The Hindu Newspaper Editorial Vocabulary For BOB PO Exam 2017

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Example/उदाहरण: I dipped his baby spoon in the baby bowl and shovelled into his mouth a spoonful of the amorphous white goop that babies eat.

1. Shovel [shuhv-uh l] -खुरपा

Noun/संज्ञा: an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal, any fairly large contrivance or machine with a broad blade or scoop for taking up or removing loose matter.

Verb (used with object)/क्रिया(वस्तु के साथ प्रयोग ): to take up and cast or remove with a shovel; to gather up in large quantity roughly or carelessly with or as if with a shovel; to dig or clear with or as if with a shovel.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: trowel, scoop.

2. Amorphous [uh-mawr-fuh s] -आकृतिहीन

Adjective/विशेषण: lacking definite form, having no specific shape, formless, having no pattern or structure, unorganized

Synonyms/समानार्थी: nebulous, vague, baggy, blobby, characterless, formless, inchoate, indeterminate, irregular, nondescript, shapeless.

Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: definite, distinct, distinctive, shaped, shapely.

3. Goop [goop] -चिपचिपा पदार्थ

Noun/संज्ञा:  i. A viscous or sticky substance; goo.

            ii. A bad-mannered or inconsiderate person; clod; boor.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: broth, juice, vapor, aqua, chaser, cooler, goo, liquor, solution, 

Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: solid.

Example/उदाहरण: I’m appalled at the recent brouhaha over efforts to revive the ancient Indian tradition of garbh sanskar.

4. Appall or appal [uh-pawl] -भयभीत करना

Verb (used with object)/क्रिया (वस्तु के साथ प्रयोग): to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear; dismay.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: alarm, amaze, astound, awe, consternate, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten.

Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy.

5. Brouhaha [broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah] -दंगा

Noun/संज्ञा: excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamour attending some sensational event; hullabaloo; an episode involving excitement, confusion, turmoil, etc., especially a broil over a minor or ridiculous cause.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: fracas, melee, ado, row, to-do, setto.

Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: peace

Example/उदाहरण: “Sea route is far more cost effective and we are moving towards that direction when more and more cargo will be ferried through the sea route,” Mr Modi said.

6. Cargo [kahr-goh] -जहाज़ी माल

Noun/संज्ञा: the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc; load; cargos, pants or shorts having several cargo pockets to hold bulky gear and small items.

Adjective/विशेषण: of or denoting a style of pants or shorts with cargo pockets.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: consignment, freight, goods, load, merchandise, payload, shipment, burden, contents, haul, lading.

7. Ferry [fer-ee] -नौका

Noun/संज्ञा: a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water; a ferryboat; a service for flying airplanes over a particular route, especially the delivery of airplanes to an overseas purchaser or base of operations; the legal right to ferry passengers, cargo, etc., and to charge for the service.

Verb (used with object)/क्रिया (वस्तु के साथ प्रयोग): to carry or convey back and forth over a fixed route in a boat or plane; to fly (an airplane) over a particular route, especially for delivery.

Verb (used without object)/क्रिया (वस्तु के बिना प्रयोग ): to go in a ferry.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: barge, ferryboat, packet, packet boat, passage boat.

Example/उदहारण: India’s sustained engagement with Africa has got a fresh impetus under the Narendra Modi government’s watch.

8. Sustain [suh-steyn] -संभालना

Verb (used with object)/क्रिया(वस्तु के साथ प्रयोग ): to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure; to bear (a burden, charge, etc.); to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding; to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction; to keep up or keep going, as an action or process; to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life; to provide for (an institution or the like) by furnishing means or funds.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: assist, bolster, buoy, continue, defend, help, nurse, preserve, save, aid, approve, back, bankroll, bear.

Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: harm, hinder, hurt, obstruct, stop, abbreviate, condemn, contradict, deny, deprive, disagreed, isapprove, discourage, disprove, hold, ignore, injure.

9. Impetus [im-pi-tuh s] -वेग

Noun/संज्ञा: a moving force; impulse; stimulus; (broadly) the momentum of a moving body, especially with reference to the cause of motion.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: catalyst, impulse, incentive, momentum, motivation, stimulant, energy, goad, impulsion, incitation, incitement, power.

Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: block, discouragement, check, hindrance.

Example/उदाहरण: “Therefore, the cornerstone of our cooperation is voluntary partnership… demand-driven and devoid of any conditionalities,” Mr. Jaitley said.

10. Cornerstone [kawr-ner-stohn] -आधारशिला

Noun/संज्ञा: a stone uniting two masonry walls at an intersection; a stone representing the nominal , ting place in the construction of amonumental building, usually carved with the date and laid with appropriate ceremonies; something that is essential, indispensable, or basic; the chief foundation on which something is constructed or developed.

Synonyms/समानार्थी: essential, foundation, keystone, linchpin, mainstay, pillar, anchor, base, mainspring, key element, main ingredient.

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