Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 25th November, 2022

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 25th November, 2022

Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Watchdog (रक्षक)

• Pronunciation: watch-dog/ वाच-डॉग
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. a person or group that monitors the practices of companies (noun)
  b. monitor (a person/ activity/ situation) (verb)
• Synonyms: custodian, guardian, protector
• Usage in Sentence: The Institute acts as an independent watchdog to look after the policies of the company. 

2. Word: Predatory (हिंसक)

• Pronunciation: pred-uh-tawr-ee/ प्रेडटोरी
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:  seeking to exploit others
  
• Synonyms: rapacious, greedy, voracious
• Antonyms: pacifist, antiviolence, charitable
• Usage in a Sentence: There is no need to chase down predatory fighters.

 3. Word: Implication (निहितार्थ)

• Pronunciation: im-pli-key-shuh n/ इम्प्लकैशन
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated.
  b. the action or state of being involved in something.
• Synonyms: significance, indication, import, insinuation
• Antonyms: explication, explicit, elaborate, exclude
• Usage in a Sentence: She is by implication requesting me to resign.

4. Word: Cumbersome (दुखदायक)

• Pronunciation: kuhm-ber-suh m/कम्बर्सम
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy.
  b. slow or complicated and therefore inefficient.
  
• Synonyms: awkward, clumsy, heavy, bulky, unmanageable
• Antonyms: graceful, convenient, handy
• Usage in a Sentence:  The organization changed its cumbersome policies to something more streamlined.
  
  

5. Word: Apex (चोटी)

• Pronunciation: ey-peks/ एपेक्स
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: the top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point.
• Synonyms: peak, acme, zenith
• Antonyms: nadir, bottom, base
• Usage in a sentence: He was at the apex of his career.

6. Word: Pertain (सरोकार रखना)

• Part of Speech: Verb
• Pronunciation: per-teyn/ पर्टैन
• Meaning: 
  a. be appropriate, related, or applicable to.
  b. be in effect or existence in a specified place or at a specified time.
• Synonyms: concern, belong, relate
• Antonyms: dissect, impervious, dissociate
• Usage in a Sentence: The matter does not pertain to bilateral relations.

7. Word: Purview (दायरा)

• Pronunciation: pur-vyoo/ पर्व्यू
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: the scope of the influence or concerns of something.
  
• Synonyms: range, reach, realm
• Antonyms: constriction, verge
• Usage in a Sentence: These are questions that lie outside the purview of our inquiry.

8. Word: Per se (वास्तव में)

• Pronunciation: pur sey/पर सी
• Part of Speech: Adverb
• Meaning: by or in itself or themselves; intrinsically.
  
• Synonyms:  fundamentally, essentially, in and of itself
• Antonyms: extrinsically, additionally
• Usage in a Sentence: There was no community development program, per se, in the first two years.

9. Word: Inevitable (अनिवार्य)

• Pronunciation: in-ev-i-tuh-buh l/ इनेविटबल
• Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
• Meaning:
  a. certain to happen; unavoidable. [Adjective]
  b. a situation that is unavoidable. [Noun]
• Synonyms: unavoidable, necessary, ineluctable
• Antonyms: avoidable, preventable, evitable
• Usage in a sentence: Accidents are the inevitable results of driving too fast.

10. Word: Implant (आरोपण)

• Pronunciation: im-plant/ इम्प्लैन्ट
• Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. insert or fix (tissue or an artificial object) in a person's body, especially by surgery. (Verb)
  b. establish (an idea) in a person's mind. (Verb)
  c. a thing implanted in something else, especially a piece of tissue, prosthetic device, or other object implanted in the body. (Noun)
• Synonyms: plant, graft, embed, establish, inculcate
• Antonyms: displace, eradicate, eliminate, eradicating
• Usage in a sentence: She is the music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics.

The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary-Based Exercises: 25th November, 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!

• watchdog
• predatory 
• implication
• cumbersome 
• apex

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: 24th November, 2022

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