Enhance your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 1st October 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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A scheme before its time: On digital health mission

Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Keynote (कोई मुख्य सिद्धान्त या विचार)

• Pronunciation: kee-noht/कीनोट
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:

       a. a prevailing tone or central theme.

• Synonyms: theme, salient, point, gist, substance
• Antonyms: subtopic, soporific, end
• Use in a Sentence: The man is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at an awards ceremony.

2. Word: Integral (अविभाज्य, आधारभूत)

• Pronunciation: in-ti-gruhl/ इन्टग्रल
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental.
  b. included as part of a whole rather than supplied separately.
• Synonyms: essential, fundamental, basic, intrinsic, inherent, incorporated, fitted, component
• Antonyms: incidental, peripheral, extrinsic, partial, secondary, supplemental
• Usage in a Sentence: An integral part of Korean culture, these bathhouses are where people come to relax and enjoy a variety of beauty and health rituals.

 3. Phrase: Opt out (बाहर निकलना)

• Part of Speech: Phrasal verb
• Meaning:
  a. to choose not to be part of an activity or to stop being involved in it
  b. a situation in which some members of a group choose not to join or be involved in an activity
• Synonyms: stand down, retreat, withdraw, disassociate
• Antonyms: insist, stay
• Usage in a sentence: Employees can choose to opt out of the pension scheme.

4. Word: Diagnosis (रोग की पहचान)

• Pronunciation: dahy-uh g-noh-sis/ डाइअग्नोसिस
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.
  b. the distinctive characterization in precise terms of a genus, species, or phenomenon.
• Synonyms: examination, analysis, interpretation, prognosis
• Antonyms: dawdling, dithering, beginning
• Usage in a Sentence: She is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases.

5. Word: Haul (बलपूर्वक खींचना)

• Pronunciation: hawl/ हॉल
• Part of Speech: Verb, Noun
• Meaning:
  a. (of a person) pull or drag with effort or force. (Verb)
  b. (of a vehicle) pull (an attached trailer or carriage) behind it. (Verb)
  c. a quantity of something that has been stolen or is possessed illegally. (Noun)
• Synonyms: drag, pull, tug, trail, draw, transport, move
• Antonyms: push, force, press, shove
• Usage in a sentence: The car was hauled away to the junkyard.

6. Phrase: Insurmountable (जो परास्त न किया जा सके)

• Pronunciation: in-ser-moun-tuh-buh l/इन्सर्माउन्टबल
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: too great to be overcome.
  
• Synonyms: insuperable, unconquerable, invincible
• Antonyms: attainable, achievable, easy
• Use in a Sentence: The language difference proved an insurmountable barrier.

7. Word: Manifold (अधिक संख्या)

• Pronunciation: man-uh-fohld/मैनिफोल्ड
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. of many kinds; numerous and varied:
  b. having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc.:
• Synonyms: diverse, multiple, varied
• Antonyms: single, sole, unique
• Usage in a sentence: The number of COVID-19 cases grew manifold in the last few weeks. 

8. Word: Grave (समाधि, गंभीर)

• Pronunciation: greyv/ ग्रेव
• Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. a hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or dead body, typically marked by a stone or mound. (Noun)
  b. giving cause for alarm; serious. (Adjective)
  c. serious or solemn in manner or appearance. (Adjective)
• Synonyms: serious, severe, weighty, significant
• Antonyms: silly, ridiculous, frivolous, hilarious
• Usage in a sentence: His carelessness could have grave consequences.

9. Word: Tamper (कपट प्रबंध करना)

• Pronunciation: tam-per/ टैम्पर
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: interfere with (something) in order to cause damage or make unauthorized alterations.
• Synonyms: meddle, interfere, fiddle
• Antonyms: repair
• Usage in a sentence: Never tamper with safety devices in valves or cylinders.

10. Word: Mammoth (महाकाय)

• Pronunciation: mam-uh th/ मैमथ
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
• Synonyms: enormous, gigantic, giant
• Antonyms: tiny, little, small
• Usage in a sentence: Streets and sidewalks are blocked by mammoth construction projects.

'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.

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!

• Tamper
• Mammoth
• Haul
• Opt out
• Diagnosis
  
  

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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