Example/उदाहरण: He said 2,300 Central forces were deployed around the jail where Singh is currently lodged.
1. Lodge [loj]-सुरक्षित रखना/छोटा आवास
Noun/संज्ञा: a small, makeshift or crude shelter or habitation, as of boughs, poles, skins, earth, or rough boards; cabin or hut; a house used as a temporary residence, as in the hunting season; a summer cottage; a house or cottage, as in a park or on an estate, occupied by a gatekeeper, caretaker, gardener, or other employee.
Verb/क्रिया: to have a habitation or quarters, especially temporarily, as in a hotel, motel, or inn.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: chalet, cottage, country house, dormitory, dwelling, hostel, hotel, hut, inn, motel, shack, shelter, tavern, abode, auberge, burrow, camp.
Example/उदाहरण: This piece focusses on three significant privacy themes that permeate the judgment.
2. Permeate [pur-mee-eyt]-रिसना/चुना/भिगोना
Verb/क्रिया: to pass into or through every part of: to penetrate through the pores, interstices, etc., of; to be diffused through; pervade; saturate.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, infuse, invade, pass through, penetrate, percolate, pervade, saturate, seep, steep, suffuse, charge, diffuse.
Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: dehydrate, dry, take out.
Example/उदाहरण: In reaching that conclusion, his reasoning was reminiscent of the privacy jurisprudence in the U.S., where distinct variants of privacy derive support from different constitutional safeguards.
3. Reminiscent [rem-uh-nis-uh nt]-याद ताजा/अतीत का स्मरण दिलानेवाला
Adjective/विशेषण: awakening memories of something similar; suggestive (usually followed by of); characterized by or of the nature of reminiscence.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: evocative, redolent, similar, bringing to mind, implicative, mnemonic, nostalgic, recollective, remindful.
Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: forgetful, oblivious.
Example/उदाहरण: Nevertheless, this may have been an opportunity for the Court to delineate the broad contours within which privacy could structurally grow.
4. Contour [kon-too r]-रूप-रेखा/आकृति
Noun/संज्ञा: the outline of a figure or body; the edge or line that defines or bounds a shape or object; contour line.
Verb/क्रिया: to mark with contour lines; to make or form the contour or outline of; to build (a road, railroad track, etc.) in conformity with the contour of the land; to mold or shape so as to fit a certain configuration.
Adjective/विशेषण: molded or shaped to fit a particular contour or form.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: curve, silhouette, delineation, figuration, figure, form, lineament, lines, relief, shape.
Example/उदाहरण: As privacy is an aspect of the right to life and liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution, the question should be: is the impugned restriction of privacy ‘just, fair and reasonable’?
5. Impugn [im-pyoon]-बहस करना
Verb/क्रिया: to challenge as false (another’s statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: assail, contravene, tar, attack, blast, break, contradict, cross, deny, dispute, gainsay, knock, negate, negative, oppose, question, resist, slam, smear, traduce.
Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: agree, aid, allow, approve.
Example/उदाहरण: The impending privacy challenges to Aadhaar and the WhatsApp privacy policy will, it is hoped, offer the Court another opportunity to provide definitive guidance on these issues.
6. Impending [im-pen-ding]-आसन्न/उपस्थिति/धमकी
Adjective/विशेषण: about to happen; imminent; imminently threatening or menacing.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: approaching, brewing, imminent, looming, coming, gathering, hovering, menacing, near, nearing, overhanging, portending, threatening, at hand.
Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: gone, past, distant, later.
Example/उदाहरण: Nothing shows up the ineptness of the state more than unpreparedness in the face of predictable events.
7. Inept [in-ept, ih-nept]-अयोग्य/मुर्ख
Adjective/विशेषण: without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit; generally awkward or clumsy; haplessly incompetent; inappropriate; unsuitable; out of place; absurd or foolish.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: ignorance, ineptitude, amateurishness, artlessness, boorishness, coarseness, crudeness, gawkiness, gracelessness, greenness, inability, incompetence, maladroitness.
Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: politeness. sophistication, artfulness, cleverness.
Example/उदाहरण: In the absence of preventive detention where appropriate, and of restriction on movement and assembly in public spaces, matters spiralled out of control once the court pronounced the cult leader guilty of rape.
8. Spiral [spahy-ruh l]-कुंडली/सर्पिल/घुमावदार
Noun/संज्ञा: a single circle or ring of a spiral or helical curve or object; a spiral or helical object, formation, or form; Economics. a continuous increase in costs, wages, prices, etc. (inflationary spiral) or a decrease in costs, wages, prices, etc. (deflationary spiral)
Adjective/विशेषण: running continuously around a fixed point or center while constantly receding from or approaching it; coiling in a single plane; coiling around a fixed line or axis in a constantly changing series of planes; helical.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: coiled, curled, fuzzy, kinky, wavy, convoluted, corkscrew, crimped, crimpy, crinkling, crinkly, crisp, curling, frizzed.
Antonym/विलोमार्थी: straight.
Example/उदाहरण: Although the remarks are political in nature, and quite unusual coming from a court, they reflect the growing perception that politicians are often in nexus with religious leaders and cult figures.
9. Nexus [nek-suh s]-बंधन/संधि
Noun/संज्ञा: a means of connection; tie; link; a connected series or group; the core or center, as of a matter or situation.
Synonyms/पर्यायवाची: center, connection, core, link, network, tie, union.
Antonyms/विलोमार्थी: divorce, exterior, exteriority, outside.
10. Cult [kuhlt]-पंथ/संप्रदाय
Noun/संज्ञा: a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies; an instance of great veneration of a person, ideal, or thing, especially as manifested by a body of admirers; the object of such devotion.
Adjective/विशेषण: of or relating to a cult; of, for, or attracting a small group of devotees.
