Improve your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 28th September, 2021

Reading is one of the best ways to boost your vocabulary. As you read a piece of writing, you come across new words that you might not have come across before. So, we must always try to inculcate a habit of reading.

Keeping this vision in mind, we bring to you the series, ‘Improve your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist’. The articles in this series fulfill your daily intake of English words.

The series tries to feature words from an article, with their meanings, contextual usage, pronunciation, synonyms, antonyms, proper use in sentences, etc. Given below is an important editorial from the newspaper ‘The Hindu'. Read it, understand the context, and go through the meanings of words to boost up your learning.

Happy Reading!

Back in the game: Quad and India-U.S. ties

Important Words from the Article

1. 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.

2. Word: Resuscitate (पुनर्जीवित करना)

• Pronunciation: ri-suhs-i-teyt/रिससिटेट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. revive (someone) from unconsciousness or apparent death.
  b. make (something) active or vigorous again.
• Synonyms: reinvigorate, revive
• Antonyms: euthanize, obstruct
• Usage in a Sentence: Doctors managed to resuscitate him.

 3. Word: Aftermath ( परिणाम)

• Pronunciation: af-ter-math/ऐफ्टर्मैथ
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: the consequences or after-effects of a significant unpleasant event.
  
• Synonyms: outcome, effect, eventuality
• Antonyms: cause, reason, beginning
• Use in a Sentence: In the aftermath of the typhoon, many people's homes were destroyed.

4. Word: Bottleneck (मार्गावरोध)

• Pronunciation: bot-l-nek/ बाटल्नेक
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. the neck or mouth of a bottle.
  b. a narrow section of road or a junction that impedes traffic flow.
  c. a situation that causes delay in a process or system.
• Synonyms: obstruction, impediment, constriction, hindrance
• Antonyms: allowance, disposal, management
• Usage in a Sentence: There's always going to be a bottleneck because only two people review all the applications.

5. 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.

6. Phrase: Hesitancy (हिचकिचाहट)

• Pronunciation: hez-i-tuhn-see
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: the failure to do something immediately or quickly because you are nervous or not certain
• Synonyms: uncertain, unsure, reluctant
• Antonyms: certain, sure, decisive
• Usage in a sentence: Her hesitancy to become class captain hinted at her lack of confidence.

7. Phrase: Confluence (संगम)

• Pronunciation: kon-floo-uhns/ कान्फ्लूअन्स
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. a body of water formed by the flowing together of two or more streams, rivers, or the like.
  b. a coming together of people or things; concourse.
  c. a crowd or throng; assemblage.
• Synonyms: junction, merging, conflux
• Antonyms: isolation, divergence, divide
• Usage in a sentence: St. Louis is at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.

8. Word: Coercion (ज़बरदस्ती)

• Pronunciation: co-ar-shun/कोअर्शन
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning –  the action or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats
• Synonyms- force, compulsion, constraint, duress, oppression, enforcement
• Antonyms-  encouragement, urging, prompting, persuasion
• Usage in a sentence -If no coercion was used then it can not be said slavery.

9. Phrase: Apex (चोटी)

• Pronunciation: ey-peks/ एपेक्स
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: the top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point.
• Synonyms: peak, acme, zenith
• Antonyms: nadir, bottom, base
• Usage in a sentence: He was at the apex of his career.

10. Word: Optimal (सर्वोत्कृष्ट)

• Pronunciation: op-tuh-muhl/ आप्टमल
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied
• Synonyms: ideal, excellent, perfect 
• Antonyms: mediocre, imperfect, basic
• Usage in a sentence: Advice regarding the individual optimal dosage schedule of antidiabetic drugs cannot be given.

'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!

• Hesitancy
• Leverage
• Bottleneck
• Apex
• Optimal
  
  

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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