Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 02nd August 2021

In keeping with the idea of learning and scoring better in English, we bring to you our series, ‘Shape up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist’. A daily dose of this article acquaints you with commonly (and not so commonly) used English words. The series tries to feature every such word, with its meaning, contextual usage, pronunciation, synonym, antonym, proper use in sentences, etc. That could save you from sitting with a dictionary while reading. Ultimately, it facilitates smooth reading and better intake of the newspaper article.

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.

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Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Rely on (भरोसा करना)

• Part of Speech: Phrasal verb
• Meaning:
  a. depend on or derive support from someone or something
• Synonyms: depend, count
• Usage in a sentence: They have learned to rely on each other for support.

2. Word: Anticipation (अग्रदृष्टि)

• Pronunciation: an-tis-uh-pey-shuh n/ऐन्टिसपैशन
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: 

         a. the action of anticipating something; expectation or prediction.

• Synonyms: hope, forethought, apprehension
• Antonyms: amazement, surprise, astonishment
• Use in Sentence: We look forward to your lecture with eager anticipation.

 3. Word: Fraudulently (धोखे से)

• Pronunciation: fro-du-lent-li/ फ्रॉडूलन्ट्ली
• Part of Speech: adverb
• Meaning: in a way that involves deception, especially criminal deception.
  
• Synonyms:  dishonest, cheating, corrupt, illegal, unlawful, illicit
• Antonyms: moral, honest, sincere, frank
• Use in a Sentence: Hoping to get millions from the insurance company, the man-made the fraudulent claim that he had been seriously injured in the accident.

4. Word: Doyen (वरिष्‍ठ,दल के उच्च सदस्य)

• Pronunciation: doi-en/डॉइइन
• Part of speech: Noun
• Meaning: 
  a. the oldest, most experienced, and often most respected person of all the people involved in a particular type of work
• Synonyms: dean, elder, master, senior
• Usage in a sentence: The doyen of high fashion and the lion of the labor movement were not quite such an odd couple after all.
  
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5. Word: Echelon (विभाग)

• Pronunciation: esh-uh-lon/एशलान
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. a particular level or group of people within an organization such as an army or company (Noun)
  b.a special arrangement of soldiers, aircraft, or ships
• Synonyms: rank, level, grade, class
• Antonyms: unemployment
• Usage in a sentence: These salary increases will affect only the highest echelons of local government.

6. Word: Tardy (मंदा)

• Pronunciation: taar-di / टार्डी
• Part of Speech: adjective
• Meaning: delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time
  
• Synonyms: late, delay, slow, sluggish
• Antonyms: early, on-time, prompt, punctual
• Use in a Sentence: I missed my train because I was tardy in arriving to the metro, forcing me to wait for the next one. 

7. Word: Horde (झुंड)

• Pronunciation: होर्ड/hawrd
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. a large group of people 
• Synonyms - crowd, swarm, throng, group, bunch
• Antonyms - little, portion, bit
• Usage in a sentence - In India, all major metros witnessed hordes of people lining up at Apple stores to get iPhone X.

8. Word: Grandstand (दिखावटी)

• Pronunciation: gran-stand, grand-/ ग्रैन्ड्स्टैन्ड
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: seek to attract applause or favourable attention from spectators or the media.
• Synonyms: demagogy, cockiness, flamboyance
• Usage in a Sentence: Politicians will grandstand about remaking finance.

9. Word: Disproportionate (असम)

• Pronunciation: dis-pruh-pawr-shuh-nit /डिस्प्रपॉर्शनिट 
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning:
  a. too large or too small in comparison to something else
  b. not deserving its importance or influence
• Synonyms: inordinate, unequal, undue
• Antonyms: equal, proportionate, commensurate, balanced
• Usage in a sentence: There is a disproportionate distribution of wealth across the economic classes.

10. Word: Nominal (संज्ञात्मक)

• Pronunciation: nom-uh-nl/ नामनल
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. (of a role or status) existing in name only.
  b. (of a price or charge) very small; far below the real value or cost.
  c. (of a quantity or dimension) stated or expressed but not necessarily corresponding exactly to the real value.
• Synonyms: titular, nominative, symbolic, honorary
• Antonyms: real, significant, actual, important
• Usage in a Sentence: The charity pays a nominal sum to lease the premises.

'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!

• Grandstand
• Nominal
• Doyen
• Echelon
• Rely on

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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