliness, calm, harmony
Meaning: consistently good in quality or Usage: "my career was in a shambles"
performance; able to be trusted.

Synonyms:dependable, good, well founded 4) Empathy (Noun) - समानुभूतत
Antonyms: unreliable, untrustworthy, dodgy Meaning: the ability to understand and share the
Usage: "a reliable source of information" feelings of another
Synonyms: togetherness, closeness to

10) Precarious (Noun) - संयोग पर तनभथर Antonyms: distance
Meaning: dependent on chance; uncertain. Usage: I did not have empathy for the characters
Synonyms: uncertain, insecure, unreliable
Antonyms: safe, secure 5) Daunting (Adjective) - भयभीत करने वाला

Usage: "he made a precarious living as a painter" Meaning: seeming difficult to deal with in prospect;
intimidating.
Editorial 23 – 05 – 2020 Synonyms: intimidating, formidable, disconcerting
1) Deteriorate (Verb) - तबगड़ जाना Antonyms: encouraging, heartening
Meaning: become progressively worse. Usage: "a daunting task"

Meaning: a person's orders or command.
6) Accumulated (Verb) - संतचत Synonyms: instruction, bidding, request
Meaning: gather together or acquire an increasing Antonyms: answer, question, reply

number or quantity of. Usage: "they had assembled at his behest"
Synonyms: gather, collect, assemble

Antonyms: dissipate Editorial 25 – 05 – 2020
Usage: "investigators have yet to accumulate 1) Languish (Noun) - कमजोर हो जाना
enough evidence" Meaning: lose or lack vitality; grow weak.
Synonyms: weaken, grow weak, deteriorate

7) Nurtured (Verb) – पालना Antonyms: thrive, flourish
Meaning: care for and protect (someone or Usage: "plants may appear to be languishing simply
something) while they are growing. because they are dormant"
Synonyms: bring up, care for
Antonyms: neglect, hinder 2) Remunerative (Verb) - पाररश्रतमक-संबंधी
Usage: "Jarrett was nurtured by his parents in a Meaning: financially rewarding; lucrative.
close-knit family" Synonyms: lucrative, well paid
Antonyms: unprofitable, loss-making
8) Lethal (Adjective) - जानलेवा Usage: "highly remunerative activities"
Meaning: very harmful or destructive.

Synonyms: fatal, deadly, mortal 3) Rendered (Verb) - प्रदान करना या देना
Antonyms: harmless, safe Meaning: provide or give (a service, help, etc.).
Usage: "the Krakatoa eruption was the most lethal Synonyms: give, provide, supply
on record" Antonyms: ignored, neglected, disregarded

Usage: "money serves as a reward for services
9) Contention (Noun) - तववाद rendered"

Meaning: heated disagreement.
Synonyms:disagreement, dispute, disputation 4) Buoyant (Adjective) - प्रसन्नतचत्त

Antonyms: agreement Meaning: cheerful and optimistic.
Usage: "the captured territory was the main area of Synonyms: cheerful, cheery, happy
contention between the two countries" Antonyms: depressed, pessimistic
Usage: "the conference ended with the party in a
10) Behest (Noun)– अज्ञा या अदेश buoyant mood"

Meaning: a dishonest or unprincipled man.
5) Catastrophic (Adjective) - तवपतत्तपूणथ Synonyms: scoundrel, villain, reprobate
Meaning: extremely unfortunate or unsuccessful. Antonyms: honest, straight, frank, open

Synonyms: disastrous, calamitous, cataclysmic Usage: "you are a rogue and an embezzler"
Antonyms: fortunate, beneficial

Usage: "catastrophic mismanagement of the 10) Litigant (Noun) - मुक़दमेबाज़
economy" Meaning: a person involved in a lawsuit.
Synonyms: litigator, opponent in law, opponent,
6) Reliable (Adjective) - तवश्वसनीय contestant

Meaning: consistently good in quality or Antonyms: defendant, suspect
performance; able to be trusted. Usage: Number One is the represented litigant who
Synonyms: dependable, good, well founded is compensated for both costs and counsel fees.
Antonyms: unreliable, untrustworthy, dodgy
Usage: "a reliable source of information" Editorial 26 – 05 – 2020
1) Resumption (Noun) - पुनरारं भ

7) Imperilled (Verb) - संकट में डालना Meaning: the action of beginning something again
Meaning: put at risk of being harmed, injured, or after a pause or interruption.
destroyed. Synonyms: restart, restarting, recommencement
Synonyms: endanger, jeopardize, risk, put at risk Antonyms: suspension, abandonment

Antonyms: alright, agreeable, copacetic Usage: "with peace came the resumption of foreign
Usage: "they advised against tax increases for fear imports"
of imperilling the recovery"
2) Unrelenting (Adjective) - बेद दथ

8) Extradite (Verb) - प्रत्यर्थपत करना Meaning: not giving way to kindness or compassion.
Meaning: hand over (a person accused or convicted Synonyms: continual, constant, continuous
of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in Antonyms:intermittent, spasmodic
which the crime was committed. Usage: "unrelenting opponents"

Synonyms: deport, hand over, send back
Antonyms: hold, keep, admit, allow 3) Legitimate (Adjective) - कानूनी

Usage: "Brazil refused to extradite him to Britain" Meaning: conforming to the law or to rules.
Synonyms: legal, lawful, licit
9) Rogue (Noun) - कपटी मनुष्य Antonyms:illegal, illegitimate

Usage: "his claims to legitimate authority" Meaning: done at random or without careful
judgement.
4) Aggravated (Verb) – कष्टप्रदकरना Synonyms: non-selective, unselective,

Meaning: annoy or exasperate. undiscriminating
Synonyms: annoy, irritate, exasperate Antonyms: selective, discriminating, systematic

Antonyms: calm, conciliate Usage: "the indiscriminate use of antibiotics can
Usage: "military action would only aggravate the cause problems"
situation"
9) Prosecute (Verb) -ऄतभयोतजत करना

5) Bungled (Verb) - गड़बड़करना Meaning: carry on (a trade or pursuit).
Meaning: carry out (a task) clumsily or Synonyms:pursue, carry on, conduct

incompetently. Antonyms: give up
Synonyms: mishandle, mismanage, mess up Usage: "I am waiting for permission to prosecute my
Antonyms: succeed in, manage successfully craft"
Usage: "he bungled his first attempt to manage a

group of professional players" 10) Quashing (Verb) - रद्द करने
Meaning: reject as invalid, especially by legal
6) Wane (Verb)–कमी या तगरावटहोना procedure.
Meaning: decrease in vigour or extent; become Synonyms: cancel, reverse, rescind

weaker. Antonyms: validate
Synonyms: decrease, decline, diminish Usage: "his conviction was quashed on appeal"
Antonyms: increase, grow
Usage: "confidence in the dollar waned" Editorial 27 – 05 – 2020

1) Fillip (Noun) - ईत्तेजना
7) Reckless (Adjective) - लापरवाह Meaning: something which acts as a stimulus or

Meaning: heedless of danger or the consequences boost to an activity.
of one's actions; rash or impetuous. Synonyms: stimulus, stimulation

Synonyms: rash, careless, thoughtless Antonyms: curb
Antonyms: careful, cautious, prudent Usage: "the halving of car tax would provide a fillip to
Usage: "you mustn't be so reckless" sales"
8) Indiscriminate (Adjective) -ऄंधाधुंध 2) Becalmed (Verb) – फं से हुए ऄसहाय

Meaning: leave (a sailing ship) unable to move
through lack of wind. 7) Accrued (Verb) - प्रोद्भूh तहोना
Synonyms: stranded, stuck, marooned Meaning: be received by someone in regular or

Antonyms: active, mobile, moving increasing amounts over time.
Usage: "both boats hung on before the whole fleet Synonyms: result, arise, follow
was becalmed south of Rampholme" Antonyms: declined, dropped
Usage: "financial benefits will accrue from
3) Tumbled (Verb) - रातश या मूल्य में तेजी से तगरावट restructuring"
Meaning: fall rapidly in amount or value.

Synonyms: plummet, plunge, dive 8) Ascent (Noun) - अरोहण
Antonyms:rise, soar Meaning: a climb or walk to the summit of a

Usage: "property prices tumbled" mountain or hill.
Synonyms: climb, scaling, conquest
4) Slump (Verb) - भारी और सीतमत रूप से तगर
ना Antonyms: descent
Meaning: sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply. Usage: "the first ascent of the Matterhorn"
Synonyms: flop, flump, collapse
Antonyms: stand up, sit up 9) Quagmire (Noun) - दलदल
Usage: "she slumped against the cushions" Meaning: a soft boggy area of land that gives way
underfoot.
5) Tinkered (Verb) - सुधार करने का प्रयास। Synonyms:swamp, morass, bog
Meaning: attempt to repair or improve something in a Antonyms: advantage, agreement
casual or desultory way. Usage: "torrential rain turned the building site into a
Synonyms: try to mend/improve, work amateurishly quagmire"

on
Antonyms: broke, brake 10) Acerbic (Adjective) -तेज, व्यंग्यात्मक

Usage: "he spent hours tinkering with the car" Meaning: sharp and forthright.
Synonyms: sharp, sarcastic, sardonic

6) Benign (Adjective) - कोमल और दयालु Antonyms: mild, kind
Meaning: gentle and kind. Usage: "his acerbic wit"

Synonyms: kindly, kind, warm-hearted
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Usage: "his benign but firm manner" 1) Lurks (Verb) - दुबकना

Meaning: be or remain hidden so as to wait in 6) Blight (Noun) - हातन पहुंचाने वाला
ambush for someone or something. Meaning: a thing that spoils or damages something.
Synonyms: skulk, loiter, lie in wait Synonyms: affliction, scourge, bane

Antonyms: appear Antonyms: blessing
Usage: "a ruthless killer still lurked in the darkness" Usage: "the vacant properties are a blight on the
neighbourhood"
2) Amplify (Verb) - बढ़ाना
Meaning: increase the volume of (sound), especially 7) Precipitated (Verb) - ऄनपेतक्षत
using an amplifier. Meaning: cause (an event or situation, typically one

Synonyms: louden, make louder that is undesirable) to happen suddenly,
Antonyms:reduce, quieten unexpectedly, or prematurely.

Usage: "the accompanying chords have been Synonyms: cause, lead to, occasion
amplified in our arrangement" Antonyms: prevented, stopped
Usage: "the incident precipitated a political crisis"
3) Arcane (Adjective) -रहस्यमय, गुप्त

Meaning: understood by few; mysterious or secret. 8) Conducive (Adjective) - ऄनुकूल
Synonyms: mysterious, secret, hidden Meaning: making a certain situation or outcome
Antonyms:well known, open likely or possible.
Usage: "arcane procedures for electing people" Synonyms: good for, helpful to
Antonyms: unhelpful, useless
4) Noxious (Adjective) - हातनकारक Usage: "the harsh lights and cameras were hardly
Meaning: harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant. conducive to a relaxed atmosphere"
Synonyms: poisonous, toxic, deadly

Antonyms: innocuous, safe, pleasant 9) Disparate (Adjective) - मुक़्ततलफ़
Usage: "they were overcome by the noxious fumes" Meaning: essentially different in kind; not able to be
compared.
5) Antiquated (Adjective) – प्राचीन,पुराने ढंग का Synonyms:contrasting, different, differing

Meaning: old-fashioned or outdated. Antonyms: homogeneous
Synonyms: outdated, out of date Usage: "they inhabit disparate worlds of thought"
Antonyms: current, modern
Usage: "this antiquated central heating system" 10) Equitable (Adjective) - सातम्यक
Meaning: fair and impartial.

Synonyms: fair, just, impartial Antonyms: Depriving, Dispossessing, Divesting
Antonyms: inequitable, unfair Usage: Even at the Ivies they dress in the standard
Usage: "the equitable distribution of resources" rigging of the college student: T-shirt and jeans
5) Incite (Verb) - उत्तेतितकरना

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Meaning: Encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful
behaviour).
1) Tirade (Noun) - ननदा-भाषण
Synonyms: Work up, Encourage, Stimulate
Meaning: A long, angry speech of criticism or
Antonyms: Suppress, Dissuade, Deter
accusation.
Usage: They conspired to incite riots
Synonyms: Diatribe, Invective, Polemic,
Denunciation
6) Prognosis (Noun) - रोगकातनदान
Antonyms: Compliment, Praise, Calm
Meaning: The likely course of a medical condition.
Usage: He went into a tirade about the failures of the
Synonyms: Forecast, Prediction, Projection
government. The coach directed a tirade at the team
Usage: It is very difficult to make an accurate
after the loss.
prognosis
2) Scorn (Verb) - अवमाननायाततरस्कारकरना

7) Bulwark (Noun) - एकरक्षात्मकदीवार
Meaning: Feel or express contempt or disdain for.
Meaning: A defensive wall.
Synonyms: Deride, Disdain, disparage,
Synonyms: Rampart, Fortification, Parapet
Antonyms: Admire, Respect
Antonyms: Assail, Assault, Attack
Usage: The minister scorned Labour's attempt to
Usage: Democratic principles that stand as a
woo voters
bulwark against tyranny
3) Incendiary (Noun) - तवस्फोटक, बम (आगलगानेवाला)
Meaning: An incendiary bomb or device

8) Disrupt (Verb) - बाधाडालना
Synonyms: Explosive, Bomb
Meaning: Interrupt (an event, activity, or process) by
Antonyms: Conciliatory
causing a disturbance or problem.
Usage: The Holy City was blasted by incendiaries
Synonyms: Distort, Damage, Buckle, Warp
Antonyms: organize, Arrange

4) Rigging (Verb) – हेरफे रकरना
Usage: Flooding disrupted rail services
Meaning: Manage or conduct (something)
fraudulently so as to gain an advantage

9) Collapse (Verb) - ढहना
Synonyms: Manipulate, Influence, Pervert

Meaning: (of a structure) suddenly fall down or give Antonyms: peace, harmony
way. Usage: "tinder-dry conditions sparked fears of a
Synonyms: Cave in, Fall in, Subside conflagration in many drought-devastated

Antonyms: Hold up communities"
Usage: The roof collapsed on top of me 4) Assertion (Noun) - ऄतभकथन

Meaning: a confident and forceful statement of fact
10) Dent (Verb) - कमकरना or belief.
Meaning: Have an adverse effect on; diminish. Synonyms: declaration, contention, statement
Synonyms: Diminish, Reduce, Lessen, Shrink Antonyms: disavowal, denial

Antonyms: Increase Usage: "his assertion that his father had deserted
Usage: He hit a concrete bollard, denting the wing the family"
Editorial 30 – 05 – 2020 5) Vulnerable (Adjective) - भेद्य

1) Skirmish (Noun) - झड़प Meaning: exposed to the possibility of being attacked
Meaning: an episode of irregular or unpremeditated or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

fighting, especially between small or outlying parts of Synonyms: at risk, endangered, unsafe
armies or fleets. Antonyms: invulnerable, resilient
Synonyms: fight, battle, clash Usage: "we were in a vulnerable position"
Antonyms: accord, agreement, calm

Usage: "the unit was caught in several skirmishes 6) Unrelenting (Adjective) - बेद दथ
and the commanding officer was killed" Meaning: not giving way to kindness or compassion.
Synonyms: continual, constant, continuous
2) Sober (Adjective) - गंभीर, समझदार Antonyms: intermittent, spasmodic

Meaning: serious, sensible, and solemn. Usage: "unrelenting opponents"
Synonyms: serious, sensible, solemn

Antonyms:light-hearted, frivolous, sensational 7) Lurch (Verb) - ऄचानक एक ओर को लड़खड़ाहट
Usage: "a sober view of life" Meaning: make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled
movement or series of movements; stagger.
3) Conflagration (Noun) - अग Synonyms: stagger, stumble, sway

Meaning: an extensive fire which destroys a great Antonyms: tiptoe
deal of land or property. Usage: "the car lurched forward"
Synonyms: fire, blaze, flames

8) Abnegation (Noun) - त्याग, ऄस्वीकृ तत Usage: "the government took the unprecedented
Meaning: the action of renouncing or rejecting step of releasing confidential correspondence"
something.
Synonyms: renunciation, rejection, refusal 10) Abdication (Noun) - त्यागपि, सेवातनवृतत्त
Antonyms: acceptance Meaning: an act of abdicating or renouncing the

Usage: "abnegation of political power" throne.
Synonyms: resignation, retirement, relinquishment
9) Unprecedented (Adjective) - ऄभूतपूवथ Antonyms: coronation
Meaning: never done or known before. Usage: "Edward VIII did not marry until after his
Synonyms:unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched abdication"
Antonyms: normal, common

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May Month Editorial Vocabulary - 2020

Editorial 01 – 05 – 2020 Antonyms: disparaging, damning

1) Paramount (Adjective) - अला दजे का Usage: "enthusiastic and laudatory articles"

Meaning: more important than anything else;

supreme. 5) Buttress (Verb)–मजबूत या सुद ृढ़ करना

Antonyms: least, last, inferior reinforce.

importance" Antonyms: weaken, let down, undermine

2) Repudiated (Verb) – ऄस्वीकारकरना

previous party leaders" Antonyms: opponent

Usage: "he was a strong adherent of monetarism"

permitted or appropriate. or urging someone to behave unlawfully.

Synonyms: brazenness, audacity, boldness Synonyms: urging, goading, spurring on

enraged at his presumption" murder"

4) Laudatory (Adjective) - प्रशंसा, बधाइ 8) Dispensation (Noun) - छू ट, प्रततरक्षा

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Antonyms: responsibility, liability, obligation something bad is going to happen; threateningly

Antonyms:promising, auspicious, propitious

Synonyms:support, backing, approval 3) Protracted (Adjective) - दीघथकातलक

Usage: "the issue of full independence received expected or usual.

Meaning: exceed; be greater than.

in 1929" Synonyms: free from, not liable to, not subject to

1) Portends (Noun) - पूवथसूचक

likely to happen. Synonyms: flop, flump, collapse

Antonyms: retrodict Usage: "she slumped against the cushions"

6) Cascading (Verb) - तेजी से नीचे की ओर डालना

Synonyms: pour, gush, surge

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Usage: "barring accidents, we should win"

Meaning: fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong. 2) Lauded (Verb) - प्रशंसा करना

remaining stairs" Antonyms:condemn, criticize

Meaning: of vital importance; crucial. 4) Adjourn (Verb) – स्थतगतकरना

Antonyms: unimportant, optional Synonyms: withdraw, retire, retreat

Usage: "immediate action was imperative" Antonyms: assemble, continue

Usage: "they adjourned to a local pub"

Antonyms: calm, soothe, please Synonyms: die, lose one's life

Usage: "a great part of his army perished of hunger

1) Barring (Preposition) - के तसवाय

Meaning: except for; if not for. 6) Expatriate (Adjective) - देशतनष्कातसती

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Meaning: denoting or relating to a person living

outside their native country. Editorial 06 – 05 – 2020

Synonyms: emigrant, living abroad 1) Adjoining (Verb) - साथ लगा हुअ

Usage: "expatriate workers" room, or piece of land).

Synonyms: unparalleled, unequalled, unmatched 2) Vantage (Noun) -सहूतलयत

Usage: "the government took the unprecedented something.

Meaning: flourishing or spreading unchecked. front garden"

Synonyms: result, follow, develop

populated. commitment to Cuba"

Synonyms:crowded, congested, packed

10) Dismal (Adjective) - तनराशाजनक Synonyms: confidence, self-confidence, self-esteem

seem like evening"

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especially in voting. Meaning: discourage (someone) from doing

Synonyms: deputy, representative, substitute something by instilling doubt or fear of the

6) Percolate (Verb) - तनस्पंद न seeking re-election"

Meaning: filter gradually through a porous surface or

7) Solidarity (Noun) - एकजुटता Editorial 07 – 05 – 2020

mutual support within a group. outside their native country.

Antonyms: antagonism, disagreement Antonyms: native, indigenous

Synonyms: anxiety, fear, dread Usage: "asylum seekers facing deportation"

Meaning: strict, precise, and exacting.

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Antonyms:lenient, flexible patient"