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We are here with your Daily dose of Challenging Wordlist. Consider the given newspaper article as a Comprehension for your exams and do answer the questions at the end.
Today’s article, 'Moonlit reality’ has been picked from The Hindu.
This article talks about the confusion occurred between the two Popular movies i.e La La Land and Moonlight for the Best Picture award at 89th Oscar Academy. Highs of this year’s Oscar ceremony aptly reflected the world outside.
To read more, you can go through the article from the link below -
Moonlit reality
Challenging Words in the Article -
- Whiff (एहसास)
Meaning - a smell that is only smelt briefly or faintly (Noun)
get a brief or faint smell of (Verb)
Synonyms - breath, odor
Antonyms - lot
Example - The room is filled with whiff of liquor. - Revival (पुनः प्रवर्तन) - Noun
Meaning - an improvement in the condition, strength, or fortunes of someone or something
Synonyms - renewal, recovery
Antonyms - destruction, suppression
Example - The fashion industry was experiencing a revival of 80s style. - Plea (तर्क) - Noun
Meaning - a request made in an urgent and emotional manner
Synonyms - appeal, entreaty
Antonyms - demand, answer
Example - He made a dramatic plea for disarmament. - Inherent (निहित) - Adjective
Meaning - existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute
Synonyms - intrinsic, innate
Antonyms - extrinsic, acquired
Example - Most mothers have an inherent need to protect their children. - Benignity (अच्छेपन) - Noun
Meaning - kindness or tolerance toward others
Synonyms - goodness, goodwill
Antonyms - cruelty, harshness
Example - The man's benignity led him to become a missionary. - Cocoon (कोकून) - Noun
Meaning - a silky case spun by the larvae of many insects for protection as pupae
Synonyms - wrap, surround
Antonyms - uncover, unwrap
Example - A butterfly will emerge from its cocoon after a certain amount of time. - Assassination (किसी को जान से मारना) - Noun
Meaning - the action of assassinating someone
Synonyms - termination, execution
Antonyms - birth
Example - Older people still remember the Kennedy assassination. - Demise (हिब्बा करना)
Meaning - a person's death (Noun)
convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease (Verb)
Synonyms - death, expiry
Antonyms - start, beginning
Example - My mother’s demise occurred unexpectedly in a traffic accident. - Inhumane (अमानवीय) - Adjective
Meaning - without compassion for misery or suffering, cruel
Synonyms - cruel, harsh
Antonyms - animate, sensate
Example - The man was arrested for committing an inhumane act against the puppy.
Now considering the article above as a Reading Comprehension question, try to answer the following -
- Why moonlight won the Best Picture award instead of La La Land at 89th Oscar Academy Awards?
- What is Fantastic Beasts if not a plea for equal treatment of people, magical or otherwise?
Given below are some words to check your vocabulary you can make sentences with those words in the comment section which will be reviewed by us.
- Uncertainty
- Racial
- Underestimated
- Recreated
- Indeed
Take the Quiz below to find out how versed you are in your vocab.
Quiz on Daily Wordlist
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