Daily Vocabulary: 5अक्तूबर 2019

BELITTLE (Verb) : पतन

Meaning: dismiss (someone or something) as unimportant.

अर्थ: महत्वहीन (किसी या कुछ) को खारिज करना।
Synonyms: disparage, denigrate, deprecate, downgrade
Antonyms: praise, magnify
Example: There is no reason for you to belittle my wardrobe simply because your clothes are more expensive than the ones I own.

HAPLESS (Adjective) : अभागी
Meaning: (especially of a person) unfortunate.

अर्थ: (विशेषकर किसी व्यक्ति का) दुर्भाग्य।
Synonyms: unfortunate, unlucky
Antonyms: fortunate, lucky
Example: When Jason lost his wife and job on the same day, he knew he was a hapless soul.

BOUT (Noun) : काल
Meaning: a short period of intense activity of a specified kind.

अर्थ: एक निर्दिष्ट प्रकार की गहन गतिविधि की एक छोटी अवधि।
Synonyms: spell, period, time, stretch, stint
Antonyms: stagnation
Example: The bout of intensive running led to my preparation for the Boston Marathon.

EXPUNGE (verb) : मिटाना
Meaning: obliterate or remove completely (something unwanted or unpleasant).

अर्थ: पूरी तरह से तिरछे या हटाएं (कुछ अवांछित या अप्रिय)।
Synonyms: eradicate, eliminate, abolish, annihilate.
Antonyms: renovate, repair, restore, revamp.
Example: Time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here.

DEVOLVE (verb) : उतरना
Meaning: transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level, especially from central government to local or regional administration.

अर्थ: विशेष रूप से केंद्र सरकार से लेकर स्थानीय या क्षेत्रीय प्रशासन तक निचले स्तर पर स्थानांतरण (प्रतिनिधि) (शक्ति)।
Synonyms: depute, assign, consign, entrust.
Antonyms: centralize, retain, preserve, confine.
Example: The State Government devolving its powers on local self-governments is not to be criticized.

Blitzkrieg (Noun) : बमवर्षा
Meaning:– a sudden and overwhelming military attack, A fast and powerful effort

अर्थ: – एक अचानक और भारी सैन्य हमला, एक तेज और शक्तिशाली प्रयास
Synonyms: Blitz, barrage, bombardment, cannonade, drumfire, flurry, fusillade
Antonyms: defensive, opposition, resistance, protection, security, shelter.
Example:- Balakot camps was bombarded with a blitzkrieg by the IAF which ripe out the terror camps.

Atrabilious (Adjective) : हतोत्साहित
Meaning: given or marked by melancholy

अर्थ: उदासी द्वारा दिया या चिह्नित किया हुआ
Synonyms: Doleful, Lugubrious, discontent, discouraged, rueful, despondent, miserable, morose
Antonyms: placid, easygoing
Example:- Since my friend has a atrabilious temper I don’t approach him often.

Plaintive (Adjective) : दर्दनाक
Meaning: expressing suffering or sadness, sounding sad and mournful.

अर्थ: दुख या दुख व्यक्त करना, दु: खी और शोकाकुल लगना।
Synonym: aching, agonized, bitter, mournful, sad, wistful, doleful, pathetic, pitiful, piteous, melancholy, lamentable
Antonym: delighted, exulting, glorying, happy, joyful, rejoicing, triumphant, jocus, blithesome, euphoric.
Example:- We could hear the plaintive cry of the wounded animal in the woods.