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Article : Triumph of the troubadour
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Meaning of the words highlighted in the article
1. Pedestrian (noun) (पैदल यात्री) – a person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle
Synonyms – mediocre, stroller
Antonyms – different, uncommon
Ex: A large number of people fell asleep during the pedestrian play.
2. Genres (noun) (शैलियों)– a style or category of art, music, or literature
Synonyms – classification, category
Ex: He quite enjoyed this painter’s genre, which seemed to closely resemble reality.
3. Sweepstakes (noun) (घुड़दौड़ का जुआ)– a form of gambling, especially on horse races, in which all the stakes are divided among the winners
Synonyms – betting, hazard
Antonyms – certainty
Ex: He looked at the sweepstakes tickets for a moment; suddenly feeling discouraged.
4. Idiosyncratic (adjective) (विशेष स्वभाव का)– relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual
Synonyms – distinctive, personal
Ex: The home’s colorful idiosyncrasy made it stand out in the neighborhood of white houses.
5. Purists (noun) (जहां शुद्धतावादियों) – a person who insists on absolute adherence to traditional rules or structures, especially in language or style
Synonyms – quibbler, precisionist
Ex: He is a well known purist for arts.
6. Aghast (adjective) (भौचक्का)– filled with horror or shock
Synonyms – amazed, appalled
Antonyms – unsurprised
Ex: When the magician did his disappearing trick, the speechless audience was aghast.
7. Clinched (verb) (जीता) – confirm or settle (a contract or bargain)
Synonyms – assure, conclude
Antonyms – delay, disprove
Ex: Mentally, there was no doubt that he just clinched this round.
8. Chronicled (verb) (लिपिबद्ध) – record (a series of events) in a factual and detailed way
Synonyms – narrate, register
Antonyms – conceal, erase
Ex: His work chronicles 20th-century migration.
9. Contradictorily (adjective) (विरोध रूप) – asserting the contrary or opposite, contradicting, inconsistent, logically opposite
Synonyms – diversely, variously
Ex: The silence, contradictorily, was the most beautiful and awkward thing at the moment.
Word of the Day
Ditto
Meaning (English) – the same thing again (used in lists and accounts and often indicated by a ditto mark under the word or figure to be repeated)
Meaning (Hindi) – ठीक इसी प्रकार से
Synonyms – clone, facsimile
Antonyms – original
Example – In these books ditto marks have been replaced with the applicable actual wording.
उदाहरण – इन पुस्तकों में पूर्वोक्त चिन्हों को लागू वास्तविक शब्दों के साथ प्रतिस्थापित किया गया है।
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