The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary- An Air-Tight Case; 29 August, 2020

The Hindu Editorial Article of 28 August 2020 – An Air-Tight Case.

Air- Tight (adjective)

• Meaning:- having no weaknesses; unassailable.
• अर्थ: – कोई कमजोरी नहीं है; अभेद्य।

Dastardly (adjective) : नीच

• Meaning:- wicked and cruel.
• अर्थ: – दुष्ट और क्रूर।
• Synonyms:- contemptible, cowardly
• Antonyms:- honorable, respectable, worthy

Convoy (noun) : रक्षक दल

• Meaning:- (of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protection.
• अर्थ: – (एक युद्धपोत या सशस्त्र सैनिकों के) सुरक्षा के लिए (जहाजों या वाहनों का एक समूह) साथ होते हैं।
• Synonyms:- attendance, attendant, companion
• Example:- The second attack on the Scandinavian convoy occurred on 12th December.

Minutiae (noun) : सूक्ष्म विचार

• Meaning:- the small, precise, or trivial details of something.
• अर्थ: – किसी चीज का छोटा, सटीक या तुच्छ विवरण।
• Synonyms:- trivia, incidental
• Example:- But it is unnecessary to trace these studies in all their minutiae.

Painstaking (adjective) : मेहनती

• Meaning:- done with or employing great care and thoroughness.
• अर्थ: –  बड़ी सावधानी और निष्ठा से काम लिया या किया।
• Synonyms:- careful, conscientious, diligent
• Antonyms:- careless, lazy
• Example:- No science or painstaking can make up for his not doing this.

Perpetrators (noun) : अपराधी

• Meaning:- a person who carries out a harmful, illegal, or immoral act.
• अर्थ: –  जो व्यक्ति हानिकारक, अवैध या अनैतिक कार्य करता है।
• Synonyms:- criminal, executioner
• Example:- His sole ambition just now was to fix the crime definitely on the perpetrator.

Handlers (noun) : संचालक

• Meaning:- a person who trains or manages another person.
• अर्थ: –  वह व्यक्ति जो किसी अन्य व्यक्ति को प्रशिक्षित या प्रबंधित करता है।
• Synonyms:- administrator, boss
• Antonyms:- employee, worker
• Example:- He was already beginning to show his natural fitness as a handler of weapons.

Reconnaissance (noun) : सैनिक परीक्षण

• Meaning:- military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.
• अर्थ: –  शत्रु का पता लगाने या सामरिक विशेषताओं का पता लगाने के लिए किसी क्षेत्र का सैन्य अवलोकन।
• Synonyms:- exploration, surveillance
• Example:- It was already dusk when we returned from the reconnaissance.

Indoctrination (noun) : समझाना

• Meaning:- the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
• अर्थ: –  किसी व्यक्ति या समूह को अनायास ही मान्यताओं के एक समूह को सिखाने की प्रक्रिया।
• Synonyms:- persuasion, brainwashing, instruction
• Example:- The period of indoctrination varies in length with the individuals.

Battered (adjective) : चकनाचूर

• Meaning:- (of a thing) damaged by age and repeated use.
• अर्थ: – एक सैन्य हमले की वापसी की कार्रवाई; जवाबी हमला।
• Synonyms:- bash, beat, bruise
• Antonyms:- aid, assist, build
• Example:- He looked round him for the battered article that served him for head-gear.

Retaliatory (noun) : प्रतिशोध

• Meaning:- the action of returning a military attack; counter-attack.
• अर्थ: – एक सैन्य हमले की वापसी की कार्रवाई; जवाबी हमला।
• Synonyms:- disciplinary, penal, punishing
• Antonyms:- beneficial, rewarding
• Example:- It was the fear of retaliatory punishment that kept them aloof.

Deterioration (noun) : क्षय

• Meaning:- the process of becoming progressively worse.
• अर्थ: – उत्तरोत्तर बदतर बनने की प्रक्रिया।
• Synonyms:- decline, degradation
• Antonyms:- increase, ascent
• Example:- The strong, pure heart had undergone a change, but not a deterioration.

Proxy (noun) : प्रतिनिधि

• Meaning:- a person authorized to act on behalf of another.
• अर्थ: – एक व्यक्ति दूसरे की ओर से कार्य करने के लिए अधिकृत।
• Synonyms:- intermediary, stand-in
• Example:- Now, professor, I am ready to do the cooking, but I have a fancy for doing it by proxy.

Militancy (noun) : आतंकवाद

• Meaning:- the use of confrontational or violent methods in support of a political or social cause.
• अर्थ: –  राजनीतिक या सामाजिक कारण के समर्थन में टकराव या हिंसक तरीकों का उपयोग।
• Synonyms:- aggressiveness, hostility, antagonism
• Example:- It is coloured with all the militancy of the author’s temperament.

Waned (verb) : कम होना

• Meaning:- (of a state or feeling) decrease in vigour or extent; become weaker.
• अर्थ: –  (एक अवस्था या भाव) जोश या सीमा में कमी; कमजोर हो जाना।
• Synonyms:- abate, atrophy, decrease
• Antonyms:- brighten, develop, enhance
• Example:- She waned before the eyes of the king, like daylight that must be gone.

Alienation (noun) : अलगाव की भावना

• Meaning:- the state or experience of being alienated.
• अर्थ: – पराया होने की अवस्था या अनुभव।
• Synonyms:- disaffection, estrangement
• Antonyms:- agreement, connection
• Example:- His widow, in spite of their alienation, mourned long and deeply.

Bifurcation (noun) : विभाजन

• Meaning:- the division of something into two branches or parts.
• अर्थ: – किसी वस्तु का दो शाखाओं या भागों में विभाजित होना।
• Synonyms:- complication, consequence
• Antonyms:- cause, origin
• Example:- Bifurcation: a forking or division into two: the point at which a forking occurs.

Detention (noun) : नज़रबंदी

• Meaning:- the action of detaining someone or the state of being detained in official custody.
• अर्थ: – किसी को हिरासत में लेने की स्थिति या आधिकारिक हिरासत में रखने की स्थिति।
• Synonyms:- arrest, custody, delay
• Antonyms:- aid, assistance
• Example:- His detention was doubtless irregular, for by law he should have been sent beyond the seas.

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