The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary of 22nd August 2021
In this article, all the important vocabulary of The Hindu Editorial dated 22nd August 2021 is discussed with their meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and usage in a sentence.
1-Cognisance
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning (English): knowledge or awareness
Meaning (Odia): ବିଚାର କରିବା
Use: The government failed to take cognisance of their protest
Synonyms: knowingness, cognisance, cognizance, awareness,
Antonyms: disregard, heedlessness
2-Portray
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): to represent or describe someone or something in a painting, film, book, or other artistic work
Meaning (Odia): ଚିତ୍ରିତ
Use: The painting portrays a beautiful young woman in a blue dress.
Synonyms: draw, delineate, represent, depict, describe
Antonyms: misrepresent, caricature, misportray
3-Decimate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): to kill a large number of something, or to reduce something severely
Meaning (Odia): ବିନାଶ
Use: Populations of endangered animals have been decimated.
Synonyms: obviate, bear off, eat up, crush out, pull off
Antonyms: recreation, restoration
4-Envoy
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning (English): someone who is sent as a representative from one government or organization to another
Meaning (Odia): ଉପରାଜଦୂତ
Use: The envoy bore back to us this good news.
Synonyms: envoi, minister plenipotentiary
Antonyms: receiver
5-Rebuff
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning (English): to refuse to accept a helpful suggestion or offer from someone, often by answering in an unfriendly way
Meaning (Odia): ପୁନର୍ବାର
Use: She rebuffed all suggestions that she should resign.
Synonyms: alienate, estrange, reject, repel
Antonyms: allure, attract, drag, draw, entice, haul
6-Rogue
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning (English): behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a way that causes damage
Meaning (Odia): ଦୁଷ୍ଟ
Use: Mr Ward wasn’t a rogue at all.
Synonyms: vagabond, scamp, rascal, villain, cheat
Antonyms: true-penny, gentleman
7-Embezzlement
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning (English): the crime of secretly taking money that is in your care or that belongs to an organization or business you work for
Meaning (Odia): ଅର୍ଥ ହଡପ
Use: They were arrested for embezzlement of company funds.
Synonyms: misapplication, defalcation, peculation
Antonyms: Return, Compensate
8-Morbidity
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning (English): the condition of suffering from a disease or medical condition.
Meaning (Odia): ରୋଗ
Use: In particular, morbidity for those hospitalised with measles is clearly reduced.
Synonyms: Deadliness, Morbidness
Antonyms: comfortable, joyful
9-Prosaic
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning (English): without interest, imagination, and excitement
Meaning (Odia): ନୀରସ
Use: If only she’d been called Camilla or Flavia instead of the prosaic Jane.
Synonyms: accurate, calculable, calculated, commonplace
Antonyms: chimerical, fanciful, fantastic, grotesque
10-Opulent
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning (English): expensive and luxurious
Meaning (Odia): ଅପୂର୍ବ
Use: Most of the cash went on supporting his opulent lifestyle.
Synonyms: gilded, marvelous, epicurean, heroic
Antonyms: poor
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