The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary of 21st May 2021

1-Buoyant

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning (English): Floating

Meaning (Odia): ଭାସମାନ

Use: Cork is light and buoyant.

Synonyms: floaty, chirpy, perky

Antonyms: heavy, heavy-hearted, stolid

2-Usurious

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning (English): A usurious price or rate of interest is one that is unfairly high.

Meaning (Odia): ଉପଯୋଗୀ

Use: They lent money with usurious interest before 1945.

Synonyms: extortionate, usurious, conscienceless

Antonyms: unselfish, moderate

3-Prolong

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning (English): to make something last a long time

Meaning (Odia): ଲମ୍ବା

Use: We do not want to prolong the meeting unnecessarily.

Synonyms: evoke, widen, run

Antonyms: hasten, cease, advance

4-Apathy

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning (English): lack of interest, enthusiasm

Meaning (Odia): ଉଦାସୀନତା

Use: His apathy just made her even more frustrated.

Synonyms: spiritlessness, indifference

Antonyms: feeling, turbulence

5-Catastrophe

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning (English): a sudden event that causes very great trouble or destruction

Meaning (Odia): ବିପର୍ଯ୍ୟୟ

Use: They were warned of the ecological catastrophe to come.

Synonyms: tragedy, calamity, cataclysm

Antonyms: favor, peace, good luck

6-Trepidation

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning (English): fear or worry about what is going to happen

Meaning (Odia): ବ୍ୟସ୍ତତା

Use: We view future developments with some trepidation.

Synonyms: hesitation, fear, agitation

Antonyms: composure, Collectedness

7-Veteran

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning (English): a person who has had a lot of experience of a particular activity

Meaning (Odia): ଅଭିଜ୍ଞ

Use: We often asked the veteran workers for advice.

Synonyms: worry, apprehension

Antonyms: untalented, artless

8-Eccentric

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning (English): strange or unusual

Meaning (Odia): ପାଗଳ

Use: His eccentric behaviour lost him his job.

Synonyms: character, bit, eccentric

Antonyms: ordinary, habitual, plain

9-Nimbly

Part of Speech: Adverb

Meaning (English): in a way that is quick and exact either in movement or thoughts

Meaning (Odia): ଦ୍ରୁତ ବିନିମୟ

Use: She hopped nimbly over the fence.

Synonyms: agilely

Antonyms: doltish

10-Persuasion

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning (English): Changing Ideas

Meaning (Odia): ପ୍ରବର୍ତ୍ତାଇବା

Use: She will help you – she just needs a little gentle persuasion.

Synonyms: thought, view, opinion

Antonyms: dissuasion