Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 6th May, 2022

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 6th May, 2022

Important Words from the Article

1.

Word: Albeit (यद्यपि)

• Pronunciation: awl-bee-it/ऑल्बीइट
• Part of Speech: Conjunction
• Meaning: 
  a. although; even if
• Synonyms: although, though, even though
• Antonyms: so, due to, according to
• Usage in a sentence: The evening was very pleasant, albeit a little quiet.

2. Word: Spatial (स्थान-विषयक )

• Pronunciation: spey-shuh l/स्पैशल
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. relating to the position, area, and size of things
  b. existing or occurring in space; having extension in space
• Synonyms: space, spacial, space-based, dimensional
• Antonyms: non-spatial, temporal
• Usage in a sentence: This task is designed to test children's spatial awareness.

 3. Word: Stymie (बाधाएँ डालना)

• Pronunciation: stahy-mee/स्टाइमी
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. to hinder, block, or thwart (Verb)
  b. Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt (Noun)
  c. a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it (Noun)
• Synonyms: jam, hinder, in the lurch, foil, thwart
• Antonyms: assist, promote
• Usage in a sentence: In our search for evidence, we were stymied by the absence of any recent documents.

4. Word: Stall (रुक जाना)

• Pronunciation: stawl/स्टॉल
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal (Noun)
  b. a stable or shed for horses or cattle (Noun)
  c. to assign to, put, or keep in a stall or stalls, as an animal or a car (Verb)
  d. to confine in a stall for fattening, as cattle (Verb)
  e. to come to a standstill; be brought to a stop (Verb)
• Synonyms: delay, booth, stop, procrastinate
• Antonyms: journey, re purpose, accelerate, progress
• Usage in a sentence: A car may stall due to the driver braking too suddenly.
  
  

5. Word: Dogging (पीछा करना)

• Pronunciation: Dawging/डोग्गिंग 
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  
  a. to follow or track like a dog, especially with hostile intent; hound (Verb)
  b. to drive or chase with a dog or dogs (Verb)
  Synonyms: pursuing, chasing, hunting, following
• Usage in a sentence: A mob of youths had been dogging me for some time.

6. Word: Uptick (बढ़ोतरी)

• Pronunciation: uhp-tik/अपटिक 
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. a rise or improvement in business activity, in mood, etc.
• Synonyms: uptrend, rise, increase
• Antonyms: decrease, down-tick, decrement
• Usage in a sentence: We can see some uptick in activity in the marketplace.

7. Word: Tearaway (लापरवाह)

• Pronunciation: tair-uh-wey/टेरवे
• Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. designed to be easily separated or opened by tearing (Adjective)
  b. a wild, reckless person (Noun)
• Synonyms: impetuous, madcap, hotheaded, impulsive
• Usage in a sentence: He was a real tearaway at school - he was always in trouble with teachers or with the police.

8. Word: Momentum (गति शक्ति)

• Pronunciation: moh-men-tuh m/ मोमेन्टम
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. the force that keeps an object moving or keeps an event developing after it has started
  b. the force or speed of an object in motion, or the increase in the rate of development of a process
• Synonyms: impetus, impulse, thrust, push
• Antonyms: inertia, immobility, brake
• Usage in a sentence: Once you push it, it keeps going under its own momentum.

9. Word: Hinterland (आंतरिक इलाके)

• Pronunciation: hin-ter-land/हिन्टर्लैन्ड
• Part of Speech: 
• Meaning:
  a. Often hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country
  b. the land lying behind a coastal region
  c. an area or sphere of influence in the unoccupied interior claimed by the state possessing the coast
  d. an inland area supplying goods, especially trade goods, to a port
• Synonyms: back country, interior, inland
• Antonyms: urban center
• Usage in a sentence: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.

10. Phrase: Stay the course (जारी रखना)

• Pronunciation: stey-on-corse/स्टे द कोर्स
• Meaning:
  a. to continue doing something until it is finished or until you achieve something you have planned to do
• Synonyms: continue, stay on track, maintain course, hold your course
• Antonyms: discontinue, postpone work, change course
• Usage in a sentence: She interviewed dieters who had failed to stay the course to find out why they had given up.

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The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary Based Exercises: 6th May, 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!

• Stall
• Stymie
• Momentum
• Tearaway
• Uptick

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

You can also check the wordlist articles for the previous days from the link below: Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 5th May, 2022 

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