Enhance your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 29th November 2021

Our series, ‘Enhance your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist’ aims to help you completely understand the commonly used words with their meanings, pronunciations, synonyms, antonyms, proper use in sentences, etc.

Given below is an important editorial from the newspaper ‘The Hindu', followed by important words from the same, to help you strengthen your vocabulary.

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Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Stagnate (रुकना)

• Pronunciation: stag-neyt/ स्टैग्नैट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
  b. to be or become stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water.
  c. to stop developing, growing, progressing, or advancing:
• Synonyms: idle, laze, vegetate 
• Antonyms: grow, work, progress 
• Usage in a sentence: My mind is stagnating from too much TV.

2. Word: Deteriorate (बिगाड़ना)

• Pronunciation: dih-teer-ee-uh-reyt/ डिटिरीअरैट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc.
  b. to disintegrate or wear away.
• Synonyms: decline, decay, degenerate 
• Antonyms: improve, recover, develop 
• Usage in a sentence: His medical condition deteriorated after the medication. 

 3. Word: Radical (उग्र सुधारवादी)

• Pronunciation: rad-i-kuhl/ रैडिकल
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. of or going to the root or origin; fundamental:
  b. thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms:
  c. favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms:
  d. favoring, supporting, or representing extreme forms of religious fundamentalism:
• Synonyms: revolutionary, extremist, fanatic 
• Antonyms: conservative, traditional, moderate
• Usage in a sentence: A radical change in the policy brought huge revenues to a company.

4. Word: Coercive (बलपूर्वक)

• Pronunciation: koh-ur-siv/ कोअर्सिव
• Part of Speech: Adjective 
• Meaning:
  a. to force someone to do something 
• Synonyms: violent, compulsive, forcible
• Antonyms: powerless, conditional, abject
• Usage in a sentence: His coercive nature did not go well with his wife.

5. Word: Deem (जानना)

• Pronunciation: deem/ डीम
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to form or have an opinion; judge; think:
• Synonyms: consider, judge, think 
• Antonyms: disregard, ignore, channel 
• Usage in a sentence: He did not deem lightly of the issue.

6. Word: Underscore (जांचना)

• Pronunciation: verb uhn-der-skawr/ अन्डर्स्कॉर
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to mark with a line or lines underneath; underline, as for emphasis.
  b. to stress; emphasize:
• Synonyms: emphasize, underline, highlight 
• Antonyms: ignore, blanket, cloak 
• Usage in a sentence: The recent tragedy underscores the danger of disregarding safety rules.

7. Word: Resilient (प्रत्यास्थी)

• Pronunciation: ri-zil-yuhnt/ रिज़िल्यन्ट
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. springing back; rebounding.
  b. returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched.
  c. recovering readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyant.
• Synonyms: strong, flexible, elastic 
• Antonyms: fragile, brittle, breakable 
• Usage in a sentence: The resilient nature of the outer body of the car made the accident look less damaging. 

8. Word: fortify (सशक्त करना)

• Pronunciation: fawr-tuh-fahy/ फॉर्टिफाइ
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to protect or strengthen against attack; surround or provide with defensive military works.
  b. to furnish with a means of resisting force or standing strain or wear:
  c. to make strong; impart strength or vigor to:
  d. to increase the effectiveness of, as by additional ingredients:
• Synonyms: strengthen, reinforce, support 
• Antonyms: weaken, discourage, soften 
• Usage in a sentence: Barcelona's defence was fortified by the arrival of new signings. 

9. Word: Loom (संकट मँडराना)

• Pronunciation: loom/ लूम
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. appear very large or occupy a commanding position
  b. come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
• Synonyms: tower, emerge, rise
• Antonyms: fade, disappear, recede 
• Usage in a sentence: Another aeroplane loomed into the sky

10. Word: Equitable (उचित)

• Pronunciation: ek-wi-tuh-buhl/ एक्विटबल
• Part of Speech: Adjective 
• Meaning:
  a. characterized by equity or fairness; just and right; fair; reasonable:
  b. fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
• Synonyms: impartial, equal, objective 
• Antonyms: unfair, prejudiced, sinful 
• Usage in a sentence: An equitable distribution of gifts among the children turned into a headache for the party organiser.  

'Writer's Corner'

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.

• Stagnate
• Deteriorate
• Radical
• Coercive
• Deem

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!

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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