Learn Vocabulary from 'The Hindu' Newspaper Wordlist: 12th Oct 2023

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 12th October, 2023

1. Word: Monetise (मुद्रीकरण करना)

• Pronunciation: mon-i-tahyz/ मनिटाइज़
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. to legalize as money.
  b. to coin into money:
  c. to give the character of money to.
  d. Economics. to convert (a debt, especially the national debt) into currency, especially by issuing government securities or notes.
  e. to make a profit or derive income from:
• Synonyms: decriminalize, legalize, dispose
• Antonyms: criminalize, outlaw, ban
• Usage in a sentence: Lots of people download the game, but the start-up hasn’t been able to monetize the add-on features.

2. Word: Evade (बच निकलना)

• Pronunciation: ih-veyd/ ईवैड
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to escape from by trickery or cleverness:
  b. to get around by trickery:
  c. to avoid doing or fulfilling:
  d. to avoid answering directly:
• Synonyms: avoid, dodge, elude
• Antonyms: confront, accept, embrace
• Usage in a sentence: Rohan tend to evade his responsibilities

 3. Word: Calibration (ठीक करना)

• Pronunciation: kal-uh-brey-shuhn/ कैलब्रैशन
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. the act or process of determining, checking, or rectifying the settings or gradations on a measuring instrument or another piece of precision equipment; the resulting condition of the equipment:
  b. the act or process of marking a measuring instrument with the necessary gradations; the resulting markings or settings:
  c. the act or process of planning or devising something carefully so as to have a precise use, application, appeal, etc.:
• Synonyms: standardisation, graduation, adjustment
• Antonyms: chaos, confuse, clutter
• Usage in a sentence: I took the copter down to the beach to do the compass calibration, so as to be absolutely sure there was no metal around when I did it.

4. Word: Envisage (परिकल्पना करना)

• Pronunciation: en-viz-ij/ एन्विज़िज
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to contemplate; visualize:
  b. Archaic. to look in the face of; face.
• Synonyms: envision, imagine, visualize 
• Antonyms: unforeseen, withdrawn, dismiss 
• Usage in a sentence: He envisages an era of great scientific discoveries.
  
  

5. Word: Fetch (ले आना)

• Pronunciation: fech/ फेच
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. go or come after and bring or take back
  b. take away or remove
  c. be sold for a certain price
• Synonyms: bring, retrieve, collect
• Antonyms: avoid, take-away, free
• Usage in a sentence: The old print fetched a high price at the auction

6. Word: Tract (इलाका)

• Pronunciation: trakt/ ट्रैक्ट
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
  b. a stretch or period of time; interval; lapse.
• Synonyms: area, region, expanse 
• Usage in a sentence: A broad tract of land in which the rock strata are tilted towards a common centre.

7. Word: Constraint (बहुत अधिक नियंत्रण)

• Pronunciation: kuhn-streynt/ कन्स्ट्रैन्ट
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. limitation or restriction.
  b. repression of natural feelings and impulses:
  c. unnatural restraint in manner, conversation, etc.; embarrassment.
• Synonyms: restraint, restriction, limitation 
• Antonyms: permission, liberty, freedom 
• Usage in a sentence: The non-availability of more land is a major constraint in the growth of agriculture.

8. Word: Languish (क्षीण होना)

• Pronunciation: lang-gwish/ लैंगग्विश
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
  b. to lose vigor and vitality.
  c. to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity; suffer hardship and distress:
  d. to be subjected to delay or disregard; be ignored:
• Synonyms: fade, deteriorate, weaken 
• Antonyms: recover, flourish, recuperate 
• Usage in a sentence: The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon. 

9. Word: Adverse (प्रतिकूल)

• Pronunciation: ad-vurs/ ऐड्वर्स
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. unfavourable or antagonistic in purpose or effect:
  b. opposing one's interests or desire:
  c. being or acting in a contrary direction; opposed or opposing:
• Synonyms: detrimental, negative, unfavourable 
• Antonyms: favourable, anodyne, fortunate 
• Usage in a sentence: A health magazine carried out a campaign on the adverse effects of mercury amalgam.

10. Word: Checks and balance ()

• Part of Speech: Noun 
• Meaning:
  a. limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another that fall within its purview.
• Synonyms: limits, restrictions, constraints 
• Antonyms: liberation, freedom, permission
• Usage in a sentence: The policies should be implemented, keeping all the checks and balances in mind. 

The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary Based Exercises: 12th October, 2023

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!

• derail
• bigotry
   
• vigilante 
   
• heckle
   
• pander
  

Share your answers in the comment section.