Shape Up your Vocabulary from Newspaper Wordlist: 08th July 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.

A death foretold: On activist Stan Swamy's death

Important Words from the Article

1. Word: Demise (अंत/ प्रदान करना)

• Pronunciation: dih-mahyz/ डिमाइज़
• Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
• Meaning:
  a. a person's death. [Noun]
  b. the end or failure of an enterprise or institution. [Noun]
  c. convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease. [Verb]
• Synonyms: death, end, expiration, extinction
• Antonyms: survival, birth, beginning
• Usage in a sentence: The demise of the industry has caused untold misery to thousands of hard-working tradesmen.

2. Word: Anticipate (आशा रखना/ पूर्वानुमान करना)

• Pronunciation: an-tis-uh-peyt/ ऐन्टिसपेट
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: 
  a. regard as probable; expect or predict.
  b. look forward to.
  c. act as a forerunner or precursor of.
• Synonyms: expect, predict, foresee, hope
• Antonyms: unexpected, doubt
• Usage in a Sentence: This year, we anticipate our expenses to increase by 15%.

 3. Word: Tenuous (तुच्छ)

• Pronunciation: ten-yoo-uhs/ टेन्यूअस
• Part of Speech: Adjective
• Meaning: 
  a. very weak or slight
  b. very slender or fine; insubstantial
• Synonyms: insubstantial, flimsy, weak, fragile, dubious, thin, slender, delicate
• Antonyms: substantial, thick, stable, healthy, significant
• Usage in a Sentence: He could demonstrate only a tenuous claim to ownership.

4. Word: Conscience (अंतःकरण)

• Pronunciation: kon-shuh ns/ कान्शन्स
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour.
• Synonyms: morals, scruples, morality, ethics
• Antonym: insensibility, immorality, unaware, unconcern
• Usage in a sentence: The thief must have had an attack of conscience because he returned the wallet with nothing missing from it.
  
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5. Word: Frailty (निर्बलता)

• Pronunciation: freyl-tee/फ्रैल्टी
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning:
  a. the quality or state of being frail
  b. moral weakness; liability to yield to temptation
  c. a fault resulting from moral weakness
• Synonyms: foible, weakness, flaws
• Antonyms: strength, grit, sinew
• Usage in a sentence: Though ill for most of her life, physical frailty never stopped her from working.

6. Word: Invoke (अभिमंत्रित करना)

• Pronunciation: in-vohk/ इन्वोक
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument.
• Synonyms: call forth, appeal, evoke, summon
• Antonyms: dismiss, avert, avoid, abandon, banish
• Usage in a sentence: The UN threatened to invoke economic sanctions if the talks were broken off.

7. Word: Interim (मध्यकाल/अंतरिम)

• Pronunciation: in-ter-uh m/इन्ट्रम
• Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
• Meaning:
  a. in or for the intervening
  b. the intervening time. [Noun]
• Synonyms: meanwhile, cessation
• Antonyms: perpetual, everlasting
• Usage in a Sentence: During the interim period, air quality has deteriorated.

8. Word: Dispose (निपटाना)

• Pronunciation: dih-spohz/डिस्पोज़
• Part of Speech: Verb 
• Meaning: 

        a. get rid of by throwing away or giving or selling to someone else.

        b. incline (someone) towards a particular activity or mood.

• Synonyms: Discard, jettison, abandon
• Antonyms: retain, acquire, keep
• Use in a Sentence: Let's dispose of this matter once and for all.

9. Word: Elapse (व्यतीत होना)

• Pronunciation: ih-laps/ इलैप्स
• Part of Speech: Verb
• Meaning: (of time) pass or go by
• Synonyms: pass, slip away, go by
• Antonyms: bide, ablaze, reiterate, appear
• Usage in a Sentence: The return of the echo will elapse longer time.

10. Word: Incarceration (बांध देना)

• Pronunciation: in-kahr-suh-rey-shuh n/इन्कार्सरैशन
• Part of Speech: Noun
• Meaning: the state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.
• Synonyms: detention, restraint, punishment
• Antonyms: freedom, liberty, redemption
• Use in a Sentence: There have been angry protests about his arrest and incarceration.

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!

• incarceration
• demise
• anticipate
• elapse
• conscience

Exercise 2: Match the columns.

Share your answers in the comment section. 

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