Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 1st March, 2022

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

1. Word: Abstention (परिहार)

• Pronunciation: ab-sten-shuhn/ऐब्स्टेन्शन
• Part of Speech: 
• Meaning:
  a. the fact of not voting in favour of or against someone or something
  b. not doing something, such as drinking alcohol
• Synonyms: abstinence, avoidance, abstaining
• Antonyms: foray, practice, try
• Usage in a sentence: There were high levels of abstention (from voting) in the last elections.

2. Word: Cripple (अशक्त बना देना)

• Pronunciation: krip-uhl/क्रिपल
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. anything that is impaired or flawed (Noun)
  b. a wounded animal, especially one shot by a hunter (Noun)
  c. to make a cripple of; lame (Verb)
  d. to disable; impair; weaken (Verb)
• Synonyms: disable, incapacitate, lame, weaken
• Antonyms: strengthen, aid, help
• Usage in a sentence: Economic sanctions have crippled the country’s economy.

3. Word: Ambivalence (उभयभाविता)

• Pronunciation: am-biv-uh-luhns/ऐम्बिवलन्स
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
  b. Psychology. the coexistence within an individual of positive and negative feelings toward the same person, object, or action, simultaneously drawing him or her in opposite directions.
• Synonyms: ambiguous, dubiety, uncertainty, equivocation
• Antonyms: certainty, clarity, unambiguous
• Usage in a sentence: There was ambivalence in his acceptance of the invitation.

4. Word: Transgression (उल्लंघन)

• Pronunciation: trans-gresh-uh n/ट्रैन्ज़्ग्रेशन
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. the act or process of breaking a law or moral rule
  b. an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command
• Synonyms: offense, sin, misdeed, crime
• Antonyms: obedience, conformity to law
• Usage in a sentence: Adolescence is a period marked by fascination with the transgression of rules.

5. Word: Turmoil (हलचल)

• Pronunciation: tur-moil /टर्मॉइल
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. a state of confusion, uncertainty, or disorder
• Synonyms: disorder, commotion, disturbance
• Antonyms: calm, peace, permanence
• Usage in a sentence: The country is in a state of political turmoil.

6. Word: Intrusive (हस्तक्षेप करने वाले)

• Pronunciation: in-troo-siv/ इन्ट्रूसिव 
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome:
  b. intrusive memories of a lost love.
• Synonyms: nosy, meddlesome, prying
• Antonyms: protrusive, taciturn, bulging 
• Usage in a sentence: She felt her presence there was intrusive.

7. Word:  Peril (जोखिम)

• Pronunciation: Per-il
• Parts of speech: Noun
• Meaning: Serious  and imminent danger
  
• Synonyms: danger, jeopardy, risk, hazard,
  
• Antonyms: safety, security, immunity
  
• Usage in a sentence: Everyone knows smoking is an act that will put your life in peril.

8. Word: Opacity (अस्पष्टता)  

• Pronunciation: oh-pas-i-tee
• Parts of speech: Noun
• Meaning: the quality of lacking transparency or translucence.
  
• Synonyms: Obscurity, cloudiness, opaqueness
  
• Antonyms: Transparency , clarity , clearness
  
• Usage in a sentence: During the rainstorm, condensation created the opacity on the front windshield making it impossible to drive safely.

9. Word: Desertion (परित्याग)

• Pronunciation: dih-zur-shuhn/डिज़र्शन
• Part of Speech: 
• Meaning:
  a. the act of leaving the armed forces without permission
  b. the act of leaving someone behind in a difficult situation
• Synonyms: abandonment, defection, leaving
• Antonyms: aid, help, advent
• Usage in a sentence: During the war, desertion was punishable by death.

10. Word: Empathy (समवेदना)

• Pronunciation: em-puh-thee/एम्पथी
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing of the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of another
  b. the imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or work of art, feelings or attitudes present in oneself
• Synonyms: compassion, understanding, affinity
• Antonyms: apathy, coldness, detachment
• Usage in a sentence: He loves children and has a certain empathy with them.

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The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary Based Exercises: 26th December 2021

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!

• abstention
• cripple
• ambivalence
• transgression
• turmoil

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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