The Hindu Newspaper Editorial Vocabulary For IBPS 2017

Example/उदाहरण: Is the media under siege?

1. Siege [seej]-घेराबंदी/अवरोध करना

• Noun: the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible; any prolonged or persistent effort to overcome resistance; a series of illnesses, troubles, or annoyances besetting a person or group.
• Synonyms: annoy, bedevil, beset, plague, badger, blockade.
• Antonyms: aid, make happy, please, assist, help, soothe.

Example/उदाहरण: The anecdote might well be apocryphal.

2. Anecdote [an-ik-doht]-उपाख्यान

• Noun: a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature; a short, obscure historical or biographical account.
• Synonyms: episode, gag, narration, narrative, reminiscence, short story.

3. Apocryphal [uh-pok-ruh-fuh l]-शंकायुक्त/असत्य

• Adjective: of doubtful authorship or authenticity; of or relating to the Apocrypha; of doubtful sanction; uncanonical; false; spurious.
• Synonyms: fictitious, inaccurate, mythical, unsubstantiated, untrue.
• Antonyms: true, authentic, doubtless, real.

Example/उदाहरण: In the not-too-distant past, all this was welcome because the ‘other’ was either a foreign power or an oligarch or a dictator.

4. Oligarch [ol-i-gahrk]-कुलीन

• Noun: one of the rulers in an oligarchy.
• Synonyms: autocrat, boss, chief, commander, despot, fascist, leader, tycoon, tyrant, absolutist, adviser, authoritarian.
• Antonyms: employee, follower, worker.

5. Dictator [dik-tey-ter, dik-tey-ter]-तानाशाह

• Noun: a person exercising absolute power, especially a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.
• Synonyms: autocrat, boss, chief, commander, despot, fascist, leader, tycoon, tyrant, absolutist, adviser, authoritarian.
• Antonyms: employee, follower, worker.

Example/उदाहरण: In these circumstances, nationalism had a positive, and liberating, effect. But in all these cases the common consciousness it built was founded on blood, gore, war, victory, defeat, humiliation and jubilation.

6. Liberate [lib-uh-reyt]-स्वतंत्र करना

• Verb: to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage; to free (a nation or area) from control by a foreign or oppressive government; to free (a group or individual) from social or economic constraints or discrimination, especially arising from traditional role expectations or bias.
• Synonyms: detach, emancipate, free, redeem, rescue, save, deliver.
• Antonyms: harm, hold, hurt, incarcerate, detain, imprison.

7. Gore [gawr, gohr]-तिकोना कपड़ा//गाड़ा रक्त

• Noun: blood that is shed, especially when clotted; murder, bloodshed, violence, etc.
• Synonyms: blood, carnage, slaughter.

8. Jubilation [joo-buh-ley-shuh n]-आनंदोत्सव 

• Noun: a feeling of or the expression of joy or exultation; a joyful or festive celebration.
• Synonyms: happiness, joy, exultation, festivity, gladness, merriment.
• Antonyms: sadness, sorrow, unhappiness, woe.

Example/उदाहरण: State government insisted that the five persons killed on Tuesday during the farmers’ agitation did not die in police firing.

9. Agitation [aj-i-tey-shuh n]-आंदोलन/उत्तेजना

• Noun: the act or process of agitating; state of being agitated (to disturb or excite emotionally); persistent urging of a political or social cause or theory before the public.
• Synonyms: disturbance, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, upheaval, commotion.
• Antonyms: calm, harmony, order, peace, tranquility.

Example/उदाहरण: Mr. Chouhan blamed the Congress for “politicising the protests and instigating violence.”

10. Instigate [in-sti-geyt]-भड़काना

• Verb: to cause by incitement; foment; to urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course.
• Synonyms: abet, bring about, foment, incite, inflame, initiate, kindle.
• Antonyms: deter, discourage, dissuade, halt, neglect, put out.