1. Quest: खोज
Search, find, discovery, finding, detection
Example: Quest for the unknown liberals.
Example: Quest for the unknown liberals.
2. Twain: जुड़वां
Twin, Gemini, archaic term for two
Example: He split the spar in twain.
Example: He split the spar in twain.
3. Parochial: संकुचित
Having a limited or narrow outlook or scope, narrow, contracted, limited, abridged, illiberal, small-minded, insular
Example: For long, the small town syndrome — not just in India — was a phrase used to describe a narrow and parochial way of thinking.
Example: For long, the small town syndrome — not just in India — was a phrase used to describe a narrow and parochial way of thinking.
4. Misnomers: मिथ्या नाम
A wrong or inaccurate name or designation
Example: Small-town India and the small-town mind-set are well and truly misnomers in today’s India, with Bharat benefiting from economic reform and pro-market policies. That’s taken care of the mind-set problem, as well.
Example: Small-town India and the small-town mind-set are well and truly misnomers in today’s India, with Bharat benefiting from economic reform and pro-market policies. That’s taken care of the mind-set problem, as well.
5. Clime: आबहवा
A region considered with reference to its climate, climate, land, province, realm
Example: That’s not unwelcome in climes when human beings are being targeted for their caste, colour, creed and choice of food and dress.
Example: That’s not unwelcome in climes when human beings are being targeted for their caste, colour, creed and choice of food and dress.
6. Dispensation: व्यवस्था
A political, religious, or social system prevailing at a particular time, system, arrangement, order, regime, organization
Example: Liberal elite and the inevitable “left liberal” — that favourite oxymoron of the right wing and its avid chroniclers — are sobriquets liberally hurled to describe anyone not conforming with the ruling dispensation.
Example: Liberal elite and the inevitable “left liberal” — that favourite oxymoron of the right wing and its avid chroniclers — are sobriquets liberally hurled to describe anyone not conforming with the ruling dispensation.
7. Sobriquet: उपनाम
Nickname, surname, alias, name, pseudonym
Example: Liberal elite and the inevitable “left liberal” — that favourite oxymoron of the right wing and its avid chroniclers — are sobriquets liberally hurled to describe anyone not conforming with the ruling dispensation.
Example: Liberal elite and the inevitable “left liberal” — that favourite oxymoron of the right wing and its avid chroniclers — are sobriquets liberally hurled to describe anyone not conforming with the ruling dispensation.
8. Drench: सराबोर करना
Wet thoroughly, soak, downpour, torrent, hailstorm, soaker, splurge
Example: The request of this palpably pro-market head honcho seemed amusing and drenched in irony.
Example: The request of this palpably pro-market head honcho seemed amusing and drenched in irony.
9. Palpably: स्पष्ट रूप से
Noticeably, clearly frankly, expressly, articulately, evidentiary, evidently
Example: The request of this palpably pro-market head honcho seemed amusing and drenched in irony.
Example: The request of this palpably pro-market head honcho seemed amusing and drenched in irony.
10. Pop: फुरती से प्रस्तुत करना
Snap, burst, explode, crack
Example: The CEO met up with the senior editors and popped the question.
Example: The CEO met up with the senior editors and popped the question.
11. Sporadic: छिटपुट
Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated
Example: These may not be tough questions to answer if the #NotInMyName roadshow travels beyond urban outposts of sporadic activism.
Example: These may not be tough questions to answer if the #NotInMyName roadshow travels beyond urban outposts of sporadic activism.
12. Faction: गुट
Group, set, side, cell, clique, coterie, caucus, bloc
Example: It is tough fighting the prejudice of the faction in your social set that’s agnostic to climate change.
Example: It is tough fighting the prejudice of the faction in your social set that’s agnostic to climate change.
13. Ferry: ढोना
Transport from one place to another on short or regular trips, haul, carrying, carry, haulage, transportation
Example: Shouldn’t Tahir from Salempur in northeast Delhi who ferried a few to Jantar Mantar in his Uber taxi also have been a participant in #NotInMyName?
Example: Shouldn’t Tahir from Salempur in northeast Delhi who ferried a few to Jantar Mantar in his Uber taxi also have been a participant in #NotInMyName?
14. Dichotomy: विरोधाभास
A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different; separation, divorce, split, gulf, chasm
Example: A rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism (रहस्यवाद).
Example: A rigid dichotomy between science and mysticism (रहस्यवाद).
15. Consummate: परिपूर्ण
As full as an egg, exhaustive, perfect, exemplary
Example: Pranab Mukherjee is India’s 13th president, but only the fifth to have been a consummate politician before being elevated to the highest office.
Example: Pranab Mukherjee is India’s 13th president, but only the fifth to have been a consummate politician before being elevated to the highest office.
16. Articulate: स्पष्ट
Pronounce (something) clearly and distinctly; clear, apparent, pronounced, glaring, straightforward
Example: The president is duty bound to articulate the policies of the executive of the time.
Example: The president is duty bound to articulate the policies of the executive of the time.
17. Transgress: उल्लंघन करना
Break, supersede, infringe, go back on, outstep, misbehave, err, lapse, degenerate
Example: Pranab Mukherjee has spoken his mind, whenever he felt that democratic and constitutional values and conventions were being transgressed.
Example: Pranab Mukherjee has spoken his mind, whenever he felt that democratic and constitutional values and conventions were being transgressed.
18. Inconsequential: अप्रासंगिक
Irrelevant, extraneous, inapposite, inconsequent, insignificant
Example: Pratibha Patil, whose inconsequential tenure started and ended with the same Congress prime minister in office.
Example: Pratibha Patil, whose inconsequential tenure started and ended with the same Congress prime minister in office.
19. Lineage: वंशावली
Ancestry, family, parentage, birth, pedigree
Example: KR Narayanan had a long Congress lineage.
Example: KR Narayanan had a long Congress lineage.
20. Cavernous: गुफा सा
Like a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere
Example: He built museums that displayed the treasure buried in its Tosha Khana and elsewhere in its cavernous chambers.
Example: He built museums that displayed the treasure buried in its Tosha Khana and elsewhere in its cavernous chambers.
