SEBI Assistant Manager 2017 के लिए The Hindu Newspaper Editorial Vocabulary

Example/उदाहरण: The trajectory to professional success then crucially hinges on your ability to secure a seat in one of the good colleges.

1. Trajectory [truh-jek-tuh-ree]=प्रक्षेपवक्र

Noun/संज्ञा: the curve described by a projectile, rocket, or the like in its flight; Geometry. a curve or surface that cuts all the curves or surfaces of a given system at a constant angle.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: curve, orbit, path, direction, flight, flow.

Example/उदाहरण: The lack of an adequate number of quality institutions then ratchets up the value of the few better ones unusually high.

2. Ratchet [rach-it]=शाफ़्ट

Noun/संज्ञा: a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.

Verb/क्रिया: to move by degrees (often followed by up or down).

Synonyms/समानार्थी: prong, cogwheel, differential, fang, gear, pinion.

Example/उदाहरण: It puts students into a constant struggle akin to that of ‘survival’.

3. Akin [uh-kin]=संबंधी

Adjective/विशेषण: of kin; related by blood (usually used predicatively); allied by nature; having the same properties; having or showing an affinity; kindred.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: analogous, comparable, similar, affiliated, agnate, alike.

Antonyms: dissimilar, unalike, unlike, alien, disconnected, unconnected.

Example/उदाहरण: It’s an “educational calamity”  in India, unreported, unaddressed and as ubiquitous as invisible.

4. Ubiquitous [yoo-bik-wi-tuh s]=सर्वव्यापक

Adjective/विशेषण: existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: everywhere, omnipresent, pervasive, universal, all-over, ubiquitary, wall-to-wall.

Antonyms/विपरीतार्थी: rare, scarce.

Example/उदाहरण: This is not a rhetoric, but let’s pause for a moment to see what have we internalised.

5. Rhetoric [ret-er-ik]=अलंकार शास्र/भाषण कला

Noun/संज्ञा: (in writing or speech) the undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast; the art or science of all specialized literary uses of language in prose or verse, including the figures of speech; the study of the effective use of language; the ability to use language effectively; the art of prose in general as opposed to verse.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: hyperbole, oratory, address, balderdash, bombast, composition.

Antonyms/विपरीतार्थी: quiet, conciseness.

6. Internalise [in-tur-nl-ahyz]=सन्निहित करना

Verb: to incorporate (the cultural values, mores, motives, etc., of another or of a group), as through learning, socialization, or identification; to make subjective or give a subjective character to; Linguistics. to acquire (a linguistic rule, structure, etc.) as part of one’s language competence.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: embody, incarnate, incorporate, personalize, attribute, impute, manifest.

Antonym: detach.

Example/उदाहरण: In the long run, instilling such loathing of failure among our students drives them to calibrate their ethical compass to what wins, not what is right.

7. Loathing [loh-th ing]=घृणा

Noun/संज्ञा: strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: contempt, disgust, dislike, enmity, hatred, revulsion, detestation, repugnance.

Antonyms/विपरीतार्थी: admiration, approval, like, liking, love, loving, respect.

8. Calibrate [kal-uh-breyt]=जांच करना

Verb: to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements); to divide or mark with gradations, graduations, or other indexes of degree, quantity, etc., as on a thermometer, measuring cup, or the like.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: balance, correct, fine-tune, fix, improve, overhaul, readjust, regulate.

Antonyms/विपरीतार्थी: disorganize, break, damage, destroy, dull, hurt.

Example/उदाहरण: You either have intellectually elite colleges, a handful of them,  or a vast majority of mediocre ones which have lost their ability to even signal the quality of their students — one of the most basic purposes for an educational institution to exist.

9. Intellectual [in-tl-ek-choo-uh l]=बुद्धिजीवी

Adjective/विशेषण: appealing to or engaging the intellect; of or relating to the intellect or its use; possessing or showing intellect or mental capacity, especially to a high degree; guided or developed by or relying on the intellect rather than upon emotions or feelings; rational.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: brilliantly, judiciously, logically, prudently, rationally, reasonably, sensibly.

Antonyms/विपरीतार्थी: badly, foolishly, stupidly, unintelligently.

Related forms: Intellectually.

10. Elite [ih-leet, ey-leet]=उत्कृष्ट वर्ग

Noun/संज्ञा: the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons; persons of the highest class; a group of persons exercising the major share of authority or influence within a larger group.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: exclusive, choice, cool, crack, elect, noble, pick.

Antonyms/विपरीतार्थी: bad, inferior, poor, second-rate, common, low-class.