The Hindu Vocabulary 13 September 2021

2021-09-13

The vocabulary for The Hindu Editorial 13 September 2021 is from the Editorial titled ‘Nipah amidst a pandemic’.

Word	Part of Speech	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms	Example
Amidst	Noun	Between (बीच में)	Betwixt, Amid, Halfway, During	Beyond, Separate, Away from	The government conducted the meeting amidst the COVID situation.
Pandemic	Adjective	Universal (सर्वव्यापी महामारी)	Board, Common, Comprehensive, Generic	Abnormal, Exclusive, Incomplete, Infrequent	The COVID pandemic has caused heavy destruction of life.
Fatality	Noun	An occurrence of death by accident, in war, or from disease. (विपत्ति)	Accident, Casualty, Disaster, Mortality	Birth, Beginning	The discovery of new drugs has reduced the fatality of the disease.
Exotic	Adjective	Not native or usual (अनोखा)	Alien, Strange, Unusual, Weird, Curious	Native, Familiar, Standard, Common	Exotic flowers grew here in great abundance.
Barely	Adverb	By a very small margin (मुश्किल से)	Almost, Scarcely, Hardly, Just	Easily, Significantly, Vastly, Substantially	He was so angry with me that he barely talked to me.
Contagion	Noun	Infection (स्‍पर्श या संपर्क से फैलने वाला रोग)	Contamination, Illness, Pollution, Virus, Plague	Purification, Advantage, Cleanliness	Parents have been warned to keep children out of school to avoid contagion.
Aspect	Noun	Visible feature (पहलू)	Attitude, Condition, Appearance, Prospect, Feature	Whole	The teacher covered every aspect of the subject.
Competent	Adjective	Able (सक्षम)	Adequate, Capable, Decent, Efficient, Proficient	Impotent, Incapable, Insufficient, Unable	The competent students will achieve first prize in the quiz competition.
Peter	Verb	Decrease (समाप्त होना)	Fade away, Decay, Decline, Curb	Aid, Ascend, Assist, Build, Develop	The college fest soon petered out of lack of food.
Evoke	Verb	Induce (आह्वान)	Arouse, Conjure, Elicit, Provoke, Excite	Calm, Ignore, Repress, Stop	Akash evoked me to build my own house.
Anticipatory	Adjective	Expectant (अग्रिम)	Awaiting, Hopeful, Agape	Apathetic, Indifferent, Unmoved	The children couldn’t control their anticipatory excitement on Diwali morning.
Elusive	Adjective	Mysterious (मायावी)	Ambiguous, Fleeting, Deceptive, Puzzling	Definite, Understandable, Stable, Honest	Success will become more elusive if one fails to work hard.
Tweaked	Verb	Adjust (मोड़)	Tease, Twist, Jerk, Pull	Fixation, Stabilisation	After a minor tweak, the laptop worked properly.
Coaxed	Verb	Persuade (मनाना)	Cajole, Induce, Entice, Tempt, Flatter	Discourage, Repel, Disgust, Repulse	During the pandemic, greater pay isn’t coaxing workers to work in offices.