Learn Vocabulary from 'The Hindu' Newspaper Wordlist: 25th May 2022

Reading articles from newspapers helps you in two ways: Memorizing Static Facts from the Article & Enhancing your Vocabulary.

In conjunction with the above idea, we bring to you our series ‘Newspaper Wordlist’. This series aims to help you understand the different aspects of the commonly (and not so commonly) used words, ranging from their meaning and pronunciations to proper usage in sentences.

Important Vocabulary from The Hindu Editorial: 25th May 2022

Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Disparage (उपेक्षा करना)

• Pronunciation: dih-spar-ij/डिस्पैरिज
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to speak of or treat slightly; depreciate; belittle
  b. to bring reproach or discredit upon; lower the estimation of
• Synonyms: denigrate, belittle, deprecate
• Antonyms: praise, flatter, highlight
• Usage in a sentence: Your behavior will disparage the whole family.

2. Word: Intimidate (डराना)

• Pronunciation: in-tim-i-deyt/इन्टिमिडेट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. to make timid; fill with fear
  b. to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc.
  c. to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear
• Synonyms:bully, scare, frighten, threaten
• Antonyms: encourage, comfort, assist, help, calm
• Usage in a sentence:Don’t let those bullies intimidate you.

 3. Word: Prejudice (पक्षपात)

• Pronunciation: prej-uh-dis/प्रेजडिस
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason (Noun)
  b. any preconceived opinion or feeling, either favorable or unfavorable (Noun)
  c. unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding an ethnic, racial, social, or religious group (Noun)
  d. damage or injury; detriment (Noun)
  e. someone or something that prejudices you influences you unfairly so that you form an unreasonable opinion about something (Verb)
• Synonyms: bias, partiality, influence, discrimination
• Antonyms: tolerance, fairness, justice, equity
• Usage in a sentence: Laws against racial prejudice must be strictly enforced.

4. Word: Tarnish (कलंकित करना)

• Pronunciation: tahr-nish/टार्निश
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to make or (especially of metal) become less bright or a different colour
  b. to make people think that someone or something is less good
  c. If something tarnishes your opinion of someone or something, you no longer believe the person or thing is as good as you had thought
• Synonyms: sully, taint, stain
• Antonyms: improve, purify, clean
• Usage in a sentence: By this time a series of scandals had severely tarnished the candidate's image.

5. Word: Baffle (चक्कर में डाल देना)

• Pronunciation: बैफल/baf-uhl
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to confuse, bewilder, or perplex
  b. to frustrate or confound; thwart by creating confusion or bewilderment.
  c. to check or deflect the movement of (sound, light, fluids, etc.)
• Synonyms: perplex, bewilder, mystify
• Antonyms: explain, enlighten, support
• Usage in a sentence: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.

6. Word: Forge (विकसित करना/नकली बनाना)

• Pronunciation: fohrj/फॉर्ज
• Part of Speech: 
• Meaning:
  a. to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape
  b. to form or make, especially by concentrated effort
  c. to suddenly and quickly move forward
• Synonyms: shape, form, fake
• Antonyms: abolish, destroy, obliterate
• Usage in a sentence: A number of forged works of art have been sold as genuine.

7. Word: Arbitrary (अनियन्त्रित)

• Pronunciation: आर्बिट्रेरी/ahr-bi-trer-ee
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. subject to individual will or judgment without restriction; contingent solely upon one's discretion
  b. decided by a judge or arbiter rather than by a law or statute
• Synonyms: random, dictatorial, absolute
• Antonyms: circumspect, rational, fair
• Usage in a sentence: Did you have a reason for choosing your destination or was it arbitrary?

8. Word: Concur (सहमत होना)

• Pronunciation: kuhn-kur/कन्कर
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning:
  a. to accord in opinion; agree
  b. to cooperate; work together; combine; be associated
  c. to coincide; occur at the same time
• Synonyms: agree, coincide, accord
• Antonyms: disagree, dissent, squabble
• Usage in a sentence: The new report concurs with previous findings.

9. Word: Propagandist (मत-प्रचारक)

• Pronunciation: prop-uh-gan-dist/प्रापगैन्डिस्ट
• Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective 
• Meaning:
  a. someone who creates or spreads propaganda (Noun)
  b. relating to propaganda (= information that is spread with the intention of changing people's opinions) or to someone who creates or spreads it (Adjective)
• Synonyms: advocate, apostle, proponent
• Antonyms: agnostic, asperser, atheist
• Usage in a sentence: The papers were full of the most blatant propagandist nonsense.

10. Word: Catalogue (सूचीपत्र में दर्ज करना)

• Pronunciation: kat-l-awg/कैटलॉग
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. a book with a list of all the goods that you can buy from a shop
  b. to record something, especially in a list
• Synonyms: register, list, record
• Antonyms: amorphous
• Usage in a sentence: Many plants become extinct before they have even been catalogued.

The Hindu Newspaper Vocabulary Based Exercises: 25th May 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!

• tarnish
• disparage
• catalogue
• propagandist
• concur

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section.

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