Daily Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Wordlist: 9th August, 2022

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 9th August, 2022

1. Word: Roil (क्रोधित करना)

• Pronunciation: Roil/रॉइल
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment
  b. to disturb or disquiet; irritate; vex
  c. to move or proceed turbulently
• Synonyms: rile, churn, moil, disturb
• Antonyms: calm, pacify, appease
• Usage in a sentence: A massive tower of smoke roiled skyward.

2. 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.

3. Word: Exhortation (प्रोत्साहन)

• Pronunciation: eg-zawr-tey-shuh n/ एग्ज़ॉर्टेशन
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: an address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something.
• Synonyms: persuasion, encouragement, urging
• Antonyms: dissuasion, arbitration
• Usage in a sentence: After repeated exhortation by his comrades, he finally straightened out his thinking.

4.  Word: Resilience (तन्यकता)

• Pronunciation: ri-zil-yuh ns/रिज़िलीअन्स
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
  b. the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity.
• Synonyms:  flexibility, plasticity, elasticity, resistance
• Antonyms: frailty, rigidity
• Usage in a Sentence: My mother has shown great resilience to stress.

5. Word: Dire (अत्यंत)

• Pronunciation: dahyuhr
• Part of Speech: Adjective 
• Meaning:
  a. causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible
  b. indicating trouble, disaster, misfortune, or the like
• Synonyms: dreadful, awful, terrible
• Antonyms: fortunate, good, trivial
• Usage in a sentence: He gave a dire warning that an earthquake was imminent.

6. Word: Threshold (सीमा)

• Pronunciation: thresh-ohld
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. a strip of wood or stone forming the bottom of a doorway crossed when entering a house or room.
  b. the magnitude or intensity that must be exceeded for a certain reaction, phenomenon, result, or condition to occur or be manifested.
• Synonyms: limit, boundary, door, brink, verge
• Antonyms: end, closure, finish
• Usage in a sentence: If your income rises above a certain threshold, your tax rate also rises.

7. Word: Upend (उलट जाना)

• Pronunciation:  uhp-end/अपेन्ड
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. set or turn (something) on its end or upside down
• Synonyms: invert, topple, reverse
• Antonyms: right, proper, exact
• Use in a Sentence: I think, if you upend the box it will take less space.

8. Word: Credential (प्रत्यय-पत्र)

• Pronunciation: kri-den-shuh l
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: a qualification, achievement, quality, or aspect of a person's background, especially when used to indicate their suitability for something.
• Synonyms: certificate, legitimation, recognition
• Antonyms: derecognition
• Usage in a sentence: The commissioner presented his credentials to the State Department.

9. Word: Apposite (उचित)

• Pronunciation: ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it/ ऐपज़िट
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: suitable and right for the occasion
• Synonyms: applicable, pertinent, relevant
• Antonyms: insignificant, trivial, trifling
• Usage in a sentence: The film starts in a graveyard, an apposite image for the decaying society which is the theme of the film.

10. Word: Aversion (विमुखता)

• Pronunciation: uh-vur-zhuhn/ अवर्श़न
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. a strong dislike or disinclination.
  b. someone or something that arouses a strong dislike or disinclination.
• Synonyms: antipathy, distaste, abhorrence, loathing, disgust
• Antonyms: desire, alacrity, passion, affinity
• Usage in a Sentence: I simply have this ingrained aversion to the sight of bloodshed.

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The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary Based Exercises: 9th August, 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!

• roil
• stymie
• exhortation
• resilience
• threshold
  
  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: 8th August, 2022

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