The Hindu Editorial VOCAB :- 3rd August, 2020

▪️RUCHED (VERB): (मोड़ना)

Synonyms: bend, curl

Antonyms: flatten, unbend

Example: Alpa ruched his collar and threatened him.

▪️OBLIGATE (VERB): (विवश करना)

Synonyms: bind, restrict

Antonyms: free, let go

Example: All banks obligate people to repay their loans or take the chance of their credit being ruined.

▪️OVERSIGHT (NOUN): (भूल)

Synonyms: mistake, fault

Antonyms: accuracy, correction

Example: Ankit apologized for not inviting me to his wedding, insisting that it was an unintentional oversight.

▪️PEER (NOUN): (समकक्ष व्यक्ति)

Synonyms: compeer, coequal

Antonyms: follower, disciple

Example: We have a peer that bullies our classmates for their lunch money on a daily basis.

▪️ONUS (NOUN): (दायित्व):

Synonyms: liability, encumbrance

Antonyms: advantage, blessing

Example: As your mother, it is my onus to prepare you for a successful future.

▪️MULISHNESS (NOUN): (हठ)

Synonyms: obstinacy, bullheadedness

Antonyms: irresolution, dubiety

Example: He is buying everything by showing his heights of mulishness.

▪️OSTRACIZE (VERB): (बहिष्कार करना)

Synonyms: expel, exclude

Antonyms: accept, embrace

Example: Nidhi was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers.

▪️PODGY (ADJECTIVE): (मोटा)

Synonyms: chunky, flabby

Antonyms: lean, skinny

Example: When I stopped jogging, I became podgy.

▪️QUIXOTIC (ADJECTIVE): (विलक्षण)

Synonyms: impractical, dreamy

Antonyms: realistic, sensible

Example: It was clearly a quixotic case against the defendant.

▪️PULSATE (VERB): (काँपना)

Synonyms: tremble, quiver

Antonyms: steady, be still

Example: The meek bird was pulsating in the refractory wind.