The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary of 3rd May 2021

1-Luminous

Part of Speech: Adjective

Mnemonics: luminance + bright

Meaning (English): shining

Meaning (Odia): ତେଜସ୍ୱୀ

Use: The dial on his watch was luminous.

Synonyms: bright, brilliant

Antonyms: dark

2-Malicious

Part of Speech: Adjective

Mnemonics: mal(bad)+us

Meaning (English): Characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm

Meaning (Odia): ଦୁଷ୍କର୍ମ

Use: Danielle was hurt by malicious comments made about her on Facebook

Synonyms: bitchy, catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent

Antonyms: benevolent, benign, benignant, loving, unmalicious

3- Tarnish

Part of Speech: verb

Mnemonics: its opposite of garnish

Meaning (English): Make or become less valuable or respected

Meaning (Odia): କଳଙ୍କିତ କରିବା

Use: If you touch silver too much you will make it tarnish

Synonyms: blemish, darken, mar, poison, spoil, stain, taint, touch, vitiate

Antonyms: cleanse, purify,  dignify, elevate, ennoble, enshrine, glorify, hallow, magnify, uplift

4-Wreck

Part of Speech: Verb

Mnemonics: it sounds like heck which means something unpleasant

Meaning (English): ruin

Meaning (Odia): ନଷ୍ଟ କରିବା

Use: An eye injury wrecked his chances of a professional career.

Synonyms: spoil, disrupt

Antonyms: facilitate

5-Concede

Part of Speech: Verb

Mnemonics: Cede

Meaning (English): Accepting

Meaning (Odia): ଗ୍ରହଣ କରୁଛି

Use: I had to concede that I overreacted to his behavior.

Synonyms: acknowledge, accept

Antonyms: deny

6-Exploit

Part of Speech: Verb

Mnemonics: ex+ploit

Meaning (English): make use of (a situation) in a way considered unfair or underhand.

Meaning (Odia): ଶୋଷଣ କରିବା

Use: These workers are at particular risk of being exploited in the workplace.

Synonyms: make use of, abuse

Antonyms: treat fairly

7-Strained

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning (English): showing signs of nervous tension or tiredness.

Meaning (Odia): ଚାପଗ୍ରସ୍ତ

Use: She gave a strained laugh.

Synonyms: constrained, labored

Antonyms: natural

8-Cramp

Part of Speech: Verb

Mnemonics: coward + ramp

Meaning (English): hinder

Meaning (Odia): ବାଧା ଦେବା ପାଇଁ

Use: Tighter rules cramp economic growth.

Synonyms: impede, inhibit

Antonyms: facilitate

9-Defamation

Part of Speech: Noun

Mnemonics: de + fame, which means to reduce fame of a person

Meaning (English): the action of damaging the reputation of a person or group by saying or writing bad things about them that are not true

Meaning (Odia): ବଦନାମ

Use: She sued him for defamation.

Synonyms: slander, calumny

Antonyms: commendation

10-Horrible

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning (English): The bad

Meaning (Odia): ଖରାପ

Use: The tea made by her tasted absolutely horrible.

Synonyms: disagreeable, unpleasant

Antonyms: pleasant