Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 5June, 2022

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 5 June 2022

1. Word: Appellate (अपील-संबंधी)

• Pronunciation: uh-pel-it/ अपेलैट
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: (especially of a court) concerned with or dealing with applications for decisions to be reversed.
• Synonyms: judicial, appeal, proceedings
• Antonyms: illegal, discriminatory, captivated
• Usage in Sentence: The appellate court affirmed the judgement of the lower court.

2. Word: Delegation (प्रत्यायोजन, प्रतिनिधि मंडल)

• Pronunciation: del-i-gey-shuhn/ डेलगेशन
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. a body of delegates or representatives; a deputation.
  b. the action or process of delegating or being delegated.
• Synonyms: deputation, commission mission, assignment
• Antonyms: retention, discharge, acquisition
• Usage in a sentence: He's been chosen to lead the delegation to the conference.

3. Word: Grievance (शिकायत)

• Pronunciation: gree-vuhns
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something believed to cause distress.
• Synonyms: complaint, objection, grudge
• Antonyms: compliment, praise, peace
• Usage in a sentence: Despite the meeting, the main grievance remained unaddressed.

4. Word:  Aggrieved (पीड़ित)

• Pronunciation: अग्रीव्ड/ag-grieved
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning - angry or resentful due to unjust treatment
• Synonyms - resentful, distressed/disturbed, angry.
• Antonyms - Pleased, Happy, satisfied
• Usage in a sentence -  When the teacher accused the wrong student of throwing the piece of paper, the aggrieved student’s face grew red with anger.

5. Word: Disseminate (प्रसारित करना)

• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:  spread (something, especially information) widely.
• Pronunciation: dis-eminate/डिसेमनैट
• Synonyms: spread, scatter, circulate, publicize.
• Antonyms: conceal, hide, gather, collect
• Usage in a Sentence: Cover your mouth while sneezing so that you do not disseminate bacteria.

6. 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.

7. 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: We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.

8. Word: Ironically (व्यंग्यपूर्वक)

• Pronunciation: ahy-ron-i-kuhl-ee/ आइरानिक्ली
• Part of Speech: Adverb
• Meaning: used in reference to a paradoxical, unexpected, or coincidental situation.
• Synonyms: wryly, paradoxically, sarcastically
• Antonyms: actually, acutely
• Usage in a sentence: She ended up doing commercials, which ironically revived her acting career.

9. Word: Regime (शासन)

• Pronunciation: ruh-zheem
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. a government, especially an authoritarian one
  b. a system or ordered way of doing things.
• Synonyms: administration, jurisdiction
• Antonyms: disorder, confusion
• Use in a Sentence: The regime got rid of most of its opponents.

10. Word: Disengagement (अवकाश)

• Pronunciation: dis-en-geyj-muhnt /डिसिन्गैज्मन्ट 
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: the fact of stopping being involved in something:
• Synonyms: detachment, separation, pullout, disconnection
• Antonyms: juxtaposition, association, engagement
• Usage in a sentence: Social media is affecting a scary disengagement from reality.

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The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary Based Exercises: 5 June 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!

• Appellate
• Grievance
• Aggrieved
• Disseminate
• Delegation

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: 4June2022

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