Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 1st January 2022

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 1st January, 2022

1. Word: Scrutinise (बारीकी से देखना)

• Pronunciation: skroot-n-ahyz/ स्क्रूटनाइज़
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.
• Synonyms: examine, investigate, inspect
• Antonyms: ignore, neglect, reject, overlook
• Usage in a sentence: When you have completed the whole exercise, scrutinise it and pay particular attention to your adjectives.

2. Word: Vulnerable (अतिसंवेदनशील)

• Pronunciation: vuhl-ner-uh-buh l/वल्नरबल
• Part of Speech: Adjective 
• Meaning: 
  a. (of a person) in need of special care, support, or protection because of age, disability, or risk of abuse or neglect.
  b. exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
• Synonyms: unprotected, insecure
• Antonyms: secure, guarded
• Usage in Sentence: Old people are particularly vulnerable members of our society.

3. Word: Philanthropy (परोपकार)

• Pronunciation: i-lan-thruh-pee/फिलैन्थ्रपी
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. the activity of helping the poor, especially by giving them money.
  b. altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
• Synonyms: benevolence, charity, magnanimity, generosity
• Antonyms: misanthropy, harshness, selfishness, avarice
• Usage in a sentence: Despite being financially poor himself, he was known for his philanthropy.

4. Word: Ample (यथेष्ट)

• Pronunciation: am-puhl
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:  
  a. enough or more than enough; plentiful.
  b. large and accommodating.
• Synonyms: large, abundant, plentiful, extensive, substantial
• Antonyms: limited, insufficient, little, meagre
• Usage in a Sentence: The police found ample evidence of wrongdoing.

5. Word: Prominent (उन्नत)

• Pronunciation: prom-uh-nuhnt/प्रामनन्ट
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. very well known and important
  b. sticking out from a surface
• Synonyms: eminent, famous, notable
• Antonyms: unknown, invisible, unimportant
• Usage in a sentence: New books are displayed in a prominent position on tables at the front of the store.

6. Word: Ire (क्रोध)

• Pronunciation: ahyuhr/आइर
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. intense anger; wrath.
• Synonyms: rage, fury, anger
• Antonyms: calmness, happiness, pleasure
• Usage in a sentence: Petty restrictions easily raised/aroused the ire of such a creative artist. 

7. Word: Close on the heels (अगला,निकटतम)

• Part of Speech: Phrase
• Meaning:
  a. following close behind someone or something
  b. happening soon after another event
• Synonyms: Next to, near to, not far away, local, close
• Usage in a sentence: Her second movie followed close on the heels of her successful film debut.

8. Word: Dissent (असम्मत होना/ असम्मति)

• Pronunciation: dih-sent/डिसेन्ट
• Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
• Meaning:
  a. hold or express opinions that are at variance with those commonly or officially held. [Verb]
  b. the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held. [Noun]
• Synonyms: conflict, disagree, protest
• Antonyms: agree, assent, agreement
• Usage in a sentence: Voices of dissent began to rise against the bombing.

9.  Word: Hypocritical (छली/कपटी)

• Pronunciation: hip-uh-krit-i-kuhl/हिपक्रिटिकल
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess:
• Synonyms: insincere, false, deceitful
• Antonyms: genuine, frank, honest
• Usage in a sentence: There's one rule for her and another rule for everyone else and it's sheer hypocrisy.

10. Word: Squeeze (निचोड़कर निकाल देना/ कठिन परिस्थिति)

• Pronunciation: skweez/स्क्वीज़
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to press forcibly together; compress. (verb)
  b. to exert a compressing force (Verb)
  c. the act or fact of squeezing or the fact of being squeezed (noun)
• Synonyms: crush, embrace, squash
• Antonyms: unfold, expand, extend
• Usage in a sentence: He squeezed some sauce out of the tube. 

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The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary Based Exercises: 1st January, 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!

• scrutinise
• vulnerable
• philanthropic
• ample
• prominent

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: 23rd December 2021

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