The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary of 2nd October 2021
In this article, all the important vocabulary of The Hindu Editorial dated 2nd October 2021 is discussed with their meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and usage in a sentence.
1-Dilate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): to (cause a part of the body to) become wider or further open
Meaning (Odia): ବିସ୍ତାର କରିବାକୁ
Use: The pupils of the eyes dilate as darkness increases.
Synonyms: amplify, augment, develop, enlarge
Antonyms: abbreviate, abridge, amputate, boil down
2-Heed
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): to pay attention to something, especially advice or a warning
Meaning (Odia): ଧ୍ୟାନ
Use: Perhaps they should have heeded their own advice.
Synonyms: anxiety, attention, care, caution, charge
Antonyms: carelessness, disregard, heedlessness
3-Haywire
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning (English): to stop working, often in a way that is very sudden and noticeable
Meaning (Odia): ନିର୍ଯ୍ୟାତନା
Use: The television’s gone haywire.
Synonyms: crackers, nutlike, roughened, round the bend
Antonyms: functioning, sane
4-Tantrum
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning (English): a sudden period of uncontrolled anger like a young child’s
Meaning (Odia): ରାଗ
Use: If she doesn’t get her own way she has temper tantrums.
Synonyms: vista, panorama, setting, aspect, picture
Antonyms: calm, quiet
5-Vindictive
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning (English): having or showing a wish to harm someone because you think that they harmed you; unwilling to forgive
Meaning (Odia): ପ୍ରତିଶୋଧ ପରାୟଣ
Use: In the movie “Cape Fear”, a lawyer’s family is threatened by a vindictive former prisoner.
Synonyms: revengeful, spiteful, unforgiving, unrelenting
Antonyms: forgiving, generous, forbearing, merciful
6-Jolt
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): to (cause something or someone to) move suddenly and violently
Meaning (Odia): ଧକ୍କା |
Use: The train stopped unexpectedly and we were jolted forwards.
Synonyms: agitate, brandish, flap, fluctuate
Antonym: Disadvantage
7-Fiasco
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning (English): something planned that goes wrong and is a complete failure, usually in an embarrassing way
Meaning (Odia): ବିଫଳତା
Use: The show was a fiasco – one actor forgot his lines and another fell off the stage.
Synonyms: thrashing, trouncing, walloping, debacle
Antonyms: smash, success
8-Unravel
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): If a piece of knitted or woven cloth, a knot, or a mass of thread unravels, it separates into a single thread, and if you unravel it, you separate it into a single thread
Meaning (Odia): ଖଣ୍ଡବିଖଣ୍ଡିତ
Use: You’d better mend that hole before the whole sweater starts to unravel.
Synonyms: unpick, run, disentangle, ravel out, extricate
Antonyms: ravel, tangle, knot
9-Preposterous
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning (English): very silly or stupid
Meaning (Odia): ଅର୍ଥହୀନ
Use: The very idea is preposterous!
Synonyms: absurd, anomalous, chimerical, erroneous
Antonyms: certain, consistent, demonstrable, demonstrated
10-Capricious
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning (English): changing mood or behaviour suddenly and unexpectedly
Meaning (Odia): ହଠାତ୍ ଏବଂ ଅପ୍ରତ୍ୟାଶିତ ଭାବରେ ମନୋବଳ କିମ୍ବା ଆଚରଣ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ
Use: He was a cruel and capricious tyrant.
Synonyms: faithless, false, fickle, unfaithful
Antonyms: devoted, faithful, firm, incorruptible
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