Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 3rd February, 2022

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 3rd February, 2022

1. Word: Swathe (पट्टा)

• Pronunciation: sweyth / स्वैद
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: a broad strip or area of something.
• Synonyms: bandage, enfold, cover
• Antonyms: narrow strip
• Usage in a sentence: A great swathe of the forest has been deforested.

2. Word: Leverage (लाभ उठाना)

• Pronunciation: lev-er-ij/लीवरिज
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. power or ability to act or to influence people, events, decisions, etc.; sway
• Synonyms: advantage, authority, supremacy
• Antonyms: inferiority, poorness, weakness 
• Usage in a Sentence: Having sold 51% of the stakes, the company could now leverage its remaining assets to raise stocks.

3. Word: Salutary (कल्याणकर)

• Pronunciation: sal-yuh-ter-ee/ सैल्यटेरी
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: (especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial
• Synonyms: beneficial, healthy, helpful, restorative
• Antonyms: damaging, injurious, ill, harmful
• Usage in a Sentence: The accident was a salutary reminder of the dangers of climbing.

4. Word: Moor (बाँधना)

• Pronunciation: moor/मुर
• Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
• Meaning:
  a. to attach a boat or ship to something on land or to the surface under the water to keep it in place (verb)
  b. to tie a boat so that it stays in the same place (verb)
  c. an open area of hills covered with rough grass, especially in Britain (noun)
• Synonyms: anchor, berth, secure, tie up
• Antonyms: relocate
• Usage in a sentence: We moored the boat further up the river 

5. Word: Earmark (निर्धारित करना)

• Pronunciation: eer-mahrk/ईर्मार्क
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: designate (funds or resources) for a particular purpose.
• Synonyms: appropriate, reserve, keep, assign
• Antonyms: comprehensive, depletion, wastage
• Usage in a Sentence: The school has decided to earmark 10 percent of its funds for study material purchases. 

6. Word: Claustrophobic (संवृति भीत)

• Pronunciation: klaw-struh-foh-bik/ क्लॉस्ट्रफोबिक
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in places
  b. uncomfortably closed or hemmed in
• Synonyms: confined, enclosed, cramped
• Antonyms: liberated, airy, open
• Usage in a sentence: After living in a dark room for so long, he became claustrophobic. 

7. Word: Solace (सांत्वना)

• Pronunciation: sol-is/सोलिस
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. comfort or consolation in a time of great distress or sadness. [Noun]
  b. give solace to. [Verb]
• Synonyms: sympathy, condolence, mitigate
• Antonyms: worry, anguish, agony
• Usage in a Sentence: The tired man found solace in listening music.

8. Word: Viable (जीव्य)

• Pronunciation: vahy-uh-buhl/ वाइअबल
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. vivid; real; stimulating, as to the intellect, imagination, or senses:
  b. practicable; workable:
• Synonyms: achievable, doable, feasible
• Antonyms: implausible, dubious
• Usage in a sentence: History is a subject that few teachers can make viable for students.

9.  Word: Rage (क्रोध करना)

• Pronunciation: reyj/रेज
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. angry fury; violent anger (Noun)
  b. a fit of violent anger (Noun)
  c. violence of feeling, desire, or appetite (Noun)
  d. to act or speak with fury; show or feel violent anger; fulminate (Verb)
  e. to move, rush, dash, or surge furiously (Verb)
• Synonyms: anger, fury, wrath, storm
• Antonyms: calm, peace, serenity
• Usage in a sentence: Her sudden towering rages were terrifying.

10. Word: Flag (मुद्रण चेतावनी)

• Pronunciation: flag/फ्लैग
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to place a flag or flags over or on; decorate with flags (Verb)
  b. to signal or warn (a person, automobile, etc.) with or as if with a flag (sometimes followed by down) (Verb)
  c. the tuft of long feathers on the legs of falcons and most hawks; the lengthened feathers on the crus or tibia (Noun)
  d.the name of a newspaper as printed on the editorial page (Noun)
  e. the name of a newspaper as printed on the editorial page (Noun)
  f. to become tired, weaker, or less effective (Verb)
• Synonyms: banner, droop, pennant, decline
• Antonyms: strengthen, work hard, go to the limit
• Usage in a sentence: There were flags on the tops of many of the buildings.

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The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary Based Exercises: 3rd February, 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!

• swathe
• leverage
• salutary
• moor
• rage

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: 2nd February, 2022

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