Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 14th December, 2022

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 14th December, 2022

1. Word: Midst (मध्यस्थिति)

• Part of Speech: Noun, Preposition
  
• Pronunciation: /मिड्स्ट 
• Meaning: 

        a. the middle part or point. [Noun]

        b. in the middle of. [Preposition]

• Synonyms: amid, center, heart, mean
• Antonyms: outside, edge, border
• Use in a Sentence: The house is set in the midst of large gardens.

2. Word: Evacuate (निकालना)

• Pronunciation: ih-vak-yoo-eyt/ इवैक्यूएट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to leave empty; vacate.
  b. to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection:
  c. to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety:
• Synonyms: vacate, void, abandon
• Antonyms: remain, occupy. fill 
• Usage in a sentence: The municipality decided to evacuate the inhabitants of towns in the path of a flood.

 3. Word: Forge (ढालना)

• Pronunciation: fawrj/ फॉर्ज
• Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
• Meaning:
  a. make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it. [Verb]
  b. a furnace for melting or refining metal. [Noun]
• Synonyms: falsify, fabricate, shape, fake
• Antonyms: destroy, abolish, recede
• Usage in a sentence: The programme aims to forge links between higher education and small businesses.

4. Word: Legitimate (जायज)

• Pronunciation: li-jit-uh-meyt/ लिजिटमेट
• Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. conforming to the law or to rules. [Adjective]
  b. make lawful or justify. [Verb]
• Synonyms: legal, valid, lawful
• Antonyms: illegal, invalid, outlaw
• Usage in a sentence: The army must give power back to the legitimate.

5. Word: Deterrence (निवारण)

• Pronunciation: dih-tur-uh ns/ डिटरन्स
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
• Synonyms: obstruction, prevention, dissuasion
• Antonyms: incentive, support, encouragement
• Usage in a sentence: My father's deterrence shaded into acceptance.
  
  6. Word: Incapacitate (अशक्त बना देना)

• Pronunciation: in-kuh-pas-i-teyt/ इन्कपैसिटेट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: prevent from functioning in a normal way.
• Synonyms: disable, paralyze, cripple
• Antonyms: enable, allow, empower
• Usage in a sentence: A successful attack would incapacitate military training camps.

7. Word: Coalesce (सम्मिलित होना)

• Pronunciation: koh-uh-les/ कोअलेस
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:  
  a. come together to form one mass or whole.
  b. combine (elements) in a mass or whole.
• Synonyms: combine, merge, fuse, amalgamate, blend, consolidate
• Antonyms: separate, divide, detach, alienate
• Usage in a Sentence: They formed a group of young reformers who gradually coalesced into a political movement.

8. Word: Burn one's bridges

• Meaning: do something which makes it impossible to return to an earlier state.
• Synonyms: destroy one's path, cut off the way back
• Usage in a Sentence: She's young, so I don't think she realizes that she'll be burning her bridges if she goes to work for their competitor

9. Word: Scrape (इकट्ठा, एकत्र करना)

• Pronunciation: s-ce-pe
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning – collect or accumulate something with difficulty/drag or pull a hard or sharp implement across
• Synonyms-  accumulate, collect, amass, gather.
• Antonyms-   distribute, squander, disperse
• Usage in a sentence -  They could hardly scrape up enough money for one ticket, let alone two.

10. Word: Catapult (गुलेल, फ़ेक देना)

• Pronunciation: kat-uh-puhlt/ कैटपल्ट
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning: a. a forked stick with an elastic band fastened to the two prongs, used by children for shooting small stones. [Noun]
  b. hurl or launch (something) with or as if with a catapult. [Verb]
• Synonyms: sling, trebuchet, shoot
• Antonyms: stationary
• Usage in a Sentence: The catapult breaks throwing boiling Hot Pot gloop everywhere.

The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary-Based Exercises: 14th December, 2022

Based on the description of the words, we have some practice questions for you. Answer these questions in the comments section. Our team will review them at the earliest!

Here are some of the words from the above article. Try to frame sentences from them in your own words and share them with us in the comments section!

Exercise 1. Make your own Sentences.

• Catapult
• Evacuate
• Scrape
• Rubric
• Coalesce

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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You can also check the wordlist articles for the previous days from the link below: Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 13th December,, 2022

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