Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 18th October, 2022

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 18th October, 2022

1. Word: Fraught (व्याकुल)

• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Pronunciation: frawt/फ्रॉट
• Meaning: causing or affected by anxiety or stress.
  
• Synonyms: anxious, diligent
• Antonyms: devoid, calm
• Use in a Sentence: Their marriage has been fraught with difficulties.

2. Word: Trajectory (प्रक्षेपपथ)

• Pronunciation: truh-jek-tuh-ree/ट्रजेक्टरी
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. the curved path that an object follows after it has been thrown or shot into the air
• Synonyms: course, track, orbit
• Antonyms: off-track, distraction, disorientation
• Usage in a sentence:The missile came in on a very low trajectory.

 3. Word: Conscience (अंतःकरण)

• Pronunciation: kon-shuh ns/ कान्शन्स
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour.
• Synonyms: morals, scruples, morality, ethics
• Antonym: insensibility, immorality, unaware, unconcern
• Usage in a sentence: The thief must have had an attack of conscience because he returned the wallet with nothing missing from it.

4. Word: Heinous (जघन्य)

• Pronunciation: hey-nuhs/ हेनस
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.
• Synonyms: atrocious, abominable, monstrous, evil
• Antonyms: glorious, good, lovely, magnificent
• Usage in a Sentence: Hitler's heinous crimes will never be forgotten.

5. Word: Haul (बलपूर्वक खींचना)

• Pronunciation: hawl/ हॉल
• Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
• Meaning:
  a. (of a person) pull or drag with effort or force. (Verb)
  b. (of a vehicle) pull (an attached trailer or carriage) behind it. (Verb)
  c. a quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally. (Noun)
• Synonyms: drag, pull, tug, trail, draw, transport, move
• Antonyms: push, force, press, shove
• Usage in a sentence: The car was hauled away to the junkyard.

6. Word: Haunt (परेशान करना/मंडराना)

• Pronunciation: hawnt/हॉन्ट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to cause repeated suffering or anxiety:
  b. (of a ghost) to appear in a place repeatedly
• Synonyms: stalk, torment, trouble
• Antonyms: abandon, cease, abjure
• Usage in a sentence: His experiences in Vietnam still haunt him.

7. Word: Overture (झलकी)

• Pronunciation: oh-ver-cher/ ओवर्चर
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. an opening or initiating move toward negotiations, a new relationship, an agreement, etc.; a formal or informal proposal or offer:
  b. overtures of peace; a shy man who rarely made overtures of friendship.
  c. an introductory part, as of a poem; prelude; prologue.
• Synonyms: prelude, feeler, advance
• Antonyms: conclusion, ending, epilogue
• Usage in a sentence: He is a shy man who rarely makes overtures of friendship.

8. Word: Throttle (गला घोंटना)

• Pronunciation: throt-l/थ्राटल
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. to stop the breath of by compressing the throat; strangle (Verb)
  b. to choke or suffocate in any way (Verb)
  c. to compress by fastening something tightly around (Verb)
  d. to silence or check as if by choking (Verb)
  e. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle (Noun)
• Synonyms: accelerator, choke, strangle, stifle
• Antonyms: release, breathe, respire, restore
• Usage in a sentence: Sometimes he annoys me so much that I could throttle him.

9. Word: Abet (उकसाना)

• Pronunciation: a-bet/अबेट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. Encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong 
• Synonyms -Support, promote, help
• Antonyms - Obstruct, discourage, hinder
• Example - If you abet violence in your home, you should not be surprised if your children grow up to be abusers.

10. Word: Evade (बचना)

• Pronunciation: ih-veyd/ इवेड
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery.
• Synonyms: avoid, escape, circumvent
• Antonyms: accept, confront, take on
• Usage in a Sentence: If you try to evade paying your taxes you risk going to prison.

The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary-Based Exercises: 18th October, 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!

Exercise 1. Make your own Sentences.

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!

• fraught
• trajectory
• conscience
• heinous
• haul

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:17th October, 2022

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