The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- Hospitals Afire 12th August, 2020

Afire (adjective) : प्रज्ज्वलित

• Meaning:- on fire; burning.
• अर्थ: – आग पर; जलता हुआ।
• Synonyms:- aflame, burning
• Example:- Her eyes answered him whole-heartedly, for her imagination was afire.

Rot (noun) : अपक्षय

• Meaning:- the process of decaying.
• अर्थ: – सड़ने की प्रक्रिया।
• Synonyms:-blight, decay
• Antonyms:- development, growth
• Example:- He had too much insight, and too much exact information as well, to dismiss them as rot.

Perish (verb) : मारे गए

• Meaning:- die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
• अर्थ: – मरना, विशेष रूप से हिंसक या अचानक तरीके से।
• Synonyms:-cease, crumble, disappear
• Antonyms:- appear, arrive, build
• Example:- It were sin, thought I, that my secret should perish with me.

Blaze (noun) : ज्वाला

• Meaning:- a very large or fiercely burning fire.
• अर्थ: – बहुत बड़ी या भयंकर जलती हुई आग।
• Synonyms:-bonfire, conflagration
• Example:- When she woke it was to a blaze of sunlight, but caught in the net of her closed curtains.

Lay bare ( idiom) : पर्दाफाश करना

• Meaning:- to reveal or explain
• अर्थ: – प्रकट करना या समझाना
• Synonyms:-clear, confess, confide
• Antonyms:- conceal, hide

Hasty (adjective) : जल्दबाजी

• Meaning:- done with excessive speed or urgency; hurried.
• अर्थ: – अत्यधिक गति या आग्रह के साथ किया गया; जल्दबाजी।
• Synonyms:-abrupt, careless, expeditious, hurried
• Antonyms:- careful, cautious, kind
• Example:- Grace was in the middle of a hasty toilet when a knock sounded on the door.

Civic (adjective) : नगर का

• Meaning:- relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal.
• अर्थ: – किसी नगर या नगर से संबंधित, विशेषकर उसके प्रशासन का; नगर निगम।
• Synonyms:-civil, communal
• Example:- The civic portion of the parade numbered about five thousand men.

Carnage (noun) : नरसंहार

• Meaning:- the killing of a large number of people.
• अर्थ: – बड़ी संख्या में लोगों की हत्या।
• Synonyms:-bloodshed, butchery, crime, havoc
• Antonyms:- peace
• Example:- There was a tribute of carnage, nor were they long engaged in the tumult of battle.

Untenable (adjective) : अस्थिर

• Meaning:- (especially of a position or view) not able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.
• अर्थ: – (विशेषकर किसी पद या दृश्य का) आक्रमण या आपत्ति के विरुद्ध अनुरक्षण या बचाव नहीं किया जा सकता।
• Synonyms:-illogical, unsound, flawed
• Example:- Calendar surrendered an untenable position as gracefully as could be wished.

Pull up (phrasal verb) : पीछा करना

• Meaning:- To drive
• अर्थ: – गाड़ी चलाना
• Synonyms:-arrive, brake, pause
• Antonyms:- continue, go
• Example:- Only let me advise you to pull up a spirit, even to your uncle, if there be occasion.

Abdicating (verb) : त्यागना

• Meaning:- fail to fulfil or undertake (a responsibility or duty).
• अर्थ: – (एक जिम्मेदारी या कर्तव्य) को पूरा करने या करने में विफल।
• Synonyms:- forgo, relinquish, renounce
• Antonyms:- keep, come, continue
• Example:- Here he held the famous council as to whether he should abdicate the Mexican throne or not.

Buck (verb) : गिरा देना

• Meaning:- oppose or resist (something oppressive or inevitable).
• अर्थ: –  विरोध या विरोध (कुछ दमनकारी या अपरिहार्य)।
• Synonyms:-bull, stag
• Example:- All of which Andy heard, and he knew that Buck Heath intended him to hear them.

Ill-equipped (adjective) : बीमार सुसज्जित

• Meaning:- not having the necessary resources or qualities for a particular role or task.
• अर्थ: – किसी विशेष भूमिका या कार्य के लिए आवश्यक संसाधन या गुण नहीं होना।
• Synonyms:-inadequate, inappropriate, unhealthy
• Antonyms:- appropriate, proper
• Example:- He was ruddy and robust and ill-equipped with academic dignity.