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Today's article is from "The Hindu" newspaper. Understand the gist of the article using the meaning of the words are given below and practice questions at the end of this article.
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Vital relief: On COVID-19 death compensation
Important Words from the Article
1. Word: Assertive (निश्चयपूर्वक)
- Pronunciation: uh-sur-tiv/ असर्टिव
- Part of Speech: Adjective
- Meaning: having or showing a confident and forceful personality.
- Synonyms: confident, aggressive, forceful, domineering
- Antonyms: humble, peaceful, modest, diffident
- Usage in a sentence: If you want people to listen to your opinions, you'll need to learn to be more assertive.
2. Word: Reluctant (अनिच्छुक)
- Pronunciation: ri-luhk-tuhnt/ रिलक्टन्ट
- Part of Speech: Adjective
- Meaning: unwilling and hesitant; disinclined.
- Synonyms: unwilling, hesitant, disinclined
- Antonyms: eager, desirous, enthusiastic, willing
- Usage in a Sentence: She was reluctant to admit that she was wrong.
3. Word: Breadwinner (कमानेवाला)
- Pronunciation: bred-win-er/ ब्रेड्विनर
- Part of Speech: Noun
- Meaning:
a. the member of a family who earns the money that the family needs - Synonyms: provider, worker, earner, wage earner
- Antonyms: rule maker, vacationer
- Usage in a sentence: She’s always been the breadwinner for her family.
4. Word: Ex gratia (अनुग्रहपूर्वक)
- Pronunciation: eks -grey-shee-uh/ एक्स ग्रेसिआ
- Part of Speech: Adjective
- Meaning:
a. as a favour rather than as a matter of right - Synonyms: voluntary, volunteer
- Usage in a Sentence: The bank did pay me ₹1000 ex-gratia.
5. Word: Succour (सहायता)
- Pronunciation: suhk-er/सकर
- Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
- Meaning:
a. assistance and support in times of hardship and distress. [Noun]
b. give assistance or aid to. [Verb] - Synonyms: support, relief, assist
- Antonyms: harshness, agony
- Usage in a Sentence: They give succour to the victims of war.
6. Phrase: Chronic (दीर्घकालीन)
- Pronunciation: kron-ik/क्रानिक
- Part of Speech: Adjective
- Meaning:
a. (of an illness) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.
b. of very poor quality. - Synonyms: persistent, long-standing, long-term, lasting
- Antonyms: curable, temporary, delicate, docile
- Usage in a Sentence: Iron deficiency anaemia is commonly caused by chronic blood loss.
7. Phrase: Morbidity (रुगण्ता,अस्वस्थता)
- Pronunciation: mawr-bid-i-tee/मॉर्बिडिटी
- Part of Speech: Noun
- Meaning:
a. the morbidity of disease is how many people have it in a particular population (Noun)
b. the fact of being too interested in unpleasant subjects, especially death (Noun) - Synonyms: mortality rate, ailment
- Antonyms: health, wholesomeness
- Usage in a sentence: She remembered her dead brother without morbidity.
8. Word: Mortality (मर्त्यता)
- Pronunciation: mawr-tal-i-tee
- Part of Speech: Noun
- Meaning: the way that people do not live for ever (death)
- Synonyms: death, fatality, lethality
- Antonyms: immortality, eternity, life
- Usage in a sentence: He contemplated his mortality after having nearly died in the accident.
9. Phrase: On a war footing (युद्ध-स्तर पर)
- Part of Speech: Phrase
- Meaning:
a. prepare for war; in a state of readiness for war - Synonyms: battle-ready, armed
- Antonyms: unarmed, demilitarized
- Usage in a Sentence: The whole country was on a war footing.
10. Word: Litigation (मुकदमे बाजी)
- Pronunciation:lit-i-gey-shuh n/लिटगैशन
- Part of Speech: Noun
- Meaning:
a. the process of taking legal action. - Synonyms: proceeding, dispute, contention
- Antonyms: compromise, accord, truce
- Use in a Sentence: The payment was made early to avoid litigation.
'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!
- Ex-gratia
- On a war footing
- Breadwinner
- Reluctant
- Litigation
Exercise 2: Match the columns.
| SR No. | Word | Synonym |
| 1 | dispute | armed |
| 2 | battle-ready | support |
| 3 | death | unwilling |
| 4 | assist | fatality |
| 5 | hesistant | contention |
Share your answers in the comment section.
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