The Hindu Editorial VOCAB - 20th July, 2020

DISPARATE (ADJECTIVE):(भिन्न) 

Synonyms: discordant, diverse 

Antonyms: agreeing, alike 

Example: Alpa made disparate Logic. 

DOYEN (NOUN): (वरिष्ठ एवं प्रतिष्ठित सदस्य)

Synonyms: principal, authority 

Antonyms: pupil, student 

Example: Rupi is a doyen of this office. 

DEVIOUS (ADJECTIVE): (कपटी)

Synonyms: duplicitous, insidious 

Antonyms: honest, forthright 

Example: Prachi’s plays a devious character. 

DISENTOMB (VERB): (अन्वेषण करना)

Synonyms: resurrect, unearth 

Antonyms: entomb, bury 

Example: They disentombed the matter. 

CANARD (NOUN): (झूठी अफ़वाह)

Synonyms: exaggeration, lie 

Antonyms: truth, reality 

Example: Alpa’s story was full of canard. 

DROLL (ADJECTIVE): (मनोरंजक)

Synonyms: eccentric, whimsical 

Antonyms: common, normal 

Example: Swati is a droll girl. 

PINCH (NOUN):  (चुटकी)

Synonyms: confinement, contraction 

Antonyms: freedom, release 

Example: Harun felt pinch beneath his hair. 

RESORT (VERB): (काम मे लाना)

Synonyms: devote, exercise 

Antonyms: abstain, halt 

Example: The fish was prepared to resort to force if negotiation failed. 

PARRY (VERB):(टालना)

Synonyms: deflect, evade 

Antonyms: encounter, encounter 

Example: Sonal parried the danger somehow. 

REVELRY (NOUN): (मद्यपान का उत्सव)

Synonyms: debauchery, carousal 

Antonyms: sadness, mourning 

Example : Abhinav is involved in revelry four days.