The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary of 3rd July 2021

In this article, all the important vocabulary of The Hindu Editorial dated 3rd July 2021 is discussed with their meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and usage in a sentence.

1-Ailing

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning (English): experiencing difficulty and problems

Meaning (Odia): ଅସୁସ୍ଥ

Use: She’s been ailing for some time.

Synonyms: sickly, sick, ill, indisposed, unwell

Antonym: well

2-Evict

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning (English): to force someone to leave somewhere

Meaning (Odia): ବହିଷ୍କାର କର

Use: Tenants who fall behind in their rent risk being evicted.

Synonyms: ban, banish, discharge

Antonyms: reinstate, admit, settle

3-Pity

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning (English): a feeling of sadness or sympathy for someone else’s unhappiness or difficult situation

Meaning (Odia): ଦୟା

Use: The girl stood gazing in/with pity at the old lion in the cage.

Synonyms: commiseration, compassion

Antonyms: barbarity, brutality, cruelty

4-Melee

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning (English): a large noisy uncontrolled crowd, in which people are moving in different directions and sometimes fighting with each other

Meaning (Odia): ମେଲି

Use: We lost sight of each other in the melee.

Synonyms: scrimmage

Antonym: peace

5-Strangle

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning (English): to kill someone by pressing their throat so that they cannot breathe

Meaning (Odia): ଦମନ କରିବାକୁ

Use: She had been strangled with her own scarf and her body dumped in the woods.

Synonyms: halter, stifle, choke

Antonyms: resuscitate, revive

6-Impute

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning (English): to say that someone is responsible for something that has happened, especially something bad, or that something is the cause of something else

Meaning (Odia): ଅପରାଧ

Use: I impute his failure to laziness.

Synonyms: ascribe, assign, associate

Antonyms: deny, disconnect, dissociate

7-Sedition

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning (English): language or behavior intended to persuade other people to oppose their government and change it, sometimes by using violence

Meaning (Odia): ଦେଶଦ୍ରୋହ

Use: He himself was tried for sedition and sentenced to ten years in jail.

Synonyms: anarchy, confusion, disintegration

Antonyms: authority, command, control

8-Strident