The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary of 22nd July 2021
In this article, all the important vocabulary of The Hindu Editorial dated 22nd July 2021 is discussed with their meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and usage in a sentence.
1-Snoop
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): to try to find out about other people’s private lives
Meaning (Odia): ଗୁପ୍ତଚର
Use: I don’t mean to snoop, but is there something wrong?
Synonyms: give away, shit, stag, sight, shop, betray, espy
Antonyms: eschew, shun
2-Mitigate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad
Meaning (Odia): ହ୍ରାସ କରନ୍ତୁ
Use: It is unclear how to mitigate the effects of tourism on the island.
Synonyms: palliate, lighten, check, ease, mollify
Antonyms: exacerbate, aggrandize, aggravate, incite
3-Arrant
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning (English): used to say how bad something is
Meaning (Odia): କୁଖ୍ୟାତ
Use: He dismissed the rumours as `arrant nonsense’.
Synonyms: notorious, consummate, atrocious, vile
Antonyms: suspicious, slight, mitigated, likely
4-Impound
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): If the police impound something that belongs to you, they take it away because you have broken the law
Meaning (Odia): ଜବରଦଖଲ କରିବାକୁ
Use: The vehicle was impounded by customs.
Synonyms: seize, poke, impound, confiscate, pound up, pound
Antonyms: free, liberate
5-Perpetrate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): to commit a crime or a violent or harmful act
Meaning (Odia): ପାପ କରିବାକୁ
Use: Did you perpetrate this terrible poem?
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, actualize, bring about
Antonyms: baffle, come short, defeat, destroy
6-Subservient
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning (English): willing to do what other people want, or considering your wishes as less important than those of other people
Meaning (Odia): ଅଧୀନସ୍ଥ
Use: Women were expected to adopt a subservient role/position.
Synonyms: compliant, controllable, deferential, docile
Antonyms: contumacious, disobedient, insubordinate
7-Abatement
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning (English): a reduction in the amount or degree of something
Meaning (Odia): ହ୍ରାସ
Use: The tax abatement will save the business thousands of pounds.
Synonyms: diminution, decrease, lessening, mitigation
Antonyms: Gain, Increase
8-Contrivance
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning (English): a clever device or object that has been invented for a particular purpose
Meaning (Odia): ଉପକରଣ
Use: We stay dry using an ingenious little contrivance called an umbrella.
Synonyms: art, artifice, blind, cheat, craft, cunning
Antonyms: artlessness, candor, fairness, frankness
9-Bivouac
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning (English): a temporary shelter or camp for sleeping in outside, that is not a tent
Meaning (Odia): ବାହାରେ ଶୋଇବା ପାଇଁ ଏକ ଅସ୍ଥାୟୀ ଆଶ୍ରୟସ୍ଥଳ କିମ୍ବା ଶିବିର
Use: We could make a bivouac.
Synonyms: campground, refugee camp, coterie, encampment, pack
Antonyms: Eject, evict
10-Espouse
10th Word: Espouse
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): to become involved with or support an activity or opinion
Meaning (Odia): ପାଳି ଆଣିବା
Use: Vegetarianism is one because she does not espouse.
Synonyms: embrace, adopt, hook up with, acquire, marry, sweep
Antonyms: forsake, give up
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