Friday, 16 June 2017

1.Plague (verb)=विपत्ति
Meaning: cause continual trouble or distress to.
Synonyms: afflict, bedevil, cause suffering to, torture, torment, trouble, beset, curse.
Example: Institutional inefficiencies and vested interests continue to plague the education sector.

2.Squander (verb)=अपव्यय करना
Meaning: waste (something, especially money or time) in a reckless and foolish manner
Synonyms: waste, misspend, misuse, throw away, dissipate, fritter away, run through, lose, lavish, spend recklessly, spend unwisely, make poor use of, be prodigal with, spend money like water.
Example: We have not only squandered money, a World Bank loan, but have also lost time.
3.Plummet (verb)=गिरना
Meaning: fall or drop straight down at high speed.
Synonyms: plunge, fall headlong, hurtle, nosedive, dive, drop, crash, descend rapidly
Example: The situation has plummeted with the involvement of huge funds and poor accountability mechanisms. 
4.Cataclysmic (adjective)=प्रलय संबंधी
Meaning: (of a natural event) large-scale and violent.
Synonyms: disastrous, catastrophic, calamitous, tragic, devastating, ruinous, terrible, violent, awful
Example: A SMALL event is sometimes more revealing than a cataclysmic one that grabs headlines. 
5.Austerity (noun)=आत्मसंयम
Meaning: sternness or severity of manner or attitude., difficult economic conditions created by government measures to reduce public expenditure.
Example: We are delighted that an alternative to austerity and nearly 40 years of free-market fundamentalism has secured 40% of the vote.
6.Heterogeneous (adjective)=विषम जातीय
Meaning: diverse in character or content.
Synonyms: diverse, diversified, varied, varying, miscellaneous, assorted, mixed, sundry, contrasting, disparate, different, differing, divergent, unrelated, variegated, wide-ranging.
Example: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opposition has pandered to the Hindutva agenda to unite one of the most socially heterogeneous States in India while making the Lingayats, a dominant and numerous community, its social anchor. B.S. Yeddyurappa, the leader of this formation, a Lingayat himself, has tried to highlight the grievances of the upper strata of peasantry to reinforce his base of support. 
7.Recalcitrant (adjective)=अड़ियल
Meaning: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.
Example: The recalcitrant judge It is doubtful if sending Justice Karnan to jail is the most judicious way of restraining him.
8.Renaissance (noun)=नवजागृति
Meaning: the revival of European art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.a revival of or renewed interest in something.
Example: The fine balance struck by India and the U.S. culminated in the Agenda 21, raising hopes 
for a renaissance in the areas of both environment and development.
9.Mitigation (noun)=अल्पीकरण
Meaning: the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
Synonyms: alleviation, reduction, diminution, lessening, easing, weakening, lightening.
Example: The Accord deals with the global commitments of countries regarding emissions, mitigation, adaptation and financing from 2020. The allegation that China, Russia and India are only contributing to pollution and not to climate change fund has no basis whatsoever.
10.Commensurate (adjective)=अनुरूप
Meaning: corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.
Synonyms: equivalent, equal, corresponding, correspondent, comparable, proportionate.
Example: The advantage that the U.S. and other developed countries have gained from the Paris Accord is that all economies, including China and India, are being made to take action on climate change without any commensurate guarantees from the former on funding and transfer of technology.

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