Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 2nd December, 2022

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 2nd December, 2022

1. Word: Rally (संगठन/संभलना)

• Pronunciation: रैली
• Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
• Meaning: a. recover or cause to recover in health, spirits, or poise. [Verb]
  b. a mass meeting of people making a political protest or showing support for a cause. [Noun]
• Synonyms: recover, improve, summon, gather
• Antonyms: weaken, decay, scatter
• Usage in a Sentence: The party was going to hold a rally next month to elect their new president.

2. Word: Ubiquitous (सर्वत्र)

• Pronunciation: ri-streynt/यूबिक्विटस
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time; omnipresent
• Synonyms: omnipresent, universal, everywhere, pervasive, prevalent
• Antonyms: rare, absent, scarce, infrequent
• Usage in a sentence: The mobile phone, the most ubiquitous of consumer-electronic appliances, is about to enter a new age.

 3. Word: Assertion (निश्चित वाक्य)

• Pronunciation: uh-sur-shuh n/असर्शन
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
  
• Synonyms: statement, declaration, dictum
• Antonyms: negation, denial, uncertainty
• Usage in a Sentence: She made an assertion that she was fully responsible for the problem.

4. Word: Notwithstanding(तथापि/हालांकि)

• Pronunciation: not-with-stan-ding/नाट्विद्स्टैन्डिंग
• Part of Speech: Proposition/Adverb/Conjunction
• Meaning:  
  a. in spite of [Proposition]
  b. nevertheless; in spite of this, anyway [Adverb]
  c. although; in spite of the fact that. [Conjunction]
• Synonyms: all the same, still, even so
• Antonyms: besides, beneath, underneath
• Usage in a Sentence: I don't like playing cricket, but I will play with you notwithstanding.
  
  

5. Word: Deferred (विलम्बित)

• Pronunciation: dih-furd/डिफर्ड
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. postponed or delayed
  b. suspended or withheld for or until a certain time or event
  c. classified as temporarily exempt from induction into military service
• Synonyms: postponed, delayed, adjourned
• Antonyms: hurried, forwarded, hastened, prepone
• Usage in a sentence: The decision has been deferred indefinitely.

6. Word: Monopoly (एकाधिकार)

• Pronunciation: muh-nop-uh-lee/मनापली
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service. 
• Synonyms: dominance, control
• Antonyms: sharing
• Usage in a Sentence: The Indian government has a monopoly on rail travel.

7. Word: Dictate (निर्धारण करना)

• Pronunciation: dik-teyt/डिक्टेट
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. state or order authoritatively. [Verb]
  b. an order or principle that must be obeyed. [Noun]
• Synonyms: command, prescribe
• Antonyms: appeal, undergo
• Use in Sentence: It took him a long time to dictate this letter.

8. Word: Thwart (व्यर्थ कर देना)

• Pronunciation: thwawrt/ थ्वॉर्ट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
  b. oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully.
• Synonyms: foil, frustrate, disappoint
• Antonyms:  assist, facilitate 
• Usage in a Sentence: As per the perfect planning, Meera knows that nobody can thwart her plans.

9. Word: Deterrent (डराकर रोकने वाला)

• Pronunciation: dih-tur-uhnt/ डिटरन्ट
• Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something. (Noun)
  b. able or intended to deter. (Adjective)
• Synonyms: impediment, hindrance, obstacle, disincentive
• Antonyms: encouragement, incentive, catalyst, assistance, motive
• Usage in a sentence: The pain of it should be deterrent enough to never make the mistake twice.

10. Word: Subsequent (आगामी)

• Pronunciation: suhb-si-kwuh nt/सब्सीक्वन्ट
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: coming after something in time; following.
  
• Synonyms: following, consequent
• Antonyms: prior, foregoing
• Usage in a Sentence: The story will be continued in subsequent parts of the series.

The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary-Based Exercises: 2nd 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!

• Rally
• Ubiquitous
• Assertion
• Notwithstanding
• Deferred

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

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You can also check the wordlist articles for the previous days from the link below: Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 1st December,, 2022

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