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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, 'A fine balance’ has been picked from The Hindu.
This article talks about the three months purge by the government on high value currency notes, how it sprinkle the econmic acitvity as well as informal sectors. Also, it talks about a long budget presented by our Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
To read more, you can go through the article from the link below -
A fine balance
Challenging Words in the Article -
- Purge (परिशोध) - Verb
Meaning - rid (someone) of an unwanted feeling, memory, or condition
Synonyms - coup, expulsion
Antonyms - holding, keeping
Example - In an effort to save money, officials decided to try to purge the company of overpaid executives by offering them early retirement. - Dampened (उत्साहहीन करना) - Verb
Meaning - make less strong or intense
Synonyms - humidify, dabble
Antonyms - collect, gather
Example - The mixture is slightly damped, moulded into rough bricks, dried and burned. - Frayed (अस्तव्यस्त) - Adjective
Meaning - (of a fabric, rope, or cord) unravelled or worn at the edge
(of a person's nerves or temper) showing the effects of strain
Synonyms - erode, ravel
Antonyms - please, sew
Example - But my nerves are frayed now. - Blatant (प्रबल) - Adjective
Meaning - (of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly
Synonyms - unabashed, shameless
Antonyms - concealed, hidden
Example - He lifted his head in blatant rejection. - Bulwark (बुलवार्क) - Noun
Meaning - a defensive wall
Synonyms - barrier, bastion
Antonyms - harm, injury
Example - Vaccines act as a bulwark against many childhood diseases. - Refrained (अड़ना) - Verb
Meaning - stop oneself from doing something
Synonyms - abstain, renounce
Antonyms - continue, indulge
Example - Sana will lose weight if she can refrain from eating junk food. - Tinkering (फेरबदल) - Verb
Meaning - attempt to repair or improve something in a casual or desultory way
Synonyms - niggle, putter
Antonyms - break, destroy
Example - This was proven after twelve years of government tinkering failed to get our nation out of the Great Depression. - Confiscate (ज़ब्त करना) - Verb
Meaning - take or seize (someone's property) with authority
Synonyms - assume, impound
Antonyms - give, offer
Example - The teacher is going to confiscate all mobile phones before passing out the exam. - Deftly (चतुराई) - Adverb
Meaning - in a way that is neatly skilful and quick in movement
Synonyms - cautiously, elegantly
Antonyms - strongly, uncarefully
Example - He completed the work deftly.
Now considering the article above as a Reading Comprehension question, try to answer the following -
- What amount of money is allocated in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in the Union Budget 2017-18?
- What are the main objectives of the government to present this Union Budget?
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.
- Imperative
- Glimpse
- Nudge
- Redistributive
- Dovetailing
Take the Quiz below to find out how versed you are in your vocab.
Quiz on Daily Wordlist
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